CURRICULUM
VITAE
OF
Gareth Gordan Korb
Personal Details:
First Names: Gareth Gordan
Surname: Korb
Id No. : 820**********
Nationality: South African
Mother tongue: English
Drivers license: Code 08
Own Vehicle: Yes
Contact details. 079******* / *******@****.**.**
Residing : 1 Bondi Estate, Van Der Kloof street, Ruimsig
Health: Excellent
Personal strengths:
Strong interpersonal skills, Friendly- helpful nature, highly motivated,Team player and assertive, Committed,And enthusiastic, excellent communicating skills.Will go the Extra Mile to achieve what is needed to obtain my goals and targets. I am also passionate about Mentoring and Coaching young people in Sales as well as developing great sales people.
Computer Skills :
-Microsoft Word/Excel/Power Point/ Database/Access
-Microsoft Dynamics
-CRM ( All companies )
-Photoshop
-Adobe
-Pastel
EDUCATION:
High School attended: Newcastle High School
Matriculated: 2000
Passed with Matric Exemption.
Subjects: English/Afrikaans/Business Economics/Biology/Geography/Maths
TERTIARY EDUCATION:
Institute: UNISA - Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing Managment (2001-2004)
Subjects : Econimics/ Business Managment
Customer Service / Marketing / Strategic Marketing
Human Resources Managment / Essentials of Marketing
Consumer Behaviour / Public Relations/ Marketing Research
Strategic Planning/ Brand Managment/ International Marketing
Work Experience
Canon SA (Feb 2002- March 2006)
Sales Manager: Voice & Data.
Duties: Selling of Samsung P.A.B.X systems, in the second year promted to Key Accounts made to look after Goodison Leisure Group as well as the Cold chain group of Companie, I also had to source new Business.
Targets: 1st year- R25,000.00 GP per month.
2nd year- 2 new clients per month as well as sell new equipment to the group of companies I was in control of. Was given a target of R 50,000.00 GP per month.
Reason for Leaving: Was head hunted by ITEC as i had grown the Business by over 150% and had on a Number of Sales Awards and Itec wanted to expand there foot print in the Area. It was an oppurtunity I could not let pass by
Ref:Branch Manager Paul – 084-***-****
Itec (April 2006-October 2008)
Accounts Manager: Voice & Data
Duties: Running of a sales team of 5, setting them targets as well as motivating them to sell the companies products and services. Stock Control and ordering, Helped with Credit applications.
Targets: Was given a Sales Target of R 120,000.00 pm (Gp) between the 5 Reps. Needed to Achive a R1 Million sales for the year
Reason for Leaving: I was head Hunted/Scouted by Nashua to grow their Sales and Marketing departments.
Ref: Tyronne Hibbert Admin. Manager 076-**-**-***
Nashua Maluti Newcastle(November 2008-August 2014)
Sales Manager/Marketing Manager – Telecommunications/Office Automation/Software
Duties: Daily running of the Telecoms division of Nashua Maluti . I also look after all corporate clients in excess of 200. I also do systems training for new staff. And run a team of 6 direct sales executives. responsible for leading and coaching a team of salespeople. Tasks often include assigning sales territories, setting quotas, mentoring the members of my sales team, assigning sales training, building a sales plan, and hiring and firing salespeople.
I was also responsible for the Marketing department for all advertising, Marketing and Strategic analysis developments. I created and help master mind Nashua Marketing strategy for Document solutions and VoIP. I created and maintained Nashua Maluti website and Social Media Pages which led to an increase in sales across the board.
Reason for Leaving: I Accepted an amazing oppurtunity to develop all the large accounts for Supreme Mouldings and relocated to Johannesburg.
Ref: Asleigh Kallis
Supreme Mouldings (Sept 2014- Dec 2015)
Business Development Manager
Duties:I am responsible for maintaining all of Supreme Mouldings Larger Accounts as well as Developing new business. I am also involved in the Marketing of the New Architectural division and the development of the division. I am also very involved in the Training of new and current staff members with new and innovative sales techniques. I have very large Budgets that i need to achieve with regards to this division and have implamented a new outlook the company has with regards to Sales staff as well as how they can get maximum results from them. I am also responsible for Africa sales especially in the likes of Kenya/Tanzania/Malawi/Uganda/Angola/Botswana/Nigeria/Egypt and Mozambique.
Reason for Leaving: Room for growth Limited and hit the hight of where i could go.
Frontier Coffee Holdings (Jan 2016- Current )
National Sales and Marketing Manager
Duties: Growing the footprint of Frontier coffee as well as drive the sales team into the unknown of what can be done. I have a sales staff compliment of 9 reps and 1 Key account Manager that I oversee. I am a mentor as welll as sales traininer to the sales team. I am also in control of the Marketing and Website for the company and control the Google AD WORDS. I have run several propmtions as well as launched the Roasted coffee Beans into our own Travato Brand for reselling.
Sales & Marketing Achievments and Awards :
Nashua Maluti –
-Sales Development Rep of the year 2013
-Achieved number 1 position in PBX sales in The country out of 64 Franchises
- Higheset Gross GP for new Business 2011/2012/2013
- Sales Manager of the Year 2010/2012/2013 country wide.
ITEC SA -
-Brought in ITEC SA Largest account to date (2007/08)
-Incentive trips to Thailand and Switzerland for two years running.
- KAM of the year 2007 and 2008