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Anne-Sophie Deparis

Anne-Sophie Deparis

Atlanta,GA

Summary

Energetic professional with more than 20 years of leadership in the automotive industry, in sales, marketing and after-sales.

Passionate about forming international teams and bringing powerpoint to reality

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Transitory Leave Due to Spousal Relocation to USA

Mercedes-Benz
Atlanta, GA
10.2023 - 01.2024

Director Sales & Marketing Overseas Vans

Mercedes-Benz
Stuttgart
09.2021 - 09.2023

Monitoring Sales & marketing planning in overseas, driving profitability growth

  • Sales steering in USA, Canada, Mexico, Latin-America, China, South Africa, Australia, Japan, Taiwan and Hong-Kong
  • Common sales projects with US corporate customers
  • Responsible for marketing budget in this region (off- and online marketing)
  • Managing product management complexity for Vans in Overseas
  • Deputy for the overseas vize president area over 6 months

Director Network Development & Profitability

Mercedes-Benz
Stuttgart
09.2016 - 08.2021

Negotiation with European Mercedes-Benz retailers on margins and monitoring brand appearance at retail and digitalization

  • Implementation of a retail business development program based on yearly retail investments in Van business for a sustainable performance
  • Drive the interfaces Headquarters / Wholesale / Retail (over 2000 retailers in Europe) on margin negotiation and the transformation of the points of sales such as electrification and digitalization of the business

Senior Manager in Aftersales Product Management

Mercedes-Benz
Stuttgart
11.2008 - 07.2016

Responsible for Sales programs of service and parts worldwide, setting up a

competition monitoring

  • Marketing of parts across european countries
  • Optimization of profits as well as the after-sales customer experience
  • Creating a strategic use of market data into a trend modelling system

Senior Manager in Aftersales and Marketing

Mercedes-Benz
Stuttgart
01.1999 - 11.2008

Responsible for implementing the service and parts strategy in the markets to support sales and profitability targets

  • Market growth responsibility in whole Europe driving sales penetration & retention
  • Marketing plan implementation in Japan and Australia to sustain profitability and customer loyalty
  • Transformation of target operative models of wholesale entities in Europe

Education

MBA - International Management, Service Marketing

Westminster University
London
09-1998

Bachelor of Arts - International Business Administration & Economics

Ecole Supérieure De Commerce ESC Montpellier
France
09-1998

Bachelor of Arts - Business Studies

Leicester University
Leicester, UK
06-1996

Skills

  • Over 20 years of leadership experience
  • Strategic and operational skills
  • International intercultural mindset
  • Negotiation skills
  • Sales, After-Sales & marketing know-how
  • Retail transformation & digitalization
  • Mentor for talented juniors - coach of their development

Languages

  • French (mother tongue)
  • English (fluent)
  • German (fluent)

Successes

  • Trusted Leader
  • Proven growth track record in sales and after-sales
  • International partner
  • Implementation-driven partner

Timeline

Transitory Leave Due to Spousal Relocation to USA

Mercedes-Benz
10.2023 - 01.2024

Director Sales & Marketing Overseas Vans

Mercedes-Benz
09.2021 - 09.2023

Director Network Development & Profitability

Mercedes-Benz
09.2016 - 08.2021

Senior Manager in Aftersales Product Management

Mercedes-Benz
11.2008 - 07.2016

Senior Manager in Aftersales and Marketing

Mercedes-Benz
01.1999 - 11.2008

MBA - International Management, Service Marketing

Westminster University

Bachelor of Arts - International Business Administration & Economics

Ecole Supérieure De Commerce ESC Montpellier

Bachelor of Arts - Business Studies

Leicester University
Anne-Sophie Deparis