Eberhard started his career at Daimler AG in 1982 in Stuttgart. After several positions in Controlling, Sales and Marketing at German Retailers, he became Head of Sales & Marketing and Centre Manager at Mercedes-Benz Ulm/Gmünd, Germany in 1996. From 2005 to 2010 he was responsible for Sales & Marketing at Mercedes-Benz Russia SAO, before being assigned President & CEO of Mercedes-Benz Taiwan Ltd. Afterwards, he took over the position as Managing Director & CEO Mercedes-Benz India Pvt. Ltd. in late 2012. Since 2015 Eberhard Kern is assigned CEO & Managing Director of Mercedes-Benz Belux, additionally he took over the same function at Mercedes-Benz Netherlands starting from February 2016 and is Head of the regional Cluster BeNeLux.