Acquiring profitable orders

Business Creation

Customized service for suppliers in global markets

Network and Access

Qualifying for OEM and Tier1 customer requirements

Supplier Qualification

ZAT
Creating opportunities and business since 1989

As a globally acting sales organization, we work with passion and entrepreneurial enthusiasm for success. We develop and realize automotive and industrial business for supplier growth and value increase.

Martin Stappenbeck, Jens Geising, Stefan Braitsch, Krystof Türcke, Jochen Mielich, Gerald Zimmermann

OUR SERVICES
What we offer

Our service is customized to the individual needs of automotive and industrial  suppliers for market success and sustainable profitability.

Business Creation
ZAT develops automotive and industrial business and brings components, materials, software and services of suppliers into mass production use.
Key Account Management
ZAT adds high performance sales power along all phases of business creation, increases the local market presence and maximizes customer proximity.
Supplier Qualification
ZAT supports to meet automotive standards and individual OEM requirements. ZAT qualifies suppliers with specific expertise for professional and long-term supply.
Global Footprint | Network
As a globally acting sales organization, our experts are present daily at procurement & development centers worldwide.
Customer Expertise
ZAT connects suppliers and OEMs while contributing crucial elements for business success with leading information and high-quality sales work.
Innovation | Scouting
Enthusiasm for innovation supports suppliers creating value for customers. Drive to meet customer expectations and to open doors for success.

OUR STRATEGY
Success factors to win business

Industries are under fundamental upheaval and changes. Change offers chances. Demand is constantly refreshed by new technologies. Quality, innovation, and customer centricity remain essential.

  • Being closer to the customer than competition
  • Boost innovations at customer interfaces and push product features
  • Create competitive advantages
  • Speak the customer’s language and adapt to the customer’s culture
  • Think global and act local
  • Our teams work in a matrix of customer and technology expertise.
  • We combine the experience and network of our experts at customers with technical/product-related know-how.
  • The knowledge of customer organization and the sourcing | decision making | development | component qualification etc. processes is crucial and our core expertise.
  • Staying in close contact with the customer and never losing the target
  • Having trustful relationships with joint experiences
  • Being able to activate people who help
OUR EXPERTS
Meet Our Global Leadership Team

Management in our business is entrepreneurial drive
and deep dive into the interests and technologies of our supplier partners.

Gerald Zimmermann

Managing Director | CEO
ZAT Headquarters

Stefan Braitsch

General Manager ZAT Group
Headquarters Stuttgart

Jochen Mielich

General Manager ZAT Group
Headquarters Stuttgart

Jens Geising

Senior Director
Wolfsburg

Krystof Türcke

Senior Director
ZAT Headquarters

Martin Stappenbeck

Senior Director
Wolfsburg

Shailendra K. Agarwal

General Manager India
Delhi

Dasong Li

General Manager China
Shanghai

Erick Torres

General Manager México
Puebla

Dave Race

General Manager USA
Detroit

Wonwoo Hwang

General Manager Korea
Seoul

GLOBAL FOOTPRINT

We are close to automotive and industrial engineering and procurement centers worldwide

References
Success cases with our clients

We have continued to be innovators for our industry, with an entrepreneurial culture that is never satisfied with the status quo, for ourselves or for our clients.