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PROFILE
A meticulous, motivated and highly competent and versatile CEO
with considerable strategic, sales and marketing skills and
extensive experience developing business and markets in the top
echelons of the highly competitive retail sector.
A highly versatile proactive leader with a passion to deliver
and extensive managerial and financial skills, and the natural
ability to identify and capitalize upon opportunities to
maximize sales and optimize company profits.
A resourceful, multilingual, results-orientated professional,
with strong communication and interpersonal skills and proven
ability to surpass targets within deadline, regardless of
pressure.
CAREER AND ACHIEVEMENTS TO DATE
CEO (July 2004 - Present)
Fargo
London
Responsibilities
- Strategic vision, planning and direction.
- In charge of developing sales and marketing strategy for
overseas operations.
- Financial planning and management.
- Analyzing market intelligence relating to consumers, new
market and competitors.
- Negotiating at senior level with clients, vendors and
suppliers.
- Devising strategy, restructuring and re-engineering markets to
optimize sales and performance.
- In overall charge of HR policy and strategy.
Key Achievements
- Developed highly successful strategic business and marketing
plans for the market.
- Streamlined and successfully restructured business operations
to enhance revenue turnover.
- Ensured success of international sales campaigns via intense
planning, marketing & promotions.
- Consistently achieved steady growth in sales, turnover and
profits.
- Developed and implemented many successful operational and
business strategies to boost sales.
- Successfully repositioned the company locally and
internationally as per company goal.
- Personally networked at executive level to forge strong
business relations & key partnerships.
- Initiated and secured new client accounts while retaining
long-standing clients.
- Successfully identified and interpreted key business
opportunities and threats.
- Initiated and maintained a valuable open strategic dialogue
with the board.
- Developed & successfully presented a major revitalization/
restructuring plan to all shareholders.
- Developed business strategies to address key issues of
domestic, growing & potential markets.
- Spearheaded a comprehensive analysis of the company and its
product segments by market.
- Successfully analyzed and streamlined administration
company-wide to boost efficiency.
- Counseled and motivated workers to achieve all targets within
deadline and budget.
- Continually achieved or surpassed personal targets within
deadline.
CEO (2002 - June 2004)
Fusion
Paris
Key Achievements
- Served as CEO of the branch and coordinated all operations
with the European group.
- Lead consultant appointed by Secretary of State for Industry
to aid administration commissioners.
- Streamlined and restructured the management and organization
to improve efficiency.
- Designed a three-year business plan to increase sales growth
and achieve revenue objectives.
- Established and expanded the company's presence.
- Key protagonist in successful re-launch and development of new
technological investments.
- Optimized inter-company processes to ensure continuous supply
of preserved food products.
- Successfully managed all preparatory procedures to help
facilitate the company's merger.
- Devised and implemented successful sales, marketing and
customer support strategy.
QUALIFICATIONS
Michigan State University (1967 - 1971)
- B.A. degree with major in Economics.
SKILLS
- Extensive senior and board level management skills and
experience.
- Extensive consumer sector experience and expertise.
- Strong leadership networking and communication skills.
- Extensive sales and business development skills.
- Excellent strategic, marketing and promotion skills.
- Excellent management, training and motivational skills.
- Expert business and technical knowledge.
- Excellent team building and team leading skills.
- Advanced budget and financial management skills.
- Excellent team building and team leading skills.
- Natural ability and flair to manage multiple projects
simultaneously.
- Strong negotiation and interpersonal skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Highly numerate with strong reporting skills.
- Multilingual: Fluent in English, French, Spanish, Italian,
Portuguese and basic German.
- Strong IT skills: Expertise in numerous office software
packages.
KEY COMPETENCIES
- Ability to improve quality and performance via key management
strategies.
- Ability to engage at all levels, delegate and motivate teams
to deliver.
- Calm leadership in pressurized or sensitive situations.
- Leading by example, making effective decisions even when
difficult.
- Devising tailored strategies and implementing detailed action
plans.
- Creative thinking and providing innovative solutions.
- Assured risk management and swift problem identification.
- Friendly with a natural capacity to connect and build strong
client rapports.
- Highly efficient, pragmatic and results-orientated.
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