Niklas Harzer Email & Phone Number

Düsseldorf, Nrw, De

Selzach, Solothurn, Switzerland

As the Chief Commercial Officer for the region of Europe at PLATIT, I spearhead comprehensive commercial strategies across Europe, leveraging my extensive experience in sales, marketing, and product management. In this role, I am entrusted with the holistic oversight of commercial operations, ensuring seamless coordination between sales, marketing, and service functions. My focus is on optimizing revenue streams, fostering strategic partnerships, and driving sustainable growth within the European market.With a proven track record in leading cross-functional teams, I collaborate closely with sales and marketing executives, emphasizing a customer-centric approach. My responsibilities extend to refining market positioning, streamlining distribution channels, and implementing innovative sales tactics to grow new markets and to maximize market share.

Selzach, Solothurn, Switzerland

I am leading an international team of sales and marketing executives, product managers and service technicians. Together, we are thriving for product and service innovation for our customers. Managing marketing operations, our team focuses not only on communicating our core product and company values, but moreover drives global product launches and educates our sales team towards innovations coming right out of our own R&D. PLATIT is an independent, family-owned company headquartered in Selzach, Switzerland as well as a leading manufacturer of high-tech PVD and PECVD hard coating equipment for tools and machine components.

Düsseldorf

Being promoted to the position of Head of Sales I took over the global responsibility for PVD coating system sales. During this time we built up an international team of sales managers and technical advisors. This team sold products to three continents by acquiring new customers in highly technical projects such as automotive and aerospare applications closely collaborating with an in-house R&D and application-oriented team of PhDs and engineers achieving an annual two-digit growth.In addition to my role as Head of Sales I worked closely with the R&D and engineering team on a new product development which was finally launched during EMO exhibition in 2019 - alpha700P.

Düsseldorf Area, Germany

Working in the market development of voestalpine eifeler Vacotec my main task was to increase the global sales of PVD coating systems by developing a global marketing strategy. The purpose of this position was to build longterm relationships with existing customers and to approach new customers by managing requests personally in America, Europe and Asia.

Düsseldorf Area, Germany

As a member of the technical advisory and sales team my main task was to acquire new and manage existing customers in Germany and in the Benelux region. My daily work included the analysis of customer needs towards steel selection, heat treatment and job coating services such as PVD and CVD coatings, as well as laser hardening and laser cladding and sales of customized packages for different tooling applications in the automotive industry.

Stuttgart Area, Germany

Beside my main duty as technical advisory and sales team member I took over the operational management of the voestalpine eifeler Lasertechnik production facility as an interim head of production. The main task back then was to balance maximum flexibility for our customers with short-term requests and long-term orders that gave us a minor capacity utilisation with strict deadlines already.voestalpine eifeler Lasertechnik offers laser hardening and laser cladding technologies.

Düsseldorf Area, Germany

Düsseldorf Area, Germany

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Leadership I Business Model Innovation I Business & Marketing Strategies I Digital Marketing I Disruptive Technologies I Corporate Growth.

Master Of Engineering (M.Eng.), Technical Management

International Sales of Industrial Goods I B2B Marketing I Leadership I Finance & Controlling I Strategic Purchasing & Resource Planning

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Sales Engineering

Material Science I Technical Sales I Negotiation Techniques I Intercultural Skills I Change Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services

Apprenticeship I Industrial Business Management Assistant