Azadeh Fazli
Contact Info: ******.*****@***********.**, +1-647-***-****
North York, Toronto, ON, Canada,
OBJECTIVE
Responsible, hard-working individual with strong analytical skills, determined to make a career in market research. My current program and related experience in sales driven marketing will help me to efficiently develop and execute promotional marketing plans and event marketing. HIGHLIGHT OF QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
MS Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SQL, and SPSS
More than 4 years of proven sales and customer service experience
Proficient in developing MTD and YTD sales reports to project and evaluate sales targets vs. achievements
Experienced in demand planning and placing supply orders
Hands-on experience of data collection and analysis
Competent at conducting sound market research in order to determine market trends and find potential market and prospective customers
Carried out surveys, personal interviews, and researched secondary data to ascertain consumer preferences
Able to work cohesively in a fast-paced environment
Experienced in guiding and working efficiently a team
Native in Persian, fluent in English, good command in German, familiar with French and Arabic EDUCATION
Post-graduate Certificate in Strategic Relationship Marketing Anticipated Dec, 2016 George Brown College, Toronto, ON, Canada
Major Courses:
Database Marketing Strategies
Computer Applications for Database Marketing: MS Access, MS Excel, and SQL
Marketing Management: Developing Marketing Plan, Doing Market Research
Statistics for Marketing and SPSS
Professional training on Customer Relation Management (CRM) 2010 Industrial Management Institute, Tehran, Iran
M.A. in Philosophy in Allameh Tabatabe University, Tehran, Iran 2009
B.A. in Philosophy in Azad University, Tehran, Iran 2003 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Sales & Marketing Manager at Novin Asia Business Management Co., Iran 2009-2014 Novin Asia is a major supplier of raw materials to regional companies in pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and hygienic industries
Responsibilities
Produced sales analysis for and participated in weekly and monthly forecast meetings with CEO to review MTD sales results and issues, 3 month projections, and previous month and YTD sales results
Managed a marketing team of three account managers
Helped develop marketing and sales strategies based on feedback from customers
Forecast the trends in the volume of production and shipment by analyzing sales data to meet regular demands and emergency orders
Helped expand the market for a wider variety of products by influencing the development of customers’ new projects
Achievements
Consistently met an aggressive growth target of doubling the sales volume year-by-year over a period of four years
Secured several long-term contracts with major customers with a total value of more than one million dollars in gross revenue
Developed the regional sales to attract small producers by reducing supply costs. This model resulted in substantial sales growth (over 500 new accounts in a period of 4 years)
Successfully introduced a new foreign brand to our region and helped to grow its popularity by a combination of a persistent marketing campaign and maintaining a dependable supply VOLUNTARY WORK
Marketing Executive at Tirgan Festival in Toronto Aug 2015 Tirgan is the largest Iranian festival in the world. The festival is a biannual four-day celebration of Iranian arts and culture held in Toronto, Canada Responsibilities
Promoted and raised awareness of the festival and increased the number of attendants
Negotiating with business owners in Iranian community to attract corporate sponsorships
Fundraising by approaching small businesses