Manuel Alves

Bis 2013, Director International Business Development, East West Export UK Ltd
Chippenham, United Kingdom

Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse

1. Director
consultant and trainer experienced in B2B
strategic planner
multilingual with P&L responsibility and procureme
capital equipment
vending
Horeca and OCS and highly engineered products.
Asia
LATAM
CIS
USA
China
Japan & Africa. 3. Experience in implementing k
business development
marketing
NPD
market research and intelligence
technical product communications
marketing strategies
appointment & management of distributors
category management & strategic account developmen

Werdegang

Berufserfahrung von Manuel Alves

  • 4 years and 5 months, Mar 2009 - Jul 2013

    Director International Business Development

    East West Export UK Ltd

    Consulting on exports projects: launch of new products in different markets, via different routes to market. Vending+ (www.vendingplussystems.com) & LEX SAPOR (www.lexsapor.com), F&B Sales & Business Development Focus: Launch of new gourmet coffee brand in European markets www.lexsapor.com & introduction of luxury waters in 5 stars HoReCa establishments, Man Management: group of 6 international sales executives responsible for the various geographic regions.

  • 3 years, Mar 2006 - Feb 2009

    Director European Export Sales

    Crane Merchandising Systems UK Ltd

    Blue chip and world leading vending machines manufacturer. Sales & Business Development Focus: - Development of 16 new markets, - New product development for Southern European markets, - Integration of new product lines after acquisitions, - Development of CRM system for international sales force, - Recruitment, management & development of distributors at European level. Marketing Focus: Integration after acquisitions

  • 2 years and 6 months, Sep 2003 - Feb 2006

    Export Director

    TECNINOX Ltd

    Development of 28 worldwide distributors and after sales service centers; development and introduction of a lower positioned brand for price sensitive markets

  • 1 year, Sep 2004 - Aug 2005

    Market Consultant Iberia

    Schiedel GmbH

    Leader in manufacturing of exhausting systems for residential & non-residential once part of the Lafarge Group: Iberian market analysis to ascertain the opportunity for SCHIEDEL’s exhaustion systems. Activities conducted in conjunction with TECNINOX – details available upon request.

  • 1 year and 11 months, Sep 2000 - Jul 2002

    Sales Executive EMEA

    Lineo UK Ltd

    Development of EMEA markets and management of key accounts mostly in industrial software applications and telecoms

Ausbildung von Manuel Alves

  • 1 year and 1 month, Sep 2002 - Sep 2003

    Export market development

    University of Santiago de Compostela

    Export development Logistics International marketing Distributor recruitment and development Market research

  • 1 year and 2 months, Aug 1999 - Sep 2000

    International Business

    Gothenburg School of Economics and Bucks University College

    E-Commerce

  • 4 years and 1 month, Sep 1995 - Sep 1999

    Business Administration

    Brunel University - London

    Marketing

Sprachen

  • English

    C1 (Fließend)

  • Spanish

    C1 (Fließend)

  • Portuguese

    C2 (Verhandlungssicher / Muttersprachlich)

  • Italian

    C1 (Fließend)

  • French

    B1-B2 (Gute Kenntnisse)

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