ADRIAN CARDOZ Address: **** Bellarosa Lane,
Mississauga, ON
************@*****.*** L5V 1L3.
Mobile: 647-***-****
PROFILE
• Commerce Graduate with Post Graduate in Global Business Management (Project Management, Marketing &
Finance) • Experience in Sales & Marketing with background in marketing Research and Public Relations
• Highly motivated Team Lead with strong organizational, excellent time management skills • Possess strong
communication skills• Organised and coordinated projects involving promotional events and research for
clients, maintained excellent working relations with vendors and stakeholders • Proved ability to work under
pressure and exceed targets in any challenging environment • Earned reputation as a dedicated, enthusiastic
worker, a good mentor to colleagues and team members, and having a friendly approach.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
BEST BUY, Mississauga, ON Sep 2011- Present
TEAM LEAD
Started at Best Buy as a Mobile Specialist and was promoted to Team Lead soon after completion of
my Global Business Management Studies at Humber. I am also the Brand Ambassador for Apple
products at Best Buy.
Responsibilities:
• Interact with customers on a regular basis to provide sales or after-sales service. Ensure customer
concerns are resolved with a sense of urgency and sound judgment.
• Developing strategies to increase ARPU (Average Return Per User) through loyalty programmes.
• Provide proactive and timely feedback to team to ensure effective decision-making and problem-
solving and reinforce the use of “client first” principles
• Monitoring & reporting on quality standards & performance targets
• Achieve and exceed sales targets for the store and complete solution objectives by using the
Solve-CARE approach.
• Keep up-to-date product knowledge to provide customers with the right recommendation to meet
their needs
• Achieves financial objectives by preparing a monthly budget, scheduling expenditures, analyzing
variances, initiating corrective actions. Responsible for mid-day and nightly audits.
• Assist in Recruitment of new staff, Mentor and Training of junior and new staff.
• Arrange weekly team meetings, focussing on targets & achievements and areas of improvement.
• Prepare and coordinate daily work schedule and allocation for staff.
• Work with vendors to drive sales forward while maintaining quality work.
• Ensuring all administrative and IT records are entered and updated correctly.
GLOBAL ELITE SERVICES Jun 2008 - Oct 2010
EVENT COORDINATOR AND MANPOWER CONSULTANT
This job involved Planning and Coordination of events and liaising with stakeholders, suppliers to
facilitate success of events and campaigns
Responsibilities:
• Worked on assignments of corporate branding promotional contracts with companies such as
Bacardi, ITC, SAP, Wills cigarette and HP.
• Gathered and organized information to plan marketing strategies.
• Additionally, helped with hiring of resources, department accounts and maintained manpower
resource database. Booked venues for events. Coordinated mailers and events promotion material
• Directed, motivated and monitored the mobilization of campaign teams towards successful event.
• Created positive rapport within teams and managed expectations of the client
• Maintained an efficient tracking system of all events – especially tracking budget and payments.
• Maintained good, strong client relationships with stakeholders and suppliers.
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PEPSI Co. Dec 2007- Jun 2008
ASSOCIATE - BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, MARKETING & SALES
Worked as an Associate for Pepsi Co to analyse and advise about quality control and growth
opportunities in target locations.
Responsibilities:
• Supervised and led a team of 20 individuals to conduct merchandising quality control.
• Gathered and summarized appropriate reports to analyse campaign results.
• Performed extensive research from data gathered to build a detailed understanding of the target
market, competition, specific areas of growth and opportunities, for further market penetration
and unexplored customer segments.
• Maintained good relations with sales manager and sales teams.
QUALIFICATIONS
Post Graduate Certificate In Global Business Management 2012
HUMBER COLLEGE, Mississauga, ON.
Majored in Marketing and Project Management
Bachelor Of Commerce Degree 2010
MUMBAI UNIVERSITY, India
COMPUTER SKILLS
Microsoft office - MS Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint
C programming and SQL
Oracle based systems - BEAST, EPOS, CITRIX
OTHER INTERESTS
Involved with Lawyers Collective – non-profit initiative for Woman’s rights and Domestic
violence in India.
Volunteered and Organised events and activities for youth in Church for 3 years.
Member of Anglo Indian Association.
Games interests: Carrom and badminton.
Have travelled extensively within Asia, Europe and US.