Christopher Cox Email & Phone Number

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Expanding, modernising and growing SPL into the roaring 20's with a portfolio of extended offerings building on SPL's core competencies of extensive sourcing, fast lead times, great product knowledge and close customer relationships.My goal is to follow our customers into this new decade and support their changing businesses with our own offerings that can help them stay ahead of the competition. SPL specialises in helping OEMs provide high service levels in our region, and we're always willing to invest with OEMs on in-country stockholding to provide Same Day & NBD service. Why are we uniquely well positioned?(1) Pre-existing relationships with many of the service providers in Africa (4000+)(2) Expertise in dealing with logistics issues in an African context (3) Technical call centre skills and sales skills to beat the grey market -- highly knowledgable sales consultants, with a true service culture of "whatever it takes to fix the customer" (4) Ability and appetite to profile stock & invest(5) Software to manage logistics both forwards and reverse and provide visibility to our OEM partners. (6) Entrepreneurial culture and 100% ownership of our software and skills - if you have a good idea with us today, we're agile and able to implement it tomorrow.(7) 32 years old - we're a financially stable partner. We were there yesterday, and we'll be around tomorrow.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Service Parts Logistics is Africa's largest IT parts distribution and warranty management company, able to provide multi-vendor parts, upgrades and remarketed hardware (servers, storage, networking, PCs) on very short lead times. SPL is the authorised parts distributor for the region for:* Hewlett Packard Enterprise (full portfolio including sub-brands such as 3PAR, Aruba, etc)* HP Inc. * Samsung* Lenovo/IBM* Acer* Toshiba* Fujitsu* Lexmark* ServiceLife* Proctor & Gamble (Oral B and Braun brands)SPL provides parts for many other brands including large volumes of Dell and Cisco. We also supply Apple, Canon, Epson, EMC, Huawei, NetApp, Xerox and Zebra and many more as part of a full multi-vendor offering. Our bulk purchasing, and very high stock levels enable us to consistently have the best pricing and shortest lead times.

Johannesburg, South Africa

Helping IT service providers and OEMs improve their service levels and expand their offerings.Added new key brands and supply chains to SPL:- Cisco (super fast lead times on genuine kit - 3-5 days)- ServiceLife memory & SSDs (lifetime warranty, Samsung chipsets, beating Kingston/Crucial pricing)- Remarketed laptops, servers, storage & networking (with 1 to 3 year onsite warranties)- Lexmark distribution across English speaking Africa- Epson, NetApp, OKI, Projector Lamps, and many other smaller new commodities

- Developing and optimising PPC campaigns- Lead Generation- Developing web content / SEO- Copywriting & Graphic Design on print ads and promotional literature- Planning and coordinating business development events and exhibitions

- Worked with dozens of clients ranging from sole traders to multi-nationals, providing digital marketing strategy and implementation – including search and display advertising, SEO, web design, and social media. Please enquire for testimonials.- Project managed a freelance team to implement brand plans on time and budget- Forged a close alliance with marketing expert Peter Carruthers (GlobalWarriors.net) to reach international clients and offer a depth of services to these customers

Sandwich year prior to studying:- Managed a portfolio of accounts dealing with all aspects of online advertising campaigns using the agency’s existing contact networks to drive services uptake- Leading project management activity, explaining and reporting on activities taken- Researching new business leads and maintaining and building client relationships

B.A. (Hons), Brand Leadership

Won Alchemy Award (Innovative thinking prize for thesis)

B.A., Marketing Communication