Haniel Operating Way

With our Group-wide operating system, we drive operational excellence, best-in-class talent development, and growth through Enkelfähig solutions.

Operating system

How we make enkelfähig happen

Haniel portfolio companies generally operate independently. However, to drive the enkelfähig transformation in the Group in a targeted manner, we have developed a shared operating system – the Haniel Operating Way (HOW).

HOW provides common guidelines, focusing on customer orientation, employee experience and growth through enkelfähig solutions to achieve operational excellence in each of our investments.

Strategy

Haniel Operating Way (HOW)

HOW is our shared operating system. Focussing on customer and employee experience as well as growth through enkelfähig solutions, it helps standardize processes and tools across the Haniel Group while giving each company the freedom to shape their own business activities.

 

HOW Haniel Operating Way Logo

Execution

How do we reach our goals?

Enabling outperformance

HOW stabilizes performance across the Haniel Group and makes achievements transferable from one organization to another. Haniel experts support all business units not only in implementing the mandatory foundational elements of HOW but also in developing a specific roadmap for each portfolio company. As a strategic architect, we actively provide guidance, challenge business strategies, set ambitious targets, ensure strong talent development and structure best practice sharing.

Employee experience

Our employees are our greatest strength. That is why we focus on developing shared leadership principles, world-class talent processes as well as an open work environment that fosters diversity and inclusion. 

Customer experience

Our customers are at the center of everything we do. The rigorous roll-out of lean working methods helps us meet their expectations with first-class service – through continuous improvement and the involvement of all employees.

Enkelfähig growth

No growth without impact. Going forward, we will generate an increasingly large share of our revenue from enkelfähig products and services. They must not only be profitable, but also more sustainable than other solutions.

Talent development

A strong team

We develop potential

We take an integrated approach to talent management. This means we focus on the employee experience as well as on leadership and developing executives. To this end, we ensure attractive development opportunities throughout the Group via an internal talent pool, provide targeted support for women – e.g., via a mentoring program – and use our Group's own academy to train managers from our own ranks. The academy also plays a central role in standardizing the understanding of leadership across the entire Group: We want managers with outstanding leadership qualities who exemplify our shared culture and act as talent managers and coaches to successfully develop other talents.

Matt Smith facilitates a leadership event

Lifelong learning

Enkelfähig Academy

The academy provides a learning environment for employees from all portfolio companies, promotes individual development and supports our enkelfähig transformation.

HOW Team

Your contacts

Vita

Joined in 2022

Previously: Volkswagen Group, McKinsey & Company

Technical University of Munich

Dr. Katharina Peterwerth

Chief People & Strategy Officer

Dr. Katharina Peterwerth

Chief People & Strategy Officer

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Joined in 2022

Previously: Volkswagen Group, McKinsey & Company

Technical University of Munich

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Joined in 2023

Previously: Axel Springer SE, Roland Berger, Carl Zeiss AG

HHL-Leipzig Graduate School of Management, University of Victoria, University of Santa Barbara, Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University 

Svenja Otten

Head of Strategy

Svenja Otten

Head of Strategy

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Joined in 2023

Previously: Axel Springer SE, Roland Berger, Carl Zeiss AG

HHL-Leipzig Graduate School of Management, University of Victoria, University of Santa Barbara, Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University 

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Joined in 2022

Previously: Volkswagen Group, McKinsey & Company

Technical University of Munich

Dr. Katharina Peterwerth

Chief People & Strategy Officer

Dr. Katharina Peterwerth

Chief People & Strategy Officer

Vita

Joined in 2022

Previously: Volkswagen Group, McKinsey & Company

Technical University of Munich

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Joined in 2020

Previously: Saint Gobain, ThyssenKrupp

Technical University of Munich (graduate engineer), Sydney Graduate School of Management (MBA)

Axel Berger

Head of Sustainability & Digital

Axel Berger

Head of Sustainability & Digital

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Joined in 2020

Previously: Saint Gobain, ThyssenKrupp

Technical University of Munich (graduate engineer), Sydney Graduate School of Management (MBA)

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Joined in 2020

Previously: Belden Inc, TE Connectivity, CWS Group

Eindhoven University of Technology

Pieter Beelen

Senior Business Partner HOW

Pieter Beelen

Senior Business Partner HOW

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Joined in 2020

Previously: Belden Inc, TE Connectivity, CWS Group

Eindhoven University of Technology

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Joined in 2023

Previously: Deutsche Post AG / DHL Group, Accenture, Deutsche Telekom AG

University of Applied Sciences (FHDW)

Julia Dudenko

Senior Manager IT Program Governance & Security / CISO

Julia Dudenko

Senior Manager IT Program Governance & Security / CISO

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Joined in 2023

Previously: Deutsche Post AG / DHL Group, Accenture, Deutsche Telekom AG

University of Applied Sciences (FHDW)

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Joined in 2021

Previously: General Electric, Danaher Corporation, Belden, Philips

Henley Business School (MBA)

Dörthe Heinrigs

Senior Business Partner HOW

Dörthe Heinrigs

Senior Business Partner HOW

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Joined in 2021

Previously: General Electric, Danaher Corporation, Belden, Philips

Henley Business School (MBA)

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Joined in 2022

Previously: E.ON, RWE

University of Münster, University of Brisbane

Ulrike Schlag

Senior Manager Operational Excellence

Ulrike Schlag

Senior Manager Operational Excellence

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Joined in 2022

Previously: E.ON, RWE

University of Münster, University of Brisbane

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Joined in 2008

Previously: Deutsche Bank

Ruhr University Bochum

Christian Rube

Manager Sustainability

Christian Rube

Manager Sustainability

Vita

Joined in 2008

Previously: Deutsche Bank

Ruhr University Bochum

Vita

Joined in 2010

Previously: MBN

University of Angers

Florence Bädeker-Georges

Expert Project Management

Florence Bädeker-Georges

Expert Project Management

Vita

Joined in 2010

Previously: MBN

University of Angers

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Joined in 2022

Previously: Volkswagen Group, McKinsey & Company

Technical University of Munich

Dr. Katharina Peterwerth

Chief People & Strategy Officer

Dr. Katharina Peterwerth

Chief People & Strategy Officer

Vita

Joined in 2022

Previously: Volkswagen Group, McKinsey & Company

Technical University of Munich

Vita

Joined in 2013

Previously: Penning Consulting

Ruhr University Bochum

Meike Groters

Head of Talent (Co-Leadership)

Meike Groters

Head of Talent (Co-Leadership)

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Joined in 2013

Previously: Penning Consulting

Ruhr University Bochum

Vita

Joined in 2023

Previously: SAP SE, Erste Group, FDM Group, PwC

University of Kent, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Stefanie Junghans

Head of Talent (Co-Leadership)

Stefanie Junghans

Head of Talent (Co-Leadership)

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Joined in 2023

Previously: SAP SE, Erste Group, FDM Group, PwC

University of Kent, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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Joined in 2007

Previously: Research Graduate

University of Trier, Trinity College Dublin

Dr. René Peters

Senior Business Partner Talent

Dr. René Peters

Senior Business Partner Talent

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Joined in 2007

Previously: Research Graduate

University of Trier, Trinity College Dublin

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Joined in 2018

Previously: thyssenkrupp, Gigaset, Lufthansa

Mercator School of Management, University of Erlangen–Nuremberg

Tim Ulrich

Business Partner Talent

Tim Ulrich

Business Partner Talent

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Joined in 2018

Previously: thyssenkrupp, Gigaset, Lufthansa

Mercator School of Management, University of Erlangen–Nuremberg

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Joined in 2021

Previously: FranklinCovey

Matt Smith

Business Partner Training & Development

Matt Smith

Business Partner Training & Development

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Joined in 2021

Previously: FranklinCovey

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Joined in 2013

Previously: FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management

Daniel Munsch

Business Partner Training & Development

Daniel Munsch

Business Partner Training & Development

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Joined in 2013

Previously: FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management

Vita

Joined in 1997

Previously: Phonet Telecom AG, ESO Group, MORA Metrology GmbH

Sabine Derksen

Expert Project Management

Sabine Derksen

Expert Project Management

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Joined in 1997

Previously: Phonet Telecom AG, ESO Group, MORA Metrology GmbH