• Comprehensive experience in business development and team-leadership, responsible for new startups, procedures and operations
• Proven ability to increase sales through team motivation and leadership, oversee budgets, forecasts, purchasing and inventories
• Effectively manage associations and properties
• Skilled in penetrating international markets through high-impact advertising and promotions
• Track record of successful product-line and event management in progressively changing marketing roles
• Strong creativity and problem solving skills
• Talent for leading and inspiring teams to top performance
• Flexibility and ability to prioritize competing demands
• Ability to deal effectively with information
• Convincing communication and presentation skills, with the ability to maintain a professional image at all times
• Fluent in English and German
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint
Job History
07/2008 - present
Owner
Pieces of Paradise, LLC - Gray Court, South Carolina
Eco-Consulting for commercial and residential construction and renovation
08/2005 – 06/2008
Marketing Manager and Co-Owner
Raeder Nais GesmbH. & Co. KG - Graz, Austria
Tire Distributor
Effectively set up, implemented and managed the marketing plan; planned and realized advertising and sales promotion concepts. Represented the business at several national and international trade shows, conferences and seminars. Created a new computerized tire storage system. Improved employee’s safety. Created and maintained databases. Handled a variety of general office procedures and paperwork.
09/1998 – 08/2005
Executive Assistant
CCS Marketing Services - Graz, Austria
PR Agency
Prepared and organized national and international trade shows, business events and conferences from 20 to 400 delegates in New York (USA), New Orleans (USA), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Seoul (Korea), Hong Kong (China), Bangkog (Thailand), Johannesburg (South Africa) including coordination with conference centers, media, hotels, technicians, travel agencies, catering, speakers, artists, accounting. Budget controlling. On-the-spot-support of customers at conferences and trade shows. Development and production supervision of all printed advertising material. Proofreading in German, English and Italian.
09/1998 – 08/2005
Secretary and Office Manager
PRIMA – The Paper Network - Brussels, Belgium
International Non-Profit Association of
Marketing Managers of the Paper and Related Industries
Established contacts to potential members and sponsors. Successfully organized the yearly conferences and seminars in Vienna (Austria), Berlin (Germany), Hamburg (Germany), Helsinki (Finland), Copenhagen (Denmark), Stockholm (Sweden), Dublin (Ireland), Lausanne (Switzerland), Prague (Cechia), Amsterdam (The Netherlands) Prepared and edited marketing material. Created mailings and newsletters. Proofreading in German and English. Implemented a new membership administration system. Controlled budgets.
01/1995 – 07/1998
Product Manager
SAPPI Fine Paper Europe (former KNP Leykam) - Gratkorn, Austria and Maastricht, The Netherlands
Paper Production
Successfully implemented product specific operational Marketing Concepts in line with the company’s Marketing Strategy. Planned, controlled and supervised production of product specific advertising material (brochures, leaflets) in consideration of the different target groups on the different markets, the marketing budget, and the product specific facts (international). Organized trade shows and seminars in Vienna (Austria), Graz (Austria), Duesseldorf (Germany), London (Great Britain), Maastricht (The Netherlands), Brussels (Belgium), Paris (France), Barcelona (Spain), Milano (Italy), Portoroz (Croatia), Budapest (Hungary). Successful Market Implementation of new products.
01/1984 – 01/1995
Assistant Marketing/Human Resources/Organization
KNP Leykam (former Leykam-Muerztaler) - Gratkorn, Austria and Maastricht, The Netherlands
Paper Production
Helped with the successful introduction of a Marketing Department within the company. Handled a variety of general office procedures and paperwork.
Education
Bundeshandelsakademie II - Graz, Austria / College
Successful completion with a degree comparable to the Associates Degree in Business Management
according to the US school system
Graduated in 1983 in: Business Management, Accounting, German language, English language, Italian language, Mathematics, Electronic Data Converting
Studies, Workshops and Seminars
• Economics and Marketing, Karl Franzens University, Graz, Austria
• Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint Seminars, BIT Training Center, Graz Austria
• Product Management, Management Center Europe, Brussels, Belgium
• Marketing – Corporate Identity, Graz, Austria
• Marketing Service, Graz, Austria
• The Printing Industry – The printing process from A to Z (technical training), Vienna, Austria
• Access and Adobe Photoshop Seminars, BIT Training Center Austria
• Teambuilding, Maastricht, The Netherlands
• Effective Business Presentations, Vienna, Austria
• Process-oriented Co-operation, Hamburg, Germany
• French language at Berlitz Institute, Graz, Austria
• Self Employment, laws and taxes, Graz, Austria
• Residential and Commercial Contractors Seminar, Charleston, SC
• Professional Property Management Diploma, Ashworth University, GA
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