Matthias Gutendorf

All church related activities with focus on inner city ministry and missions.

All automotive seating sales related activities for Ford and GM. Team size of 5 employees in sales.

Customer Business Unit DIrector for Ford, GM and New Customers (e.g. Volvo, Jaguar/Land-Rover, Kia) with production in Poland and Portugal. Customer interaction in the U.S., Germany, U.K. and Sweden. Member of Faurecia Global Management team. Team size of 9 employees in sales and project management.

All sales related activities for automotive seating and interior business for BMW Germany. Team size of 6 employees (automotive interior in Geretsried and automotive seating in Munich).

Expat in Shanghai (CN). All sales and business development related activities for export of seating parts such as tracks, recliners, head restraints and trim covers for a global customer footprint, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, US, Germany, Vietnam, Malaysia and Australia.

Expat in Chelmsford, U.K.. All sales related activities for seating related to Ford C-car (Ford Focus and all its derivatives) with with responsibility in U.K., Spain, Germany and Italy.

Business Development of automotive seating business for Renault/Nissan, Toyota and Proton. Regular customer meetings with JCI sales representatives in the U.K. and France. Fair and tech show participation.

Product Communications and Event-Marketing, i.e. preparation, organisation and execution of international automotive trade fairs (IAA Frankfurt, Mondial Paris) and customer/OEM (BMW, Daimler, Fiat, Jaguar-LR, Volvo, Renault, Ford, Toyota) tailor made tech shows in Europe. Last 12 months Business Development of Electronics (HomeLink) for Audi, Porsche, Daimler, Jaguar.