Business Development Manager (Fixed Term Contract) - PIMMS Group (Stanton Global)
(2025-03 - 2026-03)
- Search, build and maintain Distributor base
- Conduct Client product presentations/demonstrations
- Liaise with Manufacturing Department for effective, efficient SOPs
- Attend road shows and exhibitions for networking and sales
- Assist with stock taking and general office duties
- Key Account(s) business development and management
- Invite and attend C-Level Customer Site meetings
Business Development Manager (Africa) - NAHJTECH (Telecommunications)
(2022-07 - 2025-12)
- Attending to information technology opportunities through Customer base, sourcing and pipeline building
- Identify, build and qualify leads from different business platforms e.g. LinkedIn, L2B and online tenders
- Identify channel partners and register on company, supplier/Vendors
- Attend C-suite level, virtual and onsite meetings
- Develop strategic business methodologies and implementation of NDA's /MOU's
Compliance (Driver Management) - ONELOGIX (UNITED BULK)
(2023-01 - 2023-04)
- Driver relationship management
- Attending compliance hearings on Drive Cam, Incidents and accidents, SHEQ, Vantage and RTMS cases
- Issuing of PPE, acceptance of stock and invoicing suppliers
- Training, interviewing internal and prospective staff members
- Engaging operations department on fleet management
- Compiling and updating the bargaining council members on administration issues
- Conducting coaching sessions and disciplinary proceeding on driving and behavioral transgressions e.g. fuel and consumption, driving behavior and theft
Bidding assistant/ Site supervisor - NAHJTECH (Telecommunications)
(2022-02 - 2022-05)
- Assisting with RFQ's/ RFI's for installation
Sales Representative (Africa) - RJ Connect
(2019-11 - 2021-10)
- Strategize and sell industrial networking devices
- Generate quotations and invoices on SAP (CRM Programme)
- Maintain customer database
- Engage technical Engineers and resolve Customer networking challenges, follow up on leads to business with strategic Partners and Distributors
- Liaise with different departments and process Customer orders
- Follow up quotations and invoices
- Products: Industrial network devices e.g. switches, routers, software applications, Optic fiber cables, connectors and panel PCs
- Certification: MOXA products selling certification
Sales executive (Telecommunication division) - Global Communications
(2016-05 - 2019-10)
- Strategize and sell (Transmission telecommunication, Radio Communication products)
- My duties included local & international sales
Field Technician & Coordinator - Telkom SA
(1997-02 - 2000-11)
- Coordinate job descriptions & projects to field Technicians
- Verification of line maps & configuration status
- Confirmation of circuit connections & service activations
- Database update & software backup creations
- Liaison with the national network operations center
- Attend projects at Customer PABX sites
Operational Officer - Telkom SA
(2000-11 - 2013-10)
- Perform system acceptance, installations repair, recovery and maintenance
- Coordination of projects & general technical support on Telecommunications infrastructure
- Experience on various equipment including SDH (ADM), PDH, ATM, SXA, SXD, SXC, New generation SDH, ALCATEL, Cross Connect, Siemens point to point line systems, HDLS (High Density Subscriber Line), OPTIC OLS, OLT, PCM, DWDM
- Service activation: Terminate coaxial & optic cables on main distribution frame
- Wire 2mb/s links on test & patch
- Vodacom/MTN/NEOTEL internal tie cables
- Conduct functionality & testing using Hewlett-Interceptor 1402s
- Update station records & provide feedback on SLAs
- Connect optic fiber tails to 3m bay & OMFD (Optic Main Distribution Frame)
- Maintenance: Diagnose faults, identify requirements & source system spares
- Login & access system via LAN communication, commission, Configure and set parameters
- Visit customer & exchange sites to perform channel lineup on Analogue/ Digital circuit, perform test on Optic cable breaks, slide Fibers on 1310 / 1550nm using OTDR machine to determinate Span, fiber continuity, Reflectance, losses and updating cable records
- Measure DB levels on Optic fibers using Optic power meter/light source, perform end to end test & record test results
- Assist national operational center with environmental alarms, UPS, Rectifiers and monthly standby run audits
Deputy Administration Manager - YMCA (Young Men Christian Association)
(1995-01 - 1996-02)
- Acting in the absence of the administration Manager
- Correspondence with the regional & international branches
- Invoicing accommodation bookings & filing
- Maintain petty cash & ensure balanced cash book register
- Ensure effective building maintenance activities & equipment
- Administer deposit books & ensure daily banking
- Switchboard & general office duties
