CURRICULUM VITAE

Marlene Beytell

PERSONAL DETAILS

Surname: Beytell

First names: Marlene

Known As: “Marlene”

Age: 50

Gender: Female

ID number: 700**********

Contact number: 071-***-****

Email address: adlsxj@r.postjobfree.com

Marital status: Divorced

Dependants: None

Languages: Afrikaans (home), English

Nationality: South African

Residential area: Nigel plus (property in De Aar, Northern Cape)

Driver's license: Yes

Transport: Own vehicle/company vehicle

Health: Good

Disabilities: None

Smoker: No

COMPUTER SKILLS

MS Word AccPac Kerridge

MS Excel Estimating

MS PowerPoint Ms Projects

MS Outlook E works (project man)

Pastel 5 Site audit pro (reports)

EDUCATION

National Senior Certificate (Matric) from Transvalia High School, Vanderbijlpark in 1988 with the following subjects:

English

Afrikaans

Business Economics

Home Economics

Geography

Typing

TRAINING COURSES

Training courses completed:

Public Relations – Kelly Girl

Defence Driving – Boabob

Export Management (3 months certificate) – Chamber of Commerce

Sales and Marketing Management (3 months certificate) Damelin

Project Management (Certificate) – MS Projects

Advanced SM Project Management (Certificate) – Learn fast

Estimation course – Builders Warehouse

Financials (reading and understanding business finance) – Builders Warehouse

Pump, pipes and fittings training institution – Stewards and Lloyds (1 month)

CAREER HISTORY

Company: Books4less

Dates: December 2020 – presently (weekends and public holidays only)

Position: Bookshop manager (part time)

Duties:

Internal sales;

Maintenance of stock and inventory;

Conducting daily accounting duties

Providing outstanding customer service;

Arrange advertising materials and promotional items

Company: Bonedry Waterproofing

Dates: February 2021 – 28 March 2021

Position: Operations Manager (Contract)

Duties:

Scheduling team’s site visits on project management system;

Daily teams inspection photos download and reports;

Completion reports on daily repairs of sites;

Maintaining vehicles and daily petrol and tracking reports;

Daily orders issuing of stock needed on sites;

Weekly spend budget input on project system;

Clock in and out system management of staff; and

Actual site visits and roof inspection on site if foremen are not available.

Company: Specialized coating systems

Dates: 6 January 2021 -to 23 January 2021

Position: Sales representative and new businesses development

Reason for leaving: Owner cancelled contract after two weeks

Company: Norcross (Tile Africa)

Dates: August 2019 to 30 October 2020

Position: External sales representative: Building sites and trade

Duties:

Calling on key account customers on building sites;

Placing orders;

New buss development sales and opening accounts;

Promoting the range of brands (tiles, tile adhesive & sanitary ware);

Customer relationship management;

Weekly sales reports;

Negotiating listings of new products;

Order replacements and queries;

Following-up on deliveries; and

Direct delivery to customers.

Company: Boulene Construction Enterprises

Dates: 2017 to July 2019 and 2013 - 2016

Position: Owner – Project coordinating and external sales

Duties: SALES (CONTRACTORS AND DEVELOPERS)

Calling on key account customers on building sites and placing orders;

Furthering product sales on building sites (plaster skim, doors & frames, tools);

Direct sales of tiles, sanitary, epoxy floor paint, screed and plaster application (Union tiles);

Customer relationship management;

Weekly sales reports;

Negotiating new listings of new products;

Ordering replacements and query management;

Following-up on direct deliveries;

Direct delivery to customers; and

Gas transport contract with Afrox (12 years continuous service)

PROJECT COORDINATING

Liaising with site foremen daily to determine stock requirements

Following up with suppliers on deliveries

Creating buying templates for the different stages of the building process (preparation, wet works, construction, framing, roofing and finishing)

Updating data for each delivery (ensure accurate costing and estimation figures on project management system)

Negotiating project pricing for several units and determine availability of stock;

Splitting bulk orders according to quantify & delivery dates;

Collecting delivery notes from site once a week;

Match delivery notes to relevant orders & invoices and reconciliation payments;

Visiting suppliers once a week to resolve queries;

Assisting project managers & developers to specify according to available products;

Coordinating teams and foremen on daily schedules (Target achieved of 55 houses (55 m each) on 5 different sites every month);

Managing the timeous delivery of goods and services;

Compiling the bill of quantity for future projects (excluding labour & products); and

Maintaining records on product specifications per product.

Reason to leave: Fluctuating market conditions – desiring stability rather

Company: Marley Building Systems

Dates: 6 July 2016 to 31 July 2017

Position: External Sales Representative Products portfolio: roofing material, insulation, ceilings and partitioning

Duties:

Servicing the existing customer base (100 retail shops)

Canvassing new customers and business (retail shops) (e.g. Builders warehouse, Mica, Buco and Build it);

Pulling & disposing of aged stock;

Replenishing marketing material;

Reporting on sales and targets;

Submitting quotations & invoices via sales coordinators;

Compiling account discount structures;

Checking logistics daily delivery schedule;

Implementing contracts and training internal staff on product lines;

Site visits & resolving site queries;

Forwarded estimating plans to quote

Compiling tenders & bill of quantities;

Surveying prices;

Profiling customers;

Categorized merchandising;

Managed in-store promotions & trade shows

Liaising with branch buyers & decision makers;

Negotiating in-store promotions with buyers;

Implementing promotions;

Conducting shelf displays

Negotiating more shelf space to increase sales.

Reason for leaving: Father fell ill and had to take care of him.

Company: Builders Warehouse (Alberton, Vanderbijlpark and Cape Town)

Dates: 2005 to 2013

Position: Key Accounts Manager (external sales)

Duties:

New business development;

Canvassing new customers and business (building sites and trade);

Customer relationship management and calling on current customers’ base;

Managing out of stock instances;

Compiling quotations & invoices;

Estimating bill of quantities (mostly through coordinators);

Putting discount structures in place and follow up on quotes;

Reporting and managing age analysis;

Conducting site visits and handling site queries;

Logging and forwarding plans to estimators;

Compiled tenders and bill of quantities; and

Managing daily logistics delivery schedules.

Reason for leaving: Career growth

Company: Prominent Paints

Dates: June 2003 to July 2005

Position: Trade Consultant: New Business Development

Duties: SPECIFYING CONSULTANT (NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT)

Researching trade opportunities;

Visiting Architects, Quantity Surveyors, Developers, and franchise groups such as PostNet, KFC, Total, etc.);

Developing new business development;

Compiling tenders & bill of quantities (mostly given to sales department);

Maintaining existing accounts (painting contractors);

Compiling specifications for trade customers and architects;

Resolve technical and site queries; and

Demonstrating paint products on site to architects, project managers and other customers.

EXPORT CONSULTANT (NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT):

Visiting customers;

Compiling export documentation;

Compiling bills of lading, container plan and export invoices

Supporting foreign customers;

Maintaining export data base;

Completing electronic submissions for exports; and

Updated projects stages on MS Project.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (MS PROJECT) ON ALL STAGES OF NEW SHOP

Monitoring and revising stages of projects;

Planning shop layout for new shops;

Planning new stock and stock control for new shops;

Maintaining departmental statistics in electronic format;

Compiling reports (MS Excel) to be submitted to the Managing Director;

Visiting customers monthly (Swaziland and Mozambique)

Continuous liaising with suppliers;

Communicated effectively with customers

Updating all stock changes, signage boards and layout changed of new shops;

Maintaining records

Monitoring stock in new outlets; and

Reporting on project status to Managing Director.

Reason for leaving: Headhunted by Builders.

CAREER HISTORY 1988 - 2003

Synopsis of temporary assignments and contract work:

Debtors: Dorbyl Engineering

Buying department: Omnia Fertiliser

Accounts department: Coverland

Bookkeeper (up to trial balance): Engen, Kroonvaal (2

Years)

Temporary work for Kelly Girl after my daughter was born

January 2003 to 1996: Internal Sales and Debtors for

Olympic Hardware

Sales Representative: Scolings Hiring

1989 to 1992: Debtors Clerk - Cablelect Electrical

REFERENCES

Company: Marley Building Systems

HR dept. 011-***-****

Philip van Rensburg (Product Manager) - 082-***-****

Company: Tile Africa

Hendeon Brits (Cluster Manager) - 082-***-****

Company: Afrox, Sasolburg (previous manager left)

(Manager) - 016-***-****

Company: SJA Construction

Alan Verzmoter - 083-***-****

Company: Books4less

Lenard Durand – 074-***-****

Please note: For additional references, contact numbers of building contractors and project managers can be supplied.

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