Gary Muller (Mba) Email & Phone Number

United States

Canada

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

After careful consideration, and a fair and equitable notice period with my previous employer, I returned to WBS to complete my MBA.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Manage half of the Bearings International outlet network (24 Branches across South Africa). Maintain contact with branch managers, team leaders, and regional stock controllers to gain feedback and resolve issues..
• Develop new business through the network, close deals with larger companies, and support sales staff with smaller business opportunities.
• Develop and implement call plans and cycles and implement targeted market segments.
• Supervise regional management each with 3-4 branches allocated.
• Manage the ordering and distribution of R300 million in stock.
• Visit branches to ensure organizational culture is being deployed along with evaluating sales representative performance and customer feedback.

South Africa

• Managed the blades manufacturing facility including sales, operational, technical and financial routines. Ensured colleague engagement and fostered an environment for achieving best performance. Managed employee change.
• Participated in the redesign and implementation of corporate governance measures for all departments.
• Worked as Chair of the Employment Equity and Training and Development committees. Sat on the IT, Pension, and Provident and quality committees.
• Responsible for the implementation of basic adult education for lower educated staff with the successful achievement of all students passing at the end of 2014.
• Supervised approximately forty people in various departments including engineering, quality, and production.
• Opened channels of negotiation with Eskom (state owned power utility) for business development and received the first two orders. Opened channels with the state-run Industrial Development Corporation for local Blade.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Responsible for the development of key business partners, suppliers, and customers. Ensured the successful growth of key customer accounts, and support sales managers in various negotiations including commercial.
• Restructured the Blades engineering team to ensure business effectiveness.
• Built successful relationships with key clients.
• Managed market penetration into Europe for third party and OEM applications.
• Successful implemented MAN Group Audit findings.

• Managed all sales functions and the leadership of sales teams. Responsible for all price negotiations and tender proposals including costings. Managed the life cycle of projects from enquiry to cash in the bank.
• Achieved 108% on all team KPI’s.

Gauteng

• Managed all sales functions around the import and local manufacture of spare parts. Identified and sourced opportunities for local manufacturing of products to ensure cost effective proposals to our clients.
• Supervised four team members and achieved 100% on all team KPI’s.
• Participated in and administered the first frame agreement for the company with customer Sasol worth over 100 ZAR million per year.

Gauteng

• Managed all project management and customer communications for specific customers.
• Achieved an increase in sales from one customer to over 90 million rand from 20 million previous.

• Managed network architecture and training and support of office staff.
• Sourced and planned system upgrades. Reported compilation and design for accounts and sales departments.
• Designed and implemented a new HR System; administered AccPac accounting software.
• Supervised repairs to office workstations including printers, servers, and telephone systems.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Management

completed a fully accredited Masters degree in Business Administration. My final dissertation in perceptions of salaries and their.

Map, Masters In Management

Management Advancement Programme

Igcse (International General Certificate Of Secondary Education) In 11 Subjects

Professional Development

Solid Works Essentials MECAD (2013) MAN Diesel & Turbo Customer Technology Seminar Zurich (2011) People Management and Leadership Kwelanga.