W.M. Goedhart
25126 Abbott Road, Apt. U-2
Midland, Michigan 48642-4870
Phone: 989 928 2801
e-mail:info@jimgoedhart.nl
http://www.jimgoedhart.nl
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CAREER OBJECTIVES:
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To be a significant and influential part of a professional and people-focused organization, where I can use my commercial and managerial skills to improve myself, my division and the entire company.
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EXPERIENCE:
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May '02 - Aug. '02
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Hyundai Goedhart, Middelburg (Netherlands)
Official dealer for Hyundai: Temporary Support:
- Temporary Support at family dealer company, in the areas of sales, marketing and general business management. (Before leaving for U.S.A. to study at Richard DeVos Graduate School of Management.)
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Dec. '00 - May '02
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Autobytel.nl, Almere (Netherlands)
Online car-intermediary: Account Manager Dealer Development:
- Responsible for the good understanding between the company and the participating car dealers.
Mainly non-acquisition. Trouble-shooting and customer relations.
- Being a sounding board for Marketing Department because of car dealer background.
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July '00 - Dec. '00
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AutoMet, Alkmaar (Netherlands) Part of IBIM-Holding
Official dealer for Opel: Sales Manager, Manager New Car Sales
- Responsible for the Sales Department (On used car-issues partly supported by Manager Used Car Sales).
- Member of IBIM-Holding National Management Team New Cars; Holding-forethought and developing management policy.
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Nov. '98 - July '00
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AutoMet, Alkmaar (Netherlands) Part of IBIM-Holding
Official dealer for Opel: Management Assistant
- Assistant Manager for Director. Involved in and responsible for numerous projects on marketing, promotions, process improvement, implementation of commercial vehicle concept.
- Partly responsible for Sales Department.
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March '98 - Nov. '98
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AutoHeer, Maarssen (Netherlands) Part of IBIM-Holding
Official dealer for Opel: Sales Representative
- Responsible for own sales target. Informing prospects and selling cars.
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Sept. '97 - March '98
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BMW Netherlands, Rijswijk (Netherlands)
Dutch BMW Importer: Trainee at Marketing Department
- Trainee at Marketing Department during Henley/IVA-Masterclass. Implementing customer-marketing research and coordinating an important direct-marketing project.
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February '97 -
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Greenib Car, Sassenheim (Netherlands)
Dutch Hyundai Importer: Sales Representative
- Sales Representative and host during Auto-RAI '97, the Dutch international car show in Amsterdam.
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1994 - 1998
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Hyundai Goedhart, Middelburg (Netherlands)
Official dealer for Hyundai
- Numerous duties at family car dealer company during weekends and holidays.
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EDUCATION:
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Sept. '02 - Dec. '03
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Richard DeVos Graduate School of Management, Northwood University Midland, Michigan (U.S.A.) Master's Degree in Business Administration
(MBA). Major: Integrated Management. (Using Harvard University Case Study Method)
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Graduated - June '98
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Henley Management College / IVA-Driebergen Masterclass,
Driebergen (Netherlands) Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration (BBA). Major: General Management & Marketing.
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Graduated - July '96
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IVA-Driebergen A-Level,
Driebergen (Netherlands)
Well-known Dutch Automotive Management School.
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Graduated - July 1994
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C.S.W. HAVO,
Middelburg (Netherlands) Dutch higher-level High School.
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OTHER EDUCATIONS:
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- Courses in NIMA-B Marketing as part of the Henley / IVA-Masterclass.
- Courses in NIMA-A Marketing as part of the IVA-Driebergen A-Level, including exemption.
- Courses in Transactional Analysis (T.A.): Social Skills. Diploma obtained in July 1996.
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SKILLS & EXPERIENCES:
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- Skilled in leading, managing and gaining peoples respect and cooperation, as shown while being Sales Manager for seven Sales Representatives at AutoMet Alkmaar. (Together with my GMAT score and letters of recommendation, this resulted in a $5.000 scholarship from Richard DeVos Graduate School of Management.)
- Intensive experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Explorer, Outlook, et cetera), Internet and various automotive dealership software systems.
- Voluntary student advisor for Junior Achievement project in 2002. (Economics and marketing project for teenagers.)
- Fluent in English, Dutch (Mother tongue) and more than fair in German. Basic understanding of French.
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HOBBIES & INTERESTS:
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Jogging, playing basketball, reading, cooking, cars in general, surfing the internet and working on my personal website, listening to music, socializing with friends and... working.
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REFERENCES & RECOMMENDATIONS:
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Contact information for references & recommendations is available on request.
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For a PDF printout of my resume and my complete professional online portfolio, please visit:
My Professional Online Portfolio
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