Gert Pedersen

Background

About Gert Pedersen

OWN INDEPENDENT BUSINESS SINCE 2009. MAIN ACTIVITIES: • Professional Board Member. • Sparring partner, advisor and mentor for professional business leaders. Primary related to sales and business development, improving profitability and handling of complex issues. • Outplacement • Recruitment COMPETENCES AND EXPERIENCES FROM SEVERAL YEARS AS SALES DIRECTOR AND CEO: • Managing and developing small and mid size sales and manufacturing companies - as well as wholesale company. National and international. • Creating and implementing strategies and action plans to ensure sustainable and profitable growth. • Sales and manufacturing of building materials, constructions and system solutions for buildings, concrete products, plastic components, chemical products, raw materials and semi manufactured products. • Sales and marketing of branded consumer goods through dealers, distributors and agencies. Building international distribution network - and developing new marketing and design concept. • Developing new organizational structures and employee competencies related to the customers changed needs, structure, organization and behavior. Including the establishment of international leadership teams, sales organizations and key account management organization. • Optimization of portfolio and business areas based on market trends and analysis of the respective areas potential profitability.(Activity Based Costing analysis). • Competitiveness improvement through production and logistic efficiency. • Developing differentiated company profile. • Outsourcing as well as acquisition and sale of businesses. • Ability to create overview, structure and simplicity - and thus ensure focused action. • Ability to create a good collaborative process that ensures creative solutions and high commitment for the implementation process.