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Phillip Havenga

Relationship Manager
Potchefstroom

Summary

Key Account Manager / Relationship Manager with extensive sales experience and exceptional people skills. Versed in a strong sales background and developing and improving new sales areas and client base. Results-oriented, strategic sales professional with 17 years in the Sales industry and various sectors thereof. My motto - Satisfied clients are returning clients.

Extensive experience at handling sales functions and associated tasks. Achieved targeted sales performances efficiently.

Serve as liaison between company and high profile clients.

Build strong sustainable relationships with both customers and representatives from various environments in the Agricultural sector. Servicing a large demographic and spectrum of buyers.

Complete and capture all customer transactions up to deliver and invoicing.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Agricultural Business Manager

Hinterland (formerly known as Senwes)
03.2011 - 10.2023
  • Keeping track record of competitor activities and monitoring smooth sales functions
  • Maintaining necessary documentation and records of the sales transactions
  • Keeping track of market changes and collecting useful feedback from customers to improve sales efficiency
  • Accomplishing the established sales targets by effective marketing activities
  • Managed essential operational matters to ascertain achievement of the established productivity targets and gathered required feedback to establish useful control measures
  • Role of responsibility is that of Customer Relationship Manager in the Bothaville area
  • Serving the larger parts of the maize mecca in Bothaville
  • Building strong sustainable relations with the farmers in the area
  • Assisting them with acquiring all their production needs, ranging from Seed, fertilizer, pesticides and application for production loans
  • I have become very familiar with the demographic area and its farmers
  • Delivering the prospects of a variety of products from various companies i.e
  • Monsanto, Pannar, Pioneer, Omnia, Laeveld-Agrochem and other products
  • I work closely with other representatives in the agricultural environment and have established relationship with the different service providers providing excellent service to customers with consistent turn around times
  • The result of these relations gives me that edge to provide the farmer with constant solutions and up to date information
  • I have been involved in the agriculture environment for almost 11 years now.

Medical Aid Broker Consultant

Univision Financial services, Senwes Klerksdorp
05.2009 - 04.2011
  • Maintaining the current medical aid book by servicing 1600 clients with advice on their current medical aid or suggesting new options on various products
  • Responsible for growth of the current medical aid book by selling 9 different medical aids to support groups or individuals.

Sales Consultant

Mahareng Publishing (Get It Magazine)
01.2007 - 03.2009
  • Helping our client base with their advertising needs, selling advertising space to prospective customers and Companies ensuring that targets are made and handling my own administrative duties as well as budget and ensuring that our brand keeps selling and is recognized as the best medium to advertise in.

Education

Skills

Excellent organizational abilities to manage the sales activities

Proficient at negotiating financial terms and conditions

Strong team leading skills and abilities to function as an active part of a team

Good persuasion qualities to attract and negotiate with the potential customers

Supportive and cooperative nature with high critical thinking abilities

Vast experience in sales

Proficient with MS Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SAP

Strong ability to understand, explain, and implement sales and financing programs

Excellent organizational and communication skills

Microsoft Office

Word

Excel

Powerpoint

SAP

Personal Information

ID Number: 7902145079083

References

  • Drikus Conradie, Eienaar, Champ Water Purification, 072 383 8457, drikusconradie2@gmail.com
  • Kevin Smit, Head of Agricultural Business Managers, Hinterland Klerksdorp, 083 458 1306, kevin.smit@hinterland.co.za
  • Dawie Barnard, Managing Director, Univision Financial Services, 079 898 6641, dawie@rdx.co.za
  • Peet Joubert, Sales Manager, Mahareng Publishing, 083 227 0777, peet.joubert@enkelvolkers.com


Timeline

Agricultural Business Manager

Hinterland (formerly known as Senwes)
03.2011 - 10.2023

Medical Aid Broker Consultant

Univision Financial services, Senwes Klerksdorp
05.2009 - 04.2011

Sales Consultant

Mahareng Publishing (Get It Magazine)
01.2007 - 03.2009

Phillip HavengaRelationship Manager