Sergey Sazonov

Product team leader @ MERLION

About

- I sell telecommunication equipment and service to direct accounts and trough channel sales. - Responsible for sales quota (telecommunication equipment (Wireless, GSM, Core Network, Data communications, microwave, handsets etc.) - Lead the sales process (the single sales point of contact for telecommunication vendors (ECI, Huawei, ZTE, Raisecom) - Negotiate high-dollar contracts Specialties: - Technologies sales - Telecommunications - Account management - Value Added Sales - Sales engineering - Team player - Communications and negotiations skills - Good technical knowledge (H3C, Cisco, Microsoft, Avaya certifications)

Country

Russia

City

Moscow

Industry

Telecommunications

Skill

value added sales, Energetic team player, Self-motivated Team Player, High Technology Sales, Account Management, Negotiation, Value Selling, Telecommunications, VoIP, Cisco Technologies, New Business Development, Switches, Key Account Management, Sales Process, MPLS, Pre-sales, Sales, Teamwork, Product Management, GSM

Experience

Product team leader

MERLION

2013-7 - Present · 13 yrs 3 mos

Moscow, Russian Federation

- I manage the team (two person) who report me directly - Responsible for complex projects (million USD per project) - I manage logistic (delivery) and payment (finance department) - I am working with Chinese ODM company who is supplying MTS branded mobile phones to MTS, Russia. - I manage the business with Huawei consumer group (MBB devices, stock rotation, inventory, price). - I am working with several government structures to supply PC, Servers, ETC (arrange logistic, agreements sales).

VAD telecom project Manager

MERLION

2011-7 - 2013-6 · 2 yrs

Moscow Region, Russian Federation

MERLION acquired the distribution business of Verysell companies Group Accomplishments: - 250% business growing according to the Verysell sales out results

Business development Manager for telecommunication vendors

Verysell

2003-12 - 2011-6 · 7 yrs 7 mos

Moscow, Russian Federation

- I sold telecommunication equipment and service to direct accounts and trough Verysell Distribution (channel sales). - Responsible for sales quota (telecommunication equipment) - Lead the sales process (the single sales point of contact for telecommunication vendors (ECI, Huawei, NEC, Alcatel-Lucent, H3C) - Negotiate high-dollar contracts Accomplishments: - Managed major accounts that produced over $10 million revenue. - Developed sales off new equipment (GPON) to regional telecommunications companies. - Generated new business over $10 million (Alcatel-Lucent, H3C) - Sold the first MPLS network on central federal region based on H3C equipment (Metro Ethernet switches with LAN analyze traffic board)