Armin Dieckmann

Full P&L responsibility (€ 200M p.a.) with 1300 employees in 3 plants and a European R&D center. Global Customers: OEMs and Tier1s Leadership of 10 direct reports representing Operations, Finance, Human Resources, Quality, Environmental, Purchasing & Supply Chain, Sales, Business Development, Strategy and Design. - Increased productivity and output by >50% and reduced accidents by 90% - Solved major external issues during Chapter 11 of US parent; drove cash management and deliver positive P&L impact

Global sales responsibility, leading a 70-member global sales force. - Delivered profitable sales of $ 2.2B p.a., with growth in China and the USA - Re-negotiated with OEM to fix non-profitable orders while maintaining customer satisfaction - Crafted new sales & business development strategy, realizing 40% growth and achieving 18% improvement - Won annual order intake of $ 400M (Trim) and $ 90M (Fabrics) - Built resilient partnerships and cooperations

Led global business development & sales teams Spearheaded expansion into China subsidiary of Panasonic / embedded software products and virtualization platform COQOS Hypervisor (provides secure automotive electronics in parallel to android communication stacks to allow wireless connectivity - Car2X - for integration in safe cockpit controller, multi-functional body controller, smart antenna, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), serving consumer expectations of e-mobility and autonomous driving.

Sales & System Marketing for Interior Electronic Solutions, world wide set up, (HQ Germany, focus regions: China, USA, France) for all key automotive customers, OEM, support system solutions for: HMI, Connectivity, Architectures

Global customer management of VW Group, BMW, Daimler, Volvo, Land Rover, Renault, GM, Ford, Chysler, Nissan, Toyota, Mazda, Mitsubishi, SAIC, DFM, SGM, SGMW, Geely, Chery, JAC. Primary focus on China and the USA (offices in Shanghai, Liuzhou and Detroit). Dotted-line responsibility for SAS (50/50 joint venture between Siemens VDO and Faurecia). - Generated profitable sales of € 500M p.a. and € 3.8B in the SAS JV - Expanded cockpit business especially China (starting from ground zero)

based in Germany

based in Holland, Michigan, USA

Plant Manager for Interior Trim Products (IP, Doors) based in Battle Creek, MI, USA

based in Stuttgart, Germany

Marketing & Logistics Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing.

Marketing, Umwelt-Technik, Maschinenbau, Unternehmensgründung (W92)