Michael-Matthias Strelow is a headmaster at Iskander Business Partner. He was able to combine his expertise in customer management with his skills as a project manager when he joined Iskander Business Partner in 2015. Since then, he has been advising companies from the automotive, finance, telecommunications and insurance sectors on customer management and marketing technologies on a daily basis. During his consultancy work, he has already implemented numerous customer management projects. Michael-Matthias Strelow has a Bachelor's degree in International Management and a Master's degree in International Marketing.
'My manager and the more experienced consultants always had my back when I was passionate about a particular topic and, instead of putting obstacles in my way, acted more as a sparring partner and supporter.'
– Michael-Matthias Strelow
What makes Iskander Business Partner a special employer?
For me, the special thing about Iskander Business Partner is that you can try out all the topics and tasks you want in a consulting context, even at a very early stage in your career. We are given a great deal of trust, responsibility quickly and can therefore develop extremely quickly. This applies regardless of the topic, be it sales or personnel management or, of course, the project. At the same time, this is also reflected in Iskander Business Partner's management style: my manager and the more experienced consultants always had my back when I was passionate about a particular topic and, instead of putting obstacles in my way, acted more as a sparring partner and supporter.
What does your ‘everyday work’ look like?
Laughs. There is no such thing as an everyday working day. Every day is different. But of course the facets are always the same. These include the project and the customer, management responsibility, sales and content. The second facet besides the project is personnel management: this is of course a responsibility for which you have to take time to be there for your employees and work out together what the next stages of development could look like. I also try to make time for acquisition topics every day. Expanding and maintaining the network is of course a big part of this. And last but not least, driving forward content so that we continue to have a knowledge advantage over our customers. Without this, we would lose our raison d'être.
That's a lot of tasks. How do you juggle them all?
Sure, it's also the famous juggling with balls. But in the end, if you structure your day well, it works. Of course, you also have to be flexible, as the customer has priority at all times. Of course, it's nonsense to expect it to work perfectly every day. But on the whole, it all works very well.
