Patrick Wendt

About

Highly motivated, successful manager and driver of change in the international mobility sector. Passionate believer of the automotive industry’s transformation towards D2C eCommerce and customer offers centered around a mobility services ecosystem which covers the entire automotive value chain. Established Volvo Cars’ online business and car subscription offer from scratch in one of the most challenging automotive markets and grew the business to a ~10% share of end customer sales in only three years. Build a global D2C sales unit to accelerate the international growth of the online business with online sales increasing by 316% in 2021 compared to 2020. 10+ years of international experience within the Automotive Industry and 4+ years of experience in an ever-changing environment of an organization taking a leading role in the transformation of its industry helped me to learn, live and breathe that data driven decision making, true cross-functional collaboration based on a shared purpose and vision and an open error culture as part of an agile development framework are essential drivers to successfully master change and foster growth. I am super thrilled to be able to contribute to Volvo Cars' exciting transformation journey. We are continously looking for great talents to join us and help us become even better. Feel free to reach out.

Experience

• Volvo Cars (Full-time · 6 yrs 2 mos)
  • Senior Growth Lead EMEA
    Nov 2025 - Present · 9 mos

  • Head of Sales - Online Direct Business
    Jun 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 2 mos

  • Product Director Retail Excellence
    Oct 2021 - Nov 2025 · 4 yrs 2 mos

• Care by Volvo Car Germany GmbH (3 yrs 3 mos)
  • Geschäftsführer Care by Volvo Car Germany GmbH
    Jul 2019 - Sep 2021 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Head of Care by Volvo Germany
    Jul 2018 - Jul 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Volvo Car Germany GmbH (Cologne Bonn Region)
  • Manager Care by Volvo
    Aug 2017 - Jun 2018 · 11 mos

  • Manager Marketing
    Jul 2012 - Jul 2017 · 5 yrs 1 mo

    Responsible for Marketing/Brand Strategy, Media Planning, Advertising, Online Marketing, Social Media, CRM, Trade Marketing, Live Communication

• Head of Marketing & Sales at Nürburgring Automotive GmbH
  May 2010 - Jul 2012 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  - Leading 65-person staff and 6 department heads - Reporting to the CEO/COO - Responsibility for marketing, advertising/sponsorships, corporate events business, driving academy, merchandising, licensing, kart centre

• Toyota Motorsport GmbH (6 yrs 4 mos)
  • Head of Marketing
    Jul 2007 - Apr 2010 · 2 yrs 10 mos

    - Lead eight-person staff - Supervised and coordinated the brand management, marketing services, hospitality operations and sponsorship programme of Toyota’s Formula 1 team

  • Head of Sponsoring
    Nov 2006 - Jun 2007 · 8 mos

    - Lead a four-person sponsorship team - Oversaw sponsorship delivery for a cumulative sponsorship budget of +€60M

  • Business Development Co-ordinator
    Jan 2004 - Oct 2006 · 2 yrs 10 mos

    - Acquired sponsors for Toyota’s Formula 1 team - Managed Toyota’s Formula 1 licensing business - Planned and coordinated marketing research, developed sales materials - Coordinated agent/agency relationships