External Sales Rep - Industrial Filters and Fabrics
(2025-07)
- Service existing accounts and establishing new ones by planning and organizing work schedules
- Cold calling and bringing in new customers and business (primary focus)
- Provide technical support to customers and conduct site visits
- Monitor competition, submit orders, and recommend changes in products, service, and policy
- Maintain professional knowledge by attending workshops and reviewing publications
- Submit activity and results reports, monitor the marketplace, and resolve customer complaints
External Sales Engineer - Chemical Pump and Valve
(2023-09 - 2024-01)
- Service existing accounts and establishing new ones by planning and organizing work schedules
- Cold calling and bringing in new customers and business (primary focus)
- Provide technical support to customers and conduct site visits
- Monitor competition, submit orders, and recommend changes in products, service, and policy
- Maintain professional knowledge by attending workshops and reviewing publications
- Submit activity and results reports, monitor the marketplace, and resolve customer complaints
Maintenance Manager - RDG Group and Workshop
(2021-01 - 2023-08)
- Managed existing accounts and secured new ones by organizing daily sales calls
- Customized sales presentations based on customer type
- Analyzed customer needs and market trends to focus efforts
- Processed orders and kept management updated with reports
- Monitored competition and resolve customer issues
- Maintained sales records and professional knowledge through workshops
- Hydraulic tolls and equipment (Mines panel beaters, steel merchants)
- Responsible for all maintenance on properties
- Looking after 10 staff workers, including wages control and make sure all is in order
- Responsible for workshop arranging all spares needed
- Make sure all cars are in good condition when leaving
- Customer care handles all direct liaison with customers
- Stock control off both positions maintenance and workshop
Owner - Specialised Fencing
(2018-08 - 2020-12)
- Supply manufactures of all steel gates and security products
- Supply and installation of fencing
- Supply and installation of security products (Gate motors, electric fencing, retractable doors)
Technical Sales Representative - Xylem Water Solutions
(2017-08 - 2018-07)
- Inspected vehicles and machinery to diagnose mechanical and electrical faults
- Performed repairs on engines, braking systems, suspension, and transmissions
- Conducted routine maintenance including oil changes, filter replacements, and general servicing
- Used diagnostic tools and equipment to identify and resolve technical issues
- Replaced worn or defective parts to ensure safe and efficient operation
- Carried out preventative maintenance to minimize breakdowns and extend equipment lifespan
Technical Sales Representative - Letaba Industrial Pumps
(2015-09 - 2017-07)
- Services existing accounts, obtains orders and establishes new accounts by planning and organizing daily, work schedule to call on existing or potential sales outlets and other trade factors
- Adjust content of sales presentations by studying the type of sales outlet or trade factor
- Focus on sales efforts by studying existing and potential volume of dealers
- Submits orders by referring to price lists and product literature
- Keeps management informed by submitting activity and results reports, such as daily call reports, weekly work plans, monthly and annual territory analyses
- Monitors competition by gathering current marketplace information on pricing, products, new products, delivery schedules, merchandising techniques
- Recommend changes in products, service, and policy by evaluating results and competitive developments
- Resolves customer complaints by investigating problems, developing solutions, preparing reports, making recommendations to management
- Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, participating in professional societies
- Provides historical records by maintaining records on area and customer sales
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
Sales Application Engineer - GE Dresser International
(2011-10 - 2015-09)
- Manage Projects (Project houses, Floor, Dra, Transnet NMPP)
- Ensuring that all aims of the project met
- Ensuring the quality standards are met
- Ensure the project is maintained to a good standard
- Write monthly Progress reports, Control documents, S-Curve Reports, Project schedules
- Placing orders on UK Factories and expedite orders until delivered to end user
- Day-to-Day quotes, sizing and selection and control and Safety Valves
- Issuing jobs to workshop follow through until complete and closing off jobs
- Establishing new and maintaining existing relationships with customers e.g., Sasol, Zimplats, Chevron, SAB, Anglo Platinum and EPC's
- Managing and interpreting customer requirements
- Negotiating and closing sales by Agreeing to Terms and Conditions
- Ensure orders are loaded correctly and on time
- Ensure all orders are placed and OA received and correct from UK's Factory's (China, Deerpark, Dubai, UK, Texas)
- Training for staff where needed to improve OTD and Customer Satisfactory
- Reporting revenue pacing file to Head office (UK) this includes target Vs. Act/ Forecast, Overdue Back Log Firm, Current Firm, Total Revenue per quarter, Orders booked and due to ship
- Workshop planning on Local orders, Receiving, Inventory, Jobs building local (set and tested), Closing jobs, Invoicing and Daily delivery's due and completed orders
Internal Sales - Stewardts and Lloyds
(2010-04 - 2011-09)
- Completely responsible for all Rustenburg branch sales and customers
- Attend to Internal sales and buy outs
- Costing and pricing of all quotes buy outs and sales
- Pipes and fittings, Mild Steel (Roofing, Lip Channels, Tube, Section, Sheets and Plates), Special Steels
- Provided pre-Sales technical assistance and product training
- Liaised with other members of sales team and other technical experts
- Solving clients' problems
- Negotiated and closed sales by agreeing terms and conditions
- Offered after-sales support services
- Helped with design of custom-made products
- Analyzed costs and sales
- Trained in mild Steel sheets, Plates, Structural sections, Pipes, Fittings, Flanges, Valves, Hardware, Palisades at Stewardts and Lloyds
Internal Sales - Macsteel Trading
(2004-10 - 2010-03)
- Pipes and fittings
- Mild Steel (Roofing, Lip Products, Tubing, Section Sheet and Plates, Palisades)
- Provide Trading Courses - Product Knowledge
- Managed 6 people
- Sales and invoicing
- Budgets and targets
- Internal and external sales
- Buying, costing and pricing
- Debits and credits
Manager - AWF Welding
(2001-04 - 2004-08)
- Manage 15 people
- Provide management co-ordination and support at floor level for work in progress
- Technically scrutinize and manage all WIP from an engineering design and manufacturing specification standpoint
- Create and manage quality control measures
- Manage the production process according to customer required schedules
- Control and schedule for all technical crew activities in-house
- Impellent and maintain an integrated work control system
- Responsible for maintenance of all workshop's mechanical equipment and tools
- Provide coaching and training at workshop staff
- Provide coordination with customers to expedite jobs efficiently
- Continually focus on work optimizing to provide cost effective and efficient service
- Provide clear directions to the work staff with good management etiquette
- Attend grievances, disciplinary procedures and all other Human Resource related matters concerning the work staff
- Report to managing director
- Ensure housekeeping is completed on an ongoing basis so that the workshop is kept clean and safe
- Responsible for salaries (weekly) and salary payments
- Invoice all completed orders and schedule daily deliveries
