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Christian Pittrof

About

Sales Specialist and Climate Strategist

Professional with many years of experience in sales, management and business operations in the IT industry as well as know-how in the field of climate protection and sustainability.

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Skills

Account Sales Strategies

Business Operations

Business Relationship Management

C-Level Communications

Climate Action Planning

Climate Change

Climate Change Mitigation

Consultative Sales Management

Sales Acumen

Sales Management

Sales Operations

Sales Strategy

Open for

fulltime

parttime

Work Experience

Green Now

2021-06 - 2021-12

Workplace
Senior Consultant ICT
Location

Zürich

Employement type

parttime

Temporary engagement for the start-up Green Now for the further development of the sustainability compass GreenPick, so that climate-friendly and healthy living becomes easier

IBM

2012-01 - 2020-12

Workplace
Client Solution Executive
Location

Zürich

Employement type

fulltime

Business development and qualification of service opportunities through initial contacts with customers including consultation in Switzerland and Germany; acquisition strategy, proposal preparation, contract negotiation and conclusion of deals, leading international proposal teams as well as coordinating customer workshops and presentations, often at senior management level and in English

IBM

2010-10 - 2011-12

Workplace
Sales Leader “Enterprise Services Line”
Location

Zürich

Employement type

fulltime

Responsible for the strategy and portfolio of network, communication, data center and security solutions as well as the coordination and support of sales teams in nine Northern European countries; hub and interface between global and local teams for new standard offerings

IBM

2008-12 - 2010-09

Workplace
Business Operations Manager “Strategic Outsourcing”
Location

Zürich

Employement type

fulltime

Executive reporting, sales quota planning, operational efficiency, service excellence, coordination of key operational support functions in heterogeneous, continent-wide geography

IBM

2006-01 - 2008-11

Workplace
1st Line Manager “Integrated Communications Services”
Location

Zürich

Employement type

fulltime

Responsible for the distribution of communication solutions and sales in the tens of millions for existing and new customers in Switzerland; recruiting, coaching and management of up to ten employees; budgeting, forecasting and creating the business strategy; working in partnership with network and communication equipment providers such as Cisco, Juniper and Avaya

Academic Experience

Technical University Munich -

 

1982.09 - 1988.07

Master of Engineering, MEng in Electrical Engineering with focus on Computer Science

Henley Management College -

 

2001.08 - 2004.10

Master of Business Administration, MBA in Business Administration

ZHAW -

 

2021.08 - now

Bachelor of Arts, BA in Climate Strategies