Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Affiliations
Software
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Vasileios Karampetsos

Export Area Sales Manager
Nea Smyrni

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
13
13
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Export Area Sales Manager

FF Group Tool Industries
01.2008 - Current
  • Managing a portfolio of Agents, Distributors and Key Accounts in CEE Region
  • Acted as a trusted advisor to senior management, providing strategic insights and recommendations to drive business growth and competitive advantage in the dynamic CEE market landscape.
  • Developed comprehensive territory plans that ensured efficient allocation of resources and maximized productivity for the entire area.
  • Drove cost efficiencies across various areas including staff training, inventory control and customer acquisition by continuously optimizing processes and systems.
  • Established strong relationships with key clients, resulting in increased customer retention and satisfaction.
  • Increased sales revenue by developing and implementing strategic sales plans for the assigned territory.
  • Exceeded targets by building, directing, and motivating high-performing sales team.
  • Built lasting relationships with clients through outstanding customer service interactions.
  • Established strong relationships with major accounts and key decision-makers to increase sales in designated territory.
  • Collaborated with clients and distributors to create and promote new products.
  • Hired, mentored and motivated sales professionals to service customer accounts and target metrics.
  • Prepared sales presentations for clients showing success and credibility of products.
  • Grew businesses by adopting market expansion strategy to serve different customer needs.

International Marketing & Exports Executive

FF GROUP TOOL INDUSTRIES
08.2015 - 12.2019
  • Monitor effective implementation of international business development activities
  • Distributors management
  • Key accounts Management
  • Develop individual business plans for each country
  • Analyze business strategies and develop improvement plans for sales to provide appropriate growth to business
  • Design plans to achieve all objectives and develop plans for new business
  • Analyze business and review future prospective for sales
  • Manage all customer communication and maintain effective relationship with all
  • Review competitor plans and effect of products and services in management
  • Prepare pricing strategies according to customer budgets and procurement methods
  • Evaluate market trends and provide appropriate support to product development
  • Monitored social media and online sources for industry trends
  • Developed team communications and information for product development meetings

DIGITAL PROJECT MANAGER

INFINITAS
02.2013 - 09.2015
  • Collaborate with internal teams to design, develop and implement digital projects
  • Monitored social media and online sources for industry trends
  • Worked with Marketing Director to resolve digital marketing problems, improve operations and provide exceptional customer service
  • Worked closely with key accounts to understand requirements and provide exceptional advertising services
  • Organized recruiting procedures to build my team of developers and creative department
  • Managed escalated customer orders in timely and professional manner
  • Complete Redesign of the portal www.epixeiro.gr
  • Our team received the awards of "BEST BUSINESS WEBSITE OF THE YEAR 2015" for our performance from Dime Awards

DIGITAL MARKETING MANAGER, CO-FOUNDER

VERITAS DBP
07.2012 - 05.2014
  • Involved and co-found a digital marketing agency for SME'S in Greece
  • Managed effectively digital marketing activities with key accounts such as Diagnostic of Athens. A leading private Diagnostic Center in healthcare sector
  • As a Digital Marketing Manager i got involved and provided consulting in several projects by utilizing new technologies and digital marketing techniques
  • Investigated and addressed business development challenges to proactively mitigate problems
  • Developed key operational initiatives to drive and maintain substantial business growth
  • Helped clients see personal progress by documenting client reactions, behaviors and other outcomes related to music therapy
  • Established client goals and objectives for music therapy treatment programs and helped each achieve targets with hands-on therapeutic style

STARTUP INCUBATION PROGRAM ENTREPRENEUR

ORANGE GROVE INITIATIVE
10.2013 - 01.2014

4 Months incubation program from The Embassy Of The Kingdom Of The Netherlands (Orange Grove Initiative).


  • Received training and Mentoring, Coaching and Consulting for our start-up
  • Participated in unique Bootcamps in cooperation with Dutch and Greek universities;
  • We received Legal and Accounting business support services;
  • Participated in Seminars & Workshops with acclaimed speakers from all over the world;
  • Performed incentive marketing Research for better product development purposes
  • Product development of ICT project. ( collaboration - task management tool)

SALES AND MARKETING EXECUTIVE

BOLTON HELLAS
02.2011 - 02.2012
  • Managing Key Accounts in my designated region
  • Identified new targets, developed new business opportunities and presented product lines to customers
  • Merchandised attractive shelf displays with current offerings to drive store sales
  • Drove store revenue by offering customers accessories and related purchases to complete selections
  • Completed efficient store resets to prepare store for special promotions and seasonal updates
  • Achieved sales goals and targets by leveraging interpersonal communication skills and product knowledge to cultivate and secure new customer relationships
  • Updating and on boarding CRM data

ASSISTANT MARKETING MANAGER

ANAGNOSTOU WINERY
02.2009 - 01.2011
  • Exports assistance and planning
  • Orchestrated launch for 4 new products to expand market share and generate 4% increase in revenue
  • Involved with new product development
  • Employ marketing analytics techniques to gather important data (social media, web analytics, rankings etc.)
  • Prepare and deliver promotional presentations
  • Communicate directly with clients and encourage trusting relationships
  • Liaise with Marketing, Sales and Product development teams
  • Organized exhibitions and promotional events
  • Worked with wholesale customers to understand requirements and provide exceptional delivery and marketing services

SALES MANAGEMENT TRAINEE

VODAFONE
02.2006 - 10.2008
  • Marked-down clearance items and relocated merchandise to proper store areas
  • Multiplied earnings through sales goal achievement, customer service improvements and commitment to team objectives
  • Assisted customers with locating and choosing merchandise in any store department
  • Decreased inventory shrinkage, drive-off and daily cash discrepancies by closely monitoring daily operations
  • Helped customers complete purchases, locate items and join reward programs to promote loyalty, satisfaction and sales numbers

VOLUNTEER

HELLENIC INSTITUTE OF PASTEUR
03.2006 - 11.2007
  • Coordinated schedules and assignments for volunteer staff, maximizing team efficiency and effectiveness
  • Maintained clean, neat and operational facilities to serve all program needs
  • Coordinated and managed events and projects for exhibitions
  • Participated in meetings to discuss new fundraising opportunities
  • Provided immediate responses to questions from volunteers
  • Kept program records and documentation current and compliant
  • Worked with program supervisors to implement changes and better serve target groups

Education

MBA - Project Management

Cardiff Metropolitan University
United Kingdom
09.2019 - Current

Certification - Content Marketing

HUBSPOT ACADEMY
DISTANCE LEARNING
07.2017 - 08.2019

Certification - E-mail Marketing

HUBSPOT ACADEMY
DISTANCE LEARNING
07.2019 - 08.2019

Certification - Inbound Marketing

HUBSPOT ACADEMY
DISTANCE LEARNING
06.2015 - 07.2015

Certified Training Program - Innovative Entrepreneurship

Hellenic Management Association
Athens
10.2015 - 12.2015

Certificate of Specialized Education - Ecommerce And Social Media Management

UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
ATHENS
05.2013 - 09.2013

Bachelor of Arts - Marketing Management

THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF GREECE
ATHENS
09.2004 - 06.2008

Bachelor of Arts - Marketing Management And Research

Manchester Metropolitan University
United Kingdom
08.2001 - 06.2003

Skills

Market Research

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Accomplishments

  • During my work at INFINITAS as Digital Project Manager at www.epixeiro.gr received the Gold Award of "BEST BUSINESS WEBSITE OF THE YEAR 2015" for our performance from high profile Dime Awards.(Digital Media Awards)
  • GOOGLE Launchpad Accelerator Alumni. 2013 Bootcamp Athens

Affiliations

  • Founding Member of Hellenic-Indian Business Council

Software

Business Analytics
ERP Systems
CRM systems
Microsoft Office
Web Aanalytics

Timeline

MBA - Project Management

Cardiff Metropolitan University
09.2019 - Current

Certification - E-mail Marketing

HUBSPOT ACADEMY
07.2019 - 08.2019

Certification - Content Marketing

HUBSPOT ACADEMY
07.2017 - 08.2019

Certified Training Program - Innovative Entrepreneurship

Hellenic Management Association
10.2015 - 12.2015

International Marketing & Exports Executive

FF GROUP TOOL INDUSTRIES
08.2015 - 12.2019

Certification - Inbound Marketing

HUBSPOT ACADEMY
06.2015 - 07.2015

STARTUP INCUBATION PROGRAM ENTREPRENEUR

ORANGE GROVE INITIATIVE
10.2013 - 01.2014

Certificate of Specialized Education - Ecommerce And Social Media Management

UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
05.2013 - 09.2013

DIGITAL PROJECT MANAGER

INFINITAS
02.2013 - 09.2015

DIGITAL MARKETING MANAGER, CO-FOUNDER

VERITAS DBP
07.2012 - 05.2014

SALES AND MARKETING EXECUTIVE

BOLTON HELLAS
02.2011 - 02.2012

ASSISTANT MARKETING MANAGER

ANAGNOSTOU WINERY
02.2009 - 01.2011

Export Area Sales Manager

FF Group Tool Industries
01.2008 - Current

VOLUNTEER

HELLENIC INSTITUTE OF PASTEUR
03.2006 - 11.2007

SALES MANAGEMENT TRAINEE

VODAFONE
02.2006 - 10.2008

Bachelor of Arts - Marketing Management

THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF GREECE
09.2004 - 06.2008

Bachelor of Arts - Marketing Management And Research

Manchester Metropolitan University
08.2001 - 06.2003
Vasileios KarampetsosExport Area Sales Manager