Natasha Jacobsen

As Senior Buyer at Damast, I bring an international perspective shaped by American roots, a European education, and a career rooted in Italy; a combination that translates naturally into navigating global supply chains and cross-cultural business relationships. Since joining Damast in February 2024, I have been responsible for the end-to-end sourcing and procurement of products in the shower and faucet industry, with a strong focus on the Chinese market. My work spans identifying and qualifying new suppliers, negotiating competitive terms, and ensuring that every product we bring to market meets our standards for quality, reliability, and innovation. Beyond price and availability, I track international market trends, scouting emerging technologies, build and maximizing supplier partnerships that support long-term growth rather than short-term convenience.

Research potential foreign markets to expand and promote the company brand and increase international visibility. Drive brand image and awareness, conduct personal selling visits, organise sales promotions, appoint agents and distributors and negotiate sales contracts. Analyse the current market in dedicated territories and its prospects, develop sales and marketing strategies for both the existing portfolio and the development of new international clients. Identify new potential customers who can increase business, activate all key benefits necessary to allow the company to achieve its objectives. Monitor and evaluate weekly, monthly and annual sales by developing and implementing tactical sales activation to align and achieve deadline goal. Analyse sales trends and competitors, implement commercial strategies in accordance with management. Ensure the achievement of turnover and volume objectives by coordinating and supporting the external sales representatives, monitoring the achievement of targets and credit exposure.

As a new position here in SOSITALIA, I accepted the role of marketing and communications coordinator for UNIQ∙Ǝ! Srl with the aim of increasing the visibility and recognition of new innovative and sustainable production methods, and the extraordinary movement to dominate a market niche and develop concrete actions with many advantages both in the world of design and in the customization sought by customers. I research and suggest participation in promotional events both locally and abroad. I manage the general preparation of events, including the material presentation, prototypes, graphics and video contents and collaborations of the same. I manage international logistics, meet deadlines and targets, liason with event directors and supervise media coverage and overall event activities. I play a key role in venues including exhibitions and networking events for company presentation both physically and digitally, and closely follow project developments directly with architects and/or designers.

Responsible for both national and international clients, providing high level of customer service with effective and timely communication, focussing on the needs of the customer. Coordinate and collaborate to meet requirements and offer creative solutions to problems, demonstrating high integrity and good work ethics. Maintain professional internal and external relationships that meet the company’s core business requirements both within Italian headquarters and Chinese and Indian foreign offices. Proactively establish and maintain effective working team relationships with all support departments including technical, logistical and financial, interacting and collaborating with all company employees. Ensure client satisfaction, awareness of production planning, lead times, price updates, delivery options, communicate customer requests to management. Participate in project development, verifying quality level requests and price negotiations, maximizing all opportunities to achieve client satisfaction and maintain market competition.

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