Senior Category Manager

• Jan 2023 - Present

National Product and Marketing Manager Johnson Tiles

• Jan 2022 - Jan 2023

Senior marketing professional working in the hard flooring landscape. Leading a talented and dedicated team to achieve great things. Senior marketing professional working in the hard flooring landscape. Leading a talented and dedicated team to achieve great things.

Product Category Manager

• Jul 2021 - Jan 2022

Working on growing the consumable lines in this well established brushware company. Working on growing the consumable lines in this well established brushware company.

ANZ Product Manager-Commercial & Agriculture

• Feb 2021 - Jul 2021

Category Manager ANZ

• Nov 2017 - May 2020

Promoting and marketing new products and concepts to customers to grow sales.Training and developing sales staff in product knowledge, selling techniques and organisational business processes.Managing direct and non-direct reportsMarketing, delivering and executing market strategy and development.

Product Manager

• Oct 2011 - Nov 2017

Key Responsibilities: Launching new products including trialing and testing products, and developing launch concepts.Managing products by working with demand, supply, warehouse and customer service staff to manage and support product lines.Managing budgets including rolling out and supporting budget growth and sales strategy in line with PPG ANZ strategy.Developing sales team capability and performance by conducting training and coaching in sales techniques, product knowledge and business processes.Delivering and executing marketing strategy to increase market awareness and sales growth. Achievements:Awarded PPG (APAC) Rainmaker Sales Award for gaining supply agreement previously held by opposition for over 20 years, worth $400k annually. Grew new business by 50% in the second year through planning, promotion and training of sales team.Awarded PPG (ANZ) Spirit Award – the top sales award for gaining exponential sales growth.Grew ANZ sales by 158% in six years to create a highly successful profitable business through promotion of new products, sales incentive programs, new purchase prices, and reduction of waste by discontinuingpoor performing products.Won international supplier of the year with long serving supplier, due to development of new sales strategy, promotions, training, marketing, and customer workshops.

Territory Manager

• Sep 2007 - Oct 2011

Key Responsibilities:Growing sales at all levels with direct and non-direct customers through product and application training, process and scheduling training, business management courses, joint visitsManaging expenses within budget including returns, re-works, credit card costs (accommodation, travel, meals, trade shows and demonstration costs).Conducting product introductions and rollouts at distribution and end-user levels.Installing and managing paint systems including setting up colour retrieval systems on computers.Running management meetings with distributors and end-users.Conducting training for distribution staff, end-user staff, other PPG staff in new products, best practice, application to then improve knowledge base, latest trends, cost savings.

Shop Manager

• Mar 2006 - Sep 2007

Managing/training staff, Quoting jobs, Managing crash repair shop, Painting jobs Managing/training staff, Quoting jobs, Managing crash repair shop, Painting jobs

Head Painter

• Jun 2005 - Mar 2006

Managing Paint shop, Ordering supplies, Painting Managing Paint shop, Ordering supplies, Painting

Head Painter

• Dec 2003 - Jun 2005

Managing supplies, Painting, Signing off jobs, Managing supplies, Painting, Signing off jobs,