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Jochen Gräfe-Entrepreneur and specialist in sales, purchasing and human resources management

Jochen Gräfe
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Hösbach, Germany

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AL-KO SE

Position summary
Industries
Construction
Manufacturing
Business areas
Logistics
Sales
  • Industry: air, climate, and extraction technology
  • Sales of decentralized heating and air conditioning units in postal code areas 7+8
  • Projects in industry and new buildings (including heat recovery)
  • Acquisition of architects, MEP planners, construction companies, and industrial companies

Alligator Plastics B.V.

Position summary
Industries
Manufacturing
Business areas
Human Resources
  • Industry: plastic injection molding
  • Leadership development

Alligator Plastics B.V.

Position summary
Industries
Automotive
Healthcare
Manufacturing
Business areas
Marketing
  • Industry: plastic injection molding (revenue: €5 million)
  • Target groups: automotive, pharma, medical technology, etc.
  • Region: DACH area
  • Brand development

Architekten Denzer + Mastroiacovo GmbH

Position summary
Industries
Construction
Business areas
Customer Service
Project Management
Sales
  • Industry: architects
  • Sales
  • Client support
  • Project work

Arness GmbH & Co. KG

Position summary
Industries
Manufacturing
Business areas
Marketing
Sales
Supply Chain Management
  • Industry: supplier management
  • Target groups: mechanical engineering, electrical industry, etc.
  • Region: Germany, Austria, Switzerland
  • Brand development and sales

Baumgartner Automation GmbH

Position summary
Industries
Manufacturing
Business areas
Marketing
  • Industry: Manufacturing of control cabinet systems
  • Region: Germany
  • Brand building

Behling GmbH

Position summary
Industries
Construction
Business areas
Sales
  • Industry: MEP planning
  • Sales of services to architects, industrial planners, and construction companies

Christmann & Pfeifer GmbH & Co. KG

Position summary
Industries
Construction
Business areas
Project Management
Quality Assurance
  • Industry: General contractor and steel construction
  • Building the brand in postal code areas 6–9
  • Duration: 7.5 years until the managing director retired
  • New construction of production halls and industrial buildings
  • Commercial project support (HOAI etc.)
  • Client support
  • Handling complaints

DAA Göppingen

Position summary
Industries
Education
Business areas
Human Resources
  • Industry: Continuing education and coaching
  • Target groups: Unemployed people (placement into employment)

DBK Group

Position summary
Industries
Manufacturing
Business areas
Sales
  • Industry: Industrial furnace construction
  • Region: DACH region
  • Reorganization of sales
  • Sales structure setup

DBK Group

Position summary
Industries
Automotive
Manufacturing
Business areas
Human Resources
  • Industry: automotive, EMS, and industrial furnace construction
  • Leadership development

Flattec Vertriebs GmbH

Position summary
Industries
Construction
Business areas
Sales
  • Industry: flat roof systems
  • Area: Germany
  • Sales outreach to architects, MEP planners, construction companies, specialist retailers, and roofing contractors

Geilinger GmbH

Position summary
Industries
Construction
Business areas
Logistics
Operations
  • Industry: general contractor, turnkey industrial and commercial buildings
  • Industrial planner as an employee
  • Planning of industrial and commercial buildings from goods receipt to goods dispatch

Gishamer Maschinenbau GmbH

Position summary
Industries
Automotive
Manufacturing
Business areas
Marketing
  • Industry: automation and special-purpose machine construction
  • Target groups: automotive, plastic injection molding, etc.
  • Area: focus on southern Germany
  • Brand building

Gräfe & Partner

Position summary
Industries
Professional Services
Business areas
Information Technology
  • Industry: management consulting and services
  • Selection and implementation of CRM software

IANUS GmbH

Position summary
Industries
Information Technology
Business areas
Sales
  • Industry: flow simulation software (e.g. for pumps)
  • Business Development Manager DACH region

Inductoheat Europe GmbH

Position summary
Industries
Manufacturing
Business areas
Marketing
Sales
  • Industry: manufacturer of induction hardening systems
  • Target groups: mechanical engineering, etc.
  • Area: Germany
  • Brand building and sales

Infrest GmbH

Position summary
Industries
Information Technology
Business areas
Sales
  • Industry: internet portal (utility information)
  • Sales in Germany to architects, construction companies, and in horticulture/landscaping

KWE Kälteanlagen GmbH & Co. KG

Position summary
Industries
Construction
Energy
Business areas
Project Management
Sales
  • Industry: heating technology, heat pumps, energy technology
  • Sales development in Baden-Württemberg
  • Heat pump projects for commercial and industrial customers
  • Acquisition of architects, HVAC planners, construction companies, and industrial companies

Korsing (today MEWA) / Havep B.V. / RAW Handel und Beratungs GmbH

Position summary
Industries
Automotive
Manufacturing
Business areas
Marketing
Sales
  • Industry: industrial representation
  • Target groups: automotive, mechanical engineering, automotive repair, fire services, etc.
  • Area: postal codes 6, 7, 8, 9

MEWA GmbH & Co. KG

Position summary
Industries
Professional Services
Business areas
Operations
Project Management
  • Industry: rental workwear
  • Target groups: automotive, pharma, medical technology, etc.
  • Region: Bavaria
  • Rebuilding the branch

MEWA Textil-Service AG & Co. Management OHG

Position summary
Industries
Professional Services
Business areas
Information Technology
  • Industry: rental workwear and service sector
  • Helped select and implement a CRM software

Mckinnon & Clarke GmbH

Position summary
Industries
Energy
Business areas
Sales
Strategy
  • Industry: energy consulting and energy management
  • Sales of services
  • Market development

Merck KGaA

Position summary
Industries
Pharmaceutical
Business areas
Project Management
  • Industry: pharmaceutical manufacturer
  • Scheduling for a €160 million project (new construction of a production plant in Darmstadt)
  • Use of MS Project across all trades

Montana Engineering GmbH

Position summary
Industries
Manufacturing
Metals and Mining
Business areas
Marketing
Sales
  • Industry: forged parts and castings
  • Target groups: mechanical engineering, etc.
  • Region: Germany, Austria, Switzerland
  • Brand development and sales

Quality Miners GmbH

Position summary
Industries
Information Technology
Business areas
Sales
  • Industry: software company
  • Sales of QA software in southern Germany

Roman Dietsche GmbH (“bravat”)

Position summary
Industries
Manufacturing
Business areas
Sales
  • Industry: manufacturer of bathroom and kitchen fittings
  • Territory: southern Germany (postal codes 6–9)
  • Acquisition of architects, MEP planners, construction companies, and wholesalers

SIBE GmbH

Position summary
Industries
Education
Business areas
Sales
  • Industry: School of International Business and Entrepreneurship
  • Target groups: industry, specialist trade, crafts, etc.
  • Building sales structures in Germany
  • New customer acquisition

Schoch Edelstahl GmbH

Position summary
Industries
Metals and Mining
Business areas
Customer Service
Information Technology
Sales
  • Industry: wholesale
  • Selection and implementation of CRM software

Strebelwerk GmbH

Position summary
Industries
Construction
Manufacturing
Business areas
Operations
  • Industry: heating technology
  • Branch manager as an employee

Tom Hausmeisterservice Stuttgart

Position summary
Industries
Professional Services
Business areas
Sales
  • Industry: building cleaning, gardening work
  • Area: Greater Stuttgart
  • Sales setup in the Stuttgart area

Typolac GmbH

Position summary
Industries
Manufacturing
Pharmaceutical
Business areas
Marketing
Sales
Strategy
  • Industry: label printing (focus on pharma, RFID)
  • Area: DACH region
  • Competitor analysis
  • Market analysis
  • Strategy development
  • Sales

Zeta Stampi srl

Position summary
Industries
Automotive
Manufacturing
Pharmaceutical
Business areas
Marketing
  • Industry: plastic injection molding
  • Target groups: automotive, pharma, medical technology, etc.
  • Area: DACH region
  • Brand building

bevo Vertriebs GmbH

Position summary
Industries
Agriculture
Construction
Business areas
Sales
  • Industry: wholesale (irrigation, garden watering, swimming pool technology)
  • Area: Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland
  • Building sales in the region

diverse customers (personnel recruiting/HR)

Position summary
Industries
Education
Manufacturing
Professional Services
Business areas
Human Resources
  • Baumgartner Automation GmbH
  • DBK Group
  • „Fleißiges Lieschen“ Dienstleistungen GmbH
  • ITM, University of Mannheim
  • Strebelwerk GmbH
  • Mewa GmbH
  • Vertriebs Factory (Gräfe & Partner, own company)

tsf international GmbH & Co. KG

Position summary
Industries
Automotive
Healthcare
Manufacturing
Business areas
Sales
  • Industry: precision steel casting
  • Target groups: automotive, machinery and plant engineering, medical technology, etc.
  • Support for sales
  • Acquisition of new customers

„Fleißiges Lieschen“ Dienstleistungen GmbH

Position summary
Industries
Professional Services
Business areas
Human Resources
Operations
Project Management
  • Industry: facility management, building cleaning, security, catering
  • Area: Stuttgart branch
  • Reorganization of the branch with about 100 employees

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German
Native
English
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Jochen is based in Hösbach, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

Jochen speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).

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