Businessmanager

• Sep 2023 - Present

GenO Sales Representative

• Apr 2022 - May 2023

Generation Oracle (GenO) is Oracle's brand-new career development initiative, focused on identifying and advancing early-in-career and returnship talent through a tailored Sales programme. GenO delivers learning, continuous development and clear, accessible career paths whilst offering the opportunity to influence and help steer the business into the future. During the GenO programme I learned to: -Create sales opportunities and maintain customer relationships. -Actively develop my product knowledge in a range of Oracle technologies. -Collaborate with sales teams on account strategy and demand generation. -Gain an in-depth knowledge of Oracle competitors and industry trends. -Develop an understanding of customer needs in order to link them to Oracle products. -Inspire customers through storytelling. Critical thinking (analyze situations, identify issues, and solve problems creatively), teamwork (being a team player who also loves smashing individual goals), and communication skills (fluent in English, with a natural flair for expressing myself) were important throughout the programme. I managed to complete all of the milestones and finished the GenO training successfully. Show less

Expert Digitaal Bankverzekeren

• Jan 2022 - Feb 2022

Individual Client Advisor

• Nov 2020 - Sep 2021

Aion - a new digital bank on the European market. Aion is the first financial institution fully built on Cloud. The mission is to become the digitally native bank that will create the best offering for its clients by introducing innovative and fair solutions revolutionizing the way that clients interact with their bank. My main mission at Aion was to acquire new customers by different acquisition techniques, explain the range of products & services, help them with onboarding and aftersales. Dedicated sales advisor regarding upselling Show less

Trainee

• Feb 2020 - May 2020

Online wholesale company with the most beautiful and fascinating premium consumer goods. These articles are purchased from brand owners, importers, distributors and retail. The parties are sold in cooperation with the supplier to a diverse customer portfolio across Europe. During my internship I learned a wide range of commercial aspects such as sales, marketing, customer service and administration. Tasks: translate environmental trends into opportunities for the organisation, analyse business information with the appropriate software, develop and maintain an international network, help with strategies for pricing, distribution and international advertising and promotion, perform administrative work related to commercial activities, make contacts with potential customers, making cost and income calculations, attending team briefings and meetings, reporting to managers and other employees and working constructively and responsible for various roles and tasks. Knowledge, skills and competences acquired at the end of the internship: understanding the different aspects which involves international wholesale. Shifting among different cultures, habits and acquired an commercial attitude to fulfill commericial opportunities. Evaluation: Arno is a hard working student with a warm personality. Eager to learn, motivated, ambitious and made excellent gains in skill and knowledge. Show less

Commercieel medewerker

• Sep 2019 - Dec 2019

(student job) Calling companies and ask for the fleet manager or someone responsible for the fleet about a new car (Skoda & Volkswagen). Convince the person who was in charge to accept a test drive. During this job I had to work closely with the call center supervisor. He gave me some useful tips about convincing, which helped to succeed in the job. Another task was some administrative work. I learned that a successful business-like tone is warm, curious and and straightforward. Each cold call you make will help to become more confident and develop the technique which works best. Show less

Callcenteragent

• Mar 2018 - Jul 2018

(student job) Market Analysis & Synthesis. Better known for its specialized market studies for companies, government, local authorities and various organizations. During my time here as a student I learned: * Paying attention to detail - as a call center agent, it's critical that you listen carefully to customers. Attention to detail and pick up important information. * Clear and effective communication - superior verbal communication skills. * Patience - listen patiently and respond calmly in order to make sure customers have a good impression. * Positive attitude - projecting a friendly tone and using positive language Show less