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Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Cape Town Area, South Africa

I constructed 367m2 double story family house and guest house on Freshgrow farm, including design and procurement.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Covering Namibia, Botswana, Angola, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi and Mauritius.Responsible for the regional sales function, meeting all operational targets and sales goals, establishing budgets for each territory, and collaborating with Country Managers to achieve targets, processing customer requirements and maintaining strong relationships. Delivered regular market surveys to source new clients and target new market sectors.Resolved customer complaints, seeking a mutually beneficial outcome, investigating product failures, liaising with divisional and product managers.I maintained data on competitors / replicators equipment and activities, delivering reports to product managers, assisting with the determining of future policies and strategies.Undertook staff performance reviews, to motivate others and raise internal sales staff performance, helping to realise customer expectations.Assisted with collection of outstanding payments, monitoring debtors aging report, establishing cause and seeking to rectify. Produced monthly reports, delivered to Directors, reporting on sales achieved, and selected and recommended products, including applications engineering and technical solutions, increasing production and providing cost saving advice.Managed tenders and quotations, from quote, order to delivery.Liaised with Exports to resolve operational problems and queries, and led technical support for SADC sales team and customers, undertaking onsite trouble shooting and investigation of equipment operational issues. Demonstrated key technical competencies, undertaking pump selection and system design, trouble shooting and providing recommendations, creating pump circuit system curves, and optimizing plant mass balance.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

I achieved all set targets, working within budgetary parameters, establishing sales and expense budgets for the region, taking into account market growth potential.Provided technical assistance and after sales service to clients, maintaining existing customers and developing new business, identifying growth opportunities.Proposed pumps and equipment for various applications, using exemplary technical knowledge, and managed branch resources, maximizing labour and profitability, observing company workflow procedures.I directed product refurbishment, repair and commissioning, promoting in house repair centres and service technicians, and developed and implemented sales strategies and plans, introducing new products and applications.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

I initiated a successful Lettuce and Herb growing and packaging operation, establishing a website and producing all content and photography, liaising with web designer.Developed the business, designing and installing a fully automated 10-hectare irrigation system and packaging machinery. Undertook cold calling on fruit and vegetable wholesalers to establish a client base, maintaining 3 large long-term clients, still being supplied.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Secured solid organizational progression