Jean-Marc DEDEYNE

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I’m currently studying at UCLA in order to improve my English and to familiarize myself with American Entrepreneurial Skills :
- Academic Intensive English Business Programs
- Award in General Business Studies: Entrepreneurship, Finance, Marketing and International Trade and commerce.

I am looking for a sales position within a company that specializes in Enterprise Applications (Enterprise Resource Planning or Customer Relationship Management), and located in the USA.

Sold business applications (HP products & services and partners software / solutions) to a large and diverse clientele. Handled sales, marketing strategy development, account management, sales presentation development, new product introduction, negotiation of contractual agreements, overseeing sales teams, order processing, promotional work, sales reporting, customer service, and other related assignments.
-Sales efforts resulted in sales of $4 million in 2006 (only 6 months), $11 million in 2005, $10 million in 2004, $8 million in 2003, and $6 million in 2002. Has been a top sales producer, consistently meeting and exceeding all sales goals.
-Developed and cultivated many strategic business alliances and partnerships, which have resulted in enhanced sales for the company.
-Partnered with the following companies: Oracle Applications, Epiphany, SAS, HR Fidelity, Capgemini, CSC, Sopra, Atos Origin, Unilog, Arinso.

Responsible for sales, marketing and promotional work, overseeing major client accounts, generation of sales leads, development and delivery of sales and business presentations, working major industry and trade events, conducting market analysis, training of new sales personnel, report preparation, client relations, and handling a wide variety of special projects.
Produced strong sales during tenure with firm, accounting for $4 million in sales during 2000, $2.5 million in 1999, and $800,000 in 1998.

Responsible for the generation of sales leads, prospecting data warehouse and business intelligence projects, interpretation of business values, heavy interface with account managers, development of new business presentations, and all aspects of client relations.
Working extensively with account managers, was heavily involved in all aspects of the sales process, while playing a key role in firm’s growth