Chris Ayoub

Experience

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  Christina Canada

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2004

  •Managed the set-up of a 30,000 Sq Ft US Distribution Center. Oversaw construction, equipment purchase and implementation.•People management including recruitment, employee evaluation, operations cost balancing utilizing temporary staff; directly managed 10-15 Employees.•Responsible for staffing; hiring, firing and working with local temp agencies; Average staff of 10-15 employees.•Received goods from manufacturing plant in the Dominican Republic to be processed for US consumers.•Supervised pick, pack and ship operations to fulfill orders for US retailers (JC Penney & Wal-Mart).•Warehouse inventory management of approximately 50,000 garments.•Cross-border logistics management of goods to US & Canadian clients including coordination with customs brokers. Show less

  • Manager, US Distribution Center

    Jan 2003 - Jan 2004

  • Assistant Manager, Canadian Distribution Center

    Jan 2002 - Jan 2003
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  Soundcraft Canada

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2008

  Inside Sales & Customer Service

  •Inside sales supporting face to face representatives across Canada.•Tele-sales and support for inbound calling clients.•Order entry and processing for national accounts including Long & McQuade.•Inventory management •Purchasing from multiple suppliers in the United States and Europe.•Project coordination for the delivery of equipment to install sites across Canada.

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  Insight

  Apr 2008 - Feb 2012

  Product Manager - Servers, Storage & Networking

  •Primary vendor relationship manager of premier accounts (IBM & Cisco) with the objective of achieving sales targets and maximizing funding. •In 2010, contributed to an IBM growth of 19% YOY •Responsible for demand generation and marketing initiatives including client seminars and sales promotions •Create business plans for partners that align with organization goals and administer weekly cadence meetings to track execution.•Prospecting and development of relationships with new and existing vendor partners to increase collaboration between organizations.•Negotiated funding with vendors including annual partnership contracts Show less

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  Bell Business Markets

  Feb 2012 - Feb 2014

  Product Manager - Data Center & Security

  • Managing the data center and security portfolios with sales in excess of $100M annually • Primary relationship manager for over 150 Bell partners including EMC, VMware, Symantec, McAfee & IBM• Involved in all aspects of Bell’s IT business: product sale, professional services, managed services• Marketing: Customer Events, Demand Generation• Management of vendor certifications and authorizations• Partner Administration: Special Pricing, Contracts, Vendor Portals• Sales support for RFP/RFQ’s Show less

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  Cisco

  Feb 2014 - now

  High Touch Operations Manager