Bierbeek, Flemish Region, Belgium
25 years experience in sales and marketing, in a B2B environment, at the European headquarters of an American multinational of which 9 years as a member of the management team - 9 years experience in managing European sales teams - 9 years experience in key account management - 9 years experience in leading a European marketing team - Experience in developing new markets and products - Change management - Hands-on, no nonsense management style - Result driven and oriented - People manager - Analytical - Perfectly trilingual (Dutch, Fr, EN) with a good knowledge of German
Sales Manager for Benelux, France, Italy, Iberia, Greece, Eastern Europe and Israel; People Management (11 direct reports – total team of 32 FTE) Define and implement the European sales strategy Key Account and International Account Management P&L
Define and implement the European marketing plan in line with the corporate strategy Repositioned into faster growing business segments and geographical markets Price management Communication manegement People Management (team of 7 FTE) Sales Manager Benelux (till 2004 - team of 4 FTE)
Responsible for regions Oost-Vlaanderen, Limburg, Antwerpen en Luik.
Full marketing responsibility of several product segments