Christoph Essmeyer, Branch Manager: Sales & Business Development

Christoph Essmeyer

Branch Manager: Sales & Business Development

Simon Motorsport LLC

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Master's degree, Operations Research and Management / Supply Chain Management
Experience
11 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :11 years, 5 Months

Branch Manager: Sales & Business Development at Simon Motorsport LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2017 to August 2019

▪ Supervising the daily operational functions related to modification, tuning & maintenance of cars
▪ Establishing the Middle East distributorship for Pipercross® Performance Air Filters
▪ Managing the Middle East distributorship for IPE® exhaust systems
▪ Sourcing of spare parts and tuning parts suppliers to reduce cost
▪ Increase sales through cross sell (service & maintenance) based on customer needs
▪ Establishing and managing a new business division: im-/export of premium and luxury cars
▪ Handling new and used car purchases, relocation, transport logistics & homologation
▪ Ensuring and enriching customer satisfaction to increase brand loyalty
▪ Responsible for growing client and partner base through website, social media and dealership visits
▪ Setting up sales & marketing campaigns (awareness and tactical)
▪ Coaching and developing staff regarding service expectations, procedures and products
▪ Selling extended warranties and service contracts for premium and luxury vehicles
▪ Financial planning

Executive-International Business Development at Damac Properties Co. LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2016 to January 2017

-Development of a real estate broker network in Europe/Germany
-Market research and evaluation of the UAE and European real estate market, especially for Germany
-collaborate plus support of sales and marketing in order to identify opportunities and achieve targets
-development of marketing campaigns
-organization of roadshows and sales events
-Development of customized real estate and investment products for German clients

After Sales department Assistant: Business Development and Spare Parts at MAN Truck & Bus MIddle East and Africa FZE
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • November 2015 to April 2016

-Development and introduction of a parts campaign for the whole Middle East region
-Implementation of a dealer management system to increase sales and market share for spare parts
-Development and implementation of a new bonus system for importers in the Middle East region
-Analysis of sales data (KPIs)
-Monitoring and documentation of qualitative criteria for steering of the sales force
-Network development: implementation of new dealer standards and corporate identity for private capital importers

Owner/Founder (Golf business) at Fa. Christoph Essmeyer
  • Germany
  • January 2008 to November 2015

Self-employed. Entrepreneurial commercial activity:
Sales, marketing, distribution and product training for sporting goods (golf and winter sports) plus event management.

Golf:
-Luxury golf equipment sales (B2B + B2C):
MacGregor Golf, JG Golf, Kimura Golf, Golfbuddy, Powakaddy....
-Organization and management of demo & sales events (trade fairs and retail seller events; average turnover for retail sellers increased by 5000€ for each event)
-Golf events and tournament organization (shoot out/ skills competition, corporate tournaments)
-Cooperation with two distributors in Germany: GreenGrassGolf Europe GmbH & Co. KG and Jordan Golf Cologne GmbH und Co. KG www.greengrassgolf.de / www.jg-golf.de
-Professional custom fitting for retail clients
(more than 1000 custom fittings)
-Promotion and product training for retail sellers
(more than 400 promotion days and trainings)


Winter sport:
-High-end winter sport goods sales (LibTech and Quiksilver)
-Snowboards, clothing and accessories

Senior Chief at Förderverein der Fachschaft Wirtschaftswissenschaften der Uni Münster e.V.
  • Germany
  • December 2008 to December 2011

Senior chief - Event management
Förderverein der Fachschaft Wirtschaftswissenschaften der Uni Münster e.V. (Faculty of Economics student’ department, Germany)

-Organization of the Faculty of Economics’ yearly event
Development of an event & entertainment concept for more than 2300 guests
-Increased number of guests/sold tickets (+ 130% within 3 years): 1000 (2008) up to 2300 (2011)
-Finance and acquisition of sponsors
-Management & sales of VIP tickets
-Development of commercial spots

Education

Master's degree, Operations Research and Management / Supply Chain Management
  • at RWTH Aachen
  • September 2015
Bachelor's degree, Business Administration
  • at WWU Münster
  • March 2013

Specialization: marketing, business cooperation, finance

Specialties & Skills

Analysis
Supply Chain Management
Negotiation
Marketing
MS Office

Languages

German
Native Speaker
English
Expert
French
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Lenovo casestudy soft skills training (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2015
Valid Until:
January 9999

Hobbies

  • Golf, Football, Basketball, Snowboarding, Inlineskating, Gym, Cars, Literature, Traveling