Ilse Van Deventer Email & Phone Number

South Africa

• Responsible for the implementation and management of company funds through various accrual initiatives that enable the achievement of sales and revenue targets. • Create internal controls and processes to ensure adherence to budget expenditure and allocation. • Create and implement procedures to increase internal controls and maintain records for compliance. • Identify and reduce any financial risk through implementing effective measures of control. • Accountable for planning, managing and allocating promotional funding to key partners to achieve optimum sales and revenue objectives. • Collaborate with Account Manager Team to support the needs of retail partners to help drive sales and revenue objectives. • Lead distributor engagements and discussions on agreed promotional plans and related funding allocation. • Review accruals and agree on optimal utilisation of funding. • Provide corrective measures for funding over expenditure. • Manage and coordinate audit process in a timely manner to align with business requirements.• Conduct internal auditing to ensure alignment with agreed promotional support within agreed timeframe. • Ensure complete, accurate and timely audit information is reported to the Business Unit (BU) to ensure timely payments to partners. • In conjunction with Account Manager Team, capture, consolidate and review partner invoices and billings to ensure agreed funding utilisation.• Provide accurate reporting and analysis to company management on status of accounts and financial position to guide decision making. • Identify areas and opportunities to reduce costs.• Review distributor reporting for data accuracy and integrity that is used to calculate eligible rebates and promotional support.

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

• Serve as the primary link of communication (point of contact) between customers and business internally. • Develop and sustain business relationships with partners that foster mutually beneficial objectives and use these relationships to develop new business opportunities.• Understand partner’s business, objectives and metrics to drive profit and partner success.• Continuously focus on sales growth execution and sales target achievement. • Create joint business and marketing plans by account, execute campaigns and measure return on investments. • Gain business insight and analytics about the market, consumer behaviours and competitor strategies by anticipating competition and building an active plan. • Ensure alignment between Microsoft and distributor on product planning, forecasting and order cycles to ensure optimum stock levels to meet demand.• Capture, consolidate and analyse the performance of products to ensure objectives are met and ensure corrective measures are taken where needed to address areas of underperformance.• Ensure business and partner compliance.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Revenue forecasting and demand planning• Management and alignment of category sell in and sell thru • Budget management and seasonality• Profitability management• Category performance management• Channel management of distributors, resellers and partners (retail and commercial)• Business development within retail and commercial channels• Revenue tracking against spend • Retail and commercial sales planning • Deal based promotions with partners • Inventory management and sell out across distributors, resellers and partners• Product lifecycle management• Marketing strategy setting and implementation• Prepare launch plans and go to market strategies • Account management and planning • Data mining and analysis • Relationship management – internal and external stakeholders• Operational tasks

Lonehill, Johannesburg

As a highly skilled and experienced Product and Marketing Manager, I am currently employed at Prima Interactive, a leading value-added distributor of consumer electronic goods. I oversee a product portfolio which consists of three acquainted international brands within the South African market context. With six and a half years of experience as a Product and Marketing Manager, I am adept in budget setting, forecasting, product planning and pricing strategy development and implementation.

Pretoria Area, South Africa

• Pastel inventory• General assistance to Managing Director

Pretoria Area, South Africa

• Warranty claims• Service bookings• Customer enquiries

Pretoria Area, South Africa

• General administration• Client confidential work• Invoicing

London, United Kingdom

• General supervisory duties and responsibilities• Cashing up• Banking• Opening and locking-up of store

B.Com Honours Marketing Management, Marketing Management

Major subjects: Branding and Visual Identity, Developmental Communication, Direct Marketing, Honours Script, Marketing of Services.

B.Com Marketing Management, Marketing/Marketing Management, General

Major subjects: Communication Management, Marketing Management and Organisational Management. Achievements: Won third place in the 3rd.

Digital Marketing Professional Course (Diploma), Digital Marketing

Modules: Digital Marketing Strategy and Planning, Email Marketing, Search Engine Optimisation, Pay-Per-Click Advertising, Digital Display.

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