Victor Backus

Victor Backus

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  • Timeline

  • 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