As an accomplished leader, brand ambassador with deep operational and leadership experience gained across working with multinational and multicultural working environment, I have gained valuable knowledge and experiences in Brand Management, Retail Sales and Marketing Management, B2C and B2B management, Distributor Management & Key Account Management in the Eastern Africa Region while working with different well recognized brands. For over a period of 9 years, I have held Retail& Sales leadership roles in Home Entertainment and Home appliances industry in South Korea domestic market and the larger Eastern Africa market, managing the end to end business in the region with P&L and ROI accountability. Am loyal and honest, always acting with highest standard of integrity at personal and professional level, goal driven, highly organized, dynamic and immensely passionate in my dealings with business and people, with ability to form trusted relationships with subordinates, clients and superiors. Am currently seeking a position within a company where my skills and experiences will be of value as well as reach career advancement. Competencies: B2C Channel Development and Management. B2B Business Development. Key Account Management. Distributor Management. Purchase, Sales and Inventory Management (PSI). GTM and NPI Strategies Formulation. Sales and Operations Planning(S&OP). Multi-Channel Sales and Marketing Management. Formulation and Implementation of Sales Strategies. Demand generation. ROI Forecasting. Activation, Merchandising and Experimental Marketing. Retail Sales Management. Price negotiation and Product positioning.
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Assistant Sales ManagerCasio Middle East And Africa May 2024 - PresentDubai, United Arab EmiratesAssistant Sales Manager for the entire Casio product profile taking care of Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and Mauritius -
Channel Account ManagerCanon Emea Jan 2021 - Apr 2024Nairobi, KenyaIn charge of channel Account for the Eastern Africa region:-Uganda, Tanzania,Ethiopia and Rwanda. -
Business Development ManagerBeko Global Mar 2019 - Dec 2020Nairobi, Kenya-Overall role is to grow and manage the Commercial Operations and ensure that the full range products are promoted to ensure budgets are achieved in East Africa.-Manage P&L responsibility for Kitchen Appliances in the Region,, focusing on sustainable positive growth in the sales.-Manage the month-over-month promotions and discounts for assigned products.-Overall Growth in Market Share for the entire Beko Product profile within the East Africa region.-Develop competitive Distribution structures and appoint distributors by market in East Africa (GTM), through establishing and Developing B2B sustainability channels.-Together with the Product Distributors, Develop 4Ps for better Price positioning, Create brand awareness, and increase market share/penetration.- Formulate and implement GTM (Go-To-Market), ensure adherence to the “Close to the customer” concept and well-structured GTM policy.-Develop new business product portfolio in the existing and new develop new channels.-Coordinating all departments in achieving positive and sustainable growth in the region.-Conducting competitive product positioning and differentiation based on market research, current trends and available business opportunities. -Account management of the Distributors (sell in, sell through and sell out) to achieve country volume and value targets.-Identify potential successors for all key positions within the department to ensure effective succession planning.-Provide direction, guidance and assistance to ensure managers are effective.-Monitor actual performance versus budget and take corrective action if necessary.-Negotiate pricing to be competitive within policy mandate.-Develop & implement effective sales plans and goals to achieve budgets. -Conducting competitive product positioning and differentiation based on market research, current trends and available business opportunities. -
Product ManagerBeko Global May 2018 - Feb 2019Nairobi, KenyaProduct manager for beko global incharge of 3 Eastern Africa countries(Kenya,uganda and Tanzania) managing Home appliances(free standing cooking oven,MWO,Oven,gas hoobs,Hoods) both built-in and free standing and Air conditioning product portfolio. In charge of Sales both Sell-in, sell through and retail sales. -
Regional Sales And Marketing ManagerLg Electronics Nov 2014 - Apr 2018Nairobi, KenyaAssistant Product manager for home entertainment division(TV and audio) managing 16 africa markets ( Kenya,Uganda,Tanzania,Ethiopia,Somalia,S.Sudan,Sudan,Zambia,Rwanda,Seychelles,Re-union, Mauritius Djibouti, Eritrea and mayotte)in charge of Sell in, and monitoring sell out.Checking on the product cycle and competitively monitoring the PRM(Product Road Map) and NPI(New Product Introduction) within the assigned region. Also formulating the GTM policies -
Key Account And Merchandising ManagerLg Electronics Sep 2013 - Nov 2014Nairobi, KenyaIn charge of Mobile division retail sales and Merchandising in Safaricom outlets and other modern outlets in Kenya market. Also as KAM for the other 16 markets in eastern africa region incl6udib formulating the GTM policies,monitoring EOL and product life cycle -
Key Account ManagerLg Electronics Feb 2012 - Sep 2013Seoul, South KoreaAs a Key account manager in Mobile division,I was incharge of Eastern africa region managing 16 countries specialising in product development, SKU performance, market analysis and business strategy with optimizing market share, ROI and profitability. Specializing on PRM(Product Road Map), Marketing budget and managing mobile product life cycle -
On Job Training (Ojt)Lg Electronics Nov 2011 - Feb 2012Seoul, South KoreaTraining on Best marketing practices, RTM(GTM), NPI, PRM, 4Ps+2P. POP/POSM, Merchandising, In-store Management, Brand Image Management and Product ownership. -
On Job Training (Ojt)Lg Electronics Jun 2011 - Sep 2011Seoul, South Korea -
Summer InternSk May 2009 - Sep 2009Seoul, South Korea
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Simon Mwangi Education Details
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Strategic Management -
Corporate Leadership -
Computer Science And Engineering -
Computing And Informatic -
Muranga High School
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What company does Simon Mwangi work for?
Simon Mwangi works for Casio Middle East And Africa
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Simon Mwangi's current role is Assistant Sales Manager.
What schools did Simon Mwangi attend?
Simon Mwangi attended University Of Nairobi, Canadian University Dubai, 서울대학교 / Seoul National University, University Of Nairobi, Muranga High School.
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Simon Mwangi has interest in Environment, Education, Children.
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