Mark Patzing mark.patzing@lse.ac.uk +44(0)795 765 5546 |
EDUCATION | | London School of Economics Completing Masters in Economics | | Will Green University (Melbourne, Australia) Bachelor Degree -- Physics |
WORK EXPERIENCE | 2003-05 Unilever | Sydney, Australia | Category Manager | - Wide range of direct and varied client exposure through three promotions in two years
- Nominated "Unilever Sales Awards of Excellence" 2004, recognising the top 5% of sales organisation
- Led team to sales increase of 6% ($1.2 million) by initiating. structuring and coordinating programs to support direct sales force of 50+ executing chain-wide promotions
- Negotiated volume, pricing, shelf, and merchandising activity by distilling and leveraging complex consumption analytics and market data to tailor spending, media, and strategy programs to customers' consumers
- Managed logistics, customer expectations and retail space in implementing "opencode dating" program across Sydney: resulting inventory loss <1% ($70,000),="" sales="" increase="" 8%="">
- Frequently selected to advise senior management on credit, operational and procedural initiatives resulting in improved accounts receivable lag times from roughly 180 to 30 days
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