Marc Buttin

WORK EXPERIENCE
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SALOMON – AMER SPORT CORPORATION Annecy, France
Product Manager Assistant in the bags and gear department June 2005 - July 2006
• Researched in marketing : competition analysis, quantitative market survey (survey based on mountain bike backpack) and qualitative market survey (focus group to improve products)
• Drafted monthly newsletter to inform subsidiaries about the bags and gear market
• Analysed the budget by geographical area and provided strategic recommendations
• Created product descriptions in partnership with photo agency destined for booklets and websites
• Developed a tool (sales argumentation) in partnership with communication agency intended to subsidiaries
• Repositioned and extended the travel bag line which resulted in the creation of a new distribution licence

ROYAL CANIN Petfood company Yeovil, England
Marketing Assistant in the English subsidiary June 2004 - September 2004
• Carried out analysis of competition and trends in the petfood market
• Rationalised the sales system analysis and assisted in the development of automatic sales reporting based on data basis
• Assisted in the creation of an updated website

BANK LAYDERNIER– GROUP CREDIT DU NORD Rumilly, France
Bank Teller July 2003

LOOK BINDINGS – QUICKSILVER GROUP Nevers, France
Internship in the marketing department June 2003
• Provided competition analysis of the ski binding market

PAGE INTERIM Lyon – Financial and accountancy work placement agency Lyon, France
Internship in agency July 2001 - September 2001
• Assisted in the development of a new agency in Grenoble, France

EDUCATION
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UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA Granada, Spain
European Master of Business Sciences July 2007
• Specializations: Marketing, Strategy and European Affairs

CLERMONT GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT Clermont-Ferrand
Master of Management June 2007
• Included one international exchange semester in the business department of the University of Wyoming, USA
• Specialization: International business

DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY- Marketing department - Dublin, Ireland
Diploma in marketing management June 2003

UNIVERSITY OF PIERRE MENDES FRANCE Grenoble, France
Two years undergraduate in Management June 2002

LANGUAGES and COMPUTERING
Languages: French- native, English- fluent, Spanish- fluent
Computing: Windows XP (word, excel, access, works), SPSS

Tennis, Mountain (ski, mountain bike, canyoning, hiking), travel (USA, Ireland, England, Spain, Canada)