Ruandi Benecke

Results-driven professional with 15+ years of experience in sales, account management, operations, and team leadership across multiple industries. Strong administrative and organizational skills with a passion for process improvement, customer service, and leveraging technology – including AI tools – to drive efficiency and business growth.

Sales engineering & procurement | Sales in engineering | CNC machining - Lubec Engineering

(2025-01)

• Sales engineering & procurement
• Sales in engineering
• CNC machining
• Reducing equipment
• Fabrication | Refurbishing | Balancing & alignment
• Follow-ups

Sales Representative - Century Electrical External Sales Representative

(2024-02 - 2026-01)

• Sales – account customers/cold calls
• Sales & promotions
• Closing deals & follow-ups
• Product knowledge & training
• Credit notes
• Returns
• Admin – calls/delivery follow-ups
• Artwork approval
• Embroidery |helping; own | POS
• Promotions | Cash up | Customer allocation | Deliveries

Lab Assistant - Kingsley Beverages

(2024-02 - 2024-12)

• Data – Dairy farm/inputs | Ingredients
• Artwork of cans
• Filing & admin
• Test testing
• Water & product testing

Internal Sales Consultant - G-Fox Bidvest

(2024-10 - 2024-01)

• Sales – account customers/walk-ins
• Invoicing
• Credit notes
• IBTs
• POS
• Invoicing from suppliers
• Returns
• Admin – telephone calls
• Delivery follow-ups
• Arrangements
• Document cardboard | Artwork approval
• Embroidery
• Bin movements
• SCT
• Packing slips
• Quality of work
• Back orders
• Stock take
• Reception
• Incoming parcels
• Messages

Internal Sales - Browns

(2017-09 - 2018-10)

• IBTs from other stores & DC
• Sales – walk-in customers
• Customer service
• Online orders
• Follow-ups
• Admin – cash ups
• Banking
• Stock take
• Daily hazard counts
• Spot checks

Branch Manager - The Great shop

(2015-07 - 2017-08)

• 4 staff members – Leave
• Salary
• KPI
• Commission structure
• Overtime
• Training
• Disciplinary procedures
• Admin – cash ups
• Stock take
• Banking
• Closing the store
• Displayer process
• Budgets

Assistant Branch Manager - Cash Crusader

(2015-02 - 2015-07)

• Managing & delegating duties
• Admin work
• Filing cash-up
• Stock take
• Banking
• Cans 1 on 1
• Ingoing meetings
• Covering & Closing the store
• Displayer process

Assistant Branch Manager - J.J Glass

(2013-11 - 2015-01)

Stockroom Supervisor & Manager | Stockroom Clerk | Cashier - Incredible Connection JD Group

(2008-03 - 2013-11)

Kitchen assistant - Friends meet and Tribe Corner

(2007-06 - 2008-03)

High School - Hoërskool Suderdig (2007)

Qualitas Career Academy - Management, Logistics, Warehouse - Unisa (2013 - 2015)

Certificate (Supply Chain) - Supply Chain - Unisa