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South Africa

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Klerksdorp Area, South Africa

Klerksdorp Area, South Africa

Retail Operations DevelopmentRetail SustainabilityFarmcity Brand Management

Centurion

General Management of FarmCity retail storesOversee IT, POS SystemsStaff Recruitment, motivation and managementBudgeting and Sales targetsAwareness Campaigns and MarketingProduct recruitment and Supplier negotiationsStaff TrainingStore Lay-outs and merchandisingReportingShows and ExhibitionsCommunity involvement projectsBrand ManagementMarketing

Centurion, Gauteng

Management of Prodist Retail divisionManagement of 3 FarmCity retail storesManage POS System change-overStaff Recruitment, motivation and managementBudgeting and Sales targetsAwareness Campaigns and MarketingProduct recruitment and Supplier negotiationsStaff TrainingStore Lay-outs and merchandisingReportingShows and ExhibitionsCommunity involvement projects

South Africa

Development and start-up of the LandMark franchise model as a division under Agrinet Brand development and brand managementRecruitment of advertising agencyDevelop and manage franchise marketing strategies and campaigns Registration of the LandMark brandDevelopment of the franchise policies and proceduresDevelopment and launching of training programs Development and launching of the category management program Strategic planning Recruitment and managing of business consultants Analysing and benchmarking store performance and implementation of action plans Presentation and Marketing of the LandMark franchise to possible franchisees Continuous gap analysis and franchise value add improvements Negotiations with suppliers Managing of franchisees Development and managing of operational systems Building customer and franchisee relations Organizing Agrinet and LandMark conferences Managing the franchise feesSet-up and managing the franchise management committee and promotions committee Store opening-, monthly- and national promotions Development and managing the LandMark Website and newslettersDevelop and managing of the LandMark online store Responsible for internal and external communications Store layouts, space planning and category management Store visits and evaluations Feasibility studiesProject management on store conversions and new franchisee openingsRecruit and manage the LandMark merchandising team BudgetingOrganizing Trade Shows and ExposSet-up and manage company owned retail stores as pilot shopsDevelopment and implementation of a “Living the Brand” workshop and coaching course Report to the MD as part of Agrinet senior management team

Gauteng

Sales Manager to Agricultural retail businesses (Key accounts: Obaro, Afgri, NTK, Coastal Farmers, TWK) Managing sales representativesDealing and negotiating with clients at Head office level Listing of new products with clientsBuilding customer relations Increase Agrinet market share Assist clients in farmers’ days, expo's Assist clients to increase their own market share Organizing and executing special projects together with clientsOrganizing customer specific promotionTarget and Budget settingOrganizing Agrinet ConferenceOrganizing exhibitions and showsReport to the MD

Gauteng

Start-up of the merchandising department within Agrinet Research on the effect merchandising and merchandising techniques in retail Recruitment, management and training of a merchandising team to support the Agrinet sales forceDevelopment of planograms according to merchandising principles on space planning software (Apollo and Dot Activ) Promoting category management to customersImplementation of planograms in clients’ stores Store layouts, customer flow and space planning Report back on implementationOrganizing Agrinet Suppliers-Customer ConferenceOrganizing exhibitions and showsReport to the MD

South Africa

Sales Representative to non-Agricultural businessesSelling of Agrinet products to existing customers Recruitment of new customers Customer service Building customer relationsRepresenting Agrinet to the Agricultural retail businesses (Obaro, Afgri) Selling of Agrinet products Listing of new products Building customer relations Customer service Assisting Agri-businesses in expo's and farmer daysReport to the sales manager

South Africa

Organizing of trade expo's Facilitation and co-ordination of national promotionsOrganizing of the annual Nampo Harvest Day ExhibitionUpdating of price listsReport to the marketing manager

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Marketing