Martina Merz is a Executive with 30+ years’ experience in General Management for various businesses with extensive functional knowledge in sales, controlling and manufacturing in global organization. Spent 19 years in the automotive supplier industry and 11 years in the industrial goods business areas in different leadership positions serving original equipment customer and the service industry.
The Leadership positions ranged from CEO, to Executive Vice President for Sales, to Executive Vice President Product Division, to Plant Management andto Business Unit Leader for businesses with different ownership structure such as privately owned, family owned as well as private equity fund owned.Very familiar in addressing complex business issues thru developing comprehensive strategies and taking actions for needed restructuring, for profitable growth and for organizational development.Experienced in leading M&A projects and managing post-merger integration focusing on fast alignment of the organization structure leveraging all synergies in people, customers, assets, and partnership.
BOARD EXPERIENCE
Since April 2015 : Volvo Group, Gothenburg, Sweden 2013 – Today: SAF Holland SA, Bessenbach-Keilberg, Germany
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2012 – 2015: CEO with Chassis Brakes International (CBI), Drancy, France 30 years with the Bosch Group, Germany in various business divisions heading various functions
EDUCATION
University of Cooperative Education (Duale Hochschule), Stuttgart Degree in Mechanical Engineering; equivalent to BS degree Focus area: Manufacturing Engineering
