Gert Soerensen

Interim management and procurement.

Responsible for all activities in China, SEA and Russia, including business development, increasing market awareness and penetration, gaining market shares, marketing, product management, and manufacturing in China, while proactively increasing the profitability. Creating growth, a high level of customer satisfaction with a minimum level of financial risk. Part of the HQ board of directors and also member of the board of a joint venture with an US company.

Cross-Asia responsibility, with full product portfolio responsibility. Crafting and implementing business strategy, securing constant and profitable growth in the market. Implementing business plans incorporating product and supply strategy for China and India. Monitoring market trends, investigating customer needs and evaluating competitors. Project management in a highly complex matrix organisation with different cultures. Interdisciplinary work between customers, sales, operation and development.

Worldwide responsibility for valve and automation product portfolio. Analyse market position, identify and prepare product plans for priority products, as well as product life cycle evaluation to optimize product range. Product strategy short and long term and responsible for pricing and consolidated gross margin as well as forecast worldwide. Product launch and market introduction of new products, internal as well as external.

Value based management (VBM), Value based product development (VBPD) and Green Belt

Marketing Business economics Business internationalization Organization, strategy and management Negotiation, meetings and personal communications Business accounting

Mechanical design and automation