Dirk van der Burg

Current

• Business Development Manager at ETB-Group

Past

• Business Development Manager at Merit Iletisim Teknolojileri
• Customer Service Management at Siemens IT Solutions and Services
• Sales Manager at Halfords

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Education

• HBO University

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Telecommunications

Websites

• My Company

Dirk van der Burg’s Summary

Business Developer and Customer Relations Manager in a variety of business applications. Particularly in the B to B relations.Interested in projects, as well as close interaction with manufacturers and entrepreneurs .

Dirk van der Burg’s Specialties:

Competitive, good negotiation skills, International relations and motivated. Excellent communication skills in coordinating and nurturing partnerships with customers, colleagues and strategic alliances.

Dirk van der Burg’s Experience

• Business Development Manager

  ETB-Group

  (Privately Held; International Trade and Development industry)

  April 2009 — Present (9 months)

  Responsible for gaining new customers and/or projects by penetrating existing markets using tools as assessment of marketing opportunities and target markets, intelligence gathering on customers and competitors, generating leads for possible sales, advising on, drafting and enforcing sales policies and processes, follow-up sales activity, formal proposal or presentation management and writing, pitch and presentation rehearsals, business model design.

• Business Development Manager

  Merit Iletisim Teknolojileri

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 2008 — April 2009 (1 year 1 month)

  Generated new development deals for the company. Keep in contact with existing customers and develop new contacts with future partners and/or customers. Concept and brand development, assessment of marketing opportunities and target markets, intelligence gathering on customers and competitors, generating leads for possible sales, follow-up sales activity, formal proposal writing and business model design, using such tools as marketing, sales, information management and customer service. The company is the distributor of Alcatel-Lucent products in Turkey and has more than 40 resellers all around the country.

• Customer Service Management

  Siemens IT Solutions and Services

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  October 2005 — December 2007 (2 years 3 months)

  IT support for the Dutch, Belgium, English, Scottish and Irish
  market. Giving support to customers from major companies and
  governments in different countries as well as participating in global projects.
  Field Operations Supervisor, diagnoses, following up calls, dispatching and making work instructions for Benelux and global projects.
  Global contact person for third party interventions.

• Sales Manager

  Halfords

  (Public Company; Retail industry)

  May 1995 — July 2005 (10 years 3 months)

  In line with the Company Overall Strategy, responsible for planning and directing commercial activities, including Recruitment & Selection, Administration, Training. Assisting Area Manager in all aspects.
  Halfords is a retailorganisation who sales a wide range of goods in the automotive sector. Halfords is a Macintosch organisation.

Dirk van der Burg’s Education

• HBO University

  1980 — 1994

Additional Information

Dirk van der Burg’s Websites:

• My Company

Dirk van der Burg’s Interests:

digital photography, international travel, professional networking and skiing

Dirk van der Burg’s Groups:

•    CareerLink Network
•    Networked Recruiter (34,197+ total network) 3rd Largest Recruiting and HR & 2nd Largest Agency Group
•    Likemind Istanbul
•    Business Development
•    NLBorrels - the Dutch Expat Network
•    Virtual Business Card
•    The Dutch Connection
•    Plaxo.com
•    Proudly MADE IN HOLLAND
•    Virtual Networker Society
•    Ambitious People
•    Gmail Users
•    Friends of Holland / The Netherlands; DutchConnectionAZ.org
•    TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
•    IT Recruiters
•    SIEMENS-World-Wide Network [17,000+ Members]
•    Friends of the European Union
•    Expats
•    The Netherlands
•    Outsource Magazine
•    Linked NL
•    BD Networking
•    Siemens IT Solutions and Services
•    Contact Center Managers Association
•    Dutch professionals working abroad
•    Turkish Networking Group
•    Turk IT
•    Triodor
•    Turkish-Dutch Professionals Network
•    Tulpia

Dirk van der Burg’s Honors:

Honored and rewarded after 3 years of intensive studying and observing of the Turkish Republic an it's citizens with the Turkish nationality.

Dirk van der Burg’s Contact Settings

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• new ventures
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