1. FULL NAME James Lazarus Khoza
GENDER Male
NATIONALITY South African
NOTICE PERIOD Immediately Available
Education
High School
Malven Adult School
Matric
2003
Tertiary
Damelin
Sales & Marketing Management
2008
ADDRESS 19006 Braamfisherville ext 14
Roodepoort
1840
CELL NUMBER 083 659 4465
DRIVERS LICENCE code 10
DATE OF BIRTH 10/05/1978
CRIMINAL RECORD No
James Lazarus Khoza
Internal Sales
2. Work Experience
Global Tech
January 2015 to April 2016
Internal / External Sales
Telephonic cold calling
Door to door cold calling
Meet and greet internal clients
Product demonstration
Creation of quotes and follow ups thereon
Issuing of invoices
Following up on billings
Client visits in order to assess their business requirements
Presentations on products i.e. boardroom sales
Selling of products:
- Lawn Mower Tractors
- PABX
- VOIP
- Printers
- Fax Machines
- CCTV Cameras
- Access Controls
Create and provide monthly reports to management
Planning of schedules and researching businesses
Conducting approximately 30 calls daily to set up face-to-face sales meetings
Signing of new clients
Ensuring that sales pipeline is built for coming months
Provide and adhere to client SLAs
Customer relationship management
Learning and ensuring relevant knowledge on product manuals
Reason for Leaving:The business underwent a financial strain and as such were not selling enough
product to ensure the retention of staff, hence 90% of the sales team, including James, were retrenched.
S.A Rubber Engineering
September 2014 to December 2014
External Sales
Cold Calling on clients with the requirement of Forklift tyres
Conducting client research
Presenting products to potential clients
Door to door sales and follow ups
Quotations
Invoices
Billing follow ups
Recording of sales processes on Microsoft Excel
Product sales in:
- Solid Rubber Forklift tyres
- Polyurethane products
- Wear Liners
- Rubber to steel moulding
Reason for Leaving: After being retrenched at Alrite, James was in a number of interview processes
and ultimately took the first offer he received, however when the offer came in from Globaltech, he felt he
was far more aligned to their culture and as such made the difficult decision to approach the business and
accept the offer from Globaltech. James left SA Rubber on good terms.
3. Alrite Engineering
March 2005 to September 2014
Internal Sales Person
Customer relationship management
Provided customers with parts and product knowledge
Quotations
Invoices
Provision of part numbers to clients, both private and retail
- Joshua Doore
- Bradlows
- Mica Hardware
- Cash Build
- Build It
- Afgri
- Putright
Stock take and presentation of stock lists for ordering
Sales support to external sales representatives
Follow ups on back orders for clients
Delivery arrangements
Meet and greet of walk in clients
Handling of the till when conducting floor sales
Product support
Assistance to the Production Department and the Stores when required
Assistance to floor manager when pricing items that were imported and converting to rands
General administrative duties
Handling customer complaints and provided excellent service
Reason for Leaving: After 7 years with the business, James was devastated when Alrite Engineering
made the tough decision to retrench their staff, as they had no choice but to make cost cuts due to the
economic climate.