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Lekganyane Enos Maponya

Business Development Specialist
Centurion
Lekganyane Enos Maponya

Summary

Versatile Business Development Associate highly effective at generating leads, developing pipelines, and closing sales. Offering over 4 years of experience in identifying new revenue streams and potential clients to meet growth objectives. Thrives on challenge and competition.
Extremely motivated to constantly develop my skills and grow professionally. I have gained 10 years of experience in the banking industry, including various divisions such as bad debt collection, pre-legal, finance, sales, and specialized recovery units.

Overview

11
years of professional experience
5
years of post-secondary education
5
Certifications
5
Languages

Work History

BMW

Business Development Associate
06.2022 - Current

Job overview

• Maintaining a consistent pipeline of qualified leads.

  • Developed business pipeline using cold and warm techniques.

• Building relationships with potential clients and partners through networking, outreach, and marketing efforts.

• Working hand in hand with all BMW, MINI, and BMW Motorrad dealerships.

• Discussing Motorplan options with customers.

• Assisting customers with trade-in evaluation and finance options.

• Arranging test drives for customers.

• Analyzing market trends and competitor activities to inform business decisions.

• Developing and implementing strategies to increase sales and revenue growth.

• Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including marketing, sales, and product development, to drive new business initiatives.

• Attending industry events and conferences to generate leads and stay up to date on industry trends.

• Negotiating contracts and agreements with clients and partners.

• Maintaining a strong understanding of the organization’s products or services and effectively communicating their value proposition to potential clients.

• Tracking and reporting on sales and business development activities to internal stakeholders.

  • Negotiated contracts and closed sales with new and existing clients.
  • Enhanced sales techniques and marketing plans to strengthen business development efforts.
  • Opened over 900 new accounts, exceeding goals 130%+.
  • Incorporated product changes into marketing messages to drive customer engagement and maximize profits.
  • Exceeded target individual average revenue goals year over year.

Wesbank

Specialized Recovery Agent - CLO
10.2017 - 04.2022

Job overview

  • Reviewed 50 accounts per day that were behind on payment to decide appropriate action.
  • Collect money in arrears or alienated assets from clients in an assertive and professional manner.
  • Ensuring every effort is made to rehabilitate accounts before assets are repossessed.
  • Strive toward an ideal outcome of the tracing process by re-arranging payment agreements, informing clients that failure to settle the matter amiably will demand further repossession actions as per the Debtors Act.
  • Street-wise - in building networks on the ground and have a sound knowledge of the geographical area to allow for effective, quick tracing of people and goods in a diplomatic and sometimes covert manner.
  • Optimise work through the application of learning experiences.
  • Delivers customer service through adherence to quality service standards.
  • Contributes to cost efficiencies.
  • Analyses work and makes proactive suggestions to improve the quality of processes and customer service.
  • Ensures operational excellence through the delivery of work processes according to defined quality standards.
  • Contributes to teamwork.
  • Achieves targets within legislated deadlines.
  • Ensures that business processes comply with the applicable regulations and legislations.
  • Performs operational tasks and prepares regular reports to enable business analysis and decision making.
  • Engages in activities for own development.
  • Policing – Taking risks and accountability.
  • Sheriff – working close for court order purposes and summons issuing.
  • On road collections experience.

WesBank

Pre-Legal Debt Recovery Specialist
09.2016 - 10.2017

Job overview

  • Inbound and outbound calling using dialer and interaction desktop system.
  • Sound relationships with external parties.
  • Sound relationships with internal parties.
  • Verify and update the database with correct client information.
  • Receive and analyze queries Identify and negotiate appropriate action within delegation of authority.
  • Follow up on payment arrangements not kept.
  • Communicate payment demands, arrangements and consequences.
  • Arrears collections on all WesBank,Toyota and Volkswagen vehicle loans customers.
  • Used probing techniques to determine debtors' reasons for delinquency.
  • Maintenance Section 129 process Management (Issue, Posting, Sheriff, Follow ups)
  • Prepare Payments requests of various accounts.
  • Working hand in hand with field agent to recovery vehicle in massive arrears.
  • Maintained high volume of calls and met demands of busy and productive group.
  • Registered information of customers on database, collecting credit history, financial statements and personal details to preserve accurate records.
  • Initiated repossession process or service disconnection upon failure of other collection methods.

Wesbank

Contact Centre Marketer
04.2016 - 09.2017

Job overview

• Receives loaded and validated deals, converts, and concludes the actual sale, and structures deals as per the clients' needs.
• Meets production targets (sales objectives), such as Rand Value, Non-interest Revenue, Value Added Products.
• Conversion of Approved New Business Applications, First Time Approval, Number of Outbound Calls/Productivity.
• Lead Management within agreed standards.
• Contributes to profitability and managing returns, and provides quotes within mandates, as predefined on the system.
• Prepares credit submissions for judgmental assessments.
• Manages teams within the context of defined processes, sets required performance parameters, and acts as a technical coach where required.
• Implements people resource planning in line with delivery and performance objectives, on budget and in partnership with specialized areas.

  • Worked closely with F&Is team to close off deals
  • Work with all dealerships in the country to maximize profit.
  • Cultivated strong and successful client relationships by being key point of contact for questions and concerns.
  • Conducted market research to identify customer needs and preferences.
  • Exceeded targets consistently, pursuing multiple prospecting avenues to keep leads and sales high.
  • Tracked sales data to understand current trends and proactively capitalize on emerging opportunities.
  • Networked and coordinated with colleagues, media representatives and other professionals to implement multi-channel strategies.
  • Grew business by generating new referrals and sustaining strong pipelines from existing partners.

Wesbank

Specialized Collections Agent
01.2014 - 09.2017

Job overview

• Monitor accounts on a daily basis.
• Identify outstanding accounts receivable.
• Investigate historical data for debts and bills.

• Take actions to encourage timely payments.
• Process payments and refunds.
• Monitor client payments using the internal core system and negotiate re-payment of shortfalls with clients.
• Provide correspondence regarding their accounts via SMS, e-mail, and letters.
• Monitor the firm’s accounts receivable and identify overdue accounts.
• Contact customers with overdue accounts and attempt to collect the overdue amount or negotiate a payment plan to collect it in installments.
• Use credit bureau data, post office information, internet searches, and other tools to locate customers who have moved or changed phone numbers.
• Maintain records of contacts and attempted contacts with delinquent account customers as well as records of any payments collected from the customer.
• Resolve customer issues and complaints concerning billing.
• Submit regular reports on the status of unpaid accounts and any repayment progress.

  • Counseled debtors on payment options and arranged installment agreements.
  • Complied with fair debt practices and regulatory guidelines and kept current with changing regulations.
  • Negotiated to collect balance in full.
  • Used skip tracing and other techniques to locate debtors.
  • Negotiated re-payment plans by identifying causes of delinquent payments to assist in recovery of debt and meet realistic timeframes.

Shoprite Checkers

Cashier
01.2013 - 05.2013

Job overview

  • Worked closely with shift manager to solve problems and handle customer concerns.
  • Worked flexible schedule and extra shifts to meet business needs.
  • Answered questions about store policies and addressed customer concerns.
  • Greeted customers entering store and responded promptly to customer needs.
  • Balancing cash registers.
  • Handling returns, exchanges and complaints.
  • Answering phones as needed.
  • Maintaining a safe and clean work environment.
  • Promoting customer loyalty plans.
  • Training and developing new cashiers.
  • Helping fellow cashiers solve problems.
  • Helping with stocking, cleaning and other duties as needed.

Education

Bankseta
BUILDING C2, ECO ORIGIN OFFICE PARK, 349 WITCH-HAZ

NQF Level 3 from Organizational Leadership
06.2013 - 11.2014

Kwena Molapo
Plot 22, Bultfontein, Malibongwe, Fourways

Matric from Business And Managerial Economics
10.2011 - 12.2012

Cornerstone
BUILDING C2, ECO ORIGIN OFFICE PARK, 349 WITCH-HAZ

NQF Level 4 from Banking And Financial Support Services
01.2017 - 12.2018

Skills

Account development

Lead Generation

Product knowledge

Product and service sales

Point of sale operation

Active Listening

Consultative Sales

Product Knowledge

Email Campaigns

Staff Training

Social Media Marketing

Project Management

CRM Software

Certification

NQF Level 4| 2016 - 2017

Accomplishments

  • Top performer over 11 months at all departments I worked and companies.
  • Consistency in productivity.
  • Generated massive profit for BMW and WesBank.
  • Managed to get over 10 settlement on Bad-Debts accounts.
  • Repossessed over 50 vehicles month and collected over 80 payments.
  • Resolved product issue through consumer testing.
  • Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
  • Achieved over 35 sales in a year by completing over 100 opportunities monthly with accuracy and efficiency.
  • Supervised team 10 staff members as a 2IC.
  • Achieved monthly target through effectively helping the team.

Interests

Becoming permanent - Brand Ambassador- Advanced Driving- Completing my Degree

Reference:

BMW:

David Sorsoli - 0800600555 option 5 and David.Sorsoli@partner.bmw.co.za 

Lyle Goddard - 0800600999 and Lyle.Goddard@partner.bmw.co.za

WesBank:

Zelda Sekhonyane - 0663022314/0116326000

Nathan Francis - 0116323182

Checkers Northride:

0112511940

Timeline

Business Development Associate

BMW
06.2022 - Current

Specialized Recovery Agent - CLO

Wesbank
10.2017 - 04.2022

Cornerstone

NQF Level 4 from Banking And Financial Support Services
01.2017 - 12.2018

Pre-Legal Debt Recovery Specialist

WesBank
09.2016 - 10.2017

Contact Centre Marketer

Wesbank
04.2016 - 09.2017

Specialized Collections Agent

Wesbank
01.2014 - 09.2017

Bankseta

NQF Level 3 from Organizational Leadership
06.2013 - 11.2014

Cashier

Shoprite Checkers
01.2013 - 05.2013

Kwena Molapo

Matric from Business And Managerial Economics
10.2011 - 12.2012
Lekganyane Enos MaponyaBusiness Development Specialist