Enercon has named sales director Stefan Lutkemeyer as the newly-created chief sales officer (CSO) as part of its management team.
The CSO will also be responsible for the technical marketing and business development divisions.
Lutkemeyer (pictured), who has been with Enercon since 1996, will take on the role on 1 December, the same day that Momme Janssen will succeed Hans-Dieter Kettwig as the company’s new chief executive.
Enercon said the new CSO role defines itscorporate strategy for its core turbine business, and, derived from this, the respective sales strategy and performance-oriented sales goals for each region.
Janssen said: “This will give our Sales division significantly more impact. By these means, Enercon is also ensuring it can continue to offer optimum services to its customers in Germany and abroad in future and function as a professional and reliable partner in WEC business.
“In Stefan Lutkemeyer we have gained a highly experienced market expert and a valued colleague to support us at Management level.
“There aren’t many professionals working in our industry who have such a comprehensive understanding of the market and so much experience in sales, and are also so well-versed in the technical side of things.
“I am very much looking forward to working with Stefan in the management team.
“With him as CSO, Enercon’s reorganisation – and above all our regionalisation project – will be consistently pursued and our reorientation to international markets sped up further.
“At the same time, he will ensure as CSO that we will also keep our domestic market of Germany firmly in view.”