Thomas Kierstein

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About Thomas Kierstein

Hunter with significant leadership and sales excellence experience. A hunter profile with extensive commercial experience from various industries, on a national and international level, focusing on leadership, market dynamics and processes for achieving excelent results. A solid understanding of driving a business and considerable experience in transformation dynamics and growth projects. I thrive in a lively environment with high expectation on all levels and have an instinct for pursuing the right things. With a strategic mindset and a in depth business understanding I set specific goals and concrete action plans for my managers and I put action behind the words. My approach is to always keep things pragmatic, hands-on, simple and fun. Industry background My experience comes from more than 25 years in both start-ups and large companies and with a wide array of products and services: Medical devices – 12 years on managerial level - My experience has given me an international perspective selling strong brands within medical devices in a high performance growth environment all over the world on management level. The products have been sold both BtB and directly to institutional markets. Media - 15 years, 10 of which were on managerial level - Direct sales and management of sales representatives within advertising, subscription and circulation sales. Retail – 5 years, 3 of which were on managerial level - Sales to Danish retail chains; primarily supermarkets, kiosks and gas stations.