Dynamic, accomplished, multilingual Sales Leader highly regarded for 18+ years of progressive experience in developing
new markets throughout the APAC region, with notable expertise in medical & life sciences sales. Respected as a motivational, influential leader and collaborator who builds and leads teams to establish sales and marketing strategies and create a brand awareness in new and emerging territories. Forges and maintains lasting relationships, driving client service and stakeholder engagement through a people-focused approach. Hands-on & Out-of-the-box thinker.
· Earned multiple promotions due to stellar performance, establish unique sales strategies and oversee 18 pacesetting employees covering sales, marketing, and business development involving 600 clients driving $58M annually.
· Oversee P&L to exacting standards and diligently assess market trends, competitor activities, client requirements, and regional infrastructure development, producing insights that have led to growth and increased brand awareness
· Handle all human resources and talent acquisition for a diverse and effective workforce.
· Set up of new strategic subsidiaries in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia
· Manage medical product registration in multiple nations
· Demonstrate strong leadership capacity in coaching regional sales & marketing team to achieve key objectives and execute marketing campaigns, ensuring optimal use of the annual budget.
· Achieved accurate forecasting and effective planning, creating standard operating procedures to address gaps.
· Uncovered and capitalized on new market for OEM opportunity, managing complex technical negotiation with clients and achieving win-win outcomes to support new revenue.
· Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
· Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
· Earned praised as a visionary leader, quickly understanding markets, fostering sales networks, and transforming a small customer base into a profitable and rapidly expanding enterprise.
· Worked with senior leadership to organize regional efforts with overall global approaches and acted as a trusted advisor with other regional directors in actualizing new market opportunities.
· Guided well-received sales initiatives targeting and penetrating single and multi-site accounts to enable new business.
· Built out robust and reliable sales network across the territory, leading to territory growth.
· Exceeded sales quota by 60% annually for 5 consecutive years, excelling as a critical point of knowledge in mentoring new hires and training coworkers on related sales functions; drove impeccable OEM business activity coordination.
· Oversaw all aspects of inside sales coordination (sell-in) between sales, production & R&D for the launch of new models using strategies that quickly earned recognition and are now a company gold standard.
· Forged crucial partnerships with stakeholders through attendance in major international trade shows.
· Chosen out of numerous high-performing employees for opening a new representative office, building all aspects of market strategy, and sales structure leading to the company becoming a well-known brand in the food industry.
· Conducted seminar classes and focused on providing tools to elevate sales.
· Overachieved on market entry, fostering top accounts and rising above quota.
Sales Leadership