business operations manager jobs

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I want to move to Marketing instead of Sales, any advice on how to do this?

I have 6 years experience as a Operations Manager in Retail and 4 years in Sales Account Management. The past 2 years I’ve been doing sales but with more emphasis on marketing. I really love marketing and I do very well at it.

I increased sales for the region I worked in by 40% over the previous year in sales through some viral marketing plans I developed. For the company I worked at before my current job I developed solid leads that increased sales by 33% in the 8 months I was there.

What should I do to get a job just in marketing and how much should I ask for as an introductory salary? On top of work experience, I attended college where I studied Industrial psychology for 3 years and business admin for 3 years, I still havent recieved a degree but I’m close. I’m about a semester short from a degree. Would this affect my income dramaticaly, I know in sales and management I’ve put work experience above schooling?

Well I spent 1 year tring to get into the Marketing arena as I’m in sales as well.

I even had loads of great contacts but unfortunately because I was always compeating with Universtiy grads, even for a entry level type of position I wasn’t able to break through cause I found out that Marketing is like being a Designer. If you didn’t go to school for it then your going to have a tough time getting in. They all suggested that I take some marketing classes at night school to help get me in but I didn’t have the money or the time to do that unfortunately.

I am now appling for a Sales and Marketing manager position with a nice sized company but becasue of where they are located (lots of traffic and communiting) and the industry they are not as picky as other firms so I may have a better chance.

So everything sounds good that you have but I would send your resume out to a headhunter and see if you can start at a small boring company first and work your way into the marketing industry that way.

Good luck

Centennial College: Business Administration- Business Operations Management (Co-op)