I am a pragmatic and strategic-thinking Sales Manager, offering 10 years’ business and sales experience across the manufacturing and distribution arenas. I possess the skilled experience and personal motivation to make a positive difference to your team. In my role as Regional Sales Manager for Regal Distributors, I lead a regional sales team, overseeing an annual budget of R100m while developing overarching sales strategies across multiple brands and vertical markets. Regal Distributors offer over 4000 products and peripherals, across 27 branches nationwide. In this capacity, I have successfully maintained annual sales growth of 21%, consistently achieving a place in the Top 3 most profitable branches. As a motivated and determined hunter of new business, I am able to understand customer needs, identify new revenue streams and target new business with strategic alignment. I am skilled in the areas of strategy development, branch management, financial planning and control, and the building of productive and motivated teams. Coupled with an exemplary track record for building rapport and maintaining trusting professional relationships, I have acquired a full range of capabilities to act as a tenacious delivery agent in the sale of products and services in any industry. A meticulous planner, highly organised and time-focused, I effectively triage multiple urgent priorities. Among peers, I am recognised as an approachable and intuitive leader, with innate mentorship capabilities. I steer culturally diverse teams towards the common goal of success and encourage individual contribution and ownership with a sense of humour, tact and diplomacy. Leading by example, I embrace challenges with enthusiasm and have led my region to be one of the most profitable in the company by always keeping long-term growth and sustainability in mind. In my previous role as Territory Sales Manager for Swartland Boundienste, a building and supplies manufacturer, I achieved 30% annual growth of the company’s flagship brand, and successfully grew key account business by 35% year-on-year. Finding my natural home in sales, I bring high energy, a result-oriented mind-set and the commercial acumen to thrive in a progressively challenging sales environment. I look forward to joining a dynamic organisation, collaborating with like-minded peers to drive business expansion, and welcoming the opportunity for professional growth and development. Thank you for considering my application.