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Education
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Hobbies
Languages
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Racha  Lainaya

Racha Lainaya

Bergschenhoek

Summary

Dynamic Account Manager offering expertise in building partnerships, retaining key accounts and enhancing profit channels. Strong leader with proficiency in growing professional network, influencing decision-makers and devising effective strategies. Collaborative and strategic team leader with robust background in customer relationship management.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

(Key)Account Manager

Linde Gas Benelux
Schiedam
04.2015 - 02.2021
  • Built and strengthened long-lasting client relationships based on accurate price quotes and customer-centric terms.
  • Contributed to annual revenue goals selling new services and developing new accounts.
  • Managed book of business worth 35.4 mil euro across 350 (Key)accounts.
  • Improved account management predicting potential competitive threats and outlining proactive solutions with 5 new business projects worth 800 K in Benelux .
  • Leveraged strategic planning, penetrate key accounts never lost customer.

Front-office Outbound

Linde Gas Benelux
Schiedam
12.2010 - 04.2015
  • Maintained customer satisfaction with quick and professional handling of sales process.
  • Increased sales with 500 K a year by offering advice on purchases and promoting additional products.
  • Responsibility for 800 medium customers worth over 300 K.
  • Trained and developed new hires in company processes such as SAP and Salesforce.com, product knowledge, customer service and selling techniques.

Customer Service Representative

Linde Gas Benelux
Schiedam
06.2007 - 04.2015
  • Provided primary customer support to internal and external customers.
  • Maintained customer satisfaction with forward-thinking strategies focused on addressing customer needs and resolving concerns.
  • Used company troubleshooting resolution tree to evaluate technical problems and find appropriate solutions.
  • Communicated with vendors regarding backorder availability, future inventory and special orders.
  • Recommended products to customers, thoroughly explaining details.
  • Evaluated account and service histories to identify trends, using data to mitigate future issues.

Sales Support Representative

Unilever
Rotterdam
05.2006 - 12.2006
  • Initiated communications with sales leads via phone call and electronic mediums, providing information on promotions and approved special offers.
  • Developed working knowledge of CRM to effectively track sales leads and activities.
  • Learned and frequently used multiple sales systems to investigate, track and correct customers' issues.
  • Responded to customer inquiries for scheduling of meetings, sales appointments and order status follow-up.

International Sales Manager and Innovation Manager

Redstar
03.2023 - Current
  • Collaborated with Regional Sales Managers to make strategic sales decisions.
  • Developed relationships with clients and potential clients to improve business growth.
  • Analyzed market trends and competitor activities to identify new opportunities for business expansion.
  • Collaborated with marketing teams to create targeted promotional campaigns that drove significant growth in international sales.

Education

Incompany

Certificate - Exercising Leadership Foundational Principles

Harvard X
USA
07.2021

Degree - Behavioural Change

Ben Vitaal Academy
Maastricht
03.2021

Degree - Selling Skills And Sales Operations

Nima Sales
Rotterdam
01.2016

High School Diploma -

Roc, Oost Nederland
Hengelo
06.2000

Skills

  • Business process optimization
  • Up-selling and cross-selling techniques
  • Key accounts development
  • Business management and development
  • Change Management

Hobbies

Passion for philosophy

Kitesurfing

Voluntary cooking workshop

Making digital music

Languages

Dutch
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
English
Advanced (C1)
Arabic
Upper intermediate (B2)

Timeline

International Sales Manager and Innovation Manager

Redstar
03.2023 - Current

(Key)Account Manager

Linde Gas Benelux
04.2015 - 02.2021

Front-office Outbound

Linde Gas Benelux
12.2010 - 04.2015

Customer Service Representative

Linde Gas Benelux
06.2007 - 04.2015

Sales Support Representative

Unilever
05.2006 - 12.2006

Incompany

Certificate - Exercising Leadership Foundational Principles

Harvard X

Degree - Behavioural Change

Ben Vitaal Academy

Degree - Selling Skills And Sales Operations

Nima Sales

High School Diploma -

Roc, Oost Nederland
Racha Lainaya