André
Sobottka

Through almost 30 years in various corporations as well as in owner-managed medium-sized companies, I have gained a broad international knowledge and a lot of practical experience in the development of sustainable, profitable strategies and their successful implementation. With this in-depth knowledge, I support you and your company appropriately and sustainably.

Can you relate to this?

You are the owner, managing director or decision-maker in a company and want new impulses or need a sparring partner for an honest, unclouded view from the outside. Your company, sales or even the brand would benefit from a new charisma. Would you like to increase sales and earnings, open up new markets, customers, distribution channels or even build up new business areas? Are you looking for a more efficient and effective market penetration?

Do you have ideas or projects in mind that you want to implement, but you lack the resources to do so? Or you represent an investor or a company that lacks the knowledge of the European market to operate successfully here.

My offer!

  • Advice on the following topics:
    Corporate strategy and realignment

    How can the company's success be secured for the coming years? What are the opportunities and risks in the short, medium and long term? Which is the appropriate implementation?

    Sales

    Where are the potentials and how can they be exploited? How do successful acquisition, customer and market cultivation take place? How are measures specifically defined, their implementation and target achievement tracked, and the sales managed and supported?

    Marketing

    What does your brand stand for? What differentiates it and how is the brand perceived? How is a perceptible added value for the market and for the customer offered and communicated?

    Product

    Is the product portfolio still suitable, today and for future market needs? What are the benefits for users and decision-makers along the value chain? Are these added values known to marketing and sales and are they correctly communicated and "priced in"?

    Global Price Management

    How can global price management not only secure earnings and margins, but also reduce risks for one's own company? How can this strengthen customers' trust in the brand and your company?

  • Personal support in the implementation of necessary measures
  • Interim Management / Temporary Manager
  • Support for investors / Private Equity in market entry and M&A
  • Contact mediation - Large and trustworthy network in the international automotive aftermarket

What you can expect!

With my thinking and acting in an entrepreneurial way as a trustworthy sparring partner at eye level I am by your side. Not only as a source of inspiration, but also as an implementer. I am happy to accompany you personally in the implementation of the necessary measures. Down to earth, committed and with heart and mind. So, you are not alone with the new ideas and approaches but can rely on me and my support. You determine the framework and the temporal scope.

I see it as my task to give your employees and your organization new impulses. To enable them to go new ways safely and competently and thus make me superfluous. With passion and motivation, because I am passionate about what I love and do. With verve and a breath of fresh air I will help your team and evolve a new impetus and release energy.

Drei Affen - nichts sehen, nichts sagen, nichts hören

I listen carefully, look behind the scenes and honestly, constructively critically and "apolitically" name the necessary need for action. The neutral and unbiased perspective of an outsider simply works better.

These three monkeys remind me to do this consciously again and again - an heirloom of my grandfather, which has accompanied me standing on my desks for over 30 years. Would you like to exchange ideas with me?

I look forward to exchanging ideas with you!

+49 170 – 30 30 343
mail@remove-this.andresobottka.remove-this.com

Vita

MEYLE AG / Wulf Gaertner Autoparts AG

»Member of the board

Federal Mogul

»Managing Director North Europe

Honeywell

»Managing Director Europe, Middle East and Africa

Philips / Automotive

»Executive Sales Director IAM / EMEA

»Sales Manager (Trade - Retail - OES) Germany, Austria & Switzerland

»Sales Manager Trade Germany

Philips / Licht

»International Segment Manager Shop-lighting

»KEY Account Manager Germany

»Project Manager Fluorescent Lamp Recycling

»Initiator and project manager "Energy-saving lighting solution"

Educational background

»Study of electrical engineering (Dipl. Ingenieur)

»Vocational training as an electrician