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Managing Director | Chief Sales Officer | International Business Development

Istanbul, Turkey
Worldwide
St. Gallen Management Programme / Strategic Sales Management
Istanbul, Turkey
Worldwide
St. Gallen Management Programme / Strategic Sales Management

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About me

Interim Executive mit 25+ Jahren Erfahrung in General Management, Sales & Business Development. Aufbau, Skalierung und Transformation internationaler Vertriebsorganisationen. 16 Mio. € Umsatzverantwortung, 30+ Länder. Fokus: Wachstum, Turnaround & Go-to-Market.

Business DevelopmentCommercializationSalesGlobal Distribution SystemsNegocios InternacionalesInternational SalesSales EffectivenessBusiness StrategiesTrade Promotion ManagementTrading StrategyOutbound MarketingInternational DeliveriesBusiness-to-business SalesSales Strategy
International Sales Strategy
Aufbau und Steuerung internationaler Vertriebsstrategien in mehr als 19 Ländern, inklusive Markteintrittsprogramme, Exportentwicklung und Umsatzwachstum durch gezielte Segmentierung und KPI-gestützte Steuerung.

General Management & P&L Ownership
Vollständige P&L-Verantwortung für Tochtergesellschaften und Geschäftsbereiche, mit nachgewiesener Fähigkeit zur Skalierung von Umsätzen, Teamführung und operativer Exzellenz in industriellen B2B-Unternehmen.

Subsidiary & Distributor Network Management
Aufbau und Verwaltung von Tochtergesellschaften und Distributorennetzwerken weltweit, mit Erfahrung in der Expansion von 8 auf 12 Tochtergesellschaften und der Betreuung von rund 520 Vertriebspartnern.

Key Account Management
Entwicklung und Pflege strategischer Schlüsselkundenbeziehungen im industriellen B2B-Umfeld, mit nachweisbarer Steigerung globaler Key Accounts um 42 Prozent.

Market Entry & Export
Planung und Umsetzung von Markteintrittsprojekten in neue Regionen und Länder, inklusive Aufbau von Exportkanälen und Wachstum der Exportumsätze von 0,5 Mio. Euro auf über 7 Mio. Euro.

Sales Productivity & KPIs
Einführung von Leistungsindikatoren, Kontoprioritisierung und Produktmixanalysen zur Steigerung der Vertriebseffizienz, mit 17 Prozent Umsatzwachstum in einem Jahr ohne zusätzliche Personalkosten.

CRM & Sales Process Management
Aufbau und Optimierung von Vertriebs- und Serviceprozessen sowie CRM-Praktiken zur Verbesserung der kommerziellen Performance in internationalen Organisationen.

Industrial Measurement & Technology Sales
Vertrieb und Vermarktung industrieller Messtechnik, antistatischer Loesungen und maschineller Bildverarbeitungsloesungen in internationalen Maerkten.

Business Development & Commercial Advisory
Gruendung und Fuehrung eines kommerziellen Beratungs- und Vertriebsunternehmens mit Fokus auf Markteintritt, B2B-Akquise und Partnerentwicklung zwischen Deutschland und der Tuerkei.

Languages

GermanNative speakerEnglishFluentTurkishNative speaker

Project history

Founder & Managing Director

Redkaya Consulting, Istanbul
Founded a Germany-Turkiye commercial advisory and sales delivery business focused on market entry, B2B prospecting and partner development. Designs and manages lead generation, appointment setting and distributed sales operations for industrial and energy-sector clients.

Executive Management

Green Energy Systems GmbH, Erlenbach am Main, Germany
Led commercial and operational development of a photovoltaic and energy business, spanning sales, customer development, service delivery and cross-border execution. Built sales and service processes and CRM practices; oversaw recruiting, installation-team quality, budgeting and liquidity management.

Chief Sales Officer

FOGE Elektronik GmbH, Germany / Turkiye
Led international sales of industrial antistatic and machine-vision lighting solutions.

Chief Marketing & Sales Officer

PAKKENS A.S., Bursa, Turkiye
Led global sales and marketing for a 34m Euro industrial measurement business, with 48 direct reports, 12 subsidiaries and approximately 520 distribution partners. Delivered 26% revenue growth in 2 years, expanded exports to over 7m Euro, increased global key accounts by 42% and established 4 subsidiaries in Australia, NZ, Singapore and Malaysia.

Global Market Segment Manager, Basic Materials

WIKA, Klingenberg, Germany
Owned global strategy for the basic materials and metals segment; re-assessed addressable market potential from 40m Euro to 386m Euro through detailed market and customer analysis. Developed segment strategy, portfolio coverage and key account activity, contributing to 34% segment revenue growth within one year.

Business Development Manager

WIKA, Klingenberg, Germany
Developed sales effectiveness strategy across 19 countries in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Latin America (approximately 250 sales employees, 160m Euro revenue). Introduced performance indicators, account prioritisation and product-mix analysis; achieved 17% revenue growth in one year without extra personnel costs.

Managing Director, Turkiye

WIKA, Istanbul
Built and led the Turkish subsidiary with full P&L responsibility and a team of 21 across sales, finance, controlling and technical functions. Scaled revenue from 0.2m Euro to 4.5m Euro and customers 25-fold; improved quotation win rate from approximately 7% to 37%, with the approach subsequently rolled out to 19 other subsidiaries.

Founder

Marketing Agency, Germany
Built a B2B and professional-services client base.

Client Adviser

Allianz Agency, Germany
Achieved highest sales conversion rate in the agency.

Key Account Manager

Sopra GmbH, Germany
Grew financial-services account revenue by 28%.

Account Manager

m+s Elektronik AG, Germany
Expanded banking accounts through cross-selling.

Key Account Manager

WIKA, Turkiye
Grew customer base from 50 to 120 and revenue by approximately 30%.

Inside Sales

IMT (WIKA Group), Germany
Inside sales role within the WIKA Group in Germany.

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