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Johannesburg, Gp, Za

Gauteng, South Africa

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

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City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Focussing on:• New software technology and solutions• Licences• ResourcingTechnology Focus:• Microsoft Suite - D365 Suite, including Customer Engagement - PowerBI - PowerApps - Business Central - Finance & Operations• CRM• Qlik• Databricks• SAP• Board• Workday• Snowflake• Automation AnywhereThe role includes:• Developing trust relationships with a portfolio of major clients to ensure they do not turn to the competition• Acquiring a thorough understanding of key customer needs and requirements• Expanding the relationships with existing customers by continuously proposing solutions that meet their objectives• Develop trust relationships with a portfolio of major clients to ensure they do not turn to competition• Acquire a thorough understanding of key customer needs and requirements• Expand the relationships with existing customers by continuously proposing solutions that meet their objectives• Ensure the correct products and services are delivered to customers in a timely manner• Serve as the link of communication between key customers and internal teams• Resolve any issues and problems faced by customers and deal with complaints to maintain trust• Play an integral part in generating new sales that will turn into long-lasting relationships• Prepare regular reports of progress and forecasts to internal and external stakeholders using key account metrics

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

Financial Advisor for Strategic. an affiliate of Liberty focusing on:• Risk• Retirement• InvestmentThe role includes:• Creating and maintaining personal relationships with clients • Identify clients’ financial needs and discussed the benefits comprehensive financial planning to clients• Reviewed investment performance of overall portfolios, identified rebalancing needs, and provided suitable recommendations aligning with clients’ risk tolerance, time frame and goals• Provided client relationship support through management, gathering, and analysing client data, helping prepare financial plans and other client deliverables, and working with clients to resolve issues and other practice management tasks• Managed existing client accounts to the standard of a fiduciary and provided professional financial advice• Constructed thoughtful financial plans in the core areas of financial planning – retirement, estate planning, insurance, education planning and investments• Monitored client accounts, and met with eh clients periodically to ensure consistency with financial goes• Maintained complete records of client communications to firm and industry standards

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Lead and drive the functional excellence of Marketing, including processes, IT/Marketing automation platforms and tools, functional training and operating rhythm mechanisms. Lead demand generation and implementation of IB/Life Cycle programs and coordination between product teams, sales and marketing – for better commercial execution across geography of responsibility (GE Healthcare Africa markets). • Coordinated the annual marketing budget plan of approx. 5 Mil USD, in alignment with the overall business vision and ensure appropriate budget interlock harmonization with any/all appropriate marketing and business leaders. • Involved with identifying and defining, implementing and managing the operating rhythm and mechanisms for the Marketing function. • Design and implementation of marketing training programs with global players to increase marketing knowledge in Africa, as well as designed a ‘New Hire’ training program. • Responsible for the aggregated “voice of marketing” for the Marketing function by implementing weekly meetings/calls and common measurements. • Enabled the sustainability plan for key marketing processes and help drive lead audit annually to identify areas for improvement, ie introducing use of lead App at events. • Ensured successful implementation and training of all global marketing digital tools, systems and supporting processes, including tools like Allocadia, Marketo, SFDC Content and Zinc and Connected processes, tools and structure to deliver excellent wing to wing customer experience based on customer satisfaction drivers. • Worked on various KOL management projects, like setting up a KOL database and process for contracts and payments. • Involved with and managed various 3rd Party events globally, such as Africa Health, JFR, ECT and Africa Health Summit London, by supporting the teams with vendor management and compliance.

Midrand, South Africa

• Defined and reworked Marketing Budget Process for the Africa team. o Including Reporting and Budget Spend in Africa and automated, follow ups on outstanding PO’s (Paid & Unpaid). • Drove import of Clinic in a Can (movable clinic) and the Revolution ACT for Africa Health by ensuring all international and local vendors worked together. • Assist with various Marketing Campaigns, ie: o Africa Health Congress support. o Africa Innovation Centre (Multi-media Management). o Kenya Training Centre & Financiers Breakfast. o RSSA BISSA Conference, PCUS Road show, NOFSA, SASOG and Africa Health London Summit, ie managing RSVPs for these events. • Wrote an article on the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital and GE Healthcare’s support. • Work on specific advertorial opportunities for GE Healthcare to increase awareness of GE Healthcare’s product- and customer range. • Supplier Management, following up on all outstanding PO’s and Workflows to make sure that all suppliers and payments are up to date.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Responsible for all go to marketing strategies for Hardware, Software and Mining throughout Africa and Middle East. Developed my skills to operate in multi-cultural environments to increase company turnover. The original role expanded over time to go beyond software marketing for South Africa to: • Field Marketing Manager for Hardware, Software and Mining in Middle East, Africa (MEA); reporting to global managers. • Sales support for GE Mining. • Sales support for 3 other divisions of Energy Connections (Automation & Control, Digital, Renewables). Field Marketing: • Working in collaboration with marketing manager to devise annual marketing plan (Amount in USD for the year for MEA). • Outline quarterly schedule of marketing events, submit tactic briefs. • Engage sales team to initiate country event, generate invites, hotel logistics, marketing collateral, and setup. • Manage quotation process and all associated logistics. • Post event follow up. • Capture leads and monitor sales conversion in Salesforce. • Manage leads classified as nurture. • Successfully completed upwards of 20 GE and 3rd party events in Africa and the Middle East with an average of over 30 delegates each event. • The GE Lead events were in the following countries: o Africa (South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya). o Middle East (United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait). • Participation in 3rd Party events included among others (ElectraMining, Africa Automation Fair, Africa Utility Week, MESA Conference, AlAin Expo – Abu Dhabi, SAIMM Platinum Conference, iTC Nigeria, Mining Indaba). • Managed subscriptions which included (Leads 2 Business, Mining IQ, Technews). • Sales support for mining, ie customer success stories, designing collateral for sales team, created targeted marketing material for various clients. • Sales support for Energy Connections, ie tender scanning and initiating leads in Salesforce; assisted in the coordination of customer training sessions.

Pretoria Area, South Africa

CSense Systems sold process performance software to mainly mining houses to improve throughput and better their processes to better the bottom-line.Marketing Assistant with the following duties• Developed targeted content for key mining customers• Initiated and coordinated webinar sessions for key customers• Hosted three successful roadshows in Johannesburg, Rustenburg and Cape Town • Participated in 3rd Party Eventso SAIMM Platinum Conference• Designed and generated new marketing collateral including brochures, banners and corporate gifts

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Wax in the City was a high end beauty salon based in the centre of Sandton City where clients paid a yearly contractual fee and received specific salon treatments per month over the contractual period.Image Consultant• Sales consultanto commission basis selling various contracts, ranging from R5000 to R17000 in face-to-face meetingso Cold Calling• Exceeded targets over the 8 month period totaling R687k• Hiring and training of new consultants• Customer Relations Assistant – Resolving customer issues

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Air Supreme sold air compressors (Piston and Rotary Screw) and accessories to clients throughout Gauteng. This included services and repairs of air compressorsSales and Marketing Assistant • Front desk sales – Air compressor parts & accessories• Cold calling to gain new business• Customer relations – Managing service bookings and post installation feedback• Designed and created marketing collateral – specification sheets

Port Elizabeth Area, South Africa

Studies Bcomm Marketing & Business Management, Marketing

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