Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Long standing experience in driving global Marketing and Sales in both the commercial and institutional space business. Skilled in forming and leading strong Marketing and Sales teams in a multi-cultural, multi-site international enterprise. Expertise in establishment and negotiation of industrial contracts as well as in internal and external company communications. Proven record in enabling growth and change of a small R&D-focused department into the largest national Space company, delivering products world-wide.
Director Marketing and Sales Product Group Electronics Deputy of the VP Marketing and Sales RUAG Space RUAG Space ("beyond gravity" since March 2022) is the largest independent Space Product Supplier in Europe. The Product Group Electronics (2020: ~100 M€ Sales, 400 Employees) consolidates P&L of all electronics products from sites in Europe and the US. Responsible for Customer- and Sales Strategy for the Product Group. Managing Order Intake, Prospects and Sales Pipeline. Implementation and coordination of customer interaction, sales and contracts activities and pricing strategy across the 6 Product Units located in Sweden, Austria, Finland, Germany and the US. Customer development and establishment of strategic agreements. Member of the Product Group Management Team.
Director Marketing and Sales Deputy of SVP RUAG Space Austria, Prokurist (proxy holder) RUAG Space GmbH (2017: 47 M€, 240 Employees, Austrian part of the Space Division of RUAG) is a space equipment supplier to world-wide commercial and institutional markets in the area of electronics, mechanics and thermal hardware. Member of the company Management Team, Responsible for Business Development, Sales, Contracts and Communications
Marketing Director Deputy of Managing Director, Prokurist (proxy holder) Space Equipment supplier to international commercial and institutional markets in the area of Electronics, Mechanics and Thermal Hardware. RUAG Aerospace Austria since 2008. Member of the Company Management Team. Responsible for Business Development, Sales, Contracts and Communications Member of Management Team RUAG Aerospace Business Unit Space, responsible for coordination of Marketing and Sales activities in Switzerland, Sweden and Austria.
Marketing and Sales Manager Prokurist Austrian Aerospace represents the merger of Schrack Aerospace and ORS (Österreichische Raumfahrt und Systemtechnik), as part of the Swedish Saab Ericsson Space Group. Establishment and Management of Marketing and Sales Department including Contracts and Public Relations responsibility. Product portfolio enlarged to Electronics, Mechanics and Thermal Space Products.
Schrack Aerospace has been founded as selfstanding company following the expansion of the Military Department of SCHRACK Elektronik (~12 employees) into space activities in 1987 March 1993 - June 1997 Marketing Manager Marketing and Sales of all company space products (Ground and Flight satellite Electronics) as well as related Public Relations activities. Jun 1990 - March 1993 Program Manager Satellite Communication Terminals Management of several international cooperation projects for the development, production and sales of a Spread Spectrum Satellite Communication Terminal (VSAT) product line Feb 1989 - Jun 1990 Group Leader Systems Design Establishment and management of an Electronics Systems Design Group Jan 1988 - Feb 1989: Systems Engineer Development activities in projects for ESA, participation in the build-up of a Signal Processing Group with focus on Spread Spectrum Communication