|felix anwuzia |
|** E. Wayne Ave ( Silver Spring, MD 20901 ( *****.*******@*******.*** ( (301) |
|518-6085 |
Sales and Senior Marketing Manager/PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL
Results-
oriented sales and marketing leader with 11 years' progressively more
responsible experience in building profitable business relationships,
driving product development, and managing complex projects in highly
competitive and technical sales and markets.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
. HIGHLY PRINCIPLED PROFESSIONAL DIRECTLY ACCOUNTABLE FOR STRATEGIC
PLANNING, SALES AND MARKETING MANAGEMENT, FORMING JOINT ALLIANCES AND
LEADING REPOSITIONING INITIATIVES THAT ALLOW ORGANIZATIONS TO COMPETE
EFFECTIVELY AND COMPETITIVELY IN DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS.
. Team player possessing core competencies in areas of negotiation,
managing multiple projects, competitive analysis, result driven, leading
people, customer segmentation analysis, collaboration, and business
communication that deliver marked organizational contributions.
. Attends conferences, workshops, trade shows and association events.
. Demonstrated knowledge and ability to implement a successful sales
process that generates revenue.
. Responsible for the overall management of Regional Sales Executives in
assigned region.
. Documented experience in financial analysis, marketing budget development
and administration, sales forecasting, cost control, and management
reporting.
. Charged with increasing sales and marketing in major and global accounts
while also expanding local customer base.
. Experienced in customer relationship management technology.
. Drive bottom line profits by creatively focusing on the development of
revenue-generating products/services, innovative advertising, sales
training, and market research.
. Provide decisive leadership, accept project management challenges with
ease, and responsibly execute sound marketing, sales and product launch
strategies.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
|Otis & Associates - MD | 7/2005 - Present |
|SALEs & MARKETING manager/Product development | |
Organization providing services in the areas of financial service, sales
and marketing.
. Effectively conduct both primary and secondary research to derive precise
data to correctly drive management decisions and strategies in
organizational performance.
. Author and execute comprehensive business and education sales plans for
increasing and enhancing customer base. Led 65-person, $1.4 million
project to educate buyers and purchasing agents in areas of goal setting,
customer service initiatives, and best sales practices to drive
profitability.
. Exceeded sales quota by 60% annually for 2 consective years and grew
sales to $1.3 - $1.4 million.
. Establish and maintain outstanding customer satisfaction and professional
phone etiquette.
. Respond and establishes feedback mechanisms from customers, prospects,
and partners to the marketing department.
. Excellent data management software presentation skills and salesforce
experience.
. Demonstrated ability travel up to 100% to client locations with direct
reports, sales and marketing plans with local resources.
. Networks with government and industry leaders to build relationships
which facilitate expanded sales opportunities.
. Designed strategies to capitalize on market opportunities and ensures
that strategic plans complement market place needs.
. Recruited, lead, coach, motivate a team consisting 20 software sales
executives responsible for driving new business to performance in excess
of sales objectives.
. Provide regular informal and formal performance feedback to direct
reports.
. Conducts performance appraisals in accordance with corporate guidelines.
. Regularly participates in sales, demos/scripts, strategy and coaching
calls.
. Demonstrated knowledge of software direct and re-seller sales channels.
. Demonstrate competencies in writing and successfully executing multiple
business plans.
. Partner with management and 20-person sales team to drive innovative
national and international pricing strategies for new products and
technologies.
. Manage annual marketing budget.
. Performed weekly meetings, sales forecasting, and competitive analyses to
determine product performance levels and the need for new product
developments and modifications on annually basis.
. Facilitate sales presentations, delivering progress reports to both
internal and external stakeholders and translate and provide complex
information in an easy-to-understand format.
. Skillfully select, develop, and mentor sales teams of 20 people,
providing them a thorough understanding of the organization and its
products, and empowering them to make informed business decisions to
deliver against sales commitments.
. Maintains a current knowledge of industry trends, opportunities, channels
and competitors to support sales opportunities.
. Grew existing customer base by an average of 402 new accounts annually
through fundamental sales practices; prospecting and networking.
. Collaborate with product sales during development phase to ensure product
viability, on-time launch, and the attainment of sales goals. Supervised
3 - month, $1.3 million launch system software products to Blair High
and Prince Georges Community College.
. Continually assess ongoing product profitability sales and marketability
and provide informed recommendations to senior management.
| | 5/2000 - 7/2005 |
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|eagle technologies - MD | |
|operations manager | |
Organization providing security expertise including security guards and
patrol services.
. Secured customer loyalty utilizing strategies to sale full range of
technology services to over 1,875 customers.
. Oversees website, press releases, tradeshows, promotions, product
content, and keep it updated.
. Provided comprehensive business consulting acumen including strategic
performance management, process assessment, and full technology
application.
. Spearheaded all implementation tasks for multi-million dollar projects;
provided expertise to external clients and partnered with third-party
vendors.
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|Target Corporation - MD |4/1998 - 5/2000 |
|SALES & MARKETING manager | |
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|Organization providing retailing services in the| |
|areas of sales and marketing. | |
. Drive brand performance through execution of strategic analyses designed
to optimize sales segmentation, improve merchandising analytics and to
push target market promotions that achieve strong ROI results.
. Team with merchandising, operations, and Product-Development teams to
track performance metrics.
. Lead strategic discussions with sales teams to generate the highest
quality of on-target ideas.
. Conducted competitive analysis and primary and secondary research to
determine best product mix and sales penetration strategies.
. Determined most effective brand positioning for product and beverage
items, and likely reaction to new product launches, and possible
strategic alliances.
. Served as integral member of core brand planning team, oversaw
competitive intelligence gathering, continually mapped competitive
landscape, and remained current on sales research methodologies.
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING
master of business administration
2012
university of maryland UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
College Park, MD
bachelor of science- health education
2009
university of the district of columbia
Washington, DC
associate degree- Maths & statistics
1990
Yaba College of Technology
Lagos, Nigeria
HIPAA- SUPPORT SERVICES INTRODUCTION AND SCENARIOS
ATFP LEVEL 1 AWARENESS TRAINING FOR DOD CIVILIANS
DOD INFORMATION ASSURANCE AWARENESS
CPR TRAINING
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
mEMBER, Aniocha Progressive Union.
VOLUNTEER, Prince George's Health Department
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AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
CHALLENGE COIN, United States Secretary of Navy, awarded for outstanding
customer service
SOLDIERS' ANGELS COIN, United States Veterans, awarded for outstanding
customer service