Sales Manager
Resume:
Nick Bissat Objective
Dr.
Houston, Texas
77056
nbissat@comcas
t.net
To obtain a challenging trading position in an energy company
with opportunity for promotion.
Core Strengths and Competencies
Tactical Trading & Hedging Skills
Team Leadership and Coaching
Fluency in Four Languages
Multimillion-dollar Negotiations
Global Strategic Alliances
Entrepreneurial, Intuitive, and Attentive to Detail
Professional Experience
Sales and Trading Manager
3/2002 - Present BBVA Bancomer Foreign Exchange, Inc.,
Houston, Texas
Performing Foreign Exchange operations and offering specialized
FX services.
Defining trading strategies to maximize the group's annual
income.
Defining promotion strategies based on analysis of
international activities in defined marketing territories.
Developing, Implementing and Coordinating programs and
strategies to acquire and increase product sales in Asia,
Africa, and Europe.
Coordinating sales forecasting, market analysis, and public
relations.
Developing and maintaining relationships with existing and
potential clients, Payment Agents, alliances and partners in
Latin America.
Maintaining budgetary and performance controls and records to
optimize company sales.
Assisting in the preparation of the company business plan and
in reviewing and coordinating marketing efforts and programs.
Key Achievements:
Met or exceeded all quotas throughout tenure and earned
recognition for performance.
Instrumental in the consistent double-digit growth of revenue
and income for the group.
Opened new channels and established strategic alliances in
Asia, Africa, and Europe.
Foreign Currency Trader
5/1998 - 3/2002 Platinum Forex LLC, Houston, Texas
Managing & trading clients' portfolios in the global currency
market.
Performing fundamental & technical analysis including Fibonacci
Retracement, Moving Averages, Stochastics, Bollinger Bands,
RSI, MACD.
Also responsible for public relations and training of new
traders.
Key Achievement:
Solid track record securing strong, sustainable relationships
with key clients and traders.
Commodities Trader
4/1997 - 5/1998 Amiga Frozen Foods, S.A., Geneva, Switzerland
Recruited to build and develop top-producing sales team and to
introduce new products for international markets.
Responsible for the trading of beef, poultry, and dairy
products.
Covered four client countries overseas.
Key Achievement:
Developed and introduced new products internationally.
Accounts Manager
10/1994 - 4/1997 Intelli-Communications, Inc., Houston, Texas
Built customer base directly through network and seminar
marketing and through the hiring of agents in different
countries to serve the local markets.
Responsible for designing brochures and marketing materials,
acquiring customers and agents, pricing decisions, and customer
relations.
Developed and implemented computer programs for client records,
pricing schedules, billing, and financial analysis.
Key Achievements:
Increased revenue exponentially in less than 3 years by
expanding market share and establishing alliance initiatives.
Ensured client retention by diligent overseeing of reporting
and service.
Purchasing and Product Development Manager
4/1993 - 10/1994 A. A. AlMunajem Sons Co., Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia
Responsible for purchasing and monitoring sales and inventory
of five products.
Responded to clients' requests for product improvement and to
suppliers' inquiries about the local market.
Corresponded with suppliers about various concerns (packaging
issues, customer complaints, reimbursements on errors and
spoilage) and successfully identified and resolved the
problems.
Designed sales forecasting reports utilizing time series and
regression analysis.
Key Achievement:
Substantially improved productivity for the company's
purchasing department.
Internship
1/1993 - 4/1993 Doux SNC, Ch teaulin, France
Involved in the Production, Quality Control, Logistics, and
Export Departments.
Worked hands-on through the various stages of production,
packaging, and transportation of the finished product.
Internship
10/1992 - 1/1993 B. Brooks (Norwich) Limited, Norwich, England
Involved in the Accounting and Payroll Departments.
Developed and implemented a computerized labor cost control
system.
Summer Internship
6/1988 - 8/1988 Banque Nationale de Paris (Canada), Montreal,
Quebec, Canada
Involved in the Import/Export, Private Banking, and Credit
Departments.
Designed a program for the Credit Department converting the
manual spreading of financial statements into computerized
format and output.
Key Achievement:
Substantially improved productivity for the bank's credit
department.
Education
12/1988 The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
McCombs School of Business
Bachelor's Degree
Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance
Skills
Skill Name Skill Level Last
Used/Experience
Computer Skills Expert Currently used/20
Languages
French (Fluent - Full Knowledge)
Spanish (Fluent - Full Knowledge)
English (Fluent - Full Knowledge)
Additional Info
The University of Texas at Austin
McCombs School of Business
Completed 51 Hours of Graduate Course Work
September 1989 to July 1992
Major Concentration: Finance/Management
Professional Associations
Global Traders Network
Foreign Exchange Trader Network
Computer Skills
Designed computer programs for previous employers, greatly
improving and advancing their management information systems.
Software Systems: MS Excel, Lotus 1-2-3, MS Word, VP Planner,
LINGO, IFPS, dBase III+, MS Access, Internet Applications, SAS.
Hardware: IBM PC and compatible, Apple, VAX.
Languages: HTML, BASIC.
Achievements
Alpha Lambda Delta (Honor Society)
Phi Eta Sigma (Honor Society)
ECIS Award for International Understanding - 1985
Recipient of the Harvard Prize Book - 1984
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