Running the day-to-day operations of Mucho Gusto! , a fashion design and production company manufacturing products for the higher segment. Finding ways to make the company more productive by providing and implementing effective methods and processes in its order, production and delivery operations. To allow growth it was necessary to transform from production per order to serial production and to implement a warehouse. This transformation also got me involved in implementing and setting up the needed automation. Besides this I was also the commercial point of contact for sales agencies and customers in DACH region, countries with a strong sales focus and considerably contributing to a growing turnover.

For reorganisational reasons the responsibilities of the Senior Product & Portfolio Manager were expanded with those of the former Go To Market Manager:- Aligning sales, marketing, logistics and customer service departments to be ready for sales start- Driving and managing the sell-in and negotiations process for hero launch products for trade partners together with the GM and Account ManagersResponsible for the market introduction of Nokia with Windows Phone OS on the Dutch market as one of the first 6 countries worldwide.

- Managing the portfolio and roadmap: forecasting, pricing, channel launch tactics & optimization, optimized/customized customer offer. - Managing and executing new product introductions and sell in at operators, distributors and retail chains- Nokia evangelist: influencing and inspiring stakeholders within marketing, sales and procurement departments- Creating ATL/BTL campaigns with the marketing team- Supporting Marcomms /PR in setting up customer & consumer events and for press/(digital) media related matters.- Press/media spokesperson for Nokia devices and solutions. - Market analyses: providing HQ with competitor data, local trends, customer and consumer needs and feedback for (future) roadmap. - Maintaining long term relationships with dutch operators, distributors and retail chains and providing general sales and technical support. - Business Development; promoting products and services with 3rd parties; mainly music, radio, TV related and application developers- Heading Nokia Academy; acquisition of training opportunities at operators and retail chains and management of training partner- Driving and training the Nokia Field Force.

Responsible for the sales of Nokia devices and services within the major retail chains with a focus on telecom specialists (i.e. Belcompany, The Phone House, t for Telecom) and electro retail chains (i.e. E.P., BCC). - Setting up sales promotions and campaigns to increase sales and keep ahead of competition.- Expanding Nokia visibilty in stores through shop in shop elements (furniture, POS material) - Driving sales and service level at the four Dutch Nokia Stores in Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam and Maastricht. - Responsible for the commercial introduction of the first Nokia game phone: N-Gage.

Responsible for relation management and expanding business at existing customers and acquisition of new retail channels selling Telfort subscriptions and the famous “Pak&Bel” pre-paid packages.

As an initiation period to prepare for the Account Managers position I got acquainted to logistics, marketing and most of all sales aspects at Telfort Mobile Consumer Market.

Due to a reorganisation I fulfilled this position temporarily. As a Bid Manager I was responsible for the total tender including the quotation and terms and conditions for all required´non-standard´ products and services .

Contact for suspects, prospects and customers. Working together with Account Managers, Systems Engineers and Bid Managers to provide prospects and customers with tailor made bids for voice and data services. Being a back-up for Account Managers. Taking care of operational matters with the finance and marketing departments. Responsible for contracts and orders and the distribution to the relevant departments. Taking care of operational matters with Technical Support Specialists and Project Managers.