Spyros Kontostanos

Current

Sales representative at Diageo

Past

Customer Support at OTE
Volunteer at the EU "Youth Programme" at ALOM Architecture
Intern at Planning S.A.

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Education

Athens Information Technology
Athens University of Economics and Business

Connections

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Industry

Consumer Goods

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Spyros Kontostanos’s Summary

- Proficient in gathering and analyzing information, defining and expanding issues, and implementing suitable action plans.

- Fluent in the languages of business and technology (MS Office, Siebel, Java, SQL, HTML).

- Competent in communicating persuasively, both orally and in writing.

- Passion for creativity, innovation and ideas, and sharing skills, tricks and best practices with peers.

Goals: extent my professional experience and my network; specialize in marketing and innovation management; seize challenges/ opportunities in other business areas; be involved in entrepreneurial activities.

Spyros Kontostanos’s Specialties:

Business administration, Information and Communication Technology, social media and e-Marketing, sales promotion and relationships management.

Spyros Kontostanos’s Experience

Sales representative

Diageo

(Public Company; DEO; Wine and Spirits industry)

April 2009 — Present (8 months)

Responsible for managing and developing selected on premise outlets, in order to deliver the profit, volume, sales drivers and brand building objectives expressed in the company's commercial plan.

Key accountabilities include:

- Development of an area coverage/ contact plan to guarantee delivery of commercial objectives.

- Management of orders from the premises and follow up on their execution.

- Sales drivers activation such as visibility, (visibility points, POS material), promotion (execution and evaluation of events), persuasion (introduction of Diageo new products/ brands to customers, building of interpersonal relations, product training), quality, distribution and price.

- Relationships management (commercial agreements according to policy, implementation of agreements, exploration of opportunities).
Customer Support

OTE

(Public Company; NYSE:OTE; Telecommunications industry)

February 2008 — November 2008 (10 months)
Volunteer at the EU "Youth Programme"

ALOM Architecture

(Architecture & Planning industry)

February 2006 — July 2006 (6 months)

- Reorganized and systematized feedback meetings among the project stakeholders, facilitating regular flow of information.

- Consolidated the promotional efforts (guerilla/ social media marketing) of the organization, increasing the local community’s awareness of the project.

- Organized a seminar and two workshops with participants from the Netherlands and Belgium.
Intern

Planning S.A.

(Management Consulting industry)

February 2005 — May 2005 (4 months)

- Monitored the progress of a construction project, with use of MS Excel & Access.

- Participated in a team assigned with the design of a business plan.

- Involved in the implementation of a marketing plan for an investment group; inspected market trends, determined the demographics of targeted markets.

Spyros Kontostanos’s Education

Athens Information Technology

MSc , Business, Innovation, Technology , 2007 — 2008
Athens University of Economics and Business

B.A. , Management, Business Administration, IT , 2001 — 2005

Received basic knowledge of management science, supplemented with knowledge and skills in the management and use of information technologies, as well as the necessary organizational, strategic and leadership skills. Specialization: Information Systems & E-Business.