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Sales Manager

Location:
Nanaimo District, Canada
Posted:
February 01, 2012

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Resume:

Michael David Wiwchar

**** ******** ****** ***, *******, BC V9T 6E7

Phone: 250-***-**** Email: ************@*******.***

WORK EXPERIENCE

October 2010 to April 2011 Invest Northwest Publishing

Nanaimo British Columbia Canada

Sales Associate Conduct telephone sales for advertising sales

Conduct cold calls for potential clients

Develop databases for the cold calling of clients

Prepare ads as per client’s request

Help organize and coordinate events associated with the Company – The Victoria Commercial

Building Awards, The Vancouver Island Commercial Building Awards. The Vancouver Island Business Excellence Awards

October 10 2008 to September 2010 (Company Closing Date) Buztronics Canada Co.

Parksville British Columbia Canada

National Promotional Sales Manager/ Sourcing Agent Conduct and complete sales via telephone and email.

Handle complaints from clients in regards to defective product or shipping difficulties.

Assess viability and pricing for annual programs for large clients. Establish annual programs for large clients.

Quote and estimate both price and shipping on large orders

Prepare purchase orders and invoices using simply accounting 2009.

Organize and place inventory orders. Reconcile differences between physical inventory and simply accounting inventory.

Manage all aspects of incoming international product. Specialize in dealing with China.

Outsource new products from China, also assess viability of new products in relation to the Canadian market.

Prepare monthly and confirm monthly client advertisements

Aid and assist out of office sales representatives.

Aid in quality control of product in house.

Jun 2005 – June 2008 Prairie Dragon Company Limited

New York City, New York USA/ Saskatoon, SK, Canada.

Sourcing Manager Organize and manage requests for items to be sourced in China.

Done both in English and Chinese. Manage all negotiations on price of products and relay information back to Canada or the USA. Handle shipping arrangements from China to Canada or USA.

Create pricing sheets using Microsoft Excel

Jan 2005 – Jun 2007 Private Tutor, Shenzhen China.

Tutoring Organize and manage teaching materials.

Teach students of all ages – youth to business professionals.

Successes include students now studying abroad, two students now attending Cambridge University UK, and two students now attending UBC, Vancouver Canada.

Feb 2006 – July 2007 Shenzhen Winbest Industrial Co. Ltd, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

Sales Manager Organize and manage all international clients. Handle all international fairs: Hong Kong Gift and Premium Fair 2006 and 2007, Tendence Lifestyle Fair Frankfurt 2006, Hong Kong Toy Fair 2007, Nuremburg Toy Fair 2007. Handle marketing and decision-making in regards to development

of new products.

Arrange paperwork for all international shipments this includes commercials invoices, proforma invoices, packing lists and statements of origin.

July 2005 Haiwan Middle School, Shenzhen, Gaundong, China

EFL Teacher Taught classes in English as a foreign language. Ran and organized

a summer language camp.

Creation of teaching materials for the summer camp.

Jan 2005 - Jan 2006 Habian Middle School, Shenzhen, Gaundong, China

EFL Teacher Taught classes in english as a foreign language for grades 7 to 10. Ran and organized after-school English reading room and English corner.

Edited, proofread and contributed to four textbooks now used in Shenzhen China.

Conducted open classes for the district English department in teaching English as a foreign language. Also, conducted an open class for the Guandong Education bureau in teaching English as a foreign language.

May 1998 - Sep 2001 Russell Promotions, Stuart, Florida

Promotional Co-ordinator Manage and coordinate promotional tours for footbag (hacky-sack) instruction.

Demonstrate and run footbag tutorials and competitions leading to a national championship in Ireland and the Czech Republic.

Responsible for arranging and organizing the distribution of footbags and prizes. Oragnize and manage a provincial territory in each campaign.



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