Account Manager, Region South Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Softek Storage Solution (D) GmbH
Responsibility for new sales in the open systems market as well as management of installed base of the existing mainframe customers
Direct sales and Channel sales in CEU for the Softek Software Suite including Storage Resource Management, Datamigration, / -Replication and Service Level Agreement
Responsibility for Key Account Customers such as: BMW, DaimlerChrysler, AGIS, HVB, Fiducia, BASF, E:ON, IZB, UBS, Telecom Austria, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, T-Systems and IBM
Oct 1999 - Jun 2003
3 years 9 months
Grasbrunn, Germany
Account Manager, Region South Germany
NetApp Germany GmbH
Responsibility for new sales as well as management of installed base customers
Direct sales of enterprise storage solutions and content delivery appliances
Providing customers with individual Total-Cost-of-Ownership TCO and Return-on-Investment ROI analysis as decision basis to replace their existing storage environment
Revenue sales target of 4 Mio Euro - average achievement 115 %
Responsibility for the following trades in South Germany: ISP`s Telcos, Semiconductor, Retail, Chemistry and Energie (e.g. Cable & Wireless, O2, E.ON, Texas Instruments, Lucent, Synopsys, Wacker Chemie, Quelle)
Oct 1996 - Sep 1999
3 years
Munich, Germany
Account Manager, Region South Germany
Mannesmann Arcor AG & Co.
Started in early phase of the liberalized telecom market in Germany: member of the first focused Sales Team within the Enterprise Sales Organisation
Sales of voice- and data-services for national and international locations
Revenue sales target of 2 Mio Euro
Strategic win at Kirch-Group (Pro7)
Jan 1993 - Sep 1996
2 years 9 months
Stuttgart, Germany
Sales Representative, Region South Germany
Alcatel SEL AG
Responsibility for new sales as well as management of installed base customers
Sales of telephone equipment, DECT-Solutions and Call-Center-Solutions
Participation on a 7 week Sales-training
Mar 1990 - Dec 1993
3 years 10 months
Memmingen, Germany
Sales Representative, Region South Germany
EDV-COMPAS GmbH
Sales of ERP-solutions based on Siemens and Olivetti hard- and software enhanced with services, support, consulting and third-party products
Summary
Over 25 years sales and account management experience in both national and international environments (Direct Sales and Channel Sales)
Proven sales skills including account planning, Target-Account-Selling-Method, forecasting, competitor analysis, resource and partner management as well as contract negotiation
Experienced in dealing with decision makers from all management levels. Strong technical background of the IT/telecommunications industry with excellent base of customer contacts
Proven communication, presentation, negotiation and sophisticated soft skills
Proven analytical and logical mindset
Self-motivated, goal oriented and entrepreneurial
Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
Education
Sep 1992 - Sep 1994
Industrie und Handelskammer
Bachelor Professional of Marketing · Marketing · Augsburg, Germany
Sep 1987 - Feb 1990
Schneider Rundfunkwerke, AG
Industrial Clerk · Türkheim, Germany
Sep 1987 - Feb 1990
Vocational School
Industrial Clerk · Kaufbeuren, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Fibre Channel Storage Area Network Professional Certification
SNIA
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