CV - Profile Peter Brunzel

CV - Profile Peter Brunzel

Professional career

Since 01/2015 Dental Results, Karlsruhe/Germany

Owner and Managing Director “Dental Results”

11/2011 - 12/2014 Amann Girrbach, Pforzheim/Germany

Full service provider of digital dental prosthetics

Vice President Direct Sales – Germany/Austria

Responsibility:

  • Area of responsibility: entire direct sales organization, including order administration and invoicing

Main Tasks:

  • Results based leadership, continuous development and encouragement of staff, including recruitment and team building
  • Development and revision of sales strategy (distribution channels, market segments, target groups)
  • Management of product mix - new products, especially positioning of strategic products 
  • Development of relevant management and control instruments, including target goal setting, sales controlling & reporting
  • Market oriented management of distribution channels
  • Planning of sales regions and associate product sales
  • Sales controlling and detailed analysis to ensure sustainable achievement of objectives 
  • Continuous development of the external and internal services through targeted training
  • Planning and implementation of incentives and actions

07/2005 – 10/2011 Biomet 3i (formerly Implant Innovations), Karlsruhe/Germany

One of the world leaders in the field of dental implantology 

05/2008 – 10/2011 Managing Director Central Europe (Germany-Austria-Switzerland)

Responsibility:

  • Area of responsibility: Sales, Customer Service/Order Administration, Marketing, Finance/Controlling and local P & L responsibility 

Main Tasks:

  • Leadership, support and development of the organization  
  • Expansion and restructuring of sales organization
  • Market launch and price positioning of premium products, including the development of sustainable market strategies
  • Adaptation and implementation of global strategies, both organizational and country related
    (centralizing functions at European HQ, foundation of new subsidiaries etc.)
  • Establishment of opinion leader network
  • Central interface/contact for professional implant societies such as DGZI, DGOI
  • Participant/contributor at European and global top management meetings
  • Process optimization for responsible organizations

07/2005 – 04/2008 General Manager/Business Area Manager Germany

Responsibility:

  • Responsibility for local P&L

Main Tasks:

  • Strategic realignment of the company in the German market
  • Expansion and restructuring of the sales organization
  • Leadership, support and development of the organization
  • Establishment of an opinion leader network
  • Market launches of new products
  • Development and cooperation of relevant professional implant societies
  • Adaptation and implementation of global strategies

03/1996 – 06/2005 Dentsply Friadent (now Dentsply Implants), Mannheim/Germany

Leading manufacturer of implant systems

01/2003 – 06/2005 Manager Business Unit Germany (since 03/2003 authorized signatory “Prokura”)

Responsibility:

  • Area of responsibility: Sales, Customer Service/Administration and Distribution

Main Tasks:

  • Strategic re-alignment and management  of the German business unit
  • Market introduction of innovative products/implant systems 
  • Leadership, promotion and continued expansion of the organization
  • Continuous process and efficiency improvements

01/2000 – 12/2002 Sales Manager Germany

Responsibility:

  • Area of responsibility: Sales, Customer Service/Administration and Distribution

Main Tasks:

  • Manage merger with “Ankylos” Implant division of “Degussa Dental”
  • Re-alignment of the organization, focus on re-structuring the sales set-up following the merger
  • Expansion of cooperation with relevant professional implant societies 
  • Optimizing internal process flow to improve customer relationships and profitability 
  • Project manager of a new implant system

03/1996 – 12/1999 Sales Manager Global

Responsibility:

  • Area of responsibility: Sales Domestic and Sales International, Customer Service, Order Taking, Distribution

Main Tasks:

  • Methodical expansion of international market share/market position 
  • Business expansion with distributors and subsidiaries
  • Implementing and adaptation of global strategies
  • Leading and directing the area managers, including education and training
  • Establishment of a key opinion leader network

07/1985 – 02/1996 AT&T GIS (before and after NCR GmbH), Augsburg/Germany

Global leader in financial self-service area/ATMs, POS systems, scanner and ware housing; 30,000 employees worldwide

10/1993 – 02/1996 Senior Marketing Manager/ Senior Product Manager

Main Tasks:

  • Marketing of the entire desktop PC range of AT&T GIS
  • Positioning of  “NextGen” PCs, as the market leader in the banking sector
  • Development of USPs, in the area of security technology
  • Training of national/international sales force

08/1992 – 09/1993 Liason Product Manager between Dayton/Ohio Hqtrs. and location Augsburg/Germany

Employment at U.S. Headquarter under internal company sponsorship; parallel AT&T-Scholarship for MBA studies at the
University of Dayton

Main Tasks:

  • Education and training of U.S. sales team with newly developed PCs

07/1985 – 07/1992 Product Manager, Sales Support Manager, Marketing Specialist

Main Tasks:

  • Life-cycle product management
  • Development of a telephone marketing concept for technical customer service
  • Expansion of line of business “Third-Party-Maintenance”
  • Creation and execution of training programs for subsidiaries in Spain, France and Italy

Study / Education

08/1992 – 10/1993 University of Dayton/Ohio USA

International MBA-Study (AT&T-Scholarship)

Main focus:

Marketing Management, Managerial Economics/Business Strategy, Leadership

Degree:

Master of Business Administration (MBA)  with “outstanding academic achievement” - GPA 3.9

10/1981 – 07/1985 University for Applied Science “Fachhochschule” Augsburg/Germany

Business Administration Studies

Main focus:

Marketing/Thesis: “ Image measurement and assessment using the example of established physicians”, incl. comprehensive empirical analysis in medical practices; results presented at various medical conferences

Degree:

Diploma Business Administration “Dipl. Betriebswirt (FH)”

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