Press release
13.12.2010 - Wedemark
Sennheiser announces a new organisational structure designed to improve marketability and customer focus
Last week, the Supervisory Board of Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG has adopted the company’s new global organisational structure. Three responsive “Business Divisions” designed for the target markets of “Consumer Electronics”, “Professional Systems” and “Installed Sound” will be supported by a strong corporate group with three divisions. “With this structure, we are implementing clear customer orientation as part of our corporate strategy and will be able to act in a more decisive and target-oriented manner in the future,“ explained Prof. Dr. Jörg Sennheiser, Chairman of the Supervisory Board.
The new structure of the company consists of the following seven units:
- Business Division Consumer Electronics, managed by Peter Callan
- Business Division Professional Systems, managed by Dr. Heinrich Esser
- Business Division Installed Sound, ad interim managed by Dr. Heinrich Esser
- Sales Division, managed by Paul Whiting
- Supply Chain Division, managed by Dr. Andreas Sennheiser
- Corporate Services, managed by Volker Bartels
- Strategy and Finance, managed by Daniel Sennheiser
The managers of these units will form the new Executive Management Board (EMB) of the Sennheiser Group, with Volker Bartels as its spokesperson.
The three business divisions will operate within their respective business sectors tasked with specific strategies and resources but will work alongside the value-added chain. This means that the various sectors’ specific customer needs can be fulfilled quickly and securely. The Consumer Electronics division will concentrate on the headphone trade sector as well as audiology and telecommunications products. The Professional Systems division will manage professional audio, live sound, studio and professional headsets, while the Installed Sound division will cover fixed sound-programme transmission systems.
“These streamlined, independent business units can now focus more closely on their customers and the demands of the respective markets, thereby helping create the foundation for continued, sustainable growth of the company,“ explained Volker Bartels, spokesperson for the Executive Management Board and President for Production and Logistics. “They will be supported by three corporate divisions which will be focussing on their strategy more than ever before to enable greater efficiency and a longer-term market activity and presence.“
The implementation of the new organisation commences on 1 January 2011 and will be finalised at the end of the year.
The new Sennheiser Executive Management Board (EMB, from left to right):
Dr. Heinrich Esser (President of Professional Systems and Installed Sound), Paul Whiting (President of Sales ), Dr. Andreas Sennheiser (President for Supply Chain Area), Volker Bartels (President of Corporate Services, spokesperson for the Executive Management Board), Daniel Sennheiser (President for Strategy and Finance), Peter Callan (President of Consumer Electronics ).
The Sennheiser Group - with its headquarters in Wedemark, near Hannover in Germany - is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of microphones, headphones and wireless transmission systems. The family-owned company, established in 1945, recorded a turnover of around 390 million EUR in 2009. Sennheiser employs over 2,100 people worldwide and also has some factories in Germany, Ireland and in the USA. On a global scale, the company is represented by subsidiaries in France, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Denmark (Nordic), Russia, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, Japan, China, Canada, Mexico and the USA, as well as through long-term trade partners in many other countries. The company Georg Neumann GmbH, Berlin (studio microphones and monitor loudspeakers) and the joint venture Sennheiser Communications A/S (headsets for PCs, offices and call centres) are also part of the Sennheiser Group.
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Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
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