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Leatile Chilindi

Business Development Specialist
Gaborone,Botswana

Summary

Successful business development leader with proven accomplishments in driving market growth and firm profits. Articulate and driven leader with high energy and engaging personality. Hardworking team builder motivates personnel to maximize performance. Decisive and forward-thinking leader with persuasive communication style.

Overview

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5
5
years of post-secondary education
10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Qualification
01.2018 - 07.2021

Business Development Manager

Lavidagreen (Pty) Ltd
07.2015 - 07.2020
  • Oversaw the strategic direction of the company with a particular focus on growth initiatives.
  • Responsible for developing and executing key strategies for sales and product expansion, marketing and order fulfilment.
  • Creating, communicating, and implementing the organization's vision, mission, and overall direction.
  • Leading the development and implementation of the overall organization's strategy.
  • Leading, guiding, directing, and evaluating the work of department leaders depending on the organization's reporting structure.
  • In the process of leading these senior leaders, the CEO makes certain that the strategic direction the CEO filters down through the organization to ensure its achievement.
  • Formulating and implementing the strategic plan that guides the direction of the business.
  • Assuring that the plan creation involves significant input from the team so that there is little pushback regarding implementation.
  • Evaluating the success of the organization in reaching its goals.
  • Making sure that each strategic goal is measurable or that the outcomes can be described in a way that an agreed upon picture is shared by the team.
  • Following up new business opportunities and setting up meetings.
  • Planning and preparing presentations.
  • Communicating new product developments to current and prospective clients.
  • Overseeing the development of marketing literature.
  • Writing reports.

Operations and Junior Project Manager

Ki-Tech Group World
08.2013 - 03.2015
  • Provide daily direction to project team; create and manage overall project work plan and work effort; prepare status reports on all project activities.
  • Coordinates office services, such as personnel, budget, and records management control.
  • Oversee the duties of the accounting team.
  • Prepare monthly financial reports.
  • Control the master data of the general register.
  • Review and release online banking payments.
  • Implement accounting systems and processes.
  • Maintenance of inventory records.
  • Reconcile income statements.
  • Serves as a lead worker on special projects.
  • Formulate new business ventures.
  • Responsible for project administration and support.
  • Oversee the completion of project tasks.
  • Monitor adherence to perpetual project management process standards.
  • Follow up on open items and track issues.
  • Lead weekly status meetings with team to assess progress against plan.
  • Contribute to company growth through the creation and sharing of knowledge, lessons learned, and best practices based on project experiences.
  • Managing client expectations.
  • Responsible for booking and managing project resources (including external contractors and vendors) and assist with resource planning and forecasting.

Assistant Procurement Officer

Laurelton Diamonds Botswana
02.2013 - 06.2013
  • Sourcing polisher tools and indirect necessities.
  • Keeping stock count.
  • Tracking products in shipment.
  • Making and calculating production tool demand forecasts.
  • Developing an accurate and user-friendly inventory management system.
  • Prepare TOR for procurement of suppliers and consultant services.
  • Analyze bid summaries for evaluation and award of jobs.
  • Participate in detailed discussions, consultations and negotiations on the implementation of restructuring and outsourcing proposals.
  • Create detailed project activity schedules.
  • Prepare estimates of detailed project costs and budgets.
  • Document project risks.
  • Provide specialized inputs (in terms of analysis and research) to project from conception to closure:.
  • Feasibility studies.
  • Due diligence exercise.
  • Valuation exercise.
  • Strategy and options analysis.
  • Execute project as per systems, rules, regulations, standards, procedures, guidelines and instruments provided.
  • Prepare project deliverables and/or liaise with external consultants for production of project deliverables.

Education

No Degree - Go To Market Strategy

Stanford University/De Beers Partnership
Gaborone
04.2019 - 05.2019

CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting - Management Accounting

CIMA Global
U.K
01.2017 - 01.2018

Bachelor of Administration - Logistics Management

University of Botswana
Gaborone, Botswana
08.2008 - 05.2012

Skills

    Business development and planning

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Software

Cloud, ERP, CRM, Office, Inventory Management

Sport

Enjoy playing tennis, football and golf.

Timeline

No Degree - Go To Market Strategy

Stanford University/De Beers Partnership
04.2019 - 05.2019

Qualification
01.2018 - 07.2021

CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting - Management Accounting

CIMA Global
01.2017 - 01.2018

Business Development Manager

Lavidagreen (Pty) Ltd
07.2015 - 07.2020

Operations and Junior Project Manager

Ki-Tech Group World
08.2013 - 03.2015

Assistant Procurement Officer

Laurelton Diamonds Botswana
02.2013 - 06.2013

Bachelor of Administration - Logistics Management

University of Botswana
08.2008 - 05.2012
Leatile ChilindiBusiness Development Specialist