Experience

Manuchar South Africa

• South Africa
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sales Executive

  • Apr 2021 - Present

  Manuchar is a leading distributor of chemicals and actively trades several other commodities including steel, and polymers. Key to my role initially was to market the Manuchar brand, our service and strong supply chain abilities in Western Cape, to create a footprint, establish relationships with customers in the market that would generate sales, increase profits with focus on high volume and further expand and grow into the various key industries in the market. Offices were successfully setup with 3rd party warehousing & distribution of chemicals to satisfy the market through our strong supply chain capabilities.



Carbocraft (Pty) Ltd

• South Africa
• Wholesale Import and Export
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Regional Manager

  • Feb 2020 - Jan 2021

  I had to establish new business and customer additions to the business for the Cape region as distributor of raw process materials and filter aid to: food, beverage, wine, coatings, resins, pharmaceutical, pet food, animal nutrition, catalyst support media to chemical and oil & gas industries. I had to establish new business and customer additions to the business for the Cape region as distributor of raw process materials and filter aid to: food, beverage, wine, coatings, resins, pharmaceutical, pet food, animal nutrition, catalyst support media to chemical and oil & gas industries.



Protea Chemicals

• Chemical Manufacturing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• International Account Manager

  • Feb 2019 - Feb 2020

  Chemical supply and export distribution to Southern, Southern-central and East Africa. Commercial Business development into African regions, Water Utilities tender participation, identifying key development and potential supply areas in Africa for: industrial manufacturing, consumer & home care, food & beverage industries. Travel planning to Africa with aim to generate return on investment.

• Account Manager

  • Mar 2014 - Jan 2019

  Account Management of customers, including key customers and national accounts for the industrial manufacturing, consumer and home care industries. Annual growth on budgeted figures, additions to customer portfolio, increased market share, gp growth and increased profitability.

• Customer Service Team Lead

  • Nov 2013 - Mar 2014

  Managing and motivating an internal sales team with the aim to satisfy customers, keep them updated of changes in delivery times, price schedules and new stock arrivals. Monitor team activity, draw monthly team activity stats for presentation purposes, increase sales and sales leads, assisting external sales team by facilitating sales. Attend weekly operations & supply chain meetings to address challenges, non conformance to be resolved and sharing ideas to optimize service delivery supply on time in full to ensure customer satisfaction. Managing team progress of regular market survey instructions receieved from business unit heads.

• Internal Sales Representative

  • Mar 2011 - Nov 2013

  Customer service, data capturing, process orders and confirm receipt, delivery ETA, stock delays, etc. Point of contact for customer queries and enquiries. Proactively following up on customer purchase orders, cold calling prospect customers to develop leads that assists external sales and business unit managers with increased market share and profit to grow their respective industries.