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National Sales and Export manager at Resource Fashion Trading
lance@resource-ft.com
Summary
Personal Skills and Competencies:
• Ensuring synergy across portfolio of accounts and key accounts to maintain brand and service consistency. • Comprehensive entrepreneurial background.
• Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple tasks concurrently and to deadline.
• Meet and surpass all sales targets, to deadline.
• Attention to detail and the thoroughness to see a project through to completion.
• Effective management of external and internal relationships.
• Planning, management and implementation of sporting events.
• Understanding importance of ownership and personal ambassadorship for brand(s). • Proficient in Microsoft Office (Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook).
• Extremely enthusiastic, ambitious, and passionate about the fashion industry.
Experience
National Sales and Export manager at Resource Fashion Trading
September 2011 - Present (1 year 5 months)
• Manage 4 sales agents nationally selling our own footwear brand. Annual sales have quadrupled since taking on this responsibility.
• Approve samples from manufacturers in China and India for new collections.
• Conceptualised and managed the shop fitting, planning, buying and merchandising for flagship retail store in Luanda, Angola.
• Induct, train and manage staff in Angola w.r.t Resource's distribution and retail networks. Training covers brand induction, merchandising, stock taking, sell-through and technical training.
• Manage the expectations of 18 suppliers regarding logistics and performance of their brands within Resource. My responsibilities also include planning and placing orders with said suppliers.
• Effective 360# management and servicing of client relationships.
• Manage the budgets within our South African and Angolan business, and ensure all sales targets are met and exceeded where possible.
• Negotiate discounts, terms and product range consultation in Angola for The Athletes Foot (retail chain from the U.S.A) on behalf of Resource.
• Oversee and manage all export logistics. This includes responsibility of our bonded warehouses, VAT, export duties and timely arrival of stock containers.
• Approve and/or decline orders for Angola.
• Frequent travel to Angola in order to oversee effective retail and distribution. Seek out opportunities for
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further growth, project management and problem solving.
Lance van Heerden
National Sales and Export manager at Resource Fashion Trading
lance@resource-ft.com
Summary
Personal Skills and Competencies:
• Ensuring synergy across portfolio of accounts and key accounts to maintain brand and service consistency. • Comprehensive entrepreneurial background.
• Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple tasks concurrently and to deadline.
• Meet and surpass all sales targets, to deadline.
• Attention to detail and the thoroughness to see a project through to completion.
• Effective management of external and internal relationships.
• Planning, management and implementation of sporting events.
• Understanding importance of ownership and personal ambassadorship for brand(s). • Proficient in Microsoft Office (Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook).
• Extremely enthusiastic, ambitious, and passionate about the fashion industry.
Experience
National Sales and Export manager at Resource Fashion Trading
September 2011 - Present (1 year 5 months)
• Manage 4 sales agents nationally selling our own footwear brand. Annual sales have quadrupled since taking on this responsibility.
• Approve samples from manufacturers in China and India for new collections.
• Conceptualised and managed the shop fitting, planning, buying and merchandising for flagship retail store in Luanda, Angola.
• Induct, train and manage staff in Angola w.r.t Resource's distribution and retail networks. Training covers brand induction, merchandising, stock taking, sell-through and technical training.
• Manage the expectations of 18 suppliers regarding logistics and performance of their brands within Resource. My responsibilities also include planning and placing orders with said suppliers.
• Effective 360# management and servicing of client relationships.
• Manage the budgets within our South African and Angolan business, and ensure all sales targets are met and exceeded where possible.
• Negotiate discounts, terms and product range consultation in Angola for The Athletes Foot (retail chain from the U.S.A) on behalf of Resource.
• Oversee and manage all export logistics. This includes responsibility of our bonded warehouses, VAT, export duties and timely arrival of stock containers.
• Approve and/or decline orders for Angola.
• Frequent travel to Angola in order to oversee effective retail and distribution. Seek out opportunities for
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further growth, project management and problem solving.
