Victor Backus

Sales Trainee

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Houten, Utrecht, Netherlands

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About me
MSc | Manager Product Marketing Europe at Mitsubishi Motors Europe B.V.
Education
- Christelijk Lyceum Zeist
  2000 - 2006
  Havo Economie en Maatschappij 6.6 out of 10. 0 out of 11 resits
- TIAS School for Business and Society
  2010 - 2011
  Academic International MSc in Business Administration Marketing Management 7.4 out of 10. 0 out of 12 resits
  Fulltime one-year Master education. According to the Financial Times, TiasNimbas is ranked the 55th MSc in Business Administration worldwide. Graduated with an 8.0 grade Marketing related Master thesis researching the possibilities for overpromising and underpromising. This was an explanatory research to find out whether companies could deliberately position themselves differently (in e.g. price, quality, service etc.) in order to generate more profit.
- Iva Driebergen
  2006 - 2010
  Bachelor in Business Administration Automotive business 3 out of 94 resits
  Fulltime 4-year education including multiple skills such as marketing, business, international business, 3 foreign languages, IT and more.Voted number one HBO education 2008 by Keuzegids Hoger Onderwijs. Responsible as teamleader with 7 colleagues for arranging the 120-visitor party to celebrate the closing of the 3-year college.Graduated with grade 7.3, researching the needs of freelancers for a digital platform at B-Street.
Experience
- Porsche Centrum Leusden
  Oct 2007 - Jul 2009
  Sales Trainee
- B-Street B.V.
  Aug 2009 - Mar 2012
  Sales Consultant
  Responsible as sales consultant for the ABN AMRO account. Daily activities consisted of negotiating prices, screen candidates and maintain the contact to customers and suppliers.
- Novero GmbH
  May 2012 - May 2014
  Product Marketing Manager Automotive
  Responsible for organizing events and trade show presence, supporting the sales team with business intelligence and market research and marketing of the automotive business line.
- NV Subaru Benelux
  Jun 2014 - Aug 2016
  Product Specialist
  Product management for the total Subaru product portfolio for the Benelux. Also heavily involved in Marketing, events, communications and PR tasks.
- FCA Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
  Sept 2016 - Oct 2018
  Responsible for sales performance in Noord-Holland, Zuid-Holland and Utrecht regions for Fiat passenger cars. Product management of Fiat 5oo family and the Abarth product line in the Netherlands.
  - Sales Manager
    Jan 2018 - Oct 2018
  - Product Manager Fiat & Abarth
    Sept 2016 - Dec 2017
- Mitsubishi Motors Europe B.V.
  Nov 2018 - now
  Working on pan-European product launches, product development and business analysis.
  - Manager Product Marketing Europe
    Apr 2023 - now
  - Product Manager Europe
    Nov 2018 - Mar 2023
Licenses & Certifications
- Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt (ICYB)
  Studytube
  Jul 2021