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Phil Uschmann

Phil Uschmann

Business Development Manager
Lisboa

Summary

A highly driven and motivated Economist, currently working as a Sales & Business Development Manager at computely.io. About to finish my first year of experience working in the startup environment, after a combined 9 years of experience working for Xerox in various roles in different countries. Strengths: Strong communicator, team-oriented, problem solving, professional, solution oriented mindset, highly empathetic, good analytical skills,

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Languages

Work History

Sales & Business Development Manager

Computely.io (Startup Experience)
10.2023 - Current
  • Close Collaboration with founding Team
  • Cold outreach, follow-ups, preparation and conduction of prospect meetings
  • Networking
  • Implementation of prospect/target lists and lead tracker
  • Support funding application process
  • Development of Sales Strategy

Executive Role

Dr. Rosenberg Group (Startup Experience)
03.2023 - 09.2023
  • Second Person to join company
  • Co-founder like responsibilities and tasks:
  • Organizing work processes and creating structure in Notion
  • Finding and onboarding further staff
  • Product improvement, including pricing
  • Networking
  • Preparation and conduction of meetings with potential clients and partners

Sabbatical Months

Travelling
11.2022 - 03.2023

Senior Partner Account Manager

Xerox
01.2021 - 11.2022

Same as before, plus mentoring and supporting training of new colleagues

Partner Account Manager

Xerox
07.2019 - 01.2021
  • Managing 15 Sales (Channel) Partners across Germany
  • Implementing and adapting Partner Strategies and aligning them with Xerox Strategy
  • Creating Business Plans and conducting Business Reviews
  • Ensuring and driving lead pipeline
  • Supporting Partners with marketing strategies and implementation of WaaS, CaaS and SaaS approaches
  • Handling escalations in daily business
  • Performing high-level customer/partner presentations and virtual product demonstrations
  • Exceeding Sales targets in 2019 and 2020

Purchasing Associate

Xerox GmbH
01.2016 - 07.2019
  • Primarily responsible for whole fleet, managing 7-digit budget and 200 car fleet. Negotiating terms and conditions with leasing providers, as well as rebates with car dealers, analyzing usage/milage/damages and costs. Interface between leasing provider and employees, handling escalations, supporting and solving all sorts of issues
  • Responsible for Travel Management, regular Hotel tenders to cover business needs and implement special rates with frequently used hotel (chains), part of implementation Team for new travel expense management software “Concur” in Germany. Mainly responsible for negotiation and implementation of HRS in Concur, in order to achieve 10-15% savings on total hotel spend
  • Supplier negotiation including contract creation,
  • Implementation and establishment
  • Organization of business reviews with suppliers, creating strategies and optimizing contracts
  • Execution and support of various tender processes such as break fix services, fleet leasing provider, electricity supplier, office supplies etc.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration (BA) -

FH Südwestfalen, South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences
09.2016 - 08.2017

Business Economist (VWA) -

VWA Akademie, Administration And Business Academy
09.2013 - 09.2016

Apprenticeship "Großhandelskaufmann IHK" Management Assistant For Wholesale And Foreign Trade, Certified By IHK Düsseldorf -

Xerox GmbH
Neuss, DE
09.2013 - 01.2016

Skills

    Other Microsoft Software such as Onedrive, Note, Sharepoint

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Interests

Sports: especially rowing, U19 German Champion 2012, competing in German Ruderbundesliga in 2016 and 2017, active in Muay Thai since 2021, Fitness, Football, Padel, Tennis

Travelling: visited 28 countries (including Germany) so far

Technology

Innovation

Crypto/Blockchain

Politics

Timeline

Sales & Business Development Manager

Computely.io (Startup Experience)
10.2023 - Current

Executive Role

Dr. Rosenberg Group (Startup Experience)
03.2023 - 09.2023

Sabbatical Months

Travelling
11.2022 - 03.2023

Senior Partner Account Manager

Xerox
01.2021 - 11.2022

Partner Account Manager

Xerox
07.2019 - 01.2021

Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration (BA) -

FH Südwestfalen, South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences
09.2016 - 08.2017

Purchasing Associate

Xerox GmbH
01.2016 - 07.2019

Business Economist (VWA) -

VWA Akademie, Administration And Business Academy
09.2013 - 09.2016

Apprenticeship "Großhandelskaufmann IHK" Management Assistant For Wholesale And Foreign Trade, Certified By IHK Düsseldorf -

Xerox GmbH
09.2013 - 01.2016
Phil UschmannBusiness Development Manager