Αthanasios FragkopoulosCover Letter

Currently I am working for the establishment of a german pharmaceutical company in Greece. I am recruiting sales reps for the pharmacists and participate in any field related to the establishment (finance, marketing, sales, IT, Accounting, Science).

I have worked currently for a group of seven pharmaceutical industries as Sales and Export Manager. I manage the selling departments in the whole region of Greece and Cyprus. I am also responsible to find win- win situations among international pharmaceutical companies.

I have worked in the past as a Sales Manager of the Leasing Department in the multinational car rental company SIXT. Ι have run a sales team with responsibility for achieving the individual and the aggregate goals, having qualitative as such quantitative criteria. I was, among other things, responsible for Marketing, Sales Promotion Plan, Budget and Strategic Plan, trying to achieve the objectives set by the Group.I have started my career by Sixt as Salesman having the main task to gain new customers, trying to achieve sales goals. In short time I have been promoted as Key Account Manager, where I was responsible to gain and retain Key Account customers. Due to the excellent results I obtained, I habe been promoted as Sales and Marketing Manager.

Within 4 years time I raised the number of customers from 24 to 2.150 and the annual turnover from null to 24 m. €.

I am a BA Chemist with postgraduate studies in U.K. in MSc. in Global Marketing. The background of my studies qualifies me, to have the knowledge to promote chemical and pharmaceutical products. Combined with my strong business development skills I could be an asset to a company who wants to succeed in wining new clients and markets.

This have helped me enormously to address any problems encountered on the daily workflow and have helped in finding ways to lead to success for the good of the whole team and for the company as well. Specifically, I gain a lot of experience in Sales issues such as Sales and Revenue generation, competitive market growth, Key Account Management, Budget and turnover responsibility, Competition Analysis, Developing B2B Strategies and Project management. I have strong organization and leadership abilities. In terms of Customer Satisfaction I gained prizes for professional customer care ,I have carried out customer satisfaction surveys. I am always applying the motto that a customer should be always satisfied.

As a Marketing Manager I was responsible for creation sells literature (prospects, presentations, web design, packaging), to develop marketing strategies, to curry competition analysis, to build country networks having applied globalization strategies, to build a homogenous and strong countries business network with the knowledge that I curry from my postgraduate studies. I consider myself as innovative as I have created new market segments and offered innovative products to existing markets, such as the flexi lease and used car lease programs. Moreover someone should characterized me, as result orientated, team worker, with strong communication skills, adaptive, flexible, Problem Solver, with organization, negotiation and influencing skills. In addition to that I posses I high rate of travel willingness and it gives me the greatest pleasure of all, if I gain a new client, or a new market, or contribute to sustain an existing customer.

I gained a lot of experience as a Translator, as I have lead as Manager in the translation office of the Minister of National Defense for the German language in the office of Minister of Defense. With competitive personal, professional and academic qualifications, and possessing an excellent, written and spoken, level of English and German language, I remain at your disposal for creative forms of mutual cooperation if desired. Recommendations can be given to you upon request.

Thanasis Fragkopoulos Mob: 0049 1748566137 Mob: 0030 6987079277 directselling.power@gmail.com Skype Thanasis Fragkopoulos