Altron Digital Business

Executive : Digital Infrastructure

- Spearheaded launch of Altron Karabina’s Software Services BU (Software Services BU focuses on Microsoft licensing and software asset management)
- Formalised BU go-to-market plan and execution (Supported by marketing)
- Driving, monitoring and evaluating BU strategy success/growth
- Responsible for BU revenue and GP number all up (New and existing customers)
- Management of Software Services P&L (Including budgeting)
- Customer prospecting, acquisition and retention
- Ongoing market research and competitor analysis
- Responsible for ensuring BU solutions excellence and driving client service excellence and satisfaction
- Responsible for BU workforce planning, hiring, retention and change management interventions

Business Unit Lead: Software Services 

Britehouse

- End-to-end management of Software Services BU (Key focus on securing excellence and attaining highest possible standard of service across client and vendor engagements)
- Management of Software Services P&L (Budgeting, forecasting and cost management)
- Defining go-to-market strategy and ensuring alignment to company’s strategic objectives
- Ensuring BU revenue targets are met
- Development and growth of vendor relationships (Microsoft and Mimecast)
- Drive client understanding of the value of a licensing partner and value differentiators
- Overall management and deployment of BU workforce
- Drive sales team to execute Software Services deliverables
- Ensure licensing and software asset management teams are enabled to always be top of their field in knowledge and expertise
- Work with other Britehouse and Dimension Data BUs on joint go-to-market strategies
- Resolution of escalations

General Manager: Software Services

Dimension Data

- Responsible for the operation of the Data Centre and Security Sales operations across Gauteng (South Africa)
- Responsible for End User Computing across Middle East and Africa
- Management of all aspects of operations, staff performance, training and leadership to ensure strategic objectives are consistently achieved and smooth running of the operations

Sales Support/Operations Manager: End User Computing, Data Centre and Security

- Responsible for operation of End User Computing (Microsoft) sales operations (Middle East and Africa)
- Implementation and monitoring of best practices and system automation and standardisation
- Resolution of escalations
- Analysis and quality assurance of operation activities (Ensure highest service standards)
- Building and maintaining relationships across vendors, internal finance and all business units
- Working closely with Software Services team ensuring optimised renewal processing and true up compliance
- Collaboration with Solutions team to resolve technical client queries
- Ensuring team capture all contracts, orders and incentives according to best practice (Enabling accurate payment of incentive fees from Microsoft and various other vendors)
- Guide and manage efforts to identify and improve services leading to higher profitability and improved client services

Sales Support/Operations Manager: End User Computing

- Worked with different stakeholders to understand their sales enablement priorities and to roll out different tiers and depths of sales enablement programs
- Coordinated development of programs to support/direct ongoing communications that drive regional execution and adoption
- Ensure sales enablement activities/programs were embedded in all marketing programs
- Drive alignment to the SPIN® language and methodology in support of company’s Solution Selling approach and ensure marketing managers and SME’s build appropriate SPIN-aligned content (Playbooks, role-plays etc.)
- Working with the Line of Business and Services Marketing Managers, Learning & Development Team and Online Systems Coordinator to drive ongoing measurement and reporting on program adoption
- Working with Learning and Development Team to drive an effective post-training feedback process
- Drive ongoing maintenance of sales enablement content to ensure relevance

Sales Enablement Coordinator

Websense

- Partner account management (Including training of partners, as well as driving sales through the channel)
- Regular forecasting and updating of Salesforce
- Campaign development to create new business pipeline
- Create run rate pipeline and maintain/increase sales pipeline
- Engage with resellers on new business opportunities and provide technical/sales information within accounts

Territory Account Manager

Novell

- Distribution partner management (Including managing strategic relationship with distributors: Workgroup, Comztek and Sparnoon)
- Implementation/execution of partner enablement and training
- Distribution marketing planning and execution (Including distribution alignment with company's partner program)
- Compiling forecasts from sales team and administration of Opportunity Management System (UNITY)
- Licensing program enablement/handling and resolution of licensing program related queries from resellers and customers
- Contract administration with Ireland operations centre
- Order processing through channel, distributors and Ireland, as well as ensuring all queries on orders were resolved and orders were placed correctly and timeously
- Managing renewals process between Distributors and Tele-web team in Dublin
- Day-to-day internal staff and partner support on company's tools
- SITA relationship management and procurement

Licensing and Distribution Manager

- Office administration and operations
- Responsible for customer care portal training for company's employees and partners
- Customer care queries and resolution
- Planning and executing of marketing-related events
- Distribution assistant (Orders queries, processing and contract management)

Internal Sales Representative / Customer Care

The Grange Hotel Bracknell (UK)

- Customer relations 
- Checking in and out of guests
- Cashing up 
- Reservations 
- Guests Special request and queries

Front Office Assistant

16+ years of demonstrated experience in the field of IT, with a broad range of skills in operations and licensing management. I am a highly motivated and diligent management professional with the ability to liaise effectively with colleagues of all levels and specialties, as well as the tenacity to achieve consistent levels of success in challenging and fast-paced environments. I am a skilled leader who assumes positions of responsibility with ease and strongly believes in maximising business potential and excellence through the consistent application of best practice. I am highly adaptable and detail-driven, a problem-solver by nature and have a passion for learning and keeping abreast of industry trends.

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