Professional Career

10/2012-12/2014 director
GE Healthcare, Germany

Number of member responsibility: 15
• Full P&L-responsibility for the region
• Reorganization of the regional sales team and revitalization of a team building process
• Assignment of sales roles and customer responsibilities
• Improvement of the sales process
• Executing "OneGE Healthcare", cross P&L communication and activity
01/2007-09/2012 Business Development and Sales Director Europe
SONY, Europe

Number of member responsibility: 20
• Junction of country based sales teams to one central European sales organization
• Restructuring of sales processes and area coverage
• Design of new salary models for the centralized sales team
• Review and redefinition of routes to market
• Review of existing sales channels
• Design of a new European 1st and 2nd tier strategy
• Definition of new trading agreements including contractual terms and conditions on product and on channel level
• Keep and improve the relationship with Key Accounts and OEMs
• Ensure a good cooperation with county based support functions (shared services)
• Ensure growth in the business segment "system integration"
• Personal responsibility for dedicated Key accounts
• Forecast and reporting
10/1998-12/2006 Head of Digital Solution Sales
Agfa Germany, Germany

Number of member responsibility: 12
• Heading product management and sales support for IT-solutions with focus on PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication Systems) for radiology and cardiology
• Functional management of the German Healthcare sales team
• Design and review of business plans
• Optimization of sales structures, processes and support functions for the solution business
• Review of the product portfolio in close cooperation with the Agfa headquarter in Belgium
• Management of the transition process of the IT-solution business from Agfa Healthcare to GWI and junction of the sales teams after the acquisition of GWI by Agfa
01/1995-06/1998 Product Manager
Eastman KODAK, Germany

Number of member responsibility: 0
• Product manager for X-Ray films, processors, room-light systems and accessories
• MarCom-responsibility for the dedicated products
• Responsibility for customer complaints
• Create Product requirements documents
• Intensive cooperation with KODAK's Headquarter in Rochester / USA and the factories worldwide in coordination with the European headquarter in London / UK
03/1993-09/1994 Sales
in GmbH Konstanz, Germany , Austria , Switzerland

Number of member responsibility: 0
• Sales of IT solutions for process visualization and automation technology
• MarCom-responsibility for a dedicated product segment