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Adelaide, Sa, Au

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Sales Manager for the Leda Machinery Victoria team. Tasks included generating sales enquiries for cabinetmaking/joinery customers in VIC/TAS, recommending the best solution for their requirements, submitting quotes, conducting demonstrations & sales presentations, closing sales, assisting with finance when needed, consulted on industrial layouts when required and liaised with multiple internal & external stakeholders to ensure a smooth delivery & installation process. Consistently met & exceeded set sales targets every year.

Melbourne, Australia

Worked in a team of 3 to provide highly specialised solutions in concrete coating, repair, protection and waterproofing to the residential, commercial and industrial sectors, predominantly based in Melbourne.My primary role involved cold calling, speaking to contractors and builders, provide technical knowledge and represent the company on site and help with any queries the asset owner/client may have.

Melbourne, Australia

Responsible for providing manufacturing solutions primarily to the woodworking and aluminium industries. Area managed includes northern and western suburbs of Melbourne as well as western Victoria.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Worked in a 1 year contract role for supply chain, phone sales and sales support, using Microsoft Dynamics GP to process customer orders for coffee and tea nationally. Other responsibilities include providing timely service to customers, conducting stock reconciliations, processing returns and credit claims, with working closely with the 3rd party logistics company along with sales, service, finance and management teams.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Teamwork: Worked in sync with other team members in ensuring customers were served, hazardous practices were minimized, store stock was cycled and maintained (using FIFO) • Communication: Used excellent communication skills in my customer service role dealing with a variety of customers and ensuring their needs were met.• OHSC: Trained in safe work practices, operational protocol and emergency response actions.• Multitasking: Manage store activities & dispensing of fuel while interacting with & serving customers.• Also entrusted with balancing accounts and locking up the store at night.

Pune, India

a. Planned and coordinated sales visits, attended sales inquires and maintained constant communication with customers.b. Sales presentations and technical discussions with customers.c. Compiled sales reports, lost order and new business prospect reports.d. Coordinated with head office on sales & service matters.e. Managed projects - product modeling, process planning, prepared cutting cycle-time and technical proposals.f. Part-programming for customer’s products.g. Assisted service team in installation & commissioning of CNC machining center.h. Participated in major machine tool exhibitions and manned stalls. i. Established and started branch office in New-Delhi and handled the branch single-handedly.

Lonikand, Pune

Worked in a team of 3 on the Implementation of Lean Manufacturing Systems (Kanban) on WIP as part of my undergraduate FYP. Tasks to be completed included:1. Assessing final demand for each product variant and assessing raw material supply at each stage.2. Assigning batch volume sizes at each station3. Assigning storage space for component batches.4. Organizing raw material storage space at receiving area for easy access and to minimize time loss.5, Designing Kanban cards and graphical instructions6. Training workforce in proper usage of Kanban systems.I was recognized for the successful implementation of Kanban and was graded at 92% by the Pune University.

Master Of Engineering (Professional), Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Deakin Engineering Society, Deakin Sailing Club, Shell Eco-Marathon Team

Bachelor Of Engineering (Be), Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Mechanical Engineering Students' Association (MESA), SAE Baja 2011

Year 10