Professional Career

01/2016-11/2018	Vice-President Global Sales & Product Management ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Radolfzell / Germany Number of member responsibility: 80 Lead and development of the Key Account Management, Product Management, Sales Planning and Sales Administration departments. Coordination and execution of the profitable growth strategic business development plan.
09/2011-12/2015	Executive Vice-President Sales & Marketing Kostal Kontakt Systeme GmbH , Lüdenscheid / Germany Number of member responsibility: 65 Management and development of the departments Key Account Management for direct (Tier 1) and indirect (OEM) customers, Product Management, Marketing, Sales administration and Sales Planning. Coordination and execution of the company's strategic planning
02/2008-08/2011	Branch Office Director Leopold Kostal GmbH & Co. KG, Guyancourt / France Number of member responsibility: 15 Operational setup and management of the Branch office and related profit centre, hosting the local Key Account Management, resident engineering and quality teams. Definition, coordination and execution of the global PSA & Renault Business Plans
01/2006-01/2008	Sales & Engineering Director Kostal Electrica SA , Sentmenat / Spain Number of member responsibility: 35 Development of the teams, competences, and tools to upgrade the R&D department to a European switches and mechatronics centre of development. Development of the PSA & Renault accounts.
05/2001-12/2005	Key Account Manager Leopold Kostal GmbH & Co. KG, Lüdenscheid / Germany Number of member responsibility: 0 Development of the PSA & Renault accounts
05/2000-04/2001	Key Account Manager Florence et Peillon SA , Vaulx-en-Velin / France Number of member responsibility: 0 Development of the Tier 1 Accounts: Honeywell-Garrett, ZF and Pierburg
02/1996-04/2000	Consultant & Project Manager Strategy & Action International GmbH, Saarbrücken / Germany Number of member responsibility: 1 First market entry and business development for several French companies in the German Market