Knut-Erik Widén Email & Phone Number

Oslo, No

Oslo, Norway

Right now, I'm at the forefront of launching our company in Sweden, called Bilakademin, please visit https://bilakademin.se/. I love diving into new adventures, driving smart initiatives, and helping sales talents flourish. I'm super excited to use my experience to craft creative strategies and cheer on awesome teams. My goal is nothing less than fantastic results!

Oslo, Norway

Bavaria Oslo, Norway, BMW & MINI (One of Northern Europe's largest BMW & MINI dealerships)Overall responsibility for ensuring smooth operations and fostering growth within the organization. Successfully ensured the delivery of exceptional services in the sales and service market. Dedicated to implementing and executing effective strategies that resulted in tangible, positive outcomes.Maintained close collaboration with our import partners, overseeing the fulfillment of volume requirements and maximizing overall earnings. Commitment to maintaining a sharp focus on customer satisfaction led to strong client relationships and repeat business.Key Achievements:- Strategic Organizational Development: Spearheaded initiatives that enhanced the overall structure of the organization, leading to increased efficiency.- Sales and Service Market Delivery: Ensured the consistent delivery of high-quality services, meeting and exceeding customer expectations.- Importer Relations and Collaboration: Fostered strong, mutually beneficial relationships with import partners, resulting in successful collaborations.- Results-Driven Leadership: Led the team with a focus on results, motivating and inspiring others to achieve and surpass goals.- Customer-Centric Approach: Championed a customer-focused mindset within the organization, resulting in high levels of client satisfaction and loyalty.

Oslo, Norway

Bavaria Oslo, Norway, BMW & MINI (One of Northern Europe's largest BMW & MINI dealerships)Privilege of overseeing a comprehensive portfolio that included sales, marketing, customer satisfaction index, and BMW retail standards. Operating within a performance-driven framework, Focused on fostering a culture of motivation and development within the sales team.Responsibilities extended to managing a dedicated team of 12 professionals, including salespeople, key account managers, a sales secretary, and a marketing coordinator. By implementing strategic initiatives and action-oriented plans, not only met but exceeded our sales objectives.Key Achievements:- Strategic Sales and Marketing Expertise: Developed and executed targeted sales and marketing strategies, resulting in increased brand visibility and revenue growth.- Customer Satisfaction: Led efforts to elevate the Customer Satisfaction Index, ensuring our clients received exceptional service and fostering long-lasting relationships.- Team Leadership: Motivated and nurtured a high-performing team, driving them to surpass sales targets and achieve excellence in customer service.- Retail Standards Excellence: Maintained stringent BMW retail standards, guaranteeing a premium customer experience that reflected the brand’s values.

Oslo, Norway

Commercial, logistical and financial matters between Key Accounts and respective internal functions across the Nordic Region. Responsible for Nespresso Academy, concept and sales training towards trade employees.

Oslo, Norway

Marketing and promoting Nespresso retailers. Assist stores with tactical sales support. Provide adequate training for retailers and information flow. Implement national and international promotions and marketing initiatives. Responsible for Nespresso Academy, concept and sales training towards trade employees. Responsible for all internal product training.

Oslo, Norway

Marketing and promoting Nespresso retailers. Assist stores with tactical sales support. Provide adequate training for retailers and information flow. Implement national and international promotions and marketing initiatives.

Sandvika, Norway

Sales of private insurance.

Oslo, Norway

Established my own company Upnorth:dsgn, which aimed at the SMB market. Sales of design layout (web-pages / ads). See www.upnorth-dsgn.com.

Oslo, Norway

Fashion Industry. Responsible for sales of Democrata (men) and Givit (lady), supervision, public relations, web, and billing.

Oslo, Norway

Implementation and evaluation of security.

Oslo, Norway

Planning and establishment of the company. Responsible for sales to large customers and contact with its partners.

Oslo, Norway

Responsible for sales and product development of the Atlas, online tracking system for optimization of web pages. Responsible for Sales materials, responsible for the entire sales process, prospecting, meeting bookings, deal-closing and follow-up support.

Oslo, Norway

Sales, responsible for opening / closing and cash handling.

Real Estate Development

Law– tax economy, logistics, statistics and data analysis, marketing management, macroeconomics, organization and management.

Web-Designer

Display design / image processing, HTML design, dynamic web pages, multimedia, web theory, project task.

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