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LYUBOV TAVZEL

LYUBOV TAVZEL

Virginia Beach

Summary

Organized and creative professional marketing and salesperson with the ability to work with databases and make critical analysis, always looking to improve processes and skills. Experience with Microsoft Programs: Word, Excel, Ship Station, Concur, Share Point, Power-point, Photoshop, Lucidchart. Extensive customer service experience leveraging foreign language skills to support defense product programs.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Sales/Marketing Consultant

Pro Shot Products
08.2022 - Current
  • Program Sales Responsibilities for weapon accessory products. Focus on Marine Corps and Army weapon program office to identify NSN capture and commercial of the shelf sales.
  • Language translation of United States defense equipment technical documentation into Ukrainian to support Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and International Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) programs. Documentation types primarily included operator and maintenance manuals.
  • Event coordination for trade shows, industry days, small unit demonstrations, and conferences.
  • Developed and implemented equipment user experiences stations at rifle ranges for students to familiarize themselves with products.
  • Developed solutions for Program offices to address obsolescence issues with ageing products.

Marketing & Sales Coordinator

Global Ordnance LLC
01.2020 - 06.2022
  • Project Coordinator for numerous non-standard weapon and ammunition projects. Managed communication with foreign manufacturers to conform to United States performance standards. Coordinated in English, Russian, and Ukrainian as required in support of technical document creation and maintenance.
  • Project Coordinator for the import and testing of a 155mm Wheeled Howitzer from Serbia by the US Army. Responsible for the logistics to supply 15 Serbian engineers and program managers to the testing event at Yuma Proving Grounds. Oversaw the daily functions of the Serbian workforce during testing.
  • Assisted Director of Contracts by negotiating contracts with international organizations in Europe, Asia and Africa to fulfill ITAR commercial orders.
  • Problem solved program challenges like End User Certificate (EUC) limitations, ship to location restrictions, ITAR restrictions, locale specific weapons and ammunition issues, and shipping logistics.
  • Marketing projects include graphic design for trade shows, social media projects and digital marketing.
  • Responsible for office logistics to include purchase of supplies, travel booking, hotel and hospitality project management.
  • Inside Sales administration responsibilities for customer service, quotations, and purchase order creation through the use of software programs like Ship-Station.

Business Development Consultant

Pro-Shot Products
09.2018 - 12.2019
  • Managed the entry of a primarily commercial manufacturer into the Government sales market for the DLA Tailored Logistic Support (TLS) Contract with increased sales by 15%.
  • Responsible for quotation to and day to day management of largest contracting partner, Atlantic Dive Supply (ADS).
  • Conducted trade shows, conventions, and customer visits at Government facilities.
  • Managed Pro-Shot booth at Modern Day Marine (Annual Marine Corps Convention), Shot Show (Largest Weapon convention in the world) in Las Vegas, Two ADS Warrior Expositions (East Coast and West Coast).
  • Attended and managed booths for 13 different regional conventions and expositions in 12 different States, culminating in interactions with thousands of customers.
  • Instrumental in educating customers on various contracting methods to include General Services Administration (GSA), Defense Logistics Agency Tailored Logistics Support (DLA TLS), and Government Purchase Card (GPC) transactions.
  • Recommend products to customers, based on customer's needs and interests and provided customers with product samples and catalogs.
  • Introduced the organization to a distribution network and managed the daily interaction with hundreds of external sales personnel.

Stay at Home Mother

N/A
01.2014 - 01.2018

Economist

Prombaza-Pines
Moscow
01.2012 - 06.2014
  • Provided analysis on the workforce and the demand for labor by employers.
  • Researched employment levels and how wages are set.
  • Analyzed effects of labor related policies, such as minimum wage laws, and institutions such as unions.
  • Human Resources Department Management.

General Manager

Mais Prestige
Moscow
08.2006 - 10.2011
  • Staff management in sales, and human resources.
  • Responsible for the day to day bookkeeping for the business.
  • Managed the quotation and invoicing processes.

Education

Graphic Design -

Moscow Center of Education "The Prestige"
Moscow, Moscow
02.2014

Masters of Business Administration (BA) (Equivalency) -

Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Information (MESI)
Moscow, Moscow
06.2012

Associate of Arts -

Community College
Mykolaiv, Mykolaivs'ka oblast, Ukraine
06.1997

Skills

  • Market analysis and strategic planning
  • Digital marketing strategies
  • Event coordination and management
  • Contract negotiation skills
  • Customer relationship management

Languages

  • English
  • Russian
  • Ukrainian

Timeline

Sales/Marketing Consultant

Pro Shot Products
08.2022 - Current

Marketing & Sales Coordinator

Global Ordnance LLC
01.2020 - 06.2022

Business Development Consultant

Pro-Shot Products
09.2018 - 12.2019

Stay at Home Mother

N/A
01.2014 - 01.2018

Economist

Prombaza-Pines
01.2012 - 06.2014

General Manager

Mais Prestige
08.2006 - 10.2011

Graphic Design -

Moscow Center of Education "The Prestige"

Masters of Business Administration (BA) (Equivalency) -

Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Information (MESI)

Associate of Arts -

Community College
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