Virgine Proot is a Belgian businesswoman with over 25 years of experience in sales, customer service, and administration. She has held positions at various companies in interior design, construction materials, real estate, and fashion. Her most recent role was as a sales consultant at Van Marcke N.V., where she advised customers, organized displays, and reached sales targets. Proot has extensive computer skills and is fluent in French, with good proficiency in English, German, and Spanish. Her core competencies include organization, ambition, reliability, and a positive attitude.

1. Curriculum Vitae V. Proot 1
Graaf Jansdijk 156, 8300 Knokke, Belgium
virgine_p@hotmail.com
+ 32 478 31 00 24
°1967, single, 1 son
Business Courses
2013 Management Assistant, Cevora Brugge
2009 - 2010 Colour and Style Consultant, Schoonheidsschool Gent
2005 - 2006 Business Management Crash Cours, SNT Instituut Brugge
Education Details
High School, Modern Languages, MAKZ Knokke-Heist
1 year of Secretary Course , HTI Brugge
Work Experience
Van Marcke N.V. March 2014 – to date
Position held: sales consultant
Organizing the showroom with the latest designs and colors to make it attractive and
appealing, organizing showroom displays, keeping up with the latest interior design trends,
custom made plans made to customers’ needs , advising customers on the latest material
trends, offering the customers a tailor made, perfect design for their specific needs, making
quotes, reaching monthly and yearly targets, dealing with and follow up of complaints,
general customer service work, attending specific training courses, all administrative and
front desk duties
Virgine Proot

2. Curriculum Vitae V. Proot 2
Ollevier N.V. September 2010 – February 2011
Position held: sales consultant
Organizing the showroom with the latest designs and colors to make it attractive and
appealing, organizing showroom displays, keeping up with the latest interior design trends,
custom made plans made to customers’ needs , advising customers on the latest material
trends, offering the customers a tailor made, perfect design for their specific needs, making
quotes, dealing with and follow up of complaints, general customer service work, attending
specific training courses, administrative and front desk duties
Reason for leaving: company was downscaling because of negative economic situation
Verhelst Bouwmaterialen N.V. February 2008 – September 2010
Position held: key account manager
Making quotes for private customers and tiling companies, site work, bringing deals to a
good end, following up orders, planning the building sites, preparing invoices, checking
payments, dealing with complaints and general customer service duties, keeping good
contacts with customers and suppliers, all administrative work
Reason for leaving: better work conditions and salary offered
‘Tom Du’ Children’s Clothing February 2008 – December 2010
Position held: complementary self-employed
Prospection, organizing home parties , direct sales, feedback to mother company in Holland,
putting orders through and delivering the items to customers, dealing with complaints,
bookkeeping, all administrative work
Reason for stopping: due to family obligations needed to move, lack of storage space
Agimobel N.V. May 2006 – February 2008
Position held: real estate gestion
Supporting the manager by gestion of buildings in portfolio of real estate broker, edit
reports in Dutch and French for co-owners, retrieve quotes for potential renewal works,
recording year of balance sheet, checking monthly payments, dealing with complaints, all
administrative work
Reason for leaving: better work conditions offered and less weekend work

3. Curriculum Vitae V. Proot 3
Van Laere N.V. January 2001 – December 2005
Position held: site assistant
Attending meetings, reporting to internal and external contract staff, all personnel matters,
registering working hours , all filing and administrative work
Reason for leaving: temporary construction site for specif job Zeebrugge (construction pier)
NC DIFFUSION N.V. May 1997 – February 1999
Position held: self-employed Italian ladies’ collection
Prospection, organizing agenda showroom, sales, following up deliveries, dealing with
complaints, bookkeeping, all administrative work
Reason for stopping: childbirth (stopped working for a while)
Verhelst Bouwmaterialen N.V. May 1993 – February 1999
Position held: secretary
Informing clients about goods, keeping good contacts with clients and suppliers, preparing
invoices and checking payments, assisting specific trainings, all classification and
administrative work
Reason for leaving: needed new challenge, bad contact with local manager
Computer Proficiency
Microsoft Word, Excel, Winner, Outlook, PowerPoint (basic)
Languages
Dutch Home language
French Fluency in both written and spoken
English Good understanding of both written and spoken
German Basic, understanding quite well
Spanish Basic, understanding quite well
Core Competencies
Productive, well organized, ambitious, fast learner, driven and dedicated, consistent,
reliable, positive attitude, flexible , open minded, great affection for interior design and
fashion in general, eye for nice things, willing to learn and easy to adapt. Can work well with
all different cultures.