ANGELO KIRKOPOULOS
Mill Park,Australia
Summary
Compassionate, customer-focused professional with extensive experience across sales, account management, business development and architectural building design. Known for exceptional communication, client care and problem-solving skills, with a proven ability to build long-standing relationships and deliver high-quality outcomes. A versatile and motivated team player with strong mentoring skills, capable of adapting quickly in challenging environments. Seeking a sustainable, team-focused role where experience in customer relations, design, and sales can contribute to organisational success.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
Work History
Building Designer & Customer Relations Manager
Network Designs
01.1991 - Current
- Providing high-quality architectural design, drafting and consulting services for residential and commercial building projects for over 30 years. Leading customer relations, negotiations, project coordination and end-to-end permit requirements.
- Key Responsibilities & Achievements:
- Manage and mentor architectural drafts people in producing high-quality designs for new and existing residential developments.
- Complete architectural drafting, documentation, town planning drawings, and permit support (residential and commercial).
- Liaise with councils, engineers, builders, trades and owner-builders to ensure smooth project progression.
- Develop tailored design proposals aligned with client vision, council requirements, site conditions and budget constraints.
- Successfully delivered and contributed to a wide range of unique and signature architectural projects (see LinkedIn for references).
- Conduct issue identification, risk forecasting and problem-solving during design and construction phases.
- Ensure compliance with Australian Standards, VBA regulations and best-practice construction methods.
- Coordinate and prepare high-accuracy construction documents to minimise project disruptions.
Sales Representative & Key Account Manager
Flickers Australia Pty Ltd
01.2010 - 01.2025
- Representing a fully Australian-made fabric and textiles manufacturer. Business development, and representing on new line introduction, customer retention and warehouse coordination, including scheduling.
- Key Responsibilities & Achievements:
- Built the company’s customer base from the ground up, onboarding several major clients and generating long-term, repeat business.
- Managed B2B sales, client visits, order forecasting and CRM system reporting.
- Introduced new fabric lines in various qualities and expanded the business in the textile trade and intern involved into the hotel and hospitality linen market.
- Delivered specialised customer service to strengthen client relationships and drive repeated orders.
- Coordinated production scheduling, warehouse operations, forklift duties and logistics planning.
- Successfully maintained profitability in a highly competitive market impacted by overseas readymade garment imports.
- Key account management across active and new clients, ensuring quality control, timelines and product performance.
Sales Executive
Quick Response Fabrics
01.2006 - 01.2010
- Focused on key account management, Business Development with client relationships and retention, product development.
- Key Responsibilities & Achievements:
- Reversed a declining business by increasing profit margins by approximately 80% within the first full year, through process improvements and system changes.
- Streamlined order processing, improving delivery times and client inventory control.
- Managed major accounts, providing exceptional customer service to secure repeat business.
- Allocated fabric orders from dye house to customers efficiently, improving supply flow.
Education
Diploma of Architectural Drafting -
NMIT
01.1991
Skills
- Interior design
- Design research
- AutoCAD proficiency
- Space planning
INTERESTS
Spending time with family and friends, Sporting activities, Socialising and supporting others in need
Timeline
Sales Representative & Key Account Manager
Flickers Australia Pty Ltd
01.2010 - 01.2025
Sales Executive
Quick Response Fabrics
01.2006 - 01.2010
Building Designer & Customer Relations Manager
Network Designs
01.1991 - Current
Diploma of Architectural Drafting -
NMIT