Meilin Wan
VP, Textile Sales, Traceability, Transparency and Trust in supply chains using innovative molecular solutions
- Role
- Vice President, Textile Sales at Bnb Plus
- Location
- Stony Brook, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Meilin Wan
I am the Vice President for Textiles at Applied DNA Sciences based in New York. I am responsible for providing clients with innovative molecular business solutions to preserve the integrity of products, assure quality and enable responsible and sustainable sourcing practices globally. I lead the team to create commercial solutions under the CertainT platform for providing \"forensic and authentic proof\" for products that utilize materials such as cotton, synthetics, recycled PET, wool, viscose, leather, down and feather, and specialty coatings. For over 18 years, I have worked in the bioscientific field transforming the use forensic DNA and nanotechnologies into useful and novel consumer and industrial driven applications. Business development, marketing and sales manager for multinational partners and clients including Louis Dreyfus Company, Reliance Industries, GHCL, The Himatsingka Group, Loftex Home USA, American & Efird, CF Martin & Company, and other Fortune 500 companies.
Experience
Vice President, Textile Sales
Jan 2014 — Present · Stony Brook, NY, US
Leads sales, marketing and PR teams to develop annual sales, marketing and pr plans • Directs sales forecasting activities and sets performance goals accordingly. • Develops B2B business models and programs for customer acquisition and market development • Prepares periodic sales report showing sales volume, potential sales, and areas of proposed client base expansion. • Meets with key clients, partners, sales representatives with maintaining relationships and negotiating and closing deals. • Develops and delivers presentations to key clients in coordination with sales representatives. • Analyzes and controls expenditures of division to conform to budgetary requirements. • Represents company at trade association meetings to promote products and services • Directs staffing, training, and performance evaluations to develop and control sales. • Directs channel development activity and coordinates sales distribution by establishing sales territories, quotas, and goals. • Develops sales commission and incentive programs. • Reviews market analyses to determine customer needs, price schedules. • Monitor competitive and market activity and provide feedback to executive management team
Education
University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business
Visiting Scholar
1997 — 1998
The University of Western Australia
Business, Management and Marketing
1989 — 1993
The University of Western Australia
Bachler of Commerce, Hons, Associate Lecturer
1993 — 1995
Methodist Ladies' College Claremont
High School
1982 — 1988
The University of Notre Dame Australia
Graduate, Strategic Management
1994 — 1997
University of Toronto - Woodsworth College
Visiting Scholar
1995 — 1997
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