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Over 20 years of experience and expertise in B2B sales in variety of roles (Sales, Sales Leader, Strategic Account Manager, Sales Trainer & Coach, Global Sales Training Manager) in global manufacturing corporation. Proven track record in designing, delivering and scaling sales training programs for corporations, SMEs, and startups. Successfully helping Sales Leaders drive sales teams' performance through tailored training, coaching, gamified learning solutions, innovative technologies, and neuroscience insights. Understanding clients' business problems, tailoring and executing training and coaching programs to effectively engage the participants and maximize probability of impacting their mindset, behavior, and performance. Accomplishing highest level of alignment between business outcomes and training results to ensure highest and quickest business impact proven through comprehensive impact evaluation report.

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Experience

Achiever Sales Coach & Trainer | ACHIEVER Sales Training and Consulting

Feb 2024 - Present
Bringing sales excellence, customer-centricity, training and coaching expertise and experience in the role of Achiever Sales Coach & Trainer.

AIM Institute Coach & Instructor | The AIM Institute

Dec 2023 - Present
Bringing sales excellence, customer-centricity, training and coaching expertise and experience in the role of AIM Institute Coach and Instructor primarily in the European region. Collaboration in development of Everyday VOC training programs and creation of Sales AI tool SalesPrepTM.

Sales Excellence Coach & Founder @ Trust Learn Improve | Trust Learn Improve - Develop while doing your job

Mar 2023 - Present
Are you a Sales Leader that would appreciate more professional attention and support? Are you a Sales Leader facing the challenges of maximizing your team's potential in today's complex market? I help you overcome those hurdles. As a Sales Excellence Coach, I work with Sales Leaders like you to empower you to: 1. maximize your sales teams' potential, 2. maximize your sales teams' skills and performance, 3. maximize your sales teams' readiness and capacity to resolve any problems, 4. maximize your sales teams' engagement and motivation to exceed sales targets. Using a combination of data-driven analysis, and solution-focused methodology that emphasizes moving Sales Leaders towards desired future outcomes rather than dwelling on past experiences, I empower you to clearly understand your challenges, create an engaging vision of the goal in front of you, brainstorm innovative alternatives and generate an easy to execute action plan. Sales Leaders I have coached and consulted, have accomplished their business or career goals in allotted time, have been recognized as the best in their territory or organization, their sales team members were recognized as the best in their territory or organization, their sales team reported average improvement of sales performance of 44%. I also provide following services: 1. Identifying sales skills needs, 2. Alignment of business and training objectives, 3. Designing and tailoring training and coaching programs, 4. Evaluation of training and development impact, 5. Coaching 1:1, Team Coaching – in person and virtual/remote, 6. Training and Workshop facilitation – in person and virtual/remote 7. Sales, Sales Management, Key Account Management coaching, consulting and mentoring

Global Sales Training and Development Manager | 19 years 11 months

Sep 2021 - Feb 2023
Belgrade, Serbia 1. Defines global sales training and development strategy and coordinates implementation. 2. Manages design and implementation of selling skills training programs globally. 3. Harmonizes and optimizes selling skills trainings with product trainings. 4. Benchmarks Sales Effectiveness/Enablement trends and vendors in order to identify, purchase or create/co-create best in class sales skills learning experience journeys. 5. Owning relationship with key Sales Effectiveness vendors. 6. Identifies opportunities for continuous enhancement of existing Sales Learning Experience Journeys. 7. Creates Playbooks for optimization of available resources needed for design and implementation of effective sales skills learning experience journeys. 8. Partners across functions and departments to ensure optimization of available resources needed for effective and seamless Sales Learning Experiences (CRM, LMS, LXP, Data Analysts, IT, ...). 9. Leads effort to establish globally aligned Sales Training and Development Reporting and Analytics System. 10. Leads projects for continuous improvement of Sales Training and Development systems, platforms, processes, tools, contents, SMEs. 11. Supports creation of coaching culture globally, by creating and deploying of Global Sales Coaching Playbook. 12. Inspires and influences area Training Leads and Trainers/Coaches to collaborate in initiatives for continuous improvement of Sales Effectiveness organizations and their own professional development 13. Designs and implements a communication plan that is improving marketing of function, bringing global training community closer together and improving overall productivity (share and implement winning practices) 14. Delivers ILT & VILT sessions, coaching and team coaching sessions.

Sales Coach South East Europe Region | 15. Designing and developing new Sales Skills Training Programs.

Feb 2017 - Sep 2021
Serbia Performing Sales and Sales Coaching Trainings and workshops supporting Sales & Sales Coaching development. Enabling First Line Sales Managers to incorporate Sales Coaching in their every day work by transferring knowledge of coaching processes, techniques, and tools. Enabling Sales Organization to fully enjoy benefits of the CRM system. Introducing and promoting sales coaching culture.

Channel Manager/Sales Coach | Designing and developing new Sales Skills Training Programs.

Jan 2016 - Jan 2017
Managing project of Channel Transformation for area of South East Europe for Industrial Businesses with objective to achieve sustainable efficiant growth. Supporting deployment of CRM, training users, supporting behavior change among sales & marketing professionals for CRM adoption and value realization. Enabling First Line Sales Managers to incorporate Sales Coaching in their every day work by transfering knowledge of coaching processes, techniques, and tools. Performing Sales and Sales Coaching Trainings and workshops supporting

Sales Marketing Manager | Sales & Sales Coaching development.

Apr 2003 - Jan 2016
Since 2003. I have been working in 3M as Sales Agent, than Sales Representative, succeeding in finding the ways to create sustainable, long term business in industrial market for Tapes & Adhesives and Abrasives Systems. With the title of Senior Sales Representative came responsibilty to develope new business Purification. Along the way promotions came with additional responsibilities and new programs to develop, people to lead and develop. With title Sales & Marketing Supervisor came responsibility over all Industrial businesses along with responsibility over team of 2 sales and 1 marketing person. In last 2 years organization grew to 3 sales and 2 marketing persons, and so did the responsibilities and the expectations of management when title Sales & Marketing Manager was awarded to me. Latest honor I received is the role of Regional Sales Coach, in addition to my regular function and role as Manager. This challenging role will give me opportunity to influence the change and development of regional sales organization through changing the mindset and everyday habits of Sales Managers and Representatives.

Account Assisstant | Publicis

Mar 2002 - Mar 2003
Serbia

Account Assistant | Saatchi & Saatchi

Sep 2001 - Mar 2002

Education & Certificates

International NBI Practitioner

Maverick Consulting SP
Oct 2024

Measuring the Impact of Learning & Development

Training Industry, Inc.
Oct 2023

Certificate of Completion High Performance Team Coaching

Erickson Coaching International
Jul 2020

Certified Strategic Account Manager (CSAM)

Strategic Account Management Association
Feb 2019

Erickson Professional Coach, Coaching

Erickson Coaching International
Jan 2019

Master's degree, Marketing

Univerzitet u Beogradu / University of Belgrade
Jan 2002

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B2B Sales Consultation Call

45 min
$115.82 per session
Structured conversation with purpose to help you learn new insights, methodologies, techniques, technologies, tools and solutions to your problems.

Executive Coaching

60 min
$1737.23 for 6 sessions
Structured, outcome focused, 1 on 1 Executive coaching conversations, that will empower you to decide with clarity and leverage your vast experience.

Leadership Coaching

60 min
$1389.78 for 6 sessions
Structured, outcome focused, 1 on 1 Leadership coaching conversations, that will empower you to lead with authenticity and inspiration.

B2B Sales Management Coaching

60 min
$1042.34 for 6 sessions
Structured, outcome focused, 1 on 1 coaching conversations to empower you to boost your sales team performance and resolve difficult situations.

Sales Training Management Consultation Call

60 min
$231.63 per session
Structured conversation with purpose to help you learn new insights, methodologies, techniques, technologies, tools and solutions to your problems.

Strategic Account Management Consultation Call

60 min
$231.63 per session
Structured conversation with purpose to help you learn new insights, methodologies, techniques, technologies, tools and solutions to your problems.

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Marketing Analytics

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Communication for Leaders

This comprehensive program is designed to equip leaders with essential communication skills needed to inspire and guide their teams effectively. The training covers advanced techniques in interpersonal communication, conflict resolution, and public speaking. It emphasizes practical applications in leadership roles, ensuring leaders can convey messages clearly to facilitate organizational success.

Stakeholder Engagement

The Stakeholder Engagement training equips professionals with essential skills to connect and collaborate with stakeholders effectively. Participants will gain insights into building trust, managing expectations, and facilitating meaningful dialogues. This training is vital for professionals looking to enhance interpersonal skills and ensure successful outcomes in collaborative projects across various industries.

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