Helio Amaral

HÉLIO FILIPE RODRIGUES DE AMARAL Vallgatan 8, 330 31 Värnamo M: - | E:-| linkedin.com/in/helio-amaral- PERSONAL PROFILE I am an energetic and ambitious person with a clear and logical mind who has developed a mature and responsible approach to any task I undertake, or situation I’m presented with. With significant experience in international markets developing and coordinating marketing strategies, developing new markets and increasing business volume. As a Hotel Director or Marketing Manager I was able to develop skills such as analytical thinking, customer service, market research or detail oriented mindset. WORK EXPERIENCE Sales Engineer, Garantell, Värnamo – Sweden, April 2019 – present date Responsible for the development of the Portuguese and Spanish market, solidification of existing business relations and prospecting for new customers. Prepare and deliver technical presentations explaining products or services to customers and prospective customers; Confer with customers and engineers to assess equipment needs and to determine system requirements; Recommend improved materials or machinery to customers, showing how changes will lower costs or increase production. Property (Aparthotel) Manager, My Apartments Piccadilly Circus, London – UK, May 2016 – June 2017 Responsible for day-to-day operations maintaining the business at the highest level, operational and customer satisfaction wise. Establishing rental rate by surveying local rental rates and calculating overhead costs, depreciation, taxes, and profit goals; Maintaining building systems by contracting for maintenance services and supervising repairs; Accomplished organization goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests and exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments. Hotel Manager, Hotel Jardins da Ria, Aveiro – Portugal, July 2015 – January 2016 Directing the day-to-day operations and activities at the hotel, managing personnel, monitoring budgets and evaluating the hotel performance. Managing a variety of operations, such as , marketing, purchasing and sales. Marketing Manager, Explore Global, London – UK, June 2011 – August 2013 Developed the marketing strategy for the company for the international market. Developed Brazil as a new market including market research, product design, marketing implementation. Worked with international luxury markets within tourism and 5 stars hotels from UK. EDUCATION Masters in Management, specialized in Marketing - University Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal, 2005 BSc Tourism and Hospitality Management - ISCE, Lisbon, Portugal, 2004 SKILLS Language Skills: Portuguese: Native speaking; English: Fluent; Spanish: Fluent; French: Basic Level; Swedish: Basic Level (Learning); IT Skills: Microsoft Office (Word, Power Point, Excel), Opera, Fidelio, Outlook, Search Engines, Jeeves, Siteplan.