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Montreal, Qc, Ca

Montreal, Qc, Ca

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

At our core, we aim to empower our clients to succeed in their lighting projects and secure more bids. We achieve this by offering a full range of specialized lighting services and distributing the most competitively priced LED fixtures on the market. Our personalized approach ensures each project benefits from a thorough and detailed analysis, providing you with the best lighting solutions.We go beyond just products; we provide free photometric analysis and assist with subsidy requests, maximizing your project's efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Partner with us to enhance the quality of your bids, boost your competitiveness, and ultimately achieve greater success in your lighting endeavors.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Leverage extensive experience in operations management, project management, and business development to streamline processes, optimise efficiency, and drive growth within the organisation.Utilise a proven track record of success in driving revenue generation and exceeding sales targets to identify new business opportunities, expand market reach, and increase profitability.Apply strong relationship-building skills to establish and maintain strategic partnerships with clients, suppliers, and stakeholders, fostering long-term collaborations and enhancing brand reputation.Harness market insights and industry expertise to develop tailored strategies that align with organisational goals, capitalise on emerging trends, and maintain a competitive edge in the marketplace.Communicate effectively with internal teams and external partners to ensure alignment of objectives, facilitate collaboration, and drive successful implementation of business initiatives.Provide leadership and guidance to cross-functional teams, leveraging strong problem-solving skills and decision-making abilities to overcome challenges and achieve desired outcomes.Experience in international trade and fluency in multiple languages (English, French, and Armenian) to facilitate communication and collaboration in diverse cultural environments, supporting global expansion initiatives and multicultural teams.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Oversees a team of project managers and ensures each city event reaches its maximum potential in revenue, brand recognition, growth in attendance and development within its community.Improves the project management and operations tools within the CRM.Creates and updates supporting documents for internal and event city procedures.Develops the operational plan to improve communication and coordination between the various company departments and stakeholders.Set and enforce city event timelines and calendarsAssign each city event to individual project managers and provide support when needed.Provide training and feedback to project managers and event organisersQuality control of project managers and event organisers and provide operations reports on performance.Support in transitioning the sales and business development role.Assist in creating the yearly sales strategy.

Montreal, Canada Area

Responsible for all sales and business developmentReview candidates, analyse their capabilities, evaluate the team and finalise choices with the CEO.Research new markets worldwide, develop a plan and seek capable individuals or companies to host the events. Engage with the CEO to discuss the potential market and seek approval.Prepare and edit contracts for approved candidates and then coordinate with project managers, operation managers and accounting to ensure successful activation of new host cities.Use of Hubspot (CRM system) to prepare renewals and negotiate new terms for returning host.

Montreal, Canada Area

Created a business plan for a start-up company. Solicited private investors and portfolio managers and led the presentation of the business plan. Aiding companies in sourcing garment and accessory factories, fabric mills and third party quality control inspectors. Aiding in product development and bringing them to market. Developed core and trending fashion items for Canadian retailers, produced them overseas and successfully rolled them out nationwide.

Montreal, Canada Area

3616 Poirier

Implemented the company's mission and vision while overseeing all day to day operations. Responsible for buying, inventory controls, sales analysis, weekly replenishment, online and in store price points and promotional pricing. Design and creation of merchandise lines. Design and creation of all marketing flyers, banners and in store displays. Implemented sales and growth strategies that increased units per sale (UPTs) Negotiated with vendors to lower the costs of new collections while increasing retail price points which successfully increased the companies overall gross margin. Doubled online sales by creating new ad campaigns and linking items to facilitate cross-selling.

Montreal, Canada Area

Sourcing, line development, selling, marketing, production, quality control.Implementing the company's mission and vision.Negotiated prices with suppliers and clients. Negotiated contracts with companies. Responsible for $12 million in clothing imports under private label and $50 million in FOB direct purchases.

Principles And Design Of Lighting Systems, 90%

Bachelor'S Degree, International Business, Minor Marketing, 3.3 Gpa