Claude Leichtnam

A combination of experience, service offer, and the exceptional quality of the products, has made Prismaflex a key partner for professionals of the advertising world.

Heatex AB, operates in energy recovery and has experienced rapid organic growth. Sales have risen from three million in 1999 to seventeen million Euros in 2009. The position of Marketing & Communication has been created in order to give new energy to the company's image and to provide more support to the sales team. Achievements: - Launching of new products - Organizing exhibitions including Nordbygg in Stockholm - Organizing distributors’ days - Installation of communication tools for distributors

On my arrival at Heatex AB in 2004, the French market was starting. My task was to establish business relationships with the Top Ten French Companies in our business. As a result of this success, Heatex AB has opened an office in France. Achievements: - Sales growth for customers in France from one million to 9.2 million over four years - Negotiating with the French and Belgian "key accounts" at a senior management level

This was a four-month temporary position selling to distributors in Germany, Turkey, Switzerland and France.

Pferd-Rüggeberg France is a subsidiary of a large private German business group that is one of the leaders in supplying abrasives to the mechanical industry. I was responsible for back office functions with a team of four sedentary sales people. Our main responsibility was to support the French field sales staff with the handling of quotations, claims, and support. Achievements: - Reorganization and Management of back office team dealing with the coordination of sales - Implementation of SAP R3 in

OSRAM produces and distributes a complete range of lamps. Our customers were in the retail trade. My task was to coordinate our production planning in Molsheim with our sales office in Munich.

CID is a retail chain that owns more than 20 outlets in France. CID had subsidiaries in Hong Kong and in Guangzhou (China). I was responsible for the service of taking home the goods (from Europe and Asia) to our two warehouses in France. This involved working with our suppliers and subsidiaries, selecting shippers and organizing transport (air/sea or truck) as well as negotiating with the banks when we received "letters of credit". An important part of this work was to verify that we were follo

SAGA is one of the largest shippers in the maritime and air navigation. When I started as a salesperson at Saga, my responsibility was to develop the customer base. This I achieved and, after six months, became permanently employed. After sixteen months, I got the request from the director to open an office in Alsace, which I did with great success. Achievements: - Establishment and development of a new client base - Establishment and management of an office in Strasbourg (2 people)

International Business & Marketing

International Business & Marketing

Classe préparatoire HEC

Economy