Sales Manager

SARA BAHADORAN

Address: **** ** **** **, ***** Beach, Florida 33139

Tel: 305-***-****, E-mail: *************@*****.***

EXPERIENCE

L’Oréal Luxe Travel Retail Americas

Miami, FL

Wholesale Client Specialist May 2005 – October 2013

L’Oréal Group is the world’s largest cosmetics and beauty company; the Miami office distributes to all points

of sale in Travel Retail Americas.

Manage 50% of the Top 15 Clients representing 60% of the company’s annual turnover;

principally from South America.

Daily review of quotas to request, process, manage, and track purchase orders.

Developed, negotiated, and successfully implemented “Shipping Calendars” to expedite order reception, assist

Distribution Center and Export Department balance workload and ensure reliability of lead time; resulting in optimal

maintenance of stock levels for Clients and the company.

Daily communication with Credit Manager to release and forecast Client orders.

As part of the Supply Chain Department, work along Demand Planning to maintain optimal fill rates for all purchase

orders.

Team with Marketing Product Managers on launching new products.

Constant communication with Clients to build strong professional relationships and elicit feedback due to range of

nationalities (Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Canada, etc).

Ramco Trading, Corp.

Miami, FL Sales/Purchasing Agent

June 2002 – October 2004

Served as Sales-Purchasing Agent for largest South Florida wholesale distributor for sale to department stores in the

U.S. and Caribbean.

Demonstrated ability to effectively manage and grow sales in large geographic territory by building strategic

relationships with Purchasing Agents and Managers of general merchandise Sellers.

Sales cycle included cold calling, developing leads, appointment setting, needs analysis, product demonstrations,

closing, and post-sale tracking.

Flextronics International, Ltd.

Guadalajara, MX

Summer 2000

Buyer

Multinational manufacturing company in the electronics industry, Clients included

Motorola, Compaq, Nokia, and Ericsson.

Placed purchase orders and prepared weekly forecasts of material demands.

Worked closely with Planners and Marketing to increase production and sales.

EDUCATION

Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara

Guadalajara, MX B.A., International Business, GPA: 3.75/4.00

May 2000

Harvard University Business School Cambridge, MA

Completed courses in Integrated Skills September 2000 – May 2001

and Communication in Business.

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