Experience

Pesto Princess Foods

• South Africa
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sales & Merchandising Manager Gauteng & Inland

  • Apr 2021 - Present



Foods of Liberty, Inc.

• Food Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Brand Representative

  • Feb 2018 - Apr 2021



Rieses Food Imports

• 1 - 100 Employee

• National Sales Manager

  • Sep 2016 - Jan 2018

  Food Service division merging with Liberty Foods under Bounty Brands Food Service division merging with Liberty Foods under Bounty Brands



Arc

• Glass, Ceramics and Concrete Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Key Account Manager

  • Sep 2007 - Aug 2016

  • To actively drive sales through the existing customer base.• To focus on and develop the customer base where possible with any new Key Account customers.• Manage all aspects of the customer’s business requirements through agents.• Manage, control and implementation of pricing policy. • Grow the relationship between Arc International, agent & customer and feedback information to the National Sales manager, quality issues and the promotion as well as competitor information. Communicate the outcomes by means of contact reports.• Management and growth of Customer base within the allocated channel including 3rd party sales agents.• Achievement of sales volumes and value targets • Budget control• All promotional activities • Key accounting development• Initiate and measure marketing and promotional activity • Aggressively grow the market share within Arc International network and trade • Performing a regional Key Account role in all regions • Group deals and managing these accounts • Customer complaints and solving



Famous Brands

• Food and Beverage Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• New Business development manager

  • Jan 2004 - Aug 2007

  • Recruitment and selection of the necessary sales force• Managing, measuring and motivation of the sales team versus specific sales targets and related output• Ongoing training of the sales team both sales and technical• Key accounting development, including measurement and and profitability in conjunction with the CBM• Initiate and measure marketing and promotional activity.• Setting of annual budget and development of annual sales plan in conjunction with the CBM• Successfully manage customer complaints within a 12 our turnaround. • Accountable for all sales functions for the brands Trufruit, Baltimore, Steers & Pouyoukas• Aggressively grow the market share within the Famous Brands network & General Trade• Performing a regional Key Account role• Group Deals and Sales monitoring • Implement Sales Targets• Monitoring Sales Targets• Implement Representative reports• Customer Complaints & Solving• Depot Distribution Planning• Assisting in Monthly Sales Figure Reports• Monitoring New Customer Sales• Managed sales representatives nationally• Implemented Innovative Sales training Manual



Baltimore Foods

• National Sales Manager

  • Jan 2000 - Dec 2003

  • Assisting in developing of new products that increases sales• Increasing Group & General Sales • Product Training • Training Sales Representatives• Monitoring and Planning of Promotions• Monitoring & Increasing of Daily Sales • Group Deals and Sales monitoring • Implement Sales Targets • Monitoring Sales Targets • Implement Representative reports • Customer Complaints & Solving • Depot Distribution Planning• Assisting in Monthly Sales Figure Reports• Monitoring New Customer Sales• Managed sales representatives nationally• Interviewed prospective candidates • Implemented Innovative Sales training Manual