Area Field Manager | HHP | Samsung SA
Johannesburg, South Africa | 2010 - present

Consumer Goods, Fashion and Retail

In Trade Marketing -
Ensure execution of business' best practices, ensuring business effectiveness and seamless customer experience,
Provide innovative solutions and service excellence to ensure effective sales and promotions of product, and supply of suitable stores through store identification and store build,
Contribute towards long-term forecasts and predictions, analyzing trends and highlighting areas of the business that may be developed further,
Provide input into reviewing organizational activities that impact on Trade Marketing and assist in recommending corrective actions if necessary,
To understand, anticipate and capitalize on changes in consumer behavior.
Manage sales targets and operational objectives
Monitor store ordering process in area of responsibility and take corrective action if and when required,
Monitor returns according to target, monitor stock levels in area of responsibility,
Monitor pricing and ensure mandate adherence,
Negotiate promotional activity if and when required,
Monitor POP implementation, monitor target achievement and implement action plans when required,
Monitor sell in stock and expiry dates
Address pricing and delivery issues,
Negotiate in store displays and space,
Monitor forward share in relation to market share as well as rate of sale,
Provide assistance to Sales Representatives and Product Consultants where required,
Ensure shelf health standards are maintained,
Manage sell in pre price increases.
Manage promotional activities
Facilitate the implementation of promotional grids,
Ensure staff and customers are informed about time frames of promotions,
Communicate promotional activities to field staff,
Ensure understanding of objectives of various promotions,
Ensure prompt delivery of POS material to stores,
Ensure sufficient stock has been ordered
Ensure promotional activities have been implemented and maintained,
Provide feedback to relevant stakeholders
Customer and Samsung relationships
Ensure a good working relationship is maintained with buyers, management and floor staff in stores.
Communicate all issues and provide solutions where possible,
Ensure staff follows call cycles and communicate any changes to customers,
Handle all queries in a professional and effective manner. Adhere to store policies and procedures at all times,
Manage and Training of Sales Consultants and Product Specialists

Field Services Consultant | Mobile HHP | Samsung SA

Project Manager | Unilever | The Creative Cousel
Johannesburg, South Africa | 2009 - 2010

Consumer Goods, Fashion and Retail

Responsible for successful planning, directing and coordinating the activities of a project
Project planning and monitoring
Risk and Issue management: Resource conflict resolution, scope change management
Ensure risks are highlighted and implement contingency plans - co-ordinate trend meetings.
Manage the client expectations
Responsible for the overall strategic management of the project
Budget resource planning and control
Primary driver for getting projects delivered on time and within budget, to the extent that the key project work streams being functional delivery and solution delivery attain these objectives
Produce project plans, manage drive and facilitate the delivery through various work streams of the project
Identify, quantify, communicate, co-ordinate activities, dependencies and project risks across work streams
Maintain a holistic view to the project and address peripheral & critical success factors such as, project staffing management, project morale, and training, project staffing issues, quality control and communication.
Direct and drive Training.
Responsible for the development and control of trade projects working in conjunction with sales managers and finance partners.
Responsible for leading the trade promotions team consisting of trade promotion analysts and trade promotion associates.
Participate in the design of projects agreements in conjunction with project partners.
Support growth by pre & post project analysis
Ensure that projects meets KPI’S finance reviews and campaign sign offs.
Constant re-evaluation and updating of campaign KPIs
Ensure risks are highlighted and implement contingency plans - co-ordinate trend meetings.

Managing Director | Marketing | Cider Point 79 t/a K Marketing
Bloemfontein, South Africa | 2006 - 2009

Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations

Manage day to day running of the company.
Key Account Management
Project Management
Manage events
Consultant

Project Assistant | Projects | Meta4 Marketing
Johannesburg, South Africa | 2004 - 2008

Travel, Tourism and Hospitality

Overall projects assistant in Events, Marketing Campaigns and other office related duties, responsible for temporary staff, sourcing promotional material, supervising promotions and activation, reporting to the MD

Contributing Editor | Editorial and Sales | Liberated Woman Magazine
Bloemfontein, South Africa | 2006 - 2007

Publishing, Printing and Print Media

Tshwane North College, Pretoria, South Africa (2003)

Motheo FET College

Bloemfontein, South Africa | 2006 - 2007

Certificate - Communication

Certificate in Communication

UNISA

Pretoria, South Africa | 2010 - present

BA Communication Science - Communication

BA Communication Science

Student Christian Organisation

Chairperson, 2002 - 2003

Chair all Regional meeting and activities

Student Christian Orgnanisation

Regional Director, 2003 - 2006

Oversee all Organisational activities regionally

Student Christian Orgnanisation

Member of the Natianal Executive Commette, 2001 - 2003

Participate in All National executive meeting

Student Christian Orgnanisation

Member of the Provincial Executive Commette, 2002 - 2006

Participate in all Provincial Executive council

Childline

Volunteers, 2001 - 2004

Volunteer at Childline offices in Tembisa.

CRC

Life groups Supervisor, 2011 - present

Structure supervisor, with 2 coordinators and 4 life group leaders, working with teenagers around Pta East and loving the passion seen everyday and younger fellows. Hoping to increase the structure and raise young influential leaders ready to take on their universities, High schools and to influence people around them.

CRC

Media Room producer, 2007 - present

Production coordinator
Producer and Camera director for live services linking to 16 other locations in South Africa and surrounding.