I'm a family guy and 'part-time' key accounts manager with specialist experience in the retail sector. At work I'm a builder of profitable and long-lasting relationships - with clients across South Africa and into many countries in Africa - solving client problems, smoothing business processes, leading target achievement, growth, and profitability. QUICK CAREER SUMMARY:• 20 Years’ in Sales and Key Accounts, with special success in the Retail sector• 100% record of on-target achievement, despite declining market• Graduate of GIBS management programme• Graduate of Dale Carnegie strategic selling programmeENDORSEMENTS:★ “robust leadership”• “Steven joined us in 2014… he is responsible for not only managing the largest software sales portfolio within our organisation, but he is responsible for 70% of the video gaming software for South Africa… he is renowned in the industry for his sense of clarity and direction in a business space which thrives only on robust leadership…-Haidee Lemon, GM,Prima Interactive★ “excelled”• “He has a firm grip on commercial insights, market intelligence, consumer insights, popular culture and retail… he has excelled in all of these disciplines and this is why he keeps fulfilling his roles beyond expectations.”-Haidee Lemon, GM,Prima Interactive★ “highly in-tune”• “I’ve had the pleasure of working with Steven for over 5 years… I found Steven to be highly in-tune the industry and relevant trends in the market… his thorough product knowledge and analytical skills assisted greatly in planning, forecasting and selecting the right product mix to not only achieve our targets but surpass them…★ “highly respected”• “He is a highly respected individual who has a reputation for being honest, trustworthy and a man of his word… he has added immense value to my business over the years.”-Dane Govender, Category Manager: General Merchandise,Spar Group★ “double digit growth”• “Steven was an absolute gentleman and shared many of the industry insights with me… he is one of the very few people I have the utmost trust in. The industry we work in is extremely complex and Steven has always shown respect… with his support I was able to show double digit growths year-on-year for the years we worked together.”-Mark Scott, MerchandiseManager – Cellular, VAS, Online, Marketplace,Makro SA
Listed skills include Account Management, Marketing Strategy, Customer Service, Business Strategy, and 3 others.
