Philippe Buess Email & Phone Number

Helsinki, FI

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

As Sales Manager at Frictape, I develop and expand the business worldwide and make sure the customer gets the best possible support. Frictape (www.frictape.com) is the leading manufacturer of helideck aviation safety equipment including world-renowned safety nets and Circle & H approach lighting systems (Netlight). Frictape products secure.

Helsinki Area, Finland

Meeting interesting people and creating longlasting connections are very important to me. Therefore I have decided to join this valuable community to get forward.

Helsinki Area, Finland

Business development & active sales within EMEA, with a focus on the whole DACH region and french-speaking part of Europe. These are huge markets with lots of interesting companies and great opportunities. Being focused, hard & smart working, persistent and open-minded are crucial attributes to building up new markets, in combination with profound sales.

Helsinki Area, Finland

I was responsible for new sales mainly within Helsinki/Espoo/Vantaa region. In some occasion I was dealing with international customers such as from Middle East as well. For me it was a great opportunity to step into IT & software industry and to get comfortable with it.

Espoo, Finland

I was responsible for new acquisition of suppliers and customers. At the same time I was doing key account management with the existing ones, making sure that they are using the system to their favour and increasing their commitment by developing business strategies and scenarios, also in connection with BI system Pentaho. In regular basis I was keeping.

Espoo

I was in charge of all Golf & Dive accommodations at ChristinaTravelClub and administrated all given contents of these hotels/resorts to the booking engine. As this company was new I was building up the database, seeking for further little PEARLS - great places, fantastic little hotels offering great diving or golfing. Of course this involved some market.

Helsinki

I was organising exclusive events for decision makers and high level management of the top 500 Swiss companies. The project management was based on result-oriented sales work and included as well writing profound market researches (business development analysis), telesales and preparing all necessary marketing materials in order to promote these events..

Helsinki, Finland

I was responsible of a team of eight persons, leading them through very difficult times and bringing them back on track, not only work-wise but also as a team. By changing the structure, processes and working environment, but also by initiating regularly tele-coaching sessions I was able to boost the efficiency and productivity of each team member. I was.

Zurich

I was offered the unique chance in helping to implement, develop and to boost the brand Egencia and its internet travel services to the Swiss market, with the result of being within the TOP 3 internet business travel agencies in only three years! During this exciting time I was in charge of the smooth daily operation (1st level support), for the complete.

Zurich Airport

I was given the opportunity to get as well some working experience outside of the travel industry at AirPlus - a credit card company specialised in corporate customers/travel. I was working as sales support mainly for the French speaking customers, preparing the contracts for new clients and finalising the implementation, including the set up of new cards.

Zurich

When I started as Teamleader of six persons, I was doing the normal travel agent tasks while observing the people within the team and as well the working processes and efficiency of the office. Very soon it was clear to me that the processes were built up too complicated and real time-eaters to all agents! Within a short time we started a project to.

Helsinki

My tasks included flight bookings, ticketing and being responsible of all airline contracts worldwide. The goal of building up the ticket shop in Helsinki for all 15 travel agencies of Matkapojat was targeted. I was responsible for the support and took over of all complicated, not only flight related cases/requests from other offices. In addition to I was.

Helsinki

MyJet was actually a successful, little ethnic travel agency offering cheap flight tickets mainly to foreigners living in Finland. It was a very tough, stressful, intensive but also interesting time for me as I gained a lot of experience in entrepreneurial thinking (doing business) and THE passion of an entrepreneur. It was a two-men´s show where every.

Helsinki

This was my first job within the Finnish travel industry. Our customers were mainly Chinese people living in Finland. I was impressed about the successful but easy business model/niche the owner was keeping for a long time. My duties included contracting airlines and Chinese DMC, simple marketing by publishing some prices/details of tickets and packages to.

Helsinki

This was a pretty interesting job as it was the first time that I really my money in another sector/industry. I got a little glipse of how a restaurant/bar is running. What it means to working during the night.

Zurich

After my longer stay in New Zealand I got the chance to work at the inhouse travel agency of SwissRe. There I was first handling all sorts of trips for the SwissRe employees - the regular travel agent job. But then due to my little background of internet/intranet inhouse booking engines at Credit Suisse I was also involved in the project of building up an.

Zurich

This was actually my first move out of my safe and secure first place at Carlson Wagonlit. A very exciting moment even though I knew all the new colleagues as I was their ticket boy during my apprenticeship at CWT. My work was not really differing from the one before. I was doing the reservations of hotel, flights, trains and cars, handling visas.

Zurich

At this company I put the first foot step into real world of working. I passed successfully the exams of the Business School in Zurich, in connection with BBA in Economics and in Tourism & Travel Management. At first I learnt all the tricks and hints, all the knowledge of tourism and all the booking systems. I got the chance of being a part of the huge.

Bachelor’S Degree, Economics, Tourism & Travel Management

Business & political economics, maths, accounting, history, languages (German, French, English), geography, history, psychology, sales &.

Tourism And Business College, Applied Economics

Business & political economics, management, maths, accounting, history, languages (German, French, English, Italian & Spanish), geography.

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