Experience

Goodleaf

• South Africa
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Feb 2023 - Present

• • Jun 2020 - Feb 2023

  • Managing P & L and commercials• Driving margin improvements and revenue growth• Managing overall beverage department & team• Marketing and Sales• Establishing and improving routes to markets• Managing Key Accounts with all major retailers• Supply chain optimization

• • Aug 2019 - Jun 2020

  • Building routes to market (RTM) for a national retail rollout of our first to market beverage range.• Listing with major retailers, negotiating trading terms and managing key accounts management (Vida, Pick n Pay, Clicks, Checkers Wellness Warehouse, Alpha Pharm, Spar Group, Total, Caltex).• Marketing – Trade, Digital, brand and experiential • Employing and building CRM & sales data flows• Overall beverage sales and marketing • Business development and growth



Zang Choocolate

• South Africa

• Co-founder & CEO

  • 2014 - Aug 2019

  Co-founded Africa's First Caffeinated Chocolate in 2014 and sold the business in 2019. https://www.entrepreneur.com/en-za/entrepreneurs/5-ways-the-founders-of-zang-chocolate-launched-a-new/328269 • Fundamental in the conceptualization, creation and launch of Africa’s first caffeinated chocolate. • Building the business and brand from the ground up • Growing the brand from 1 to over 2000 and listings in most of South Africa’s major retail chains (including: PnP, Clicks, Dis-chem, Checkers) • Implementation of backend systems and constantly refining the business in terms of efficiencies and cost saving • Headed up all key operational areas: Finance & accounts, Logistics, Product development, digital marketing strategy, HR, admin, production, and supply chain. • Raising capital and corporate structures • Presenting and creating complex growth strategies to a board of directors and executing these strategies to achieve business growth. Show less