Alwyn Venter Email & Phone Number

Oxford, Gb

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for establishing and growing the Consumer Insights business for NIQ in the UK by introducing CI capabilities internally, building a client base through lead generation and generating interest in NIQ products and services.Duties included revenue planning, financial forecasting and reporting, managing costs, client strategy, lead generation, leading the sales team and leading the Global CI account for a major tobacco client.

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for establishing and growing the Consumer Insights business for NIQ in the UK by introducing CI capabilities internally, building a client base through lead generation and generating interest in NIQ products and services.Duties included revenue planning, financial forecasting and reporting, managing costs, client strategy, lead generation, leading the sales team and leading the Global CI account for a major tobacco client.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Randburg

Esports is rapidly growing worldwide and its no different in South Africa. With its successful growth over the past years, we saw the need for players to be recognised and also identified an opportunity for players to make a living from their favorite pass time, gaming.The company has multiple professional male and female esports teams which spans across titles such as Dota 2, CS:GO, Call of Duty, Overwatch and League of Legends, with a multitude of casual gamers.Responsibilities include:General management of the company;Recruiting top players to compete on a local and international level;Drafting and managing all player and employee contracts;All Human Resource responsibilities;Working with the finance team on budgets, payments, managing audits and balancing;Sponsorship and client relationships;

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

I head up various accounts including Vodacom, GSK, Multichoice Africa, Tiger Brands and Beiersdorf, and take responsibility for maintaining satisfaction and trusted adviser status with all clients. I focus on nurturing relationships and help clients develop sustainable strategies to grow their brands’ equity and market share by making use of sound research models, findings and learnings. Attached to this is the responsibility of achieving financial targets and creating / maintaining synergies and team work across various teams internally. I also have the responsibility of managing a team of researchers who share my passion for answering client questions and growing brands. My responsibilities include providing leadership and direction, career planning / growth and retention of staff as well as any other HR related concerns. Providing insightful reports, streamlining processes and innovation are some of my key strengths which I also share with those I work with.

Johannesburg

I am responsible for the day-to-day running of various accounts as well as managing a team of skilled researchers. This includes planning, prioritising, delivering results to internal as well as external clients, liaising with various internal departments as well as all HR functions for the team.

I work as part of a team involving brand, qualitative and quantitative specialists helping companies identify areas of development within the markets they operate. We offer a wide range of services which includes brand equity, segmentation, innovation, communication and positioning.

Leading a team of 11 researchers with more than 40 local and international projects to the value of about R20 million (approximately $2.5 million) for both local and international clients. Reporting to the Research Director who reports to the MD, I also developed numerous improvements in the business to streamline processes and improve efficiencies as well as relationships between internal teams. I am also responsible for training and coaching researchers to improve their abilities and skills surrounding research in order to improve the quality of work and insights delivered to the end client. I have plenty experience in conducting research in many different countries on all continents and am very comfortable presenting and leading projects internally and externally.

Moving to a smaller team of only 4 members I helped grow adhoc research within the company by adding different value-ads to client results presentations and reports. I was running 8 research projects to the value of over R5 million (approximately $670,000). During this time I developed my presentation skills further and also expanded my research knowledge on different analysis types and products offered. I mentored juniors and was also responsible for their development and sharing my research experience with them. I implemented and refined process documents to facilitate the change over from one data processing centre to another. I was still reporting to the Research Manager.

Still part of the same team I was given more responsibilities and more important clients to liaise with. I revamped some of the templates which were fairly old and did not represent the company's dynamic and young culture. I was exposed to more international clients and built strong relationships with them. I reported to the Research Manager who reported to the MD. I shared a lot of my knowledge gained on various types of research with other members in the team.

I was part of a small team of 5 members and responsible for about 4 projects at any given time for mostly local clients. I reported to the project manager whom reported to the Research Manager. I spent most of my time learning about the different areas of research and tools available to me. I worked on some adhoc as well as tracking research projects.

Lectured Business Management, Basic Numeracy, Entrepeneurship

3 Year Diploma, Marketing, Sales, Market Research

Activities and Societies: Rugby, Cricket, SRC (Student Representative Council) MemberN.Dip (Marketing Management)

Senior Matriculation Certificate