Active retirement
Roland Dilmetz Consulting
Jan. 2020 – today
Reichenbach/Fils, Germany

CEO,  Managing Director ATR International AG
July 2002 – Dec. 2019
Stuttgart, Germany

CEO,  Managing Director of ATR International AG: International Trading Group of 39 Shareholders with more than 270 companies in 65 countries, about 10.000 outlets and more than 150.000 employees (as of 2020/01/01)
In personal union: Managing Director of Auto-Teile-Ring GmbH (Ltd.), Managing Director of ATR SERVICE GmbH (Ltd.)

Senior Principal / Robert Bosch GmbH
Corporate Sales
Jan. 1999–June 2002
Stuttgart, Schillerhöhe, Germany

Director Marketing Services
Robert Bosch GmbH, Division Thermotechnik
Apr. 1994–Dec. 1999
Wernau, Germany

Responsible for Marketing Services (Advertising, Market Research, Fairs), Technical Service, Technical Training and Training Centre

Senior Audit Manager Corporate Audit Dept.
Robert Bosch GmbH
Sept. 1989–Apr. 1994
Stuttgart, Schillerhöhe, Germany

Main focus: internal consulting of divisions and foreign subsidiaries worldwide in sales, marketing and sales controlling

Team leader Sales Controlling
Robert Bosch Iberia (former FEMSA)
Apr. 1987–Aug. 1989
Madrid, Spain

Main focus: Development of controlling and business planning for the automotive trade division.

Principal Marketing
Robert Bosch Iberia (former FEMSA)
Sept. 1984–March 1987
Madrid, Spain

Trainee Sales Marketing
Robert Bosch GmbH
Nov. 1982–Aug. 1984

Stuttgart-Feuerbach (Sales Office Automotive Aftermarket), Karlsruhe (Division Automotive Aftermarket, Marketing), Stuttgart Schillerhöhe (Corporate Sales)

Education

University Stuttgart-Hohenheim
Economics
Degree
1976 – 1982

Disciplines: Business Administration, Macroeconomics, Marketing, Consumer Economics, Sociology and Social Psychology.
Thesis: “Comparative Analysis in International Marketing”

Honorary post

Senator h.c.
BVMW – Bundesverband mittelständische Wirtschaft e.V.
May 2019–today

Awarded Senator h.c.

Member of the Economic Senate
BVMW – Bundesverband mittelständische Wirtschaft e.V.
March 2015-today

Appointment to the Economic Senate of the BVMW (Federal German Association of SME)