Germany: Schmersal Group has appointed Jörg Kraus as its Sales Manager for Germany. He will be responsible for areas including continued development and implementation of the group’s sales strategy and sales process optimisation. He will lead a sales team and will be responsible for sales representatives and external service providers.
Kraus holds experience in the sale of technical components and capital goods in complex industries, such as mechanical and plant engineering, metals, technical gases and surface technology. He has also established and managed local sales and service organisations in Germany, Switzerland and Poland, as well as the development of new business areas. He has worked for subsidiaries of Alberts Surface since 2019. Prior to this he was employed by Linde Group for over 20 years.