Harald Gessner, Sales Manager

Harald Gessner

Sales Manager

Gericke GmbH

Location
Germany - Frankfurt am Main
Education
Master's degree, Mechanical and thermla processing
Experience
25 years, 10 Months

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Total years of experience :25 years, 10 Months

Sales Manager at Gericke GmbH
  • Germany
  • My current job since January 2020

Bulk Handling Systems
Area Sales Manager for a certain region in Germany
Applications for chemical Industry, building materials, food indus- try, plastic industry
• Acquisition of new customers and Projects
• Restructure the sales region
• Calculation and proposal processes
• Visiting customer, or even video conferences at present
• Technical support for customer
• Reporting direct to the general manager (in one-person Sales manager)

Manager Sales and Services at Hibar Systems
  • Germany
  • July 2017 to December 2019

Hibar Systems Europe GmbH
Sales Manager and Service Manager for liquid metering pumps
Project Engineering and Service, Start ups
• Advice customer for needed systems for liquid dispensing
• Application in the Food industry, Chemical industry, Cosmetic In-dustry, Pharma
• Design of Pressure vessels for special purposes
• Preparing calculation and Proposals as well as to EPC Contrac-tors
• Performing tests at customer site
• Technical support and services for existing systems
• Optimizing of existing processes for liquid dispensing
• Spare Part services and quotes
• Reporting to the General Manager Hibar Canada.
Employee has changed the owner, the German branch office (2 people) will be closed position was unsafe.

Project Manager at Ostra Steel and Design Engineering
  • Germany
  • June 2015 to July 2017

• Applications in Construction, Cement industry, chemical industry, Oil and gas
• Design of single systems and complete systems
• Preparation of requests for additional components
• Preparation of calculations and proposals
• Project Managment for large scale projects
• Cost and time contorl

Technical Manager at Chemical industry
  • Germany
  • April 2013 to June 2015

• Technical Manager and Plant Engineer, Manager for Services and Maintenance for rectifications and thermal processes as well as
• Development of strategies for maintenance processes
• Implementing and improving of documentation
• Implementation of a system for strategic spare parts
• Optimizing of chemical processes for higher run time
• Optimizing of water related systems from water treatment to condensate systems
• Development of a structure for preventive maintenance
• Services and repairs for example for pumps, compressors, valves, heat exchangers and so on
• Calculation and definition of heat exchangers, vessels and piping systems
• Projects and Engineering for piping and tank construction
• Budget responsibility
• HR responsible

Project and sales engineer at Zeppelin Systems Gulf
  • Saudi Arabia - Jubail
  • September 2011 to March 2013

Manager for Sales and Projects in oil and gas industry, dairy, bakeries, confectionary
•Basic Engineering and project management for complete systems
•Systems foroild and gas, dairy, food and beverage
•Development of new structure for sales and engineeruing in Saudi Arabia
• Basic Engineering and project management
• Direct report to the Managing Director and General Manager
•Technical support of customers (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait)

Project and Sales Engineer at Zeppelin Systems GmbH
  • Germany
  • March 2009 to August 2011

Area Sales Manager and project engineer for systems in the oild and gas industry, dairy industry, food and beverages

•Technical support of customers and consultant for middle east
• Basic Engineering and project management
• Technical and commercial proposal preparation
• Report to the sales manager and managing director
• Experience in the field of export control especially for the Iran, (BAFA, L/C)
Change to the branch in Saudi Arabia for better market presents

Project and sales engineer at Netzsch Condux Grinding Technology GmbH
  • Germany
  • July 2006 to February 2009

• Technical support of customers and representatives
(Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Czech Republic)
• Preparation of tests in the technical test center and assistance of the trials
• Summary of the trials
• Design of the process (grinder, pneumatical transport and filter size), due to the test results
• Technical and commercial proposal preparation
• Negotiation with customers
• Report to the sales manager and managing director
Headhunt for new opportunities in the plant engineering for food technologies

Project and sales engineer at Pallmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH
  • Germany
  • March 2005 to June 2006

• Technical support of customers in europe and eastern europe
• Preparation of tests in the technical test center and assistance of the trials
• Design of the process (grinder, pneumatical transport and filter size), due to the test results
• Technical and commercial proposal preparation
• Negotiation
• Report to the sales manager and managing director
Because of the economic situation of the company, I left the
company

Project and Sales engineer Water Filtration at Hydac Process
  • Germany
  • October 2002 to December 2004

• Technical support of customers
• Design of the process for the water filtation systems in the field of
reverse osmosis, water treatment systems as well as
desalination especially offshore systems
• Technical and commercial proposal preparation
• Negotiation with customers
• Reporting to the sales manager and managing director
Fixed-term contract

Project and sales engineer Filtration at Hayward Industrial GmbH (bought by EATON)
  • Germany
  • January 2002 to September 2002

• GCC Countries, Poland, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia,
Bulgaria, Turkey
• Acquisition of customer
• Design of filtrations systems in the fine and ultra fine filtration
before reverse osmosis systems as well as food and soft drink
industry
• Support of representatives
• Technical and commercial proposal preparation
• Negotiation with customers
The company were sold and restructered, because of that I left the
company

Process and Sales Engineer Water Filtration at Faudi Process Filtration
  • Germany
  • April 2000 to December 2001

• Technical support of customers
• Design of the process for the water filtation systems in the field of
reverse osmosis, water treatment systems as well as
desalination especially offshore systems
• Technical and commercial proposal preparation
• Negotiation with customers
• Reporting to the sales manager and managing director
Faudi Process did declare bankruptcy after the 31.12.2001.

Assistant Production manager at Hostmann Steinberg
  • Germany
  • June 1999 to March 2000

• Process optimizing
• Trials during the production
Changed back in the sales, headhunted

Test Engineer at Larox Europe Filtration GmbH
  • Germany
  • April 1998 to April 1999

• Testing engineer for solid- and liquid separation
• Trials at customer’s site with testing facilities
• Countries: Turkey, Switzerland, Austria, Germany
Because of reorganization and economical situation I left the company for new opportunities

Education

Master's degree, Mechanical and thermla processing
  • at Fachhochschule Hamburg Bergedorf
  • September 1998

Processing technology, mechanical engineering

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Plastics
Food Industry
Production Management
Maintenance and services in chemical industry
Silo technology and pneumatic conveying systems
Mechanical processes
Projects
Production
Pumps and compressors
Plastic industry
Food industry
Oil and gas industry maintenance
Chemical industry

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

qualified certificate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2013
Valid Until:
November 2013
qualified person (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2013
Valid Until:
October 2013

Hobbies

  • Sport
    Fitness
  • Books reading
    Phantasy Specialists Books (Technical, mechanical, physics)
  • Computer
    soft- and Hardware