Dejan Kutlesic, Regional Sales Manager

Dejan Kutlesic

Regional Sales Manager

Beorol

Location
Serbia
Education
Master's degree, Physical education
Experience
22 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :22 years, 6 Months

Regional Sales Manager at Beorol
  • Serbia - Belgrade
  • My current job since August 2022

Leading, training sales team members in Belgrade and Vojvodina
region. Meeting corporate sales targets and creating a positive
working environment for each person. Negotiating annual plans with
key customers and follow up with execution. Helping develop sales
strategies and setting corporate sales targets.

Business Consultant at Metalac
  • Serbia - Belgrade
  • November 2019 to August 2022

Consultant role for customer loyalty program, mobile application development and Business Process Management. Rollout of pilot and scaling project to whole retail system. Preparation of data analysis.

Senior Distributor Development Manager at Mondelez International
  • Serbia
  • July 2015 to May 2016

Sales management in a distributor network. Managed a team of 24 salespersons in Macedonia, and 43 in Kosovo. Motivated the team throughout the year to achieve growth of 42% in the biscuit category, and keep chocolate on 94% vs YA, improving the in-store presence. Setting, negotiating and measuring KPI’s, and establishing a reporting system.

Traditional Trade Development Manager at Mondelez International
  • Serbia
  • May 2012 to June 2015

Management of an assigned channel, responsible for 41 salespeople who have achieved growth in the chocolate category from 33% to 39%. Executing the Golden store project and increasing visibility and availability in 4000 most important TT stores, gaining +24% volume in that activity. Such results were obtained by developing, motivating and supporting the sales team.

Manager Sales Support-Serbia at Mondelez International Kraft foods
  • Serbia
  • May 2008 to May 2012

Achieved a growth of 15% during 2008-2009, both in volume and revenue. From September 2010, there was a market slowdown to 2%, but we kept gaining the market share. Channel managing through tailored activities focused on Distribution, Pricing, Shelving and Merchandising.

Sales Director-Serbia at Lilly drogerie
  • Serbia
  • June 2006 to June 2007

Improved revenue by 6.2% implementing various activities, developing positioning strategies, promo activities, trade marketing, and secondary placement. Cost estimate and return on investment in new projects were the secondary goal.

National Key Account Manager-Serbia at Knjaz Milos
  • Serbia
  • March 2005 to June 2006

Building and leading the KA team. Improved the market share of the “AquaViva” brand from 14.3% to 21.2% in a 1 year period. Managing sales plans and merchandising activities, budgeting and preparation of sales strategies with senior management.

Regional Manager at Wrigley
  • Serbia
  • July 1997 to March 2005

Managing a team of 13 salespersons, obtaining 95% of the market share in 2 years. Maintaining, improving and controlling distributor sales force within operation with wholesalers and chains.
Coordinating promotional, merchandising and sales activities, and team leadership.

Education

Master's degree, Physical education
  • at College of Physical Education
  • September 1999

Master of Physical education and sport. I'm licensed Swimming Coach with Serbian Swimming Federation

Specialties & Skills

Training
Development Of People
Motivation
Staff Training
Team Management
strong presentation skills
resilience and persistence
high degree of self-motivation
Leadership
Business planing
Coaching

Languages

English
Intermediate
Russian
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Train the trainer program for Coaching and Steps of call (Training)
Training Institute:
Mondelez sales Academy
Date Attended:
March 2016
Duration:
30 hours

Hobbies

  • Swimming, riding bicycle
    Professional swimming carier