Sales, Business Development, Operations Management, Content creator.

OKWARA GIFT CHIZARAM

** ******** **, *****, ***** State.

+234 (0-813-***-**** ************@*****.***

SUMMARY

A dedicated professional in the Business Development and Marketing industry, with experience in Community Engagement and Development, Product Sales and Marketing Strategies, as well as Customer Relationship Management.

SKILLS

● Digital Marketing strategies.

● Content Creation/blog writing

● Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint.

● Social Media Branding/Management.

● Spotting Value Propositions.

● Active Listening.

● Basic Video/Photo Editing

EDUCATION

University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu.

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) Political Science Obtained July, 2016 Professional Qualification

● Chartered Institute of Customer Relationship Management. Customer Relationship Management Successful Trainee, April, 2018.

● VSL Consulting Limited/Bank of Industry (BOI)

Beneficiary of Graduate Entrepreneurship Fund (GEF) Training. March, 2018

WORK EXPERIENCE

1. EMPLOYER: ZILEN SOLUTIONS LIMITED, LAGOS

Operations & Sales Manager. January 2020 - Present

● Saved over N90,000 (30%) in cost reduction within 3 months of overseeing business operations.

● Traveling to over 80 locations, across Nigeria to negotiate and coordinate company assets.

● Sourcing new suppliers and products with better price and service delivery offers, while implementing new processes to streamline operations.

● Planned, Supervised and Commissioned over 200 Successful Installations.

2. EMPLOYER: POWERTECKNIK LIMITED, LAGOS

Business Development /Logistics Executive August 2018 - November 2019

● Developed, coordinated and implemented sales strategies that identified and produced new business in two different markets segments.

● Strategically organized and coordinated new business trends with senior executives, to develop new services, products, and distribution channels.

● Coordinated the company's Logistics planning, in line with best practices. 3. EMPLOYER: OXFORD BLUE MARKETING AGENCY, ENUGU

Sales &Marketing Lead June - August 2018

● Training and coaching sales teams, while assessing sales performance.

● Designing sales and marketing strategies, and overseeing the accounts of the most important clients.

● Increased number of retail outlets by over 20%.

4. EMPLOYER: NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORPS (NYSC)

Corp Member. May 2017- April 2018

Stan-Best Secondary School Akpet Central, Biase, Cross River, Nigeria Class Teacher June 2017- April 2018

● Taught Government and Civic Education to Senior Secondary Students.

● Doubled as JSS1 Class Teacher and Guidance/ Counselor for the school.

● Championed several community development projects.

● Took charge of extramural and extra-curricular activities.

5. EMPLOYER: MATADOR STORES, ENUGU

. Lead Sales Executive. March 2015- April 2017

● Increased overall sales by 40% in less than 1 year through the implementation of strategic marketing campaigns, which were sponsored by vendors and directly contributed to sales growth.

● Mentor, manage and supervise an inside and outside sales team of 4 employees.

● Handled creative direction of many marketing projects from the initial concept through design and implementation.

● Initiated and supervised an efficient feedback loom between customers and the management.

LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES/AWARDS

● National Youth Service Corps Awards, April, 2018 Meritorious award for commissioning a community development project in my host community, in Cross River State.

● President, (NYSC Education Development Group) October 2017- April 2018

● Corpers’ Liaison Officer (CLO) - November 2017- April 2018 Stan-Best Secondary School Akpet Central, Biase, Cross River State.

INTERESTS

Languages: English, Igbo.

Interests: travel, research, writing, music, volunteering and community involvement.

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