Andreas Braun

Market Development Manager Asia-Pacific & Italy at Wacker Neuson

Greater Munich Metropolitan Area

About

About ten years of experience in working with global customers from Germany & Greater China. Master's degree of the Goethe university in Frankfurt majoring in sinology, business administration and economics and strong communication and negotiation skills. Studied Chinese Economy and Chinese for a year at the Fudan university in Shanghai. Excellence in written and spoken Chinese & English and profound cultural understanding especially China, S. Korea and Japan. Worked, lived and studied for about two and a half years in the P.R. of China.

Experience

  • Market Development Manager Asia Pacific at Wacker Neuson Group
    Nov 2018 - Present · 7 yrs 8 mos

  • Rittal GmbH & Co. KG (1 yr 9 mos)
    • Business Development Manager Greater China
      Oct 2017 - Nov 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos

    • Regional Manager Greater China
      Mar 2017 - Oct 2017 · 8 mos

      Business development for the regions China, Hong Kong & Taiwan (defined sales strategies, promoted sales of global key customers ), perpared decision papers on strategic sales projects with key customers for the top management; sales controlling for the regions China, Hong Kong & Taiwan (preparation of monthly cluster manager meetings and quarterly CEO meetings and attending those meetings as specialist); interface between the sales regions (China, HK, & Taiwan) and top management & HQ divisions; organized international customer visits

  • Business Development Manager BU Electronics at RITTAL Electro-Mechanical Technology Co., Ltd.
    Jun 2017 - May 2018 · 1 yr

  • Sales, Operations and Strategy Support China at SEW Eurodrive
    Oct 2011 - Feb 2017 · 5 yrs 5 mos

    Project Kick-offs e.g. Online Support, new homepage China, project management sales strategy, product localization, development & implementation of commercial and organizational concepts in China, sales & technical support of the Chinese subsidiaries, organized international customer visits,

  • Intern Product Line Controlling at Volkswagen Group China
    Aug 2008 - Jan 2009 · 6 mos

    Project assistance for the concept, organization & buildup of an IT system for material surcharges of all car parts of the VW group in China; reponsible for the project coordination for the buildup & filling of an IT system that contained the material costs of all car parts of the VW group in China