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Joke Vermeire
Profielschets
A true heart sales hunter, prospection animal and customer relationship lover.
Great team player!
Passionate about fashion, design, lifestyle and accessories.
I can take your brand and results to the next level and go out looking for new customers, maintain the relationship with existing customers, make sure they re-order frequently, present them the new collections and make sure your product presentation in the shops is on-point.
Can work on the road and in showroom in Belgium.
Also available for fairs.
Overzicht
7
7
years of post-secondary education
33
33
years of professional experience
Werkervaring
self employed sales agent
KOMONO
2022.10 - Current
- Selling the optical frames and sunglasses to opticians in Belgium and Luxemburg.
- Attending fairs and collection meetings.
- Building the relationships with customers and buying organisations.
- Trend spotting, dialogue with design team.
- Follow up on budgets and sell through.
- www.komono.com
Freelance senior account manager
FUTUR Comm.V.
2022.07 - 2022.10
- Fashion
- Lifestyle
- Decoration
- Design
- Accessories
Shop owner
FUTUR Conceptstore
Ekeren
2016.12 - 2022.07
- www.futur-conceptstore.be
Sales manager Montblanc, Diesel, Guess eyewear
Marcolin Benelux
Faimes
2015.06 - 2016.12
- Selling the optical frames and sunglasses to opticians in the Flanders area.
- Attendant fairs and collection meetings, product training, trend spotting.
- Relationship builder between the firm and the customers, budgeting and follow up on sell through.
- www.marcolin.com
Sales manager Belgium + Luxembourg Selected Homme / Femme
Besteseller Wholesale Belgium
Antwerp
2008.10 - 2015.06
- Collection sale in showroom (6 collections a year)
- Prospection, follow up on customers in the shop and by Phone / mail.
- Budgets, reporting to Denmark head office
- Attending collection meetings in Denmark, fairs in Amsterdam, Berlin and Paris.
- Budgeting, extra productions, follow up NOOS system, customer support, KPI training, team leader, follow up on marketing plans and social media.
- Launch of the brand Selected Femme in Belgium in 2013, organizing the pop up shop at Smets in Schaarbeek.
- www.bestseller.com
Area Sales Manager Antwerp and East Flanders
Street One
Brussels
2007.06 - 2008.10
- Wholesale: collection sale in showroom (12 collections a year), prospection, follow up in the shops.
- Retail: collection sale in showroom to partners, expansion (looking for new locations), weekly visit in the shops, budget and turnover evaluation, feedback on best sellers and average sellers, presentation and visual merchandising.
- www.street-one.com
Self employed Sales agent
Luxottica
Deurne
2004.12 - 2007.05
- Brands: Versace and Versus (optical and sunglasses)
- Region: Flanders and Brussels
- Job content: collection sale in the customer’s shop (4 collections a year)
- Prospection, key accounts.
- www.luxottica.com
Customer Service
Brani / Brain Tower
Waarloos
2004.02 - 2004.11
Visiting and prospecting customers and distributors, attending fairs
- Customer service (Brani – award winning design belt)
- Market study, administration, booking of project managers (BrainTower – marketing bureau).
- www.brani.com / www.braintower.com
Cabin attendant (Purser) long haul flights
Sobelair Airlines
Zaventem
1996.04 - 2004.01
Cabin attendant shorts haul flights
Virgin Express Airlines
Zaventem
1995.11 - 1996.03
- www.virgin-express.com
Account Executive
Pretty Flamingo Productions
Wilrijk
1994.09 - 1995.10
- Organisation of events from A to Z for customers s.a. Coca-Cola, Interbrew, radio etc…
Au Pair
Palo Alto
1993.07 - 1994.08
- Volunteering in an animal shelter
Opleidingen
Public Relations
Van Celst Instituut
Antwerp 1990.09 - 1993.06
Modern Languages - Tourism
Sint-Ludgardisinstituut
Merksem 1987.09 - 1991.06
Vaardigheden
- Sales
- Prospection
- Customer relationships thinking long term
- Sales in showroom
- Sales on the road
- Sales on fairs
- Growing turnover
- Growing market
- Follow up on customers
- B2B
- Social media
- Targets
- Budgets
- KPI’s
- Merchandising
- Visibility of brand
Hobby's
Children
- Jules, 2008
- Josephine, 2009
Languages
- Dutch: mother tongue
- English: excellent
- French: excellent
Tijdlijn
self employed sales agent
KOMONO
2022.10 - Current
Freelance senior account manager
FUTUR Comm.V.
2022.07 - 2022.10
Shop owner
FUTUR Conceptstore
2016.12 - 2022.07
Sales manager Montblanc, Diesel, Guess eyewear
Marcolin Benelux
2015.06 - 2016.12
Sales manager Belgium + Luxembourg Selected Homme / Femme
Besteseller Wholesale Belgium
2008.10 - 2015.06
Area Sales Manager Antwerp and East Flanders
Street One
2007.06 - 2008.10
Self employed Sales agent
Luxottica
2004.12 - 2007.05
Customer Service
Brani / Brain Tower
2004.02 - 2004.11
Cabin attendant (Purser) long haul flights
Sobelair Airlines
1996.04 - 2004.01
Cabin attendant shorts haul flights
Virgin Express Airlines
1995.11 - 1996.03
Account Executive
Pretty Flamingo Productions
1994.09 - 1995.10
Au Pair
1993.07 - 1994.08
Public Relations
Van Celst Instituut
1990.09 - 1993.06
Modern Languages - Tourism
Sint-Ludgardisinstituut
1987.09 - 1991.06