> Background: more than 12 years on IT market in Romania
> Relevant experience: 10 years on sales area in system integrators and technology companies in IT&C:
- CommPeak Limited (HK),
- IBM,
- Asesoft International,
- Novensys Corporation,
- Tornado Systems,
- Net Brinel.
> Experience in selling complex IT solutions and consulting services, public and private accounts management, business development activities
> Strong orientation for results, PR&Training activities, relationship development (in all customer segments - public sector, corporate and SMB accounts, telecom, retail and cloud providers), performance assessments, account planning
> Diplomatic communicator with strong coaching skills
> Committed to develop long-term relationships with partners
> Organizing sales team structures in order to implement the strategical sales plans and to maximize turnover and profit
> Specialties: Business Development, Business Performance, Operations management, Organizational Development, Performance Improvement, Marketing Operations, Training.
> Some highlights:
- Certified Professional programmer (analyst) in computing;
- Certificated in IT training
- Sales Trainings: "Strategies of negotiation and sale”; “Essential Techniques Sales”; "Typology and customer behavior”; "Organizational Management"; "Business Communication";
- Technical Trainings (hardware, networking, security), organized by Cisco, Nortel, Avaya, D-Link, Fortinet, Microsoft, HP, Oracle, IBM, Allied Telesis, FSC, Dell, Panda, 3Com, Sphericall;
- Passive networking Course organized by: AMP, R & M, Brand Rex;
- Training for ERP: SAP, MFG, Navision.
> Computer skills and competences: LAN / WAN, TCP / IP, ATM, Routers, IP routing protocols, DNS, IPSEC VPN, Firewall, Web Server, ERP (Navision, SAP, MFG, Syntesio, Axapta), CRM (Microsoft and Oracle), Windows, WMS (Manhattan), Linux, Office
> Organisational skills: Proactive, Team-player, Ambitious, Organized, Sociable, Optimist
Director Of Sales - Eastern Europe @ From August 2014 to Present (1 year 5 months) Bucharest, RomaniaSolution Sales Representative - Brand Specialist (MTS) @ • Most important new business line for IBM Romania;
• Coordinate top level sales;
• Leading sales engagements, selling Multi-Vendor Support services
• Leveraging IBM multi-vendor support portfolio and creating value for IBM solution;
• Manage strategic public key accounts;
• Focus on promoting the IBM new data centre;
• Assembling the IBM sales and technical engagement team and managing the team in order to close the deals;
• Manage the customer relationship; participate in establishing beneficial pricing in order to be highly competitive on the market. From February 2012 to Present (3 years 11 months) Bucharest, RomaniaSenior Sales Manager @ • Coordinate the entire sales process towards the client, together with sales and technical team;
• Establish sales plans and strategies that should be implemented to meet the sales targets;
• Analysis of sales reports and proactive discussions with the sales team in order to identify market opportunities and improve current performance;
• Oversees implementation contracts with state companies and Romanian Ministries;
• Proactive in top level bidding with state companies;
• Negotiating, concluding and supervising the efficient development of contracts with strategic partners
• Manage relationships with existing clients and increase the portfolio;
• Direct presentation of portfolio’s equipment, with the aim of emphasizing the most important benefits of the leading solutions and technologies that can be offered on the market;
• Organizing training sessions, along with business, technical and sales team;
• Active involvement in generating and implementing complex technical projects;
• Review financial reports and cash-flow status;
• Promote the company image in the spirit of the organization. From August 2008 to December 2011 (3 years 5 months) Bucharest, RomaniaBusiness Development Manager (ERP, CRM, WMS) @ • Coordinating new business lines for the company (new products, new areas of activity);
• Identify potential customers, retain existing ones and constantly prospecting the market for portfolio development and increase market share;
• Promote the products on the targeted market niches;
• Monitoring the competition and create special offers;
• Negotiation of contracts, discounts and payment terms, both with the clients and the providers;
• Develop monthly reports;
• Analysis of revenue and maturity along with sales director and CFO;
• Direct presentation to the customers for all ERP solutions
• Technical adviser for the client before the acquisition and during the implementation ERP process;
• Organize training for promoting ERP services among customers. From June 2007 to July 2008 (1 year 2 months) Bucharest, RomaniaSenior Account Manager @ • Providing solutions to large market consumers for IT products and services, telecommunications and networking;
• Maintaining and developing relationships with clients;
• Improving relationships with leading resellers;
• Organizing trainings, seminars for key partners;
• Management of existing contracts with major retailers on the market;
• Participation in bidding for special technical projects;
• Concluding the deals, signing the contracts and efficient follow-up;
• Inventory management. From January 2005 to May 2007 (2 years 5 months) Bucharest, RomaniaSenior Technical Engineer (Head of Technical Department) @ • Providing an interface between the client and the technical department;
• Network Management and Internet account;
• Providing technical solutions for computer & networks troubleshoots From January 2004 to December 2004 (1 year) Bucharest, RomaniaSpecialized Referent & IT Manager @ • Negotiate contracts and privatization of the companies, directly participating in the privatization auctions;
• Management of post-privatizations’ companies;
• Management of entire computer networks APAPS (intranet and Internet);
• Develop and manage the entire APAPS’ database;
• Troubleshoot computer systems;
• Management of heritage assets;
• Management Accounting. From October 2001 to December 2003 (2 years 3 months)
Spiru Haret University, Finance and Financial Management Services, Bachelor @ Spiru Haret Academy From 2002 to 2007 Information Technology, Information Technology @ Colegiul National "Matei Basarab" From 1997 to 2001 Pistritu Ovidiu - Dumitru is skilled in: Solution Selling, Direct Sales, Sales Management, Account Management, Management, Pre-sales, Team Leadership, Telecommunications, Networking, Contract Negotiation, Cloud Computing, CRM, Oracle, Business Development, Strategy