Christian Steinberg

- responsible for Business Units, which act as individual profit centres - as well as Sales, Marketing plus Shared Services (Pricing, Product Portfolio Management, Strategy, etc.) - drive internationalisation, end user awareness and digitalisation/ operational excellence - experienced in multichannel distribution of premium products

- responsible for Central Europe - in charge of international Key Account Management Trade Europe - implementation of an Europe-wide B2B approach in a mulit channel environment

Middle East and Africa, Turkey, South East Europe, Central Asia, Mexico, Brazil. Organized transition of Russian, Ukrainian and Romanian rep. offices into independent sales organizations. Managing of rep. offices, subsidiary sales companies which serve as regional hubs, regional partner companies and the headquarter functions (Marketing, Export, PM, Logistic, Finance as well as HR). Establishing and leading a Service Organization for markets outside the area of responsibility.

Responsible for two sales organizations, contribution margins and P&L. Enforcing of push and pull strategies in a multi-channel and B2B environment. Development of new business segments and B2C activities.

Leading all sales and marketing activities on behalf of wholesalers and OEM customers. Setting up of logistic cooperations and VMI with key customers. Accomplished strong customer loyalty through a tight network of personal contacts.

Built up the top key accounts for the whole product range of Geberit in Germany. Full budget responsibility for concerned customer groups. Successful composition of a network of top customers in the market.

Profit Center responsibility, including P&L, sales, marketing and technical services. General Manager, running sales, technical services and the branch office in Bavaria. Coping with wholesalers, contractors, designers, architects and installers.

Responsible for project business as well as internal services and leading the team of the office. Coordination of the marketing strategy between the headquarter and local office. Steering and monitoring of all activities in sales and technical service in that business unit. Customer training, project acquisition and steering of sales activities.

Influencing the strategic direction of the company by assisting the Managing Director. Optimization of processes and negotiation of purchasing conditions as Head of Purchasing Department. Working and carrying out of new concepts for efficient stock keeping and logistic.

Selecting and looking after appropriate partners in the industry. Stock optimization and supply chain management. Supervised inventory control and order handling for selected vendors.