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Profile

9 years experience leading marketing and business developments for prestige consumer brands in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

4 years of sales & key account management in the Canadian consumer and industrial goods manufacturing sector.

Management: country & zone departments, cross-functional teams and agency relationships.
Business Development: market studies, product & service launches, system implementations.
Strategy: business analysis, opportunity development, troubleshooting, operations optimization & re-engineering.
CRM/CEM: relationship & lifecycle marketing, database marketing, loyalty & retention programs, customer service & experience.
E-commerce: store-front & feature-set design, user experience, website development, logistics, roll-out and operations.
Internet Marketing: acquisition, branding, social media, SEO, SEM and analytics.
Web Design & Production: multi-platform websites & applications, user interfaces, content & architecture.
Retailing: one-to-one selling, sales-force development, POS systems and merchandising.
Sales: regional sales, solution sales, key-account management and relationship building.
Creativity: nurturing creative teams, idea generation, design, esthetics and attention to detail.
IT Skills: office applications, website development, database administration, content management systems, PC & Mac environments.
Languages: fluent in English, French and Slovak; novice Japanese.

2010 - present: Manager, Customer Strategy & Innovation - sanofi-aventis Canada, Montréal, Canada.

2008 - 2009: Director, Digital Retail & Database Marketing - Nihon L'Oréal K.K., Tokyo, Japan.

2006 - 2008: Client Marketing Director, Asia - L'Oréal Produits de Luxe International, Paris, France.

2003 - 2006: eBusiness Team Leader, Biotherm - L'Oréal Produits de Luxe International, Paris, France.

2001 - 2003: Corporate New Media Manager - L'Oréal Canada, Montréal, Canada.

2000 - 2001: Project Manager, Lancôme Paris - L'Oréal Canada, Montréal, Canada.

1999 - 2000: Assistant Marketing Manager, Ralph Lauren - L'Oréal Canada, Montréal, Canada.

1995 - 1998: Sales Representative, Eastern Canada - VW&R Ltd., Halifax, Canada.

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