During the last 25 years Theocharis Katranis :

• Consulted Small & Medium size companies to build a successful Professional Website Presence in the internet today.
• Trained companies’ personnel to use Autoresponders, Email Marketing & Video Email Marketing Efficiently and Effectively.
• Increased Sales through Social Media Advertising, Paid and Free.
• Opened New Markets in Africa for a Pharmaceutical company as an Area Manager.
• Negotiated Business Contract with new agents.
• Planned, Organized and Followed up Orders (Local and Abroad) & Delivered orders on time.
• Increased Market Share by 5% in one year and set up the Purchasing Dept. for a Dairy company in Cyprus as a Brand Manager and as a Purchasing Chief Officer.
• Organized successfully many Promotional Activities, (Indoor & Outdoors Promotions, Sales Incentives)
• Built strong business relations achieving profitable negotiations for a Food & Beverage company as an Area Manager.
• Trained, Supervised and Motivated Sales people.
• Organized warehouse logistics for over 20000 barcodes.
• Lecturing Business and Marketing in CDA college enable Cyprus professionals to excel to their careers.
• Certified  E.E.K. Trainer of Human Resource Development Authority of Cyprus (HRDA) – Anad.

C A R E E R    H I S T O R Y

For more than 20 years, Theocharis Katranis was working in Top Managerial & Marketing positions in some of the best and most successful companies in Cyprus. He had traveled also a lot, met many different kind of business people and negotiate with them business contracts for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Today, he is consulting small & medium size companies, the way to build their presence in the Internet in a professional manner. He also teaches Business and Marketing in CDA College in Limassol.

Below, you can find more details about his working experience as well as for his knowledge and capabilities.

MERKUR D. NICOLAOU SUPERSTORE  2008 – 2010

General Manager

 Responsibilities:

1. Increase Sales and Build customer relations
2. Train, Supervise and Motivate employees
3. Follow up orders processing local and abroad ones
4. Control stocks in the warehouse

Achievements:

• Promoting shop items to customers and professionals
• Improved customer repeated purchases
• Receive placed orders on time
• Use SAP program for effective decision making

PHIL-O-MEDIA LTD 2007 – 2008

Operations Manager

Responsibilities:

1. Negotiate Contract with customers
2. Building strong relationships with Advertising agencies
3. Organize, follow and control Placements of advertisements on Outdoor media
4. Maintain Repairs of Trivision and Piza Signs

Achievements:

• Increase Contracts by 35%
• Submitting to employees daily Placements schedule
• 100% reliability coverage with Outdoor media
• Receive payments on time

A&P ANDREOU & PARASKEVAIDES ENTERPRISES LTD 2006 – 2007

Area Sales Manager – Limassol Area

Responsibilities:

1. Negotiate Contract with Key account customer
2. Train, Supervise and Motivate 42 people Administrative personnel and Sales people
3. Follow up and control stocks
4. Follow up, guide and control maintenance department
5. Organize, follow up and evaluate promotional activities in Supermarkets

Achievements:

• Increase Sales by 4%
• Work within company budgets
• Follow up and control Stocks
• Find quick solutions to daily difficulties
• Successfully organized promotions in Hypermarkets
• Being always a Team player

CHRISTIS DAIRY PUBLIC LTD 2002 – 2006

Chief Purchasing Officer

Responsibilities:

1. Place successfully orders, local and abroad
2. Evaluate New Suppliers
3. Negotiate Raw Material Prices with Suppliers
4. Train, Supervise and Motivate warehouse employees
5. Follow up Re-order, Minimum and Maximum stock levels

Achievements:

• Receive Raw Materials on Time and in correct quantities
• Follow up and control stocks
• Requested and Received Health, Food and Drink Certifications

CHRISTIS DAIRY PUBLIC LTD 2002 – 2006

Brand Manager – Vitalite Margarine

Responsibilities:

1. Negotiate Contracts with customer mainly hypermarkets
2. Train, Supervise and Motivate Sales people
3. Collect Market information for building competitive advantage
4. Organize Sales Promotion Activities
5. Plan, Organize, Follow up and control orders from abroad

 Achievements:

• Increase Market Share 5% in 12 months
• Negotiate POS with prime locations in refrigerators
• Strengthen the image of the product in local market.

MEDOCHEMIE LTD 1995 – 2001

Export Area Manager

Responsibilities:

1. Evaluate Markets and Agents abroad
2. Build and Maintain strong customer relationships
3. Train, Supervise and Motivate Sales people in Yemen and Ethiopia
4. Travel abroad to existing and new markets
5. Check L/C from customers & Follow up payments to be done on time

Achievements:

• Open New Markets in Africa
• Gain many Government Tenders
• Effectively collect payments