Rainhard Rodler
Director Sales & Application, EMEA @ ANDRITZ
About
Sales leader in automation and digitalization mainly in tissue, pulp and paper, connecting capital equipment, automation, SaaS and IIoT for profitable growth 📈 Sales Director with more than 26 years of experience in the global automation and digitalization business. My background covers capital equipment for greenfield and brownfield projects, services, consumables, SaaS and IIoT solutions. I combine deep technical understanding with a strong commercial mindset to scale revenue, expand margins and build long term, value based customer partnerships. What I deliver: 📈 Profitable and sustainable growth: I increased revenue by more than 8 percent year on year and improved margins by more than 6 percent, using value based selling, solution selling, disciplined pricing, portfolio focus and targeted up selling and cross selling. 🌍 International commercial leadership: Lead a diverse team of sales managers across 14 European countries, aligning different cultures and complex markets around clear strategy, transparent communication, performance management and shared KPI targets 🔗 Integration of equipment, automation and digital: Designed and executed cross selling concepts that connect capital equipment, process automation, IIoT and SaaS. Focus: removing bottlenecks, increasing OEE, improving ROI on existing assets and enabling data driven decision making. Several of these concepts are used internally as commercial and technical blueprints 🎯 Go to market excellence: I contribute to the design and rollout of go to market strategies with strong lead conversion, larger qualified pipeline and higher win rate. I enjoy optimization of sales operations and sales supportive processes in a competitive market environment of around 610 million euro 🤝 Executive stakeholder and customer management I work closely with C level and mill leadership in complex, multi year and multi site sales cycles. This includes solution shaping, risk management, contract design and long term service and lifecycle concepts with a clear focus on value creation and partnership. 🧠 Mindset and leadership style I enjoy connecting people, data and technology to create economic and ecological value at the same time. I believe in trust based leadership, hands on collaboration, coaching and continuous learning, independent of title or hierarchy. If you are looking for a senior commercial leader in pulp, paper or tissue who understands capital equipment, automation and digitalization and who is comfortable in international and matrix environments, Let us connect 🔗
Germany
Leipzig
Medical Device
Paper Industry, Sales, Sales Management, Process Engineering, Business Planning, Sales Processes, Contract Negotiation, Automatisierung, Consulting, Marketing, Ausschreibungsmanagement, Prognosen, Operations, Management, Leadership, Sales Enablement, Internationaler Vertrieb, Beschwerdemanagement, Ressourcenallokation, Sales Psychology
Experience

Director Sales & Application, EMEA
EMEA
* Executive Regional Management Member * Second line manager within the Automation and Digitalization division. Managing a multi million euro business across various countries, entities and subsidies on direct- and multi-channel sales. Paper Industry Profitability Architect Women in STEM supporter People Enthusiast My mandate is to shape, lead and grow the European Sales and Application teams of Andritz Automation & Digitalization. Our target: keeping and improving the profitability of the tissue, pulp and paper, nonwoven & MDF industry in EMEA - the most challenging geographical area on the globe for our industry.

Founder & Owner
Leipzig, Sachsen, Deutschland
Umsatzkraftwerk enables small to medium sized companies to navigate through challenging business environments & difficult market conditions We provide "Human Updates" early enough to avoid costly and painful turnaround processes Our four main disciplines: * Sales & Sales Management training * Employee retention & motivation * Crisis & conflict management * Organizational resilience umsatzkraftwerk.de revenuepowerplant.com

Business Consultant Tissue Pulp- & Paper; Europe
Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
Business Driver; Strategy and margin responsibility for a selected portfolio within the P&P business line. Sales advisor and multiplier for the European Pulp- & Paper business Team builder, motivator, speaker 👉 Helping my clients and colleagues to grow is my passion. 👉 Women in STEM supporter

Senior Account Manager Battery, Hydrogen & Paper
Offenbach am Main, Hessen, Deutschland
Ambassador for Battery 🔋 Hydrogen & Paper Applications * Supporting the global cell- hydrogen- and paperindustry with latest technologies for a transition to a true net zero future.

Corporate Account Manager DACH/NL & PL
Eclépens, Waadt, Schweiz
- Ensuring high levels of client satisfaction and define up-sell and cross-sell potential within existing and new clients to increase their business performance and BTG turnover - Coordinate tasks & communication to hit important project milestones and ensure a maximized positive economic impact - Funnel sales activities to reach or exceed strategic execution plans

Application Engineer Europe, Middle East & Africa
Berlin und Umgebung, Deutschland
- Application Manager for process optimization within the tissue paper industry - Onsite assignments in full EMEA, but focused on Germany, Austria, France, Spain, Portugal & Slovenia

Sales & Service Engineer
Heidenheim an der Brenz
- Sales responsibility for papermachine clothing in North & East Germany - Gaining and protecting sustainable business through in-depth analysis and optimization of press- and wet-end sections in the papermanufacturing industry

Design- & Application Engineer
Frankenmarkt, Oberösterreich, Österreich
- Productline-responsibility for the largest VOITH forming-fabric plant in Europe - Market-responsibility for the application of forming-fabrics in Austria - Interface function between clients/sales and internal departments

Paper Engineer
Pitten - Austria; Spremberg - Germany; Dunaújváros - Hungary
- Process engineering - Hydraulic- pneumatic- and electrical engineering - Papermachine maintenance, Start-Ups and runability improvements - Analysis of stock-preparation devices & projects for improved efficiency in energy- and raw-material consumption
Education

Executive Education: * Leadership (Mindsets, Judgement, Leverage, Authenticity) * Mega Trends (Macro Economy, Globalization, Strategic Choices) * Organisational Structures/ Stakeholders * People Awareness (Metaphor, Value Conversation, Communication, Feedback, Coaching, Balance) * Excellence; Fair Process Leadership (5E, 5C)

Business Management
* Intercultural & International Management * Organizational resilience * Human Resource Management * Leadership & Conflict Management * Strategic Management * Corporate Governance & Change Management * Compliance Management Final thesis: "Increasing the organizational resilience of the ABB EU Sales division in Pulp- & Paper"
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