Cloud, ERP, CRM, Office, Inventory Management
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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1
Language
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
Relationship building and management
Goals and performance
Verbal and written communication
Networking strength
Systems and software programs
Operations
Performance metrics
Software
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