Sales Representative and Administrator.

Location:

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Salary:

$30 - $45 per hour

Posted:

April 22, 2024

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Curriculum Vitae

Personal Details

Surname: MATIWAZA

Name: BONANI KUTAYITILE (MR)

Date Of Birth: 24 APRIL 1969

Place Of Birth: PLUMTREE

Marital Status: MARRIED

Residential Address: 43 PARK DRIVE DOUGLASDALE, BYO Contact Details: CELL: 077*******/071*******

Driver’s Licence: CLASS 4 (1992)

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

O’ LEVELS – PLUMTREE HIGH SCHOOL : 1984-1987

ENGLISH LANGUAGE C

MATHEMATICS C

COMMERCE C

GEOGRAPHY C

SCIENCE C

ART C

PITMANS COMMERCIAL COURSE – PLUMTREE HIGH SCHOOL : 1987-1988 ARITHMATIC INTERMEDIATE – PASS

BOOKKEEPING & ACCOUNTS ELEMENTARY – PASS

BUSINESS ENGLISH & COMMUNICATIONS ELEMENTARY – PASS PRACTICAL SPREADSHEET PROCESSING INTERMEDIATE – PASS OTHER SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENTS

MILNER HOUSE HOSTEL: HOUSE PREFECT 1988

1ST TEAM BASKETBALL: CAPTAIN AND MATABELELAND SCHOOLS 1987-1988 1ST TEAM SOCCER, HOCKEY, ATHLETICS: HOUSE CAPTAIN

REGULAR THESPIAN (OLIVER TWIST; PIRATES OF PENZENCE; THE KING AND I) TERTIARY EDUCATION – BULAWAYO POLYTECH

CERTIFICATE IN BUSINESS STUDIES 1991

BOOKKEEPING II CREDIT

BUSINESS CALCULATIONS PASS

BUSINESS ENGLISH CREDIT

COMMERCE CREDIT

INTRODUCTION TO LAW DISTINCTION

TYPEWRITING 35wpm CREDIT

DIPLOMA IN MARKETING – LCCI 1998-

MARKETING CREDIT

PUBLIC RELATIONS CREDIT

SELLING AND SALES MANAGEMENT PASS

SHORT COURSES ATTENDED

- PROFESSIONAL SELLING TECHNIQUES AND MANAGEMENT – JUNE 1997

- LOTUS 1-2-3 AND LOTUS APPROACH – JUNE 1997

- PASTEL P.O.S. INVOICING (IN-HOUSE TRAINING: VITAFOAM C.A.)

- CUSTOMER CARE – APRIL 1997

- ENRICHING YOUR SELLING POWER – MARCH 1997

- JUNIOR CRICKET COACHING CLINIC – MILTON HIGH SCHOOL FEBRUARY 2002

- MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT 1 AND 2 – 2004 AND 2005 (ZIMBABWE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT)

EXECUTIVE CERTIFICATE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT, MONITORING & EVALUATION: CUZ Module 1: Intro To Project Management - Merit

Module 2: Approaches To Project Appraisal. – Pass

Module 3: Strategic Project Planning & Management. – Pass Module 4: Results Based Monitoring & Evaluation. – Pending Module 5: Total Quality Management In Projects. – Credit Module 6: Practical Approaches To Report

Writing & Managing Project Information. – Credit

PRESENT EMPLOYER

March 2016 – To date Digital Dimes Trading t/a Dimes Hardware & Fencing

Position: Operations Director & Logistics

Main Company Activities: Hardware Sales

Building Material Sales

Palisade & Diamond mesh Fencing

Steel Fabrication

MARCH 2002 – DECEMBER 2015 ZISCOSTEEL DISTRIBUTION CENTRE P.O. BOX 449

KWEKWE

POSITION HELD: BRANCH ADMINISTRATOR

GOKWE DEPOT

MAIN DUTIES

GENERAL SUPERVISION OF DEPOT ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING:-

- Daily ensuring the depot operates smoothly and reporting abnormalities to the General Manager- Kwekwe.

- Marketing and selling company products and services in a bid to achieve monthly sales targets for the depot.

- Compilation of weekly sales mirror and stock balances aswell as monthly general and sales reports.

- Liaising with the Head Office warehouse for stationery and stock requirements, stock availability, stock delivery dates and fulfillment of outstanding orders.

- Increase customer base by visiting potential customers, ie local authority institutions, schools, clinics, church organizations, businessmen, SMEs and individuals throughout Gokwe.

- Staff management in liaison with the Human Resources Officer at Head Office.

- Setting up and maintaining control systems that ensure company assets are safeguarded. Reporting to: The General Manager, Ziscosteel Distribution Centre, Kwekwe. WORK EXPERIENCE

OCT 1998 – FEB 2002 RCP/BELMONT PRINTERS, BULAWAYO POSITION HELD: SALES REPRESENTATIVE

DUTIES

- Servicing a portfolio of 100+ customers with their Printing, Bar-coding and Stationary requirements in Bulawayo, Hwange, Victoria Falls and Livingstone (Zambia).

- Soliciting for new customers and business opportunities.

- Marketing company products and services.

- Debtors’ analysis and following up debtors for overdue payments.

- Liaising with the Production Manager on work in progress updates, customer deadlines and arranging deliveries.

- Compilation of various reports on a weekly and monthly basis for the Sales Manager. OCT 2001 – FEB 2002 MILTON HIGH SCHOOL, BULAWAYO

POSITION HELD: PART-TIME SPORTS COACH

DUTIES

- Coaching school kids in all the sporting disciplines on the school calendar.

- Umpiring cricket matches with other schools.

- Selection of teams to represent the school.

MAY 1996 – SEPT 1998 VITAFOAM CA, BULAWAYO

POSITION HELD: SALES ADMINISTRATOR

DUTIES

- Supervising the Front Sales Office activities including P.O.S invoicing staff, cash reconciliations and banking, customer credit control, new prices and discounts implemantation and daily stock availability analysis.

- Customer Credit Account ratings analysis.

- Liaising with the Warehouse Controller for requirements and delivery schedules.

- Compilation and distribution of a Daily Sales mirror to relevant managers and staffers.

- Attending to and entertaining walk-in customers in the showroom.

- Compilation of Monthly Sales reports to the National Sales Manager.

- Maintaining an accurate database of customer information. NOV 1992 – JAN 1996 UNITED AGENCIES(CONSTRUCTION), HWANGE POSITIONS HELD: SITE AND WAGES CLERK – 1992-1993

DUTIES Daily visits to sites to collect Attendance Records, updating machinery & materials transfer records

and paying staff wages weekly.

ADMINISTRATION CLERK – 1993-1994

Maintaining the Site Register for each construction site and compiling and submitting returns to NEC.

Sales of hardware products i.e. building materials. ADMINISTRATION SUPERVISOR – 1994-1996

Maintaining records for all sites including Asset

Registers and Returns.

Conducting stockcounts of all company assets

monthly.

Preparation of weekly wages.

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

A member of the Cheziya Clinic Health Centre Committee (Gokwe) as TREASURER, which is sponsored by an NGO, CORDAID (Catholic Organisation for Relief and Development) in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, whose main mandate is to improve maternal and child health in Zimbabwe.

INTERESTS AND HOBBIES

Attending church meetings regularly.

Watching sport, wildlife documentaries and action-drama movies. Reading biographies of influential people in our society. Playing basketball, table tennis and badminton

REFEREES

Mr M. Mapendere

Ziscosteel Distribution Centre

P.O. Box 449

Kwekwe

Cell No. 071*******

E-mail: ****************@*****.***

Rtd Brig. Gen. Ben Matiwaza (Outfitter)

Lalapansi Safaris

P.O. Box

Bulawayo

Cell No. 077*******/071*******/073*******