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Zanna  Kalashnikova

Zanna Kalashnikova

Dubai

Summary

  • Strategic-thinking individual experienced in turning low-performing organizations into top revenue producers. Offering engaging and pleasant personality with expertise improving customer relationships.
  • Dynamic Director oversees every facet of production with strong project management and decision-making skills. Brings comprehensive knowledge of production writing, planning and technical operations.
  • Skilled at coordinating production plans and personnel resources to complete work under tight deadlines.
  • Strong leader and problem-solver dedicated to streamlining operations to decrease costs and promote organizational efficiency. Uses independent decision-making skills and sound judgment to positively impact company success.
  • Professional and experienced management manager sales and development with unique leadership qualities in the field of international finance and services (B2C/B2B)

Speaker of the Entrepreneurs Fund Forum, conference light and medium business banking sector

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Beauty Salon Administrator

Dubai Souse Beauty Salon
10.2023 - Current
  • Screened and transferred incoming calls, took down messages, and transmitted information and documents to internal personnel.
  • Maintained personnel records and updated internal databases to support document management.
  • Collected, validated, and distributed information to employees.
  • Computerized office activities, maintained customer communications, and tracked records through delivery.

Real Estate Broker

Continental Club
06.2023 - Current
  • Negotiated real estate contracts to navigate transactions between buyers and sellers.
  • Provided guidance and consultation to clients to make well-informed decisions in real estate investments.
  • Analyzed local real estate market conditions and trends to identify profitable investment opportunities.
  • Arranged for inspections and surveys of sold properties.

Director CIB

Rosbank
01.2023 - 09.2023
  • Organized Start-Up corporate business teams from 0 • Conducted negotiations with directors and founders of companies, sold Bank guarantees, revolving lines of credit, settlement and cash services
  • Analyzed the financial condition potential borrowers and their business plan, liquidity analysis of loan collateral, etc.)
  • Involved the Regional Entrepreneurs Fund and the Business Lending Assistance Fund “Regional Guarantee Organization” for cooperation.
  • Oversaw operations and provided corrective feedback to achieve daily and long-term goals.
  • Monitored office workflow and administrative processes to keep operations running smoothly.
  • Monitored and coordinated workflows to optimize resources.
  • Established departmental performance goals and provided feedback for underperforming areas.
  • Evaluated company documentation to verify alignment with regulatory requirements.


Key Achievements:
• New attracted clients 100%
• Issued loans 300% (electronic bank guarantees, loans for legalentities) 3rd part of plan year

Director of Sales B2B ($0-4 Million)

Alfa-Bank
01.2022 - 01.2022
  • Managed team of sales representatives, providing guidance, coaching and support.
  • Established pricing strategies to maintain competitive pricing and maximize profits.
  • Achieved sales goals and service targets by cultivating and securing new customer relationships.
  • Established ambitious sales targets, managed deployment strategies, and developed go-to-market plans to capitalize on every revenue opportunity.
  • Successfully managed a sales team (17 people)
  • Team selection, adaptation, training, development,management employee efficiency
  • Meetings with clients
  • Considered loan applications (analysis of financial conditionclients and their business plan, liquidity analysis of loancollateral)
  • Took measures to prevent and collect overdue debts
  • Participated as a speaker in the Forum of RegionalEntrepreneurs (financial literacy training and development of the bank’s partnership program)


Key Achievements:

  • Number of new clients attracted 122%
  • Number of loans issued 159%
  • Factoring 200%
  • Bank guarantees 188%
  • Leasing 167%
  • Salary project 103%
  • Trade acquiring 100%
  • Internet acquiring 500%
  • Portfolio of active clients 108%
  • Portfolio of salary cards 108%
  • Loan portfolio 167%
  • Liabilities 129%
  • Operating profit 119%

Independent Sales Representative

WorldVentures
04.2020 - 12.2021
  • Consulted with customers to assess requirements, offer product recommendations and resolve technical issues after sales.
  • Conducted daily follow-up calls to answer client's questions and manage sales process.
  • Employed variety of sales practices to accommodate each customer's individual needs and overcome objections.
  • Used strong customer service skills to develop loyal customer base, increasing repurchasing rate 114%.

Director of Sales B2B&B2C

Sberbank
04.2014 - 04.2020
  • Managed team of sales representatives, providing guidance, coaching and support.
  • Established pricing strategies to maintain competitive pricing and maximize profits.
  • Achieved sales goals and service targets by cultivating and securing new customer relationships.
  • Established ambitious sales targets, managed deployment strategies, and developed go-to-market plans to capitalize on every revenue opportunity.
  • Sales team management, including Premier (staff 830 people, direct reporting 17), (recruitment, adaptation, training, development, employee performance management)
  • Introduced a new model of standards and sales technology
  • Organized work to improve the quality of customer service
  • Implemented successful network restructuring measures sales
  • Launch of pilot projects (2.0; transformation of B2B and B2C -service and sales; mortgage transactions, etc.


Key Achievements:


  • KPI 180%
  • No. 1 growth rate of commission income Premium Clients (0-60,000 USD)200%
  • No. 1 in terms of growth rate and B2B sales volume

Director of Sale B2C

Alfa-Bank
04.2007 - 04.2014
  • Worked closely with organizational leadership and board of directors to guide operational strategy.
  • Oversaw operations and provided corrective feedback to achieve daily and long-term goals.
  • Monitored office workflow and administrative processes to keep operations running smoothly.
  • Monitored and coordinated workflows to optimize resources.
  • Start-up bank branches in the region (3 business offices, mortgage lending center, car lending department and 62 retail and service points of consumer lending)
  • Staff: 180 people, direct subordination: 9 people)
  • Established business contacts with directors and share holdersof companies in the region, with dealers
  • Organized meetings, conducted negotiations and sold salary projects, bank products for wealthy clients


Key Achievements:


  • No. 2 in terms of growth rate of sales of salary projects
  • No. 1 in terms of loan portfolio growth rate
  • Payback period for new opened business units is 12 months
  • Launched the first major project of cards with corporate design companies
  • Developed and implemented a lending tool for individual city- forming enterprises
  • Implemented an employee motivation system

Head of the Sales B2C

VimpelCom Ltd. «Beeline» TM
08.2004 - 04.2007
  • Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
  • Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
  • Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
  • Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.
  • Sales department management, including dealer network
  • Development and promotion of leading cellular communication specialists
  • Sales of cellular equipment
  • Conducting and organizing meetings and negotiations
  • Launch of pilot projects of the dealer network

Key achievements:


• Successful launch of the first sales office
• Implementation of a large dealer network project
• Triple increase in inmate sales contracts dealer networks

Education

Data Analyst - Business Economics

Synergy University
Moscow, Russia
08.2022

Telecommunications And Computer Science Engineer - Telecommunications And Information Sciences

Siberian State University of Telecommunications
Novosibirsk, Russia
06.2005

Skills

  • Contract Negotiation
  • Project Management
  • Operations Management
  • Logistics Management
  • Staff Management
  • Sales and strategy management
  • Complete Solution problems
  • Rise and cross selling
  • Launching and working in the CRM system
  • Long term relation ship with clients
  • Key control indicators

Certification

  • ABC of management. situational guidance, Academy Alfa-Bank - 2022
  • 20 Rules for Visual Communication. Linkedin. 2021
  • Leaderships Skills for the Future. Linkedin. 2021
  • Asking Great Sales Questions. Linkedin. 2021
  • Customer Service: Handling Abusive Customers. Linkedin. 2021
  • Management Working From Home. Linkedin. 2020
  • Business Etiquette. Sberbank University. 2020
  • Emotional intellect. Sberbank University. 2019
  • Public performance. Corporate training center Alfa-Bank. 2014
  • Effective adult learning skills. Academy Alfa-Bank, 2013
  • Effective Negotiation, Academy Alfa-Bank, 2013

Languages

Russian
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
English
Intermediate (B1)

Additional Information

• 15 years of experience at banking area in various business departments: retail, corporate and operational
• More than 20 years of experience at sales management

• 15 years of experience as a technical engineer in communications and telecommunications

• Successful experience of starting a new business from a scratch
• Expert approach at developing a personnel pool – more than 50 managers and executives experienced significant career breakthroughs

Timeline

Beauty Salon Administrator

Dubai Souse Beauty Salon
10.2023 - Current

Real Estate Broker

Continental Club
06.2023 - Current

Director CIB

Rosbank
01.2023 - 09.2023

Director of Sales B2B ($0-4 Million)

Alfa-Bank
01.2022 - 01.2022

Independent Sales Representative

WorldVentures
04.2020 - 12.2021

Director of Sales B2B&B2C

Sberbank
04.2014 - 04.2020

Director of Sale B2C

Alfa-Bank
04.2007 - 04.2014

Head of the Sales B2C

VimpelCom Ltd. «Beeline» TM
08.2004 - 04.2007

Data Analyst - Business Economics

Synergy University

Telecommunications And Computer Science Engineer - Telecommunications And Information Sciences

Siberian State University of Telecommunications
  • ABC of management. situational guidance, Academy Alfa-Bank - 2022
  • 20 Rules for Visual Communication. Linkedin. 2021
  • Leaderships Skills for the Future. Linkedin. 2021
  • Asking Great Sales Questions. Linkedin. 2021
  • Customer Service: Handling Abusive Customers. Linkedin. 2021
  • Management Working From Home. Linkedin. 2020
  • Business Etiquette. Sberbank University. 2020
  • Emotional intellect. Sberbank University. 2019
  • Public performance. Corporate training center Alfa-Bank. 2014
  • Effective adult learning skills. Academy Alfa-Bank, 2013
  • Effective Negotiation, Academy Alfa-Bank, 2013
Zanna Kalashnikova