INTERNATIONAL SALES PROFESSIONAL (Graduated Bachelor of Business Administration) with excellent knowledge in affiliated brand name companies in the field of Interior Design (10 years) and Fashion (11 years). Longtime experience as Director of International Sales (B2B). High familiarity in leading employed reps, agents, foreign subsidiaries and distributors. Head of sales for 50 countries/markets: Europe; Middle East, Russia, Hong Kong/ China, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, etc. Great affinity to design on premium level. Valuable combination of practice in the field of sales strategies and direct personal customer contact. Responsible for the global sales strategy and those countries with subsidiaries such as Great Britain, France, Italy and Belgium. Supervision of sales in distributor, agent or single customer structures.  Interior Design industry: about 10 years of international sales and industry knowledge. Fashion and Clothing industry: 11 years of experience in sales and leadership on a national and international level. Verifiable success in sales and building up brand awareness. Development of market positioning due to acquisition of distributors, agents and customers worldwide Implementation of a new customer classification monitoring their future potential instead of turnover development of the past.  Compiling measures of classification: implementing, monitoring and following them up.  Setting up and reorganizing sales structures in various countries as well as implementing of sales strategies.  Introducing new collections and product groups in all countries globally. Organizing sales meetings & workshops centralized in the headquarters or decentralized in other countries.  Developing and implementing sales strategies in line as well as in matrix organizations. Efficient organizational development with teambuilding, strengths in communication, power of persuasion and execution.Specialties: Interior business, Fabrics, Furniture, wallpaper, wall coverings, Accessoires, home collection, rugs, Export, Head of Sales Export, Head of Sales, leading sales staff, organizing sales structures, willingness to travel globally, premium segment,Spezialitäten:Interiorbranche, Stoffe, Möbel, Tapeten, Teppiche, Einrichtung, Wohnaccessoires, Export, Exportleiter, Vertriebsleiter, Leitung Vertrieb, Führung des Außendienstes, Organisation von Vertriebsstrukturen, Aufbau von Vertrieb, Betreuung globaler Märkte, globale Reisebereitschaft, Premiumsegment,