Dennis Asante

Experience

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  Self Employed

  Oct 2012 - Jun 2014

  Technical Consultant & Sales Trainer

  Consulting companies on sales & product training on a local and global scale. Companies included Sony, Microsoft, Allianz Corporate&Global Solutions, The Phone House.Developing and adapting training materials for sales and operational staff.Training sales and operational staff on product usp's and sales techniques.Floorwalking in varios branch offices for ACGS & Microsoft.

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  Sonic Sales Support GmbH

  Jul 2014 - Dec 2014

  Technical Marketing Manager

  Managing promoter training and respective in store performance.Consulting with product management on product strategy and communication.Developing and adapting training materials.Training promoters and sales managers Arranging training events for up to 200 staff.Facilitating product samples as well as managing product sample pool.Simulating and calculating budgets for training related corporate invest.

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  Sony

  Jan 2015 - Feb 2020

  Managing and restructuring the technical marketing & sales training department in close alignment with the head of brand activation and the head of TV marketing.Overseeing internal as well as external teams of marketing managers, project managers and regional sales activators.Managing and steering vendors as well as external teams while securing all necessary requirements from a company perspective.Contract negotiation with vendors for various events and training related activities. Managing various budgets for training related activities and events. Familiar with purchasing policies and tools such as SAP, SRM. Monitoring budget developments and vendor invoicing as well as year to date developments.Liaising with various teams internally such as product marketing, sales and event management to coordinate staff and product samples for sales and marketing related events as well as overseeing the project related budgets. Aligning with MarComs and PR as well as Retail Teams during product launches and campaign implementation.Store checks and monitoring of POS implementations thereby monitoring, analyzing and improving in store promoter performances as well as trainer and retailer performances. Show less

  • Senior Manager Field Sales Operations

    Aug 2017 - Feb 2020

  • Head of Technical Marketing & Sales Training

    Jan 2015 - Feb 2020
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  Kairos GmbH

  Feb 2020 - May 2022

  Senior Key Account Manager & Presales
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  KAIROS - an IQVIA business

  Feb 2021 - May 2022

  Project Lead
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  TP Vision

  May 2022 - now

  Key Account Manager