Marie Helm

Background

About Marie Helm

A top performing and accomplished Senior Business Development Executive & Regional Channel Manager with 25+ years of strategic channel sales & business development experience in retail, B2B, reseller channel and distribution. My career spans over multiple industries and geographies within the breath of Asia Pacific and Japan. I have successfully managed, led and delivered end to end solutions, utilising my strengths to achieve verifiable results of strengthening businesses, accelerating sales via efficient distribution and channel development. With a deep understanding of critical business drivers and the ability to liaise effectively with people from diverse backgrounds, across all working levels, I have: • built a reputation for taking on the challenging projects and identifying gaps to formulate win-win solutions, • forging strong customer relationships, • developing robust sales & marketing strategies, driving business revenue & sales. A proven leader with strong communication abilities & exceptional emotional intelligence that excels in matrix & hierarchical structures, a champion of change, with the ability to connect, unite and perform better than you did before. Respected by peers for commitment to excellence, long-term vision and systemic thinking, I have the learned facility to empathize and work across cultures and functions, translating what is valuable and important to diverse stakeholders. With excellent people management skills, very pragmatic attitude, strong intuition combined with a logical approach – I am highly driven to get things done. I am a target driven & innovative ‘outside the box’ thinker.