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Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Cape Town Area, South Africa

-Successfully implemented a Business Development and International growth strategy increasing the sales/client base by 30% and increasing the turnover of product shipped to $18 million per year for our company - roughly $40 million in turnover for our clients.-Financial forecasting and planning allowed me to reduce overheads within our company by 25% and.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

-Importing Footwear/clothing/home goods to leading retailers within South Africa and Africa.-Successfully on-boarded to manage my own retail accounts and lead the sales and new business acquisitions.-Developed a business strategy to increase the company’s footprint in Africa and successfully secured the PEP Africa retail account which turned over $5m of.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

-Secured a large retailer - Shoprite and was promoted to handle the administration of the account.-Learnt the processes required in order to successfully supply large retailers with private label products as well as the complete value chain of our company.-I was responsible for product sample development, range presentation, quote creation, order writing.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

-Promoted to the sales team for all in-house branded footwear and increased our product range in order to capture more market share.-Administrating the full order process which included order capturing, stock distribution, stock Reconciliation and invoice generation.-Developed key skills for client acquisition and management, which consisted of.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

- Assisted the Head Salesman for the company who was charged with selling our in-house footwear brands.- Administrating the full order process - order capturing, stock distribution and reconciliation, invoice generation and receipt.

• Responsibilities:
• Business Growth and Development Advisor
• Financial Planning Advisor
• Business Strategy implementation Advisor
• Contractual negotiating and overviewSummary:Drawing from experience in the cement importation industry from my previous business venture. I have utilized the contacts built in this industry and focused on supplying a.

Import/Export company specializing in Premium brand distribution. With a focus on functional beverages and Craft Alcohol-Successfully secured the distribution rights of the leading USA functional beverage brand - 'Kill Cliff' in 2015. -I was head of the contractual negotiations and finalization. -Assisted in the Creation of the marketing and distribution.

CrossFit Training Facility and Franchise. BMC CrossFit Blouberg & BMC CrossFit Steenberg-Successfully turned around a struggling business in the health industry. With a passion for this industry, and by using my business experience, I re-negotiated a lease agreement and developed a clear business strategy, which resulted in a company turnaround to.

• Importation, Strategic and operational decision making
• Business development and Sales AdvisorSummary:An opportunity presented itself when interest was shown in the importation of cement. Utilising my business network I secured a supply of the needed cement as well as the.

Product Sourcing company, Specializing in promotional items for company activation's/campaigns.By Utilizing my vast network of factories in China, we focused on working with the clients specific needs and sourced Items which would compliment their company/brand/product, and increase the brand awareness.

Headed the negotiation process of securing the rights to this premium clothing Brand from the East and successfully launched it in South Africa. I handled the product costings and financial planning for the company, as well as location scouting and lease negotiations. Involved in the buying process.