Experience

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  Tiles UK Ltd

  • Manchester, United Kingdom

  • Retail Sales Manager

    • Feb 2015 - Jan 2017
    • Manchester, United Kingdom

    ▪ Responsible for selling, closing, servicing and expanding the current customer base within an assigned territory (North England)▪ Managing relationships with suppliers, vendors and customers;▪ Regularly travelling to regional company sites and customer showrooms, meeting area managers and getting product feedback from them

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  Cita Santehnika

  • Latvia

  • Head of tiles department

    • Jan 2009 - Oct 2014
    • Latvia

    Cita Santehnika is a leader in sanitary and tiles wholesale in Latvia. At Cita Santehnika I started tiles project from a scratch and one supplier. A few years later company was in the top of Latvia's biggest tiles importers. My responsibilities included:▪ Strategic and tactical planning;▪ Attending trade fairs: Cersaie (Italy), Cevisama (Spain), Mosbuild (Russia), Budma (Poland), Canton (China), Morbi (India);▪ Establishing new relationship with suppliers;▪ Competitor analysis: products, prices and marketing activities;▪ Tiles assortment formation based on market demands;▪ Daily, weekly, monthly and yearly sales analysis and stock planning;▪ Establishing cooperation with new partners: B2B (showrooms, DIY, architects, construction companies) and B2C (Cita Santehnika showrooms);▪ Active area sales in Baltic states: Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania;▪ Advanced tiles education for company area sales managers and clients;▪ Marketing activities planning for B2B and B2C clients.▪ Showroom openings - from scratch planning to stuff (designers, salesmen) hiring and grand opening.

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  SIA Tapeks

  • Latvia

  • Procurement Manager

    • May 2006 - Jan 2009
    • Latvia

    Tapeks was the biggest wholesale and retail company in construction materials sector with turnover over 100 million EUR. My responsibilities as a procurement manager in tiles department included:▪ Daily, weekly, monthly and yearly sales analysis and stock planning;▪ Determining quantity and timing of deliveries;▪ Cooperation with existing suppliers;▪ Negotiating prices and contracts;▪ Solving problems with products and operations;

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  Asda

  • Nottingham, United Kingdom

  • Shop floor assistant

    • Aug 2005 - May 2006
    • Nottingham, United Kingdom

    ▪ Assisting shoppers to find the goods and products they are looking for;▪ Stocking shelves with merchandise;▪ Answering queries from customers;▪ Receiving and storing the delivery of large amounts of stock;