BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Highlights ADDITIONAL SKILLS Fluent 4 European Languages: English, French, Italian Greek. Proficient Microsoft Mac platforms. Good knowledge Google docs, Quicken Tradeware's ordering, shipping transportation management system. Involved various functions fundraisers school's PTA. Chaired Ross School's successful Auction 2011 raising $250,000. Appointed 1st VP fundraising 2012. Also chaired school's wine auction 2010 annual fundraising party 2012. Highly organized, enthusiastic financially astute. Personable energetic. Experience Business Development Manager April 2007 Current Company Name － City State Founded language service assist individuals corporations foreign language requirements. Offer Italian French classes professionals children class room environment privately. Develop proprietary teaching training materials tailor made student group. Translation services (written simultaneous) Italian, French English. Check translation's technical terms terminology ensure accurate remaining consistent throughout translation revisions. Translation interpreting experience variety industries, including communications, bio-medical aviation. Reporting Managing Partner, accountable acquisition new business retention existing clients North America EMEA. Created planned business strategies budgets meet company's sales objectives increase business opportunities. Generated opportunities meetings key decision makers drive sales process forward. Initiated implemented sales strategies increase profitability key accounts. Provided leadership networking knowledge customers maintenance appropriate presence industry. Identified, developed evaluated marketing strategies, based knowledge company's objectives, market characteristics, cost markup factors. Used sales forecasting strategic planning ensure sale profitability products services. Analyzed business developments monitored market trends. Coordinated participated promotional activities trade shows, working developers, advertisers production managers, market products services. Sales Marketing Manager October 2006 March 2008 Company Name － City Responsible overall sales marketing policies reflect company's strategies objectives. Developed implemented sales marketing program corporate identity UK start-up company. Planed created company's marketing communication materials. Initiated executed sales plan objective growing company North American market. Researched strategies plans identified marketing opportunities, domestically internationally direct marketing new project development. Successfully implemented company's sales marketing plan, directly resulted new sister office opened US. VP Sales Marketing March 1994 July 2001 Company Name － City Reporting directly CEO co-ordinated directed company's sales marketing functions EMEA. Generated revenue sales term, excess $10m. Developed co-ordinated sales selling cycles methodologies. Directed oversaw company's marketing function identify develop new customers products services. Created managed sales marketing budgets include press, public relations, advertising community outreach. Supervised planning generation company's marketing communication materials preparation, issuance delivery sales materials, exhibits promotional programs. Directly managed critical new client accounts co-ordinated management accounts. Managed relationship partners (domestic international), vendors, distributors VARs. Responsible repositioning company creation execution aggressive marketing strategy, including new corporate identity branding attract external investment. Executive Assistant January 1991 December 1994 Company Name － City Reporting directly Chairman, responsible administrative support relating scheduling, expenses, meetings, travel, client relationship management. Assisted special projects cost control selling non-selling functions achieve optimal expenditure levels budgeting purposes. Reviewed ordering procedures formulation stricter guidelines quotes tenders. Analyzed Concession Agreements lead 2% increase overall Concession revenue. Reviewed analyzed store's direct indirect operating costs attribution various departments resulted relocation departments. Co-ordinated supervised implementation recommendations various audit reports external house auditors. Managed team "floating staff" assigned trouble shoot areas concern. Education MSc Trade Finance CITY UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL － City UK CITY UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM MSc Shipping, Trade Finance, Dec 1990 BA French Italian THE UNIVERSITY OF HULL － City UK THE UNIVERSITY OF HULL HULL, UNITED KINGDOM BA (Honors) French Italian, July 1989 Accomplishments BA (Honors) French Italian, July 1989 Certifications PTA Skills Marketing, Sales, Budgets, Promotional, And Marketing, Sales And, Aviation, Class, Comprehensive Large Array Data Stewardship System, Excellent Multitasker, Simultaneous, Teaching, Training, Accounts And, Advertising, Branding, Community Outreach, From Sales, Its, Managed Sales, Of Sales, Public Relations, Increase, Administrative Support, Audit, Budgeting, Cost Control, Executive Assistant, For Selling, Ordering, Relationship Management, Scheduling, Selling And, Accountable For, Business Development, Clients, Forecasting, Implemented Sales, Key Accounts, Maintenance, Market Trends, Networking, Sale And, Sales Forecasting, Sales Objectives, Sales Strategies, Strategic Planning, The Sale, The Sales, Direct Marketing, Marketing Plan, Overall Sales, Project Development, Sales Plan, Energetic, Fundraising, Highly Organized, Mac, Quicken, San, Self Motivated, Storage Area Network, Very Organized, Finance, Shipping