Tobias Niehus

Head of Sales High-Speed Standard Gears and Key Account Management at RENK Group

Rheine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

About

It is motivating and fun as long as you can learn something new every day and grow beyond yourself.

Experience

  • RENK Group (Full-time · 6 yrs 9 mos)
    • Head of Global Key Account Management
      Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

      - Development of a new Key Account Management structure and its implementation - Development and pursuit of strategic goals for the newly created department - Leading a team of Key Account Managers - Managing global key accounts; Responsible for developing, maintaining, and growing effective customer relationships

    • Head of Sales High-Speed Standard Gears
      Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

      High-Speed Gearbox Market - Coordination of global sales activities for gearboxes in the markets turbines, compressors, and pumps - Strong focus and experience in markets in Europe, China, India, and North Americas - Leading a sales team specialized in high-speed application - Managing global accounts - Responsible for developing, maintaining, and growing effective customer relationships

    • Head of Sales Turbo Applications
      Jan 2021 - Jun 2024 · 3 yrs 6 mos

      High-Speed Gearbox and Coupling Market - Coordination of global sales activities for both couplings and gearboxes in the markets turbines, compressors, and pumps - Leading a sales team specialized in turbo application sales - Managing global key accounts - Responsible for developing, maintaining, and growing effective customer relationships

  • The Timken Company (Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
    • Senior Sales Engineer
      Sep 2018 - Sep 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo

      - Ownership of customer accounts, customer projects and assignments that involve problem solving and resolution of both commercial and technical issues - Create and maintain sales opportunities - Responsible for developing, maintaining, and growing effective customer relationships - Lead customer negotiations

    • Sales Engineer
      Oct 2016 - Aug 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos

      - Ownership of customer accounts, customer projects and assignments that involve problem solving and resolution of both commercial and technical issues - Create and maintain sales opportunities - Responsible for developing, maintaining, and growing effective customer relationships - Lead customer negotiations

  • Master Thesis Project at Atlas Copco
    Nov 2015 - Jun 2016 · 8 mos

    Master thesis in the field of ORC power plants - Master thesis with Atlas Copco Energas in the field of ORC power plants - Focus on: Geothermal / Waste-Heat Recovery / Refrigeration

  • Student Assistant at CWD, RWTH Aachen University
    Jan 2015 - Oct 2015 · 10 mos

    Student assistant in the field of full size ground testing of wind turbines and their components: - Team member of the IEA Wind task 35, that seeks to evaluate how ground based component testing of drivetrains and turbine blades can be improved to best evaluate the in-field performance and possible failure modes under simplified, but still representative, accelerated life test conditions

  • Engineering Assistant / Bachelor Thesis Project at FEV North America, Inc.
    Sep 2013 - Sep 2014 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Engineering assistant located in the vehicle testing group of the gasoline engine combustion system department: - Analysis of fuel economy, vehicle performance, emission measurements, and engine calibration signals as measured throughout the various legislated emission cycles - Instrumentation and signal debugging as well as overall coordination of vehicle testing activities - Lead role of a vehicle testing program, coordinated under the guidance of an experienced project engineer - Development and validation of a quasi-dimensional single-cylinder model for the use with reduced combustion reaction mechanisms in Cantera 2.1.1 and Python 3.3 (Bachelor Thesis)