Sales Manager
Resume:
Joseph Leahy
Baltimore, MD, ***17
abnsbn@r.postjobfree.com
QUALIFICATION PROFILE
A driven business professional with a global perspective, where years of intercultural interaction lends itself to building
and maintaining strong personal and professional bonds. A valued team member with a proven ability to apply a unique
set of skills and experience to advancing company and personal goals.
CORE COMPETENCIES
• B2B Sales • Multilingual • Client Relationship Management
• Market Analysis • Intercultural Management • Working Remotely
• Negotiation • Forecasting • Brand Development
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Dean Foster Associates, Brooklyn, New York [Mar. 2009 – Present]
Director, Business Development
Independent Consultant
Dean Foster Associates is a leading provider of Cross-Cultural Training and Consulting Services to Fortune
1000 companies.
• Managing and developing all inside and outside sales activities in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Region
• Marketing services in the field of Cultural Training, Global Mobility and Expatriation to Fortune 1000 companies
in the region
Modevity, LLC, West Chester, Pennsylvania [Jan. 2009 – Present]
Business Development Manager
Independent Consultant
Modevity, LLC is a Leader in Enterprise Digital Rights Management Solutions and Virtual Communications Technologies.
• Managing and developing sales activities for the entire U.S. market
• Marketing Enterprise Software Solutions and Learning Management Systems to Medial Communications and Life
Sciences companies
EMFI, S.A., Haguenau, France [2004 – 2007]
Regional Sales Manager
EMFI is a leader in the export of industrial and consumer adhesives worldwide and is now a division of 3M.
• Responsible for the Northern European sales region, which includes England, Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands,
Luxembourg, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland
• Managed high-volume B2B sales to distributors as well as industrial end users
• Built customer brands by private labeling customized products and combining them with expert market analysis
and product positioning
• Solidified relationships through regular face-to-face meetings and negotiations in multiple countries along with training
__clients and their sales forces on the proper utilization and selling points of company products
• Secured new contracts with top prospects in the industry while expanding the list of large-scale customers each year
• Grew total revenue within the Northern European sales region by 84% over three years
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Medata Inc., West Chester, Pennsylvania [2002 – 2003]
Medical Bill Reviewer
Medata is the pioneer of automated medical bill reviewing providing customized solutions to insurance companies.
• Evaluated bills using specialized software tools developed by Medata
• Increased database efficiency through the reorganization of key data and the elimination of non-essential materials
INTERNSHIPS
The Marketing Free Lance Company, Strasbourg, France [2004]
Marketing Assistant
Marketing Free Lance is specialized in the organization and promotion of Events in the Alsace region.
• Assisted the director with planning and promoting a series of speaking engagements given in cooperation with the
__Strasbourg Chamber of Commerce
• Completed graduation thesis entitled, “International Logistics and Transport Events in Strasbourg”, which was
submitted to the Chamber of Commerce
EDUCATION
Bachelor of International Business and Management [2001 – 2004]
Arnhem Business School, the Netherlands
Four-year bachelor program
European Business Semester [2003]
ESSCA, Angers, France
Diverse courses focusing on business, language, culture and European politics
German language and culture [2000]
Universität Tübingen, Germany
Intensive German immersion including 1 month at the Goethe Institute
Marketing major [1998 – 1999]
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Completed two years before transferring to Arnhem Business School
ACHIEVEMENTS
Completed an around-the-world journey with spouse through 16 countries over the course of one year. [2007 – 2008]
SPECIAL SKILLS
French: read, write and speak with complete fluency
German: read, write and speak fluently
Dutch: read and speak with basic comprehension
Spanish: read and speak with basic comprehension
English: native language
Computer Skills: Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, SPSS, AS400
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