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Dineo Basetsana Raseroka

Dineo Basetsana Raseroka

Sales Manager
Pretoria,GP

Summary

Performance-oriented Sales Leader & Key accounts Manager offering exceptional record of achievement over 12-year career. Tenacious manager with strategic and analytical approach to solving problems, bringing in customers and accomplishing profit targets. Talented in identifying and capitalizing on emerging market trends and revenue opportunities.

demonstrated success in relationship building, negotiating and developing new business within targeted and assigned accounts. Strong analytic, quantitative and technical aptitude with great attention to detail. Self-motivated, driven and adaptable with proven track record of exceeding goals.

First Sales Manager to double Sales Revenue for Retail Electrical power & Industrial engines 2022/2023 financial year , growth percentage of 30% on both portfolio.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
6
6
Languages

Work History

Sales Manager

Barloworld Power
12.2021 - Current
  • Develop and implement sales strategies for Power Industrial Sales and Retail.
  • Set KPI Sales Target R 145 million for standby/Prime retail Market (Generators) at 16% growth & R 127 million Sales target for Industrial Engines at 11% growth, with a Gross profits of 18 % for Electrical Power & 30% on Industrial Engines per month.
  • Develop go to market strategy for new business
  • · Manage key accounts (WBHO, Epiroc, Sandvik, Weir Mineral, Glencore, Assmang, Sasol).
  • Led crisis management team and provided quick turnaround solutions.
  • Assist in recruiting top talent for the sales team, contributing to a high-performing work environment.
  • Negotiate contracts skillfully, achieving favorable terms that contributed to bottom-line results.
  • Develop key account relationships for improved client retention and long-term partnerships.
  • Revitalize underperforming products with rebranding efforts that resonated with customers'' desires.
  • Establish performance metrics, tracking progress towards goals and making adjustments as necessary.
  • Increase sales revenue by implementing targeted marketing strategies and effective sales techniques.
  • Conduct market research to identify new business opportunities and stay ahead of industry trends.
  • Optimize sales processes, streamlining procedures for increased efficiency and better customer service.
  • Develop sales strategy based on research of consumer buying trends and market conditions.
  • Manage cross-functional teams to execute successful product launches and marketing initiatives.
  • Territory management, optimizing travel routes for maximum client engagement and time efficiency.
  • Improve brand visibility with well-executed promotional campaigns and engaging social media content.
  • Grow pins by 15% & growth in Standby market coverage.
  • Managing and directing a sales force to achieve set target results (Growth & Profitability). (10x Sales Consultants & 2x Sales administrators)
  • Analyze and identifying trends in data to calculate a price that maximizes profits.

Sales Admin Supervisor

Barloworld Power
03.2019 - 11.2021
  • Collaborate with other departments to achieve organizational goals, fostering teamwork across various functions.
  • Identified operational inefficiencies and implemented corrective measures, leading to an overall increase in effectiveness.
  • Streamlined operations for increased efficiency through regular process reviews and implementing necessary changes.
  • Invoicing (Industrial Sales)
  • Managing of 1x Sales Admin & Support to 4x Sales Consultants, 3x key accounts, Operations Manager & Solutions Sales Manager.
  • · Job Costings preparations.
  • Exports trade & exchange rates experience.
  • · Managing order intakes & Firm back orders (EP & Industrial).
  • · Processing PR’s & POs for various cost centers.
  • · Managing the Industrial Cost Centre.
  • · Stock grissing and engine cost allocations (Industrial sales)
  • · Perform sales forecast for business planning for Industrial sales
  • · Warranty registrations for all CAT Gensets & Engines & Dealer Transfers.
  • · Updating pricelists.
  • · Managing costs for industrial & EP cost centers.

· Updating caterpillar monthly & Weekly reports, price & Sales.

  • · Updating of Stock reports.
  • · Weekly & Monthly Sales reporting.
  • · Sales forecast reporting.
  • Managing Industrial WBS for cost allocations (Closing of open WBS’s).
  • Prepare & submit Monthly Provisions/ accruals to Finance.

(Industrial Sales)

  • Resolving customer queries.
  • Resolving Debtors queries.
  • Processing of Credit notes.
  • Sourcing quote from supplier (comparing for cost saving).
  • Processing CRM service Job numbers for Projects & Industrial.
  • Processing of Import & Export Clearing documents for Engine shipments.
  • Sales support to Territories (Botswana, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe & Angola) – Quoting, Job costing, invoicing, shipping & Pricelist updates.
  • Submitting Invoices for Pos ’generated to finance for payment.

Sales Admin Supervisor

Bidvest Waltons
01.2013 - 11.2018
  • Resolved conflicts among team members promptly, maintaining a harmonious working environment conducive to productivity.
  • Oversaw daily operations of the department, ensuring smooth workflow and timely completion of tasks.
  • Cultivated strong relationships with key clients or stakeholders through consistent communication and excellent service delivery.
  • Improved customer satisfaction with timely response to inquiries, addressing concerns, and finding effective solutions.
  • Facilitated collaboration between team members on projects requiring cross-functional expertise for successful outcomes.
  • Managed budgets effectively, ensuring optimal allocation of resources and adherence to financial guidelines.

· Sales Support to 22 Sales Consultants & 2 Regional Sales Managers.

· Supervisor to 24 Internal order Clerks.

  • Managing Budgets & allocating funds to correct cost centres.
  • Generating Purchase orders.
  • Submitting Invoices for Pos ‘generated to finance for payment.
  • Managing price updates and contract reviews.
  • Manage all electronic, web & telephonic orders and making sure orders are captured accurately & on time.
  • Monitor inbound and outbound calls.
  • Update branch sales figures.
  • Co-ordinate monthly/quarterly regional promotions
  • Responsible for departmental Capex forms authorizations.
  • Ensure that all order clerks, buyers & sales consultants are briefed & fully understanding the promotion, incentive & product offer.
  • Analyse all credits passed to ensure that the sale is saved & rectify errors.
  • Prepare Weekly & Monthly sales reports.
  • Data analysis.
  • Ensuring that all quotations are followed through daily and lost quotations is reviewed, discuss, and correct to secure the business upon the next quote.
  • Back-order Management by substitute items where possible to full fill customer’s orders.
  • Assisting with general customer complaints and order queries.
  • Ordering of stationery for the sales office.
  • Co-ordination of supplier training and other training requirements.
  • Ensure that the department runs smoothly and effectively internally.
  • KPI monitoring and reporting.
  • Daily reconciliation of all orders and deliveries
  • Maintaining daily outstanding order records and deliveries.
  • General day-to-day administration of the sales office.
  • Reconcile petrol accounts for the whole sales Team.
  • Reconcile promotions & incentive payouts.
  • Management of annual & sick leave for all sales staff.
  • Conducting quarterly performance reviews for Order Clerks.
  • Conduction of interviews for hiring new staff for the Customer care department.
  • Electronic Diary Management.
  • Managing Leave Calendar.

Customer Development Specialist

Colgate Palmolive Co
10.2010 - 12.2012
  • Demonstrated strong product knowledge, enabling the ability to effectively address client questions and concerns.
  • Participated in industry events to expand professional networks and uncover new leads for potential customers.
  • Established performance metrics for evaluating Customer Development Specialist effectiveness, driving continuous improvement initiatives within the team.
  • Achieved revenue growth by upselling products and services based on customers'' needs assessments.
  • Processing of Monthly commissions to for Sales Agents.
  • Processing of marketing invoices regularly.
  • Opening of new accounts.
  • Creating purchase order.
  • Allocating rebates to correct cost centers.
  • Keeping Sales Management updated on their trade spend.
  • SAP master Data maintenance.
  • Processing & preparing of trade funding payments i.e. (rebates, co-op advertising, swell allowance, distribution allowance & listing fees (Spar, Dischem, Clicks & alpha pharm).
  • Accurate payments of the trade spend to customers as per trade agreements.
  • Compilation of sales ranking booklets and issue to sales management.
  • Processing & management of company accruals as per sales allocations.
  • Providing data, reports and presentation material from Nielsen, Diver system and customer databases in a professional and accurate format.
  • Culls sales data from employee and store reports
  • Collects data from sales reports for analysis.
  • Prepares sales forecasts, collects, and analyzes data to evaluate current sales goals.
  • Creates forecasts for future sales trends and presents conclusions to a company board.
  • Also responsible for the analysis of the data to support management decision making.
  • Researches and evaluates current economic conditions that may affect the organization's ability to sell its products or services in the marketplace.
  • Assists in the development of sales quotas and forecasts for the sales team.
  • Analysis and reporting of sales related data in an on-going effort to increase overall sales productivity.
  • Manage and analyze promotional stock levels at store level for increased profits.

Aftersales Co-Ordinator ( Contract)

BMW Group
09.2009 - 09.2010
  • Responsible for motor plan department account payments & Processing motor plan refunds.
  • Diary coordination for two aftersales managers & boardrooms.
  • Preparing purchase orders for customers car hires & towing invoices.
  • Assisting dealerships in suspending & reinstating of motor plan contracts for vehicles involved in accidents.
  • Manage & participate in adhoc projects as determined by management.
  • Creating quotations for motor plan extensions for dealerships & call Centre.
  • Allocation of payments for contract extensions (credit cards, deposits, cheques & EFT’s).
  • Handling all motor plan related telephone/email queries (dealers, BMW approved repair centers & BMW Technical)
  • Update customer details on SAP.
  • Provide feedback & guidance to Dealers where necessary in order to assist them in achieving benchmark levels of customer service.
  • Communicate regularly to key stakeholders through electronic updates to keep relevant parties informed of the status & of any issues requiring immediate action..
  • Contributed to business growth by identifying opportunities for process improvement and recommending actionable solutions.

Sales & Database Administrator ( Intern)

RS Components
01.2004 - 08.2009
  • Worked closely with data analysts to define appropriate data models, supporting their efforts to extract meaningful insights from complex datasets using advanced analytics tools and techniques.
  • Improved overall system stability through rigorous testing of patches, upgrades, and configuration changes prior to deployment in production environments.
  • Assisted in maintaining high availability of databases by performing regular backups, monitoring replication, and detecting potential issues before they escalated.
  • Company Database management on SAP & Synergy.
  • Opening of account on the system & Price enquiries.
  • Updating of daily Sales figures.
  • Coordination of customer surveys.
  • Sales support to 20 Area managers (reports, quotes, bookings, invoicing).
  • Running accurate reports for management (local & abroad).
  • Responsible for booking out marketing material.
  • Assisting Sales Consultants with new leads.
  • Booking of flights & accommodation.
  • Responsible for price amendments on system as per procurement department.
  • Responsible for website registrations & database management on two systems.
  • Organizing road shows for the sales team.
  • Assisting customer service department when understaffed.
  • Generating of daily, weekly & monthly Reports on excel for management.
  • Boardroom Bookings & diary management for three Sales Regional managers.
  • Assisting in Adhoc Projects.
  • Assist account department with payment allocations, processing of journals, processing of customer refunds, recons, credit notes & maintenance of the Age Analysis.

Education

BCom in Marketing & Management Science - International Marketing

IMM Marketing Graduate School, Pretoria
04.2001 -
  • Professional Development Studies:Wits Business School, Fasset Executive Development Programme (Women in Leadership) , 2023
  • Caterpillar Large Electric Power Solutions Sales & Application training , 2024

No Degree - Marketing Management And Research

Tshwane North College, Pretoria, South Africa
04.2001 -

Skills

  • Leadership & Team Management
  • undefined

    Software

    BI Data Analysis

    Salesforce

    SAP

    Excel

    Powerpoint

    Interests

    Reading

    Photography

    Hiking & Running

    Camping

    Timeline

    Sales Manager - Barloworld Power
    12.2021 - Current
    Sales Admin Supervisor - Barloworld Power
    03.2019 - 11.2021
    Sales Admin Supervisor - Bidvest Waltons
    01.2013 - 11.2018
    Customer Development Specialist - Colgate Palmolive Co
    10.2010 - 12.2012
    Aftersales Co-Ordinator ( Contract) - BMW Group
    09.2009 - 09.2010
    Sales & Database Administrator ( Intern) - RS Components
    01.2004 - 08.2009
    IMM Marketing Graduate School - BCom in Marketing & Management Science , International Marketing
    04.2001 -
    Tshwane North College - No Degree, Marketing Management And Research
    04.2001 -
    Dineo Basetsana RaserokaSales Manager