Customer-orientated, strategic-thinking sales professional with over 10 years of experience in facilitating relationships, developing partnerships, maintaining top accounts and amplifying profit channels.
The capacity to cooperate with others and follow directions
Excellent organizational and attention to detail skills
Capacity to remain composed and professional in the face of pressure
Multi-tasking and self-motivated leader with expertise in expanding network connections, development and revealing customer needs to deliver solutions.
Tactical team builder seeking to leverage background into leadership role with dynamic organization.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
Work history
Reginal Sales Manager
Firm Barking Logistics, Nature of, Logistics and Retail
06.2021 - 06.2023
Managing the direct sales activities of agricultural growers and dealers
Outline and achieve distribution and growth objectives/sales goals within a specific geographic area through effective account management
Develop and review business plans and marketing systems for the organization
Recruit and train new dealers on all products in development and new to the market
Stay abreast of business/market conditions, intensively plan sales efforts, recognize new opportunities within each account and maintain the necessary territory records
Build and develop the trust and confidence of the retailer through knowledge of products, persuasive presentations, and overcoming objections
Provide educational training to accounts through seminars and trade events
Conduct sales meeting for area distributors
Marketing Consultant
Firm Barking Logistics, Nature of Business Logistics and Retail
04.2018 - 06.2021
Transportation services to ferry goods within South Africa and neighboring countries
Identify business opportunities and generate profitable sales in both new and existing accounts to meet and exceed new business revenue goals
Assist in the development and implementation of sales plans that support increased sales
Recommend optimal transportation modes, routing and frequency
Maintain metrics, reports, process documents, customer service logs and safety records
Ensure that all policy customs documents are in order
Building up rapport with Corporate Logistics Managers and FD's to secure transportation contracts
Marketing Consultant
Firm Old Mutual, Nature of Business Financial Institution
01.2009 - 03.2018
Develop and project manage an integrated communication campaign for RMM in support of delivery of CVP's
Develop, implement and leverage for distribution channels, Broker Distribution, OMF, Financial Education, measure, collect and monitor leads
Development and submission of creative brief to key creative agencies
Manage internal approval and feedback process for all marketing elements for content
Coordinates all messaging and information via News Desk to all departments pertaining new initiatives
Communicate internally the launch of products, campaign and support sponsorships and stakeholder objectives through PR and activation plan
Manage the Old Mutual Brand in terms of look and feel for all external messaging and creative executions
Working with advertising agency on all advert/brochure and website design
Working alongside Media and Creative agencies in a triangulated workflow to maximize the impact of all marketing and communication messages
Manage relationship with PM's to ensure that all marketing executions in the provinces are effectively done
Ensure efficient project delivery, spend within the budget and deliver according to plan
Undertake post-campaign analysis for campaigns.
Account Executive
Firm Mail & Guardian Newspaper, Nature of Business Newspaper Industry
08.2006 - 12.2008
Proactively sell supplements and surveys to corporate clients , government and advertising agencies
Attain nett income targets through sales to direct advertisers , agencies and government departments
Ensuring “yield” on revenue sold is at a profitable level at all times
Prepare, follow up and continuously update sales action
Building up rapport with clients to secure more and potential new business
Ability to resolve queries effectively without referral to management and with minimum conflict
Source and evaluate of lost/dropped business, determine the reasons in order to re-establish business
Account Executive
Firm E TV, Nature of Business National Broadcaster
03.2004 - 07.2006
Promote the selling airtime to Advertising Agencies and corporate clients
Attain nett income targets through sales to direct advertisers and agencies
Client Management Portfolio & Regular Presentations and negotiate all media buying deals
Building up rapport with clients to secure more and potential new business
Proactive/customize business opportunity to increase Market Share of eTV
Analyse competition and market intelligence.
Sales Consultant
Firm T Mobile UK, Nature of Business Cellular Communication
01.2002 - 02.2004
Promote the selling of T-Mobile airtime and its products to SME within greater London area
Assessing customer needs, providing advice on product and services and actively offer product demonstrations
Maximizing sales opportunities-selling additional products and services relevant to customer needs
Resolving face-to-face and telephone customer queries to a satisfactory standard
Complete sales procedures, stock checks in an accurate and timely manner to the required company standards
Promote in company's business objectives and maintain appropriate up to date expertise in product & service
Account Executive
Firm SABC, Nature of Business National Broadcaster
04.1999 - 10.2001
Reason for leaving Moved to UK
Duties
Promote the selling airtime to Advertising Agencies and potential clients
Client Management Portfolio & Regular Presentations and negotiate all media buying deals
Building up rapport with clients to secure more and potential new business
Proactive/customise business opportunity to increase Market Share of SABC TV
Providing feedback on all visits to clients via The Sales Manager
Providing sales forecast for the monthly and annual target
National Account Executive
Firm Times Media Limited, Nature of Business Newspaper Industry, Richards Furnishers
09.1995 - 12.1999
Reason for leaving Head hunted to join SABC
Firm Geen
Sales Executive
02.1990 - 08.1995
Reason for leaving Career advancement
Freight Controller
Firm Sun Couriers
02.1988 - 02.1990
Reason for leaving Career advancement
Education
Certificate- Managers of Others Development Programme (MODP) -
2012
Dip - Business Admin
Milpark Business School
2001
Diploma - Media Studies
AA School Of Advertising
1998
Institutions & Period Diploma - Business, Institutions
.H.I. High School, Communication Pitman College
1996
Skills
Team oversight
National account management
Brand-building strategies
Sales territory growth
Territory sales management
Excel proficiency
Communication and engagement techniques
Market intelligence
Energetic
Languages
English
Advanced
Timeline
Reginal Sales Manager
Firm Barking Logistics, Nature of, Logistics and Retail
06.2021 - 06.2023
Marketing Consultant
Firm Barking Logistics, Nature of Business Logistics and Retail
04.2018 - 06.2021
Marketing Consultant
Firm Old Mutual, Nature of Business Financial Institution
01.2009 - 03.2018
Account Executive
Firm Mail & Guardian Newspaper, Nature of Business Newspaper Industry
08.2006 - 12.2008
Account Executive
Firm E TV, Nature of Business National Broadcaster
03.2004 - 07.2006
Sales Consultant
Firm T Mobile UK, Nature of Business Cellular Communication
01.2002 - 02.2004
Account Executive
Firm SABC, Nature of Business National Broadcaster
04.1999 - 10.2001
National Account Executive
Firm Times Media Limited, Nature of Business Newspaper Industry, Richards Furnishers
09.1995 - 12.1999
Sales Executive
02.1990 - 08.1995
Freight Controller
Firm Sun Couriers
02.1988 - 02.1990
Certificate- Managers of Others Development Programme (MODP) -
Dip - Business Admin
Milpark Business School
Diploma - Media Studies
AA School Of Advertising
Institutions & Period Diploma - Business, Institutions