International manager with an outstanding record in the automotive and industrial adhesive industry as well as printer supplies, with general management experience at country and regional level, and functional expertise in Marketing & Sales. Successful history of leading international country and strategic customer teams to deliver improved business results through Increased Sales, Marketing, and Customer Management effectiveness. Keen sense of market developments orientated to achieve sustained success. Analytical, strategic, focus on implementation, with proven project management skills. My proclivity to enhance talents and to put the responsibility to the right place leads to effective teams. An empowering team-oriented style of leadership with objective-oriented course of action, matched with high persistence and drive to completion significantly contributed to my career success.

EFTEC AG (EMS Group) is developer, manufacturer and marketer of process materials for the automotive industry such as adhesives, sealants, damping materials and paste for thermal management .New business development of heat conducting insulation for EV BatteryLead of cross-functional customer key projects jointly with technology managers.Establish CRM relationships at senior level.Global price negotiations and participation at tenders.Lead Project Managers teams.Strategy execution and monitor KPIs.

Market development for Industrial adhesives Development of B2B sales to industrial customers, evaluation of new market segments, adaptation of product range and services to needs of newly targeted target industries.Systematic potential analysis of new business areas and market development. Industrial adhesives for electronics industry, especially sensors.

European wholesaler for ICT supplies and document management solutionsRestructuring of the Italian, French and German branches and management of integration projects in IT and logistics. Lead management of international OEM suppliers and increase business relationships at European level. In 2009 following the successful re-positioning of Adimpo S.A., the company was sold to Unipapel S.A. and I accompanied the change management and merger of these two companies.

Printer Supplies 1982 start as Head of Industrial Engineering Department and Project Manager for Logistics, after five years promotion to Head of Logistics Pelikan Mexico. 1992 Promotion to plant Manager Pelikan Spain.1996 I established the sales office Pelikan Hardcopy Spain and two years later I supported the Pelikan branches in Italy, France and UK.1999 followed the call back to the Swiss headquarters to lead Pelikan Hardcopy business as Commercial Vice-President. After two years followed the Management buy out of Pelikan Hardcopy AG together with two business colleagues and an investor. Fife years later successful implementation of the strategy, sell of Pelikan Hardcopy AG as planned by the investors.