Khalid Cajee, Mba Email & Phone Number

Johannesburg, Gp, Za

Johannesburg, South Africa

CEO & Founder | K Cajee Strategic ConsultingCompany ProfileAt K Cajee Strategic Consulting, we unlock business excellence through strategic insight. As the founder and visionary, I am dedicated to partnering with businesses to achieve operational efficiency, risk management mastery, and sustainable profitability. Our dynamic leadership and expertise span diverse areas, creating tailored strategies that drive productivity, efficiency, and profitability across various industries.Key Responsibilities:Advise on strategies, business operations, gap assessments, and risk management for clients in the SADC region, covering sales, credit, risk, procurement, logistics, accounts receivable, and overall business operations.Successfully partnered with LVB Recruitment to meet national recruitment and staffing needs.Positioned the company as a sales agent for Go Rentals, offering device-as-a-service (DAAS) solutions for IT hardware, printing, and consumables in South Africa.Key Accomplishments:Consulted for IT distributors in the SADC region on strategic intent, leading to substantial revenue increases through the implementation of gap analysis recommendations.Spearheaded a regional restructure focused on customer-centric strategies, resulting in enhanced regional profitability.Implemented trade credit insurance policies, mitigating risk exposure and bolstering bottom-line profitability for clients.

Johannesburg, South Africa

Managing Director | Training Excellence (PTY) LtdDubai and South Africa(2023 – Present)At Training Excellence, our goal is to enhance and expand learning opportunities through programs that are relevant and responsive to the demands of the global environment, the dynamic business world, and the fast-paced society we live in.Key Responsibilities:Positioned Training Excellence as a leading organizational health, assessment, and training company, specializing in business and personal assessments, training, mentoring, and coaching to foster growth, alignment, and productivity.Ensured that our programs challenge students to think out-of-the-box, engage in active learning, and apply concepts and principles in real-life situations.Maintained a focus on delivering quality training and company assessments that exceed expectations and align with Education & Training Quality Assurance Standards.Contributed to the personal development of individuals and the social and economic development of the nation.Key Accomplishments:Forged a strategic partnership with the LWO, becoming the preferred training partner for their members, and successfully conducted ESG training programs, driving knowledge sharing and value addition.Delivered impactful leadership training and workshops for prominent organizations such as the Defence and Police Officers' Wives Association (DEPOWA Nigeria), showcasing expertise in leadership development and organizational improvement.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Promoted to an executive position after pioneering significant operational improvements and securing cost savings as National Credit Manager. As Head of Debtors-Regional Group Accounts Receivable Manager, I provided comprehensive leadership to team of 30 in management of all credit control policies and procedures, overseeing all aspects of the function from credit limit vetting and approvals to trade credit insurance and collections for groups debtors.Manage the business operations, strategic implementation and improve efficiencies in the Product Operations, Procurement, Returns, Service Centre, Accounts Receivable and Customer Resolution centre business divisions which constitutes 80 plus employees.Major accomplishments during this time include:★ Identified opportunities for development and improvement through careful execution of SWOT analyses of people, processes, and operations.★ Recipient of R7M credit insurance policy bonuses R3m 2019, R2m 2020 and R2m 2021★ DSO of 36 days achieved - Fin year end 2021 and 35 days Feb 2022★ Reduced return write-offs by 1% for 2019 and 2018. Currently stable.★ Succeeded in slashing aged stock level through improved supply chain management and logistics in the Africa and South Africa warehouses by R2M for 2019. Currently consistent performance maintained. ★ Increased bottom line year over year with improved processes for rebate claims.

Woodmead, Johannesburg

As Head of Debtors-Regional Group Accounts Receivable Manager, I provided comprehensive leadership to team of 30 in management of all credit control policies and procedures, overseeing all aspects of the function from credit limit vetting and approvals to trade credit insurance and collections for groups debtors.Key accomplishments during this time include:✪ Improved on the debtors’ days by 5 days ✪ Surpassed cash flow by R100 million ✪ Implemented robotics automation reporting

Bruma, Johannesburg

In this role, I guided, directed, and supervised team of 21 credit controllers and four supervisors in designating credit limit approvals and managing collections on 50K active accounts. At the same time, I owned responsibility for administering department budget and authorising credit limits to debtors and prepared reports for executive teams and presented at monthly committee meetings.Major accomplishments during this time include:★ Led implementation of processes that improved efficiencies and productivity of credit controllers.★ Transformed semi call centre into dialler system for collections, reducing overhead and improving performance.★ Reduced the bad debts written off in 2014 by 2%★ Increased business unit profit by 3% (reduced expenses - 2014)

With AIG, I was promoted to senior position after serving successful three-year tenure managing five national branches with 3K monthly accounts across three countries. In my most recent position, I reported directly to Board of Directors regarding the underwriting all policy renewals for leisure travel insurance division, a total of R140M and in the prior position, I reported to Worldwide Receivables Manager in New York regarding status of region’s campaign independence and prepared direct reports for reviewing deadlines.Key accomplishments during this time include: ✪ Ensured compliance with Sabanes Oxley (SOX) and US framework documents.✪ Served effectively as matrix boss for 18 credit controllers across African continent.

In this role I guided, directed and supervised the groups debtors for 5 national branches in South Africa, as well as Kenya, and UgandaI reported monthly to Worldwide Receivables Manager for AIG (New York) regarding status of the Region’s Campaign Independence. Major accomplishments during this time include: ✪ Reduced working capital & debtors’ days by 1%.✪ Worked in & managed African countries, worked with teams across the globe reporting into New York & the UK.✪ Implemented and project managed the S3 suite of Systems for Accounts Receivable.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business

B Com Specialising In Hr Management, Strategic Management, Human Resource Management

Credit Management, Passed Credit Management Parts 1, 2 & 3 Cum Laude.

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