Channel Sales Manager Emea
Leatherhead, Uk
August 2004 – June 2007: Channel Sales Manager EMEA• Responsibility for growth/strategy/marketing & business development of WD Pan-European Distribution Accounts• Development of Sales In and Sales Out within Bell Micro’s 13 branches, eSys’ 25 offices & Tech Data International’s 15 branches, all across EMEA• Country Manager for all sales in the Netherlands and IsraelBusiness Achievements:• Undertook a complete overhaul of WD’s business at Bell Micro and set up a structured business plan, incorporating existing customer base, target markets, target products & business strengths and weaknesses for each country/region• By using business relationship skills I managed to regain confidence and grow sales across all Bell sales offices and gain support from all WD country managers• Developed an in depth understanding of Tech Data’s business processes working within these constraints to achieve WD’s goals. For example the growth of retail product line sales Sales Achievements: - Grew sales revenue at Bell Micro from $6.5M to $40M per qtr- Grew sales revenue at eSys distribution from $11M to $22M per qtr- Grew sales revenue at Tech Data International from $26 to $36M per qtr- Grew WD market share within Bell from 6% to 22% and increased units from 60,000 per qtr to 280,000 per qtr- Grew WD market share within eSys from 10% to 23% and increased units from 200,000 per qtr to 340,000 per qtr- Maintained Tech Data market share at 50% despite additional competitor being added to their portfolio, increasing units from 300,000 to 400,000 per qtr.- Grew WD market share in The Netherlands from 8% to 28%- Consistently over-achieved against WD corporation’s aggressive sales targets