About
Nikos is a sales and management professional with over 8 years of experience in sales leadership, training, and entrepreneurship. He has worked at companies like June Homes and Golden Yachting, and founded Imminent Gaming.
His key skills include strategic planning, sales coaching, leadership, and problem-solving. Notable achievements include exceeding sales targets by 120%, expanding B2B clientele through over 10,000 cold calls, and organizing successful events and tournaments.
Based on his career, Nikos is well-suited for senior sales management or entrepreneurial roles in dynamic industries such as real estate, yachting, or esports.
What I'm looking for
I am very interested in small teams / start-ups with a lot of experience in an agile and rapidly evolving environment. I prefer leading roles but I am versatile and can also contribute individually. Sales oriented roles would suit me best.
Experience
Senior Sales Manager & Sales Trainer
June Homes
Present
Currently leading a team of 20 sales agents and 10 independent contractors of sales brokers, selling rentals for Boston, Chicago and Washington DC with a proven track record of exceeding sales targets
As a Senior Sales Manager, I am overseeing all sales operations, strategies and team development for Chicago and Washington DC. Currently leading 2 teams of sales reps and coordinating with other sales managers on improving their team performance.
Have been achieving ~120% of the sales quota for 6 consecutive months for both cities, while we are the only 2 teams composed of Junior Agents exclusively.
As a Sales Manager, I am responsible for planning the sales strategy for Texas and California (Austin, Dallas, SF, LA, San Diego). Working closely with other departments(marketing, pricing etc.) and managing a sales team of 5 agents.
Achieved the record in sales in Austin, Texas and have managed to reach 100% occupancy in SD, SF, LA and Dallas for multiple months.
Responsible for training new hires and retraining the entire sales team. Current top 3 performers of the company were onboarded and trained exclusively with me for their first month. Implemented sales techniques (Sandler technique, Creating Urgency) and incorporated objection handling as an essential training tool (ARP)
Sales ManagementTeam LeadershipSales Strategy
Created the leading greek esports organization for Blizzard/Activision game of World of Warcraft.
Organized Events (Tournaments, Giveaways, Meetups) and partnered up with IntrepidFox, one of the largest teams in Greece.
Managed and led a team of 25-40 people throughout my years in the organization.
Achieved sponsorships/partnerships with Logitech, Molto and Mediterranean College.
Event OrganizationTeam ManagementPartnership Development
Broker
Golden Yachting and Sailing
Event planning and coordination with the clients and the crew/owners.
Expanded our B2B clientele by introducing more than 40 partners (More than 10000 cold calls)
Negotiated with yacht owners
Event PlanningNegotiationClient Coordination
Education
Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences
BS in Social Policy ยท Social Policy
2020
Certifications
DELF B2
French Ministry of Education
English Proficiency
Hellenic American Union
Skills
CommunicationManagementProblem-SolvingLeadershipSales CoachingStrategic planning
Languages
English (Full professional proficiency)French (Professional working proficiency)
