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Johannesburg, GP, ZA

South Africa

• Crafting SMME go-to-market strategies, including one that led to a ZAR 30,000,000 partnership between Zulzi and Checkers.
• Defining overall strategy and value proposition for the agency.
• Providing strategic guidance in target market validation and value proposition.

• Leading brand and product strategy, focusing on customer-centric initiatives and successful New Product Development.
• Building relationships with senior brand partner contacts, identifying category & shopper opportunities for collaboration.

Gauteng, South Africa

The Sparkup Co. holds a stake in Loyal1 and sits on its board and management team to assist with: 1. Defining and implementing the Loyal1 GTM Strategy;2. Defining the Loyal1 Product Road Map; and 3. Defining the Loyal1 Product Technical Architecture.

• Spearheaded the creation of a strategic SMME management framework and led the development of the SMME portal.
• Initiated a structured framework for enterprise and development activities, managing stakeholder relationships.
• Coordinated a multi-functional support team for the implementation of ESD support for SMME suppliers.

Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa

• Led a Consumer IoT project improving decoder communications across 40+ African markets.
• Reduced customer disconnections, boosting operating profit by over ZAR 45,000,000.
• Led projects aimed at optimizing MultiChoice Africa's customer value management across 50 African markets.

Tshwane

• Expanded the Namola safety app's coverage across Gauteng province, growing the app to over 100,000 users.
• Led the effort to secure project buy-in from key stakeholders, including the Gauteng Provincial Government.
• Guided a team of 18 staff members to optimize capabilities.
• Delivered an online platform for the Telkom Future Makers team.
• Managed the relationship with the Telkom Future Makers team

• Managed the USD 12 million RSA Beauty Care Business P&L, leading communication strategies for Olay and Old Spice brands.
• Utilized market data to identify opportunities and build effective, insight-led retail growth strategies.

Sandton, South Africa

• Restructured the POSM process, reducing wastage by over ZAR 20,000,000 annually.
• Redesigned the end-to-end process for delivering point of sale materials (POSM), resulting in a 300% improvement in on-time delivery.
• Led shopper-based in-store marketing, managing budgets, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Menlyn, Pretoria

Isando, Johannesburg, Gauteng

Training for my next role as an area manager within the Foschini Group. In this role I was responsible for store operations tasked with the following: - Managing key controls in stores;- Managing store staff + Dealing with customers;- Managing store turnover and expenses; and- Managing store merchandising and visuals.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

• Revamped product allocation strategy, increasing product clearance rates and improving revenue.
• Achieved weekly product clearance rates going from ~8% to 25%+ in the bottom 50% of stores.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Working in the retail sector:Attending various training sessions including but not limited:Merchandise planning workshopWorld class manufacturing principles workshopsRetail Cycle workshopWorking in stores as a sales assistantCompiling and giving presentations to provide feedback to my line manager on: My observations of the retail cycle and how the company.

Preparing tutorial lessonsFacillitating tutorial workshops for studentsMarking tutorials, projects and test scriptsInvigilating tests

Monitoring Commerce Computer LabsAssisting students with queries

Student

Attending planning meetingsOrganising training workshop logisticsFacilitating training workshops

Bachelor Of Commerce, Economics & Finance

Activities and Societies: 07/2009: Educational Development Unit Student Organization Founding Member 02/2009: Forest Hill House Committee.

Certificate, Retail Management

Education record