• Contact

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Meiran Road, Ile-iwe,

Abule-egba Abule-egba,

Lagos State

+234**********

addij2@r.postjobfree.com

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• Skills

Interpersonal

Excellent

Creative Thinking

Excellent

Marketing

Excellent

Project Management

Excellent

Self-motivated

Excellent

Supervisor

Excellent

Business Development

Excellent

Territory management

Excellent

Dickson Okezue

Business Development

Manager

Strategic-thinking Business Development manager offering years of experience in leading operations and enhancing revenue. Bringing expertise in client acquisition and contract negotiation, along with excellent interpersonal communication, relationship-building and team leadership abilities. Results-driven and proactive with demonstrated record of accomplishment in meeting and exceeding sales and revenue objectives.

• Work History

2018-04 –

Current

Territory Manager

Philip Morris International/Outori Nigeria

Limited, Lagos state

• Presented products and services to prospective

customers, converting 69% to loyal customers.

• Managed and motivated consumer engagement

and sales teams to increase revenue by 3.2% in 1

year.

• Targeted prospects in other territories through

careful research of competitor products, services

and trends.

• Monitored customer buying trends, market

conditions and competitor actions to adjust

strategies and achieve sales goals.

• Assessed each location's individual and team

performances, analyzing data trends to

determine best methods to improve sales results.

• Achieved sales goals, distribution targets and

market share through proactive management of

territory.

• Established successful account relationships

with Philip Morris International and Outori

Nigeria Limited by building rapport and

maintaining consistent communication.

• Evaluated production levels, quality standards

and maintenance actions to identify and address

operational problems and maintain targets.

2019-12 -

2019-12

Project Manager

Lagos State Government/Beasts of

Redwire/Resori, Badagry, Lagos state

• Managed Greater Lagos 2020 event in Badagry

for Lagos state government/Beasts of

Redwire/Resori.

Sale expertise

Excellent

Communication

Excellent

Time management

Excellent

Key account management

Excellent

Decision making

Excellent

Sales management

Excellent

Teamwork / Collaboration

Excellent

Data management

Excellent

• Software

Microsoft Excel

Very Good

Microsoft PowerPoint

Excellent

Microsoft Word

Excellent

CorelDraw

Good

MySQL

• Managed vendors scheduling for over 40 vendors

including official sponsors and coordinated all

vendors to avoid cross branding during the event.

• Coordinated all construction planning and

material planning as well as security and all law

enforcement agencies during event.

• Managed stage, artists and scheduled all

performances to ensure autopilot.

• Collaborated with team members to develop,

identify and accomplish assigned goals and

objectives.

2016-05 -

2017-07

Field Project Supervisor

Philip Morris International/Experiential

Marketing, Lagos, Lagos state

• Managed team of Nine (9) staff for Brand

activation for Philip Morris International (PMI)

Project for consumer engagement and creating

top of mind awareness and closing sales in major

territories and top events including One Lagos

Fiesta.

• Supervised multi-disciplinary team and helped

each member develop his or her unique skills and

talents, promoting group productivity and

cohesion.

• Created and managed knowledge base to offer

staff and customers immediate informational

access to products, services and organization.

• Improved sales processes to streamline customer

acquisition and on-boarding strategies.

2016-05 -

2017-08

Team Lead/Brand Host

Philip Morris International/Experiential

Marketing, Nationwide, Nigeria

• Brand Host; Philip Morris International,

Consumer engagement and creating excellent top

of mind awareness for Marlboro, Chesterfield and

Bond Street Cigarettes and closing sales in Legal

adult smoking areas, Nationwide.

• Collation of consumer personal data Ipads and

data collation application for internal use.

• Delivered superior training and leadership to

teams to boost performance and help team

members achieve performance targets.

• Established open and professional relationships

with team members which helped resolve issues

and conflicts quickly.

2016-01 -

2016-03

Supervisor/Team Lead Manager

MTN Nigeria/Porch Classic Nigeria Limited,

Surulere, Lagos state

Good

• Languages

English Language

Native

Igbo Language

Native

Yoruba Language

Native

• Supervisor; MTN Nigeria sim card registration,

know your customer (KYC) project. Monitored

workshop work flow for over 100 employees.

• Applied strong leadership talents and problem-

solving skills to maintain team efficiency and

organize workflow to meet any daily demand.

2015-10 -

2015-12

Supervisor/Team Lead

Heineken/Tequila Marketing Nigeria Limited,

Abule-egba, Lagos state

• Supervised 6 employees for Heineken brand

activation in Hotels, Restaurants and Cafes

(HoReCa).

• Conducted routine inspections of employees’

materials to check quality and compliance with

established engagement specifications.

• Education

2008-10 -

2015-01

Bachelor of Science: Accounting

Lagos State University - Ojo, Lagos State

1999-09 -

2005-12

General Certificate Examination (GCE):

Commercial

Sanngo Senior Secondary School - Agege, Lagos State

• Certifications

2020-04

365 Data Science: Advanced Microsoft Excel, SQL,

Tableau

Online

2019-10

Project Management

Online

2019-06

2018-09

The Complete Digital Marketing Guide

Online

Google Digital Skills for Africa Training and

Certification: Fundamentals of Digital Marketing

Online

• Accomplishments

Junior Chamber International (JCI)

Lagos Metropolitan - Member

• Interests

Reading, Traveling, Music, Gym, Football, Swimming and Movies

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