Marketing and Sales Support in National Medical Supplies

PRETORIA, Gauteng, South Africa
Current:National Medical Supplies
Past:Beckman Coulter
Education:Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.)

Job Experience

Marketing and Sales Support

National Medical Supplies

January 2013 to Actually working here

Administrative and office support for the sales Team. Create Strategies to increase awareness of products and for the sales team to penetrate the market even further 1. Development and mangement of website Content 2. Worked on exhibiting at various industry trade shows, booth design, increasing foot traffic to booth, leaflets and informational DVDs accessible to clients. 3. Produce Email Ad Campaigns 4. Produce Product Information Brochure, instructions and images. 5. Design and Layout Magazine adverts-Graphic Designing 6. Produce Product related Marketing Strategies 7. Produce Progress reports of sales figures analysis. 8. Set up Databases for Mailing Lists 9. Worked on Business process improvements to reduce turnover time from request for quotation to delivery of product to the client. 10. Audited orders and Processed billings via Medikredit,applied for Nappi codes. 11. Tender Applications, filling in forms and sending out samples. Attaching Supporting Documents. etc. 12. Created Social Media pages, Managed Content

Sales Administrator

Beckman Coulter

October 2012 to November 2012

1. Do quotations and send to Beckman coulter clients 2. Prepare brochure and Product information used by the sales team for presentations to clients 3. Respond to bids ,sourcing prices and putting proposals together 4. Trouble shoot client?s queries via phone and email and when necessary Passed along to appropriate product manager 5. Engage processing to the orders department in finalizing customer?s orders 6. Managing website inquiries and Escalating where appropriate

Project Administrator/Junior Project Manager

Fradan Iquoson Consulting Services

October 2010 to April 2012

. Received Plan of Project from Project and Program Managers as a team member and recruiting experts and sub contractors to handle specific tasks. 2. Updated Project Schedules and Budgets to ensure timely execution given in Project Scope. Receipt and management of all deliverables and templates at close of individual Projects 3. Worked in Liaison with Project Managers and Supervising Government Agency to en-sure timely execution and Log change requests and those contingency reserves were issued appropriately 4. General Administrative Duties and handling appointments as needed for the CEO. Handled small projects when needed. 5. Tender applications 6. Managed project documentation

Care Manager

Intergrated Care Management

April 2009 to September 2010

Provided private nursing staffing solutions to home care clients for the Baltimore-Maryland Region.Developed and maintained strong relationships with government coordinating agencies arranged schedules and kept records of Hours worked for Bi-weekly analysis. Made in home client visits to determine level of nursing and care needed by clients. Liaised with Medicaid waiver and coordinating agencies to ensure correct time/hours worked, timeous billing, reportable events-hospitalization, if any additional medical equipment will be needed, additional costs for additional procedures and conflict resolutions as soon as they occur. Trouble shot and solved emergency staffing issues on clients requiring intensive care in the home.

Sales consultant

Vodacom

August 2006 to February 2008

Started off on the retail floor, Sold and packaged product lines to suit individual needs, meet and surpassed sales targets, Handled large call volumes regarding customer queries and complaints, with ability to trouble shoot and resolve them. Rose up to management quickly, and tasked to provide more tailored cellular and internet based services to a new up and coming markets

Marketing Executive

African union magazine

May 2004 to June 2006

Formal launch of Magazine and well as establishing Targeted clientele and interest groups. Building brand awareness and increasing advertising revenue. Functioned as liaison with Sales manager to enhance relationships when appropriate. Complete research of targeted demographic and media of communication.Provide necessary actions for maximizing sales in a geographical region and accomplish monthly sales plan constantly.

Education

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.)

[Otra]University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika (Sudáfrica)

January 2003 to January 2009

Bsc

[Otra]University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria (Sudáfrica)

January 2000 to January 2002

Languages

IT skills

Other Skills

Management Strategic Planning Business Process Improvement Customer Service Team Building Microsoft Office Marketing Marketing Strategy Account Management Business Development New Business Development Sales Business Strategy Product Management Sales Management Competitive Analysis Business Planning Budgets Negotiation Project Management QuickBooks Pastel Accounting MS Project Change Management Telecommunications Cross-functional Team Leadership Project Planning Advertising Recruiting Procurement Contract Negotiation Analysis Team Leadership Business Analysis PMI Project Charter PMBOK CAPM Business Process Mapping RACI Workflow Diagrams Flow Diagrams Fishbone Pareto Charts Quality Improvement Tools Cause & Effect Diagram Strategy Management Consulting Customer Satisfaction Business Intelligence

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Career Goals

I am a results oriented professional and successful strategist with cross functional ability to coordinate and manage a project. A specialist at risk analysis,critical path,analyzing variances, creating a WBS, handling change requests and general project documentation, Also a marketer at heart, always looking for that opportunity virtual or in person to make that product impression that sticks.

Industries of interest

Areas of interest

Availability to travel and work outside the city

No

Interests and hobbies

Travel,social networking,food and wine