PERSONAL DETAILS
First Names : Michelle Donesia
Surname : Fortuin
Date of birth : 30 March 1977
Identitity number : 770-***-**** 085
Residential & Postal address : 5 Tor Close
Elsies River
7490
Contact : 082-***-****
Drivers licence : Code 08
Dependants : One
EDUCATIONAL DETAILS
Secondary Education
High school attended : Valhalla Senior Secondary School
Highest standard passed : Matric
Year completed : 1994
Subjects passed : English first language
Afrikaans second language
History
Business Economics
Biology
Accountancy
Tertiary Education
Institution attended : Peninsula Technikon
Course completed : National Diploma Sales & Marketing
Date completed : December 1997
Other Training Completed
Telephone Prospecting and Qualifying - DHL
Safety and Insurance - DHL
Selling in DHL - DHL
Practical Supervision - Aug 1999 - DHL
Introduction to forwarding & clearing – Dec 2004 - DHL
Professional Prospecting Skills - 2007 - RAM
Professional Selling Skills – 2008 - RAM
Deposits 1A – Bank Fais - MBS
Bachelors Business Admin – Current Studies - MBS
RE1 Examination - Moonstone
WORKING EXPERIENCE
Company : Nedbank
Position : Small Business Manager
Duration : January 2016 – Present
Duties
To deliver banking solutions to clients by understanding their business and needs through relationship management to achieve Nedbanks strategy to be the most admired bank.
Managed Internal Processes
Improved Processes and Culture
Managed Financial and Business Results
Managed Self
Managed Stakeholder Relationships
Company : Capitec Bank
Position : Sales Manager
Duration : May 2014 – December 2015
Duties
Generate income for the organisation by selling Global One to employees and the Employee Salary Transfer Facility (ESTF) to employers.
Work closely with and influence business growth with your Business Manager through your sales strategy. Influence and motivate the Take-on and Activation teams to reach common goals.
Generate income successfully by managing activities and processes
Keep a strict diary with planned daily and weekly activities that will ensure optimised selling
Compile a management action plan or employee action plan for each client to ensure proper planning and optimisation of accountsare required to keep a strict diary with planned daily and weekly activities that will ensure optimised selling.
Secure quality new business by doing proper market analysis to determine sales strategy
Network, build external relationships and get referrals from branches and activation team to grow business
Conduct presentations to the management team as well as employees of companies to secure quality business growth
Ensure an effective working relationship with activation team, Take-on team and with the branches in area
Use strong leadership skills to influence and motivate all teams to ensure all teams function effectively as individual units, and that the teams effectively work together to ensure success
Create clarity of each interaction with all team members before and after each event to discuss its success, share feedback and agree on the way forward
Have regular feedback sessions with business managers and regional managers to ensure an effective and successful working relationship
Building, maintaining and improving relationships with internal and external clients. Always contact the clients and answering their questions, or solving any problems that may arise
Company : Nedbank Regional Office
Position : External Sales Consultant
Duration : April 2009 – April 2014
Duties
To acquire, retain and expand a client base that is external to the branch network to achieve sales and service objectives by proactively calling on new and existing clients across all of the banks products
Action and follow up on leads given. Proactively identify and sign up new clients. Sell and cross sell all Nedbank products to clients.
Develop micro marketing plans; run campaigns and promotions; develop a call out plan; regular contact with financial directors, developers, estate agents and human resources
Identify events for sales opportunities
Conduct client sales reviews. Ensure client FICA requirements are met
Continuously build relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Motivate quality deals to credit
Follow up on deals to approval and keep client informed
Resolve client complaints, escalate serious complaints and adhere to ask once promise
Motivate deals and follow up for pay out of deals. Quality applications for sales on all products adhering to zero errors
Accurate and complete documentation relating to sales as per the banks policy
Maintain records of deals in progress and deals handed over. Apply to credit for finance and respond to client communication within Nedbank’s policy, timeously, accurately and confidentiality maintained. Ensuring all documents are in order, clear and submitted within specified time frame
Manage and maintain own development plan
Sourcing clients that hold shared portfolio and doing quotes to obtain the rest of their portfolio
Pre-screening of clients in terms of credit worthiness and NCA
Ensuring clients are able to fully service the new debt with ease
Follow up with credit to ensure application is attended to within SLA
Reviewing response from credit and discussing outcome with client
Appealing of applications back to credit where a negative outcome has been received if application has merit
Ensuring client is kept informed throughout the entire process and knows when to expect an outcome
Negotiating for preferential rates for clients on asset products
Presentations to companies and groups of potential clients introducing services offered by bank and division
External marketing events – set up and ensuring maximum exposure is obtained from the target market
After sales service to clients – follow up to ensure customer satisfaction has been maintained
Probing existing clients for referrals
Company : : Ram Hand To Hand Couriers
Position : Sales Executive
(New Business and Client Servicing)
Duration : September 2007 – March 2009
Reason For Leaving : No benefits, ie medical aid, pension
Duties
Actively sourcing new business
Servicing existing base of clients with objective to grow base
Assisting clients with queries and following up to ensure all issues have been addressed as expected
Presentations to internal stakeholders with regards to growth of business and reporting on lost business and down trading clients
Proposals to clients as well as ensuring clients receive the best rates for services provided
Ensuring all departments in business is well informed of new clients and their expectations
Follow up to ensure service levels are maintained
Regularly calling on existing and potential clients to maintain and strengthen relationships
Company : Bigfoot Express Freight
Position : Sales Executive and Branch Manager Assistant
(New Business and Client Servicing)
Duration : Apr 2006 – Dec 2006
Reason For Leaving : Personal – Moved to Durban
Duties
Assistant to branch manager; managing of +/-80 staff members
Forecasting of costs and sales and actively monitoring
Assisting with staff training and motivation to ensure required targets are met
Day to day running of branch – ensuring all departments are collaborated to fulfill daily tasks, staff constraints addressed timeously and ensuring all departments are fully equipped to manage and deliver expectations
Sourcing new business within and outside of existing client base
Nurturing existing client base to effectively grow relationships with clients
Ensuring effective communication is maintained with client at all times
New business consisted of sourcing lead, following up and qualifying lead, making appointment, discussing needs and requirements with client, follow up with proposal to client with proposed rate structure, negotiating to ensure client is happy and committed to doing business. Thereafter set up the new account structure by informing client of all the contact information required as well as procedures to continue and ensuring that internal parties are well informed of what is expected to ensure exceptional service delivery to client is maintained
Regular client visits to address any problems and effectively building strong relationships
Company : DHL International
Position : Business Development Executive (New Business and Client Servicing)
Duration : Jan 1998 – Dec 2005
Reason For Leaving : Growth opportunity
Duties
Identify and pursue new business opportunities and maintaining existing base of clients
Identify and convert all qualified leads and market opportunities into sales
Prospect consistently for new business that will result in gaining the new business
Present value added solutions to decision makers, influencers and users. Probing existing clients for referrals
Market and sell international and domestic courier service to prospective clients
Work closely with stakeholders to ensure strong account implementation, client relationship building and ongoing identification of account growth strategies
Establish customer needs through ongoing consultation and propose suitable options to meet customer needs
Servicing of existing client base with objective to grow territory
Quarterly sales reviews consisting of presentations to Area Sales Manager and National Sales Manager
Actively marketing the company within existing customers to ensure
maximum exposure is obtained within the client
Ensuring clients are well educated with regards to processes that
need to be followed and are fully aware of the contact people within the company
REFERENCES
Mr Johannes Van Der Merwe (Sales Manager)
c/o Capitec Bank : 082-***-****
Mrs Shamima Nazeer (Regional Outbound Sales Manager)
c/o Nedbank : 021-***-****
Mrs Aurora Niemandt (Branch / Sales Manager)
c/o Ram Hand To Hand Couriers : 021-***-****
Mrs Karen Latter ( Sales Manager )
c/o DHL International : 083-***-****
Jurie Snyder ( National Branding Manager )
c/o DHL International : 011-*******