Supporting you on your road to success in the German market

Gobi GmbH offers you independent sales and marketing advice personally tailored to your company’s needs, targets, time management and budget.

As your interim marketing team, we are dedicated to supporting your interests.

Your benefit:


25 years of experience and knowledge

Extensive sales contacts and customer databases

Our fees are not tied to long-term contracts

We are based in Hamburg, the logistics hub for Asia and Eastern Europe

We are mobile and can operate from your headquarters if required

You’ll avoid the unnecessary costs incurred by entering the market unprepared

Your goals will be quickly achieved

You’ll receive essential information for strategic planning.

You sell consumer goods »Made in Germany« in your domestic market and want to expand your business. You want to approach German brand manufacturers directly. You want to strengthen your buying position. You want to find new suppliers, manufacturers and service providers.

We support all areas of buying and exporting. We will be your interim buyer and product scout. We’ll invite and compare offers or check your current terms and conditions. We can suggest alternative supply sources.

You have great products and want to market them in Germany. You haven’t yet established a sales infrastructure. You’ve taken part in a number of trade fairs but you’re not too satisfied with the results. You’re planning to set up an office in Germany, possibly in tandem with other local companies in the same business?

You want to market directly through individual retailers and not via local distributors. There are questions to answer and decisions to make and all of them cost.

Our experience:

Homeware

Kitchen appliances

Glass, porcelain and ceramics

Gifts

Home accessories

Small electronic devices

Gardening tools and tools.

Representation at fairs, Training of sales staff, Support in price negotiations, Organization of a distribution logistics.
We offer a wide range of practice-oriented advisory services for your projects in Germany.

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Ever heard of the »expansion contribution«?

Subordinate conditions (on top of the agreed net list price) can often sum up to 20%. If you are not familiar with buyers’ negotiating directives and strategies, you will quickly be deadlocked.

Expansion contribution, Depreciation contribution, Edifact premium etc.: We know all about buyers’ negotiating directives and strategies and all kinds of terms and conditions agreements. We prepare you and your staff on these negotiations and check the efficiency of your calculation.

Support regarding the subject of residence permits to self-employed aliens

We offer professional advice regarding residence permits for self-employment. You can obtain a residence permit for the purpose of self-employed in Germany. Significantly is the sustainability of the underlying business idea. On this subject we will give you extensive assistance (see below: German Residence Act).

German Residence Act: Download

A Chinese manufacturer of advertising media and acrylic stationary is looking for customers in Europe. We are supporting the production of sample collections in line with market requirements, approaching customers and representing our client at trade fairs.

A Korean manufacturer of fabrics and home textiles, currently exclusively supplying the fashion and textile industry, is looking for new customers in the home accessories and home textiles industry. We are establishing contacts with distribution agencies and strengthening the client’s profile in the area of individualised customer production and private labels.

A Finnish wood processing business has produced a small collection of high-end designer fruit bowls and organising systems. In addition to online sales the company is looking for German retailers. We are providing support with packaging design, pricing and warehouses for distribution. The company is already working with a distribution agency for high-end design, a contact they had previously established at a show.

»If we’ve only discussed the price of a product, I obviously haven’t done my job very well.«

After graduating from high school in Hamburg, Frank trained as sales executive in the areas of wholesale and foreign trade. This laid the foundations for further achievements marketing consumer goods. He studied business economics and was working for leading homeware wholesalers and retailers.

For a number of years Frank worked as a managing director, successfully representing German and European brands and gaining comprehensive experience in various channels of commerce.

In 2006 he founded Gobi and, since then, has been advising clients on how to successfully enter the German market.

Internship Brand and trade marketing

We are looking for immediate support in various projects and offer placements in the following areas:

Motivating and instructive training assignments in the area of sales and marketing

An inspiring and proactive working environment

Independent organisation and evaluation of subprojects

Assistance of the responsible project manager and managing director

Online support (website, Facebook, newsletters).

Are you currently enrolled as a guest student at Hamburg University? And did you begin your studies in China, Korea or Russia? Have you already completed a few semesters of economics (i.e. business administration, business psychology, communications) with a focus on marketing and would you like to participate in new projects from the »get-go«?
Ideally, you have previously mustered first experiences in the area of marketing. You’re distinctly flexible, pro-active and independent. You’re outgoing, creative and enthusiastic and your skillset includes communication, intercultural competence and proficient English.

We look forward to receiving your application credentials at:
jobs@gobi-hamburg.com

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Gobi GmbH

Am Ochsenzoll 822417 HamburgGermany

Telefon: + 49 (0)40 / 5 47 63 99-0Telefax: + 49 (0)40 / 5 47 63 99-2

E-Mail: info@gobi-hamburg.com

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Gobi GmbHAm Ochsenzoll 822417 HamburgGermany

Telefon: + 49 (0)40 / 5 47 63 99-0Telefax: + 49 (0)40 / 5 47 63 99-2

E-Mail: info@gobi-hamburg.comManaging Director: Frank Nasemann

District Court Hamburg HRB 107347Tax number: 49/725/00475

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Gobi GmbH, 22417 Hamburg

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Hamburg, September 2016

List of references for used pictures:

A big Thank You to the photographers who provided their pictures via pixelio.

Start: 582577_original_R_K_B | Verena Münch | pixelio.de

Buying in Germany: 276926_original_R_K_B | Bernd Sterzl | pixelio.de

Selling in Germany: 418435_original_R_K_B | Rainer Sturm | pixelio.de

Advisory services: 221752_original_R_K_B | Rainer Sturm | pixelio.de

From experience: 137885_original_R_K_B | Bernd Sterzl | pixelio.de

Current briefs: 464732_original_R_K_B | Marko Greitschus | pixelio.de

Your consultant: Frank Nasemann

Career: 78733_original_R_K_B | S. Hofschlaeger | pixelio.de

Contact: 503431_original_R_K_B | Rainer Sturm | pixelio.de

Imprint: 257634_original_R_K_B | Bernd Sterzl | pixelio.de