CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL DETAIL

NAME: Edward Ongiri Ogega

GENDER: Male.

AGE: 35 years.

MARITAL STATUS; Married.

NATIONALITY: Kenyan.

ADDRESS: P.O Box 2018-00100, Nairobi, Kenya.

TELEPHONE: +254-734-758890.

EMAIL-ADDRESS: [email protected]

LANGUAGE: English and Swahili.

RELIGION: Christian.

AMBITIONS AND ASPIRATIONS

To utilize my talent, knowledge and experience I have in order to make a more productive contribution for the welfare of any organization and further my knowledge and career prospects through continued experience

My Aim & future based sales objectives.

My goal is to become a sales Manager where I can use my qualities. I will try to make the customer convinced about whatever product I sell to him or her. I will always try to provide the best to my customer and make them satisfied. I will endeavour to provide the best quality to the customer so that he/she will bookmark my product as a quality product. As a result of this, the product which I am selling will gain fame as well as capture the market also.

Who is Edward Ogega? He is a seasoned type sales professional with in excess of over 10 years  experience, He is a lateral thinking specialist who excels in tailor & making solutions for commercial entities either at inception or in new lines of business. He is dedicated to excellence and to building long term partnerships with his teams.

I am an entrepreneurial manager and thrive on immediate results. I will assess the impact of every activity in figures for I am a numbers person and undertakes continuous analysis of the results of activities. I am a team player, works well with people in achieving team objectives. I intend to take the lead. I am a good listener, I like to motivate people and enjoys and celebrates the successes of the teams.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

MANAGERIAL

• Able to work independently in a fast paced and rapidly changing environment.

• Build business in new markets and areas.

• Can identify threats as well as opportunities.

• Developing and motivating teams to do better.

• IT literate and proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

• Comfortable in dealing with Senior Managers or Executives.

• Developing business relationships through networking.

PERSONAL

• Able to cope with pressure and work in a fast paced environment.

• Willing and capable of learning and adapting quickly.

• Understanding a client’s needs and issues from a business point of view.

• Ability to communicate in a clear and effective manner.

• Having the patience to deal with multi decision maker sales processes.

• High level of personal organisation and time management skills.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

2008  – 2009                     Diploma in Sales Management and Marketing (ICM, U.K).

1999 – 2002                     Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education

Riondong’a High School.

1991 – 1998                     Kenya Certificate of Primary Education.

Nyanchwa Primary School

SALES AND MARKETING MANAGER

DAIMA ENERGY

June 2016 – Present in Nairobi

Maintaining and increasing sales of  Daima Energy’s products. Reaching the targets and goals set for my area. Establishing, maintaining and expanding my customer base. Servicing the needs of my existing customers.

Increasing business opportunities through various routes in the market. Setting sales targets for individual reps and my team as a whole. Recruiting and training sales staff.

Allocating areas to sales representatives.

Developing sales strategies and setting targets.

Monitoring my team’s performance and motivating them to reach targets. Compiling and analyzing sales figures.

Possibly dealing with some major key customer accounts myself.

Collecting customer feedback and market research. Reporting to the Company CEO.

Keeping up to date with products and competitors.

RENEWABLE ENERGY SALES REPRESENTATIVE

Nov. 2013 to Oct 2016:Chloride Exide (K) Ltd.(www.cekl.com)

DUTIES:

Selling and Marketing of renewable energy solutions, do proper sizing for both solar water heating Systems, solar power systems and power backup systems. DUTIES:

•Prospecting, designing and closing deals within my territory for the solar energy products/projects and solar batteries.

•Ensuring all solar installations are done to CEKL standards and commissioned within the agreed timelines.

•Wholly responsible for the achievement of the daily, monthly and annual sales targets.

•Forecasting, designing and allocating the sales budgets among the different dealers.

•Conceptualizing, designing and managing the organization’s distribution strategy effectively and efficiently.

•Conducting commercial surveys to advise Management on new product opportunities, competitor activities and risk management strategy.

•Supervising and overseeing promotional activities in the markets as well as developing effective relations with various publics.

Selling and Marketing Locally Assembled & Maintenance Free Automotive Batteries, Solar Panels, Inverter  Power  Back-up  Systems,  Wind  Generators,  Solar  Water  Heating  Systems,  Deep-Cycle Batteries, Solar fridges/deep freezers.

SALES EXECUTIVE

Nov.2011 to Oct;2013:At New Sky Africa ltd Nairobi.(www.newskyafrica.com/nk-machinery.com)

DUTIES:

Selling and Marketing of all type of Heavy machinery/earth moving machines i.e. motor graders, wheel  loaders,  backhoe  loaders,  bulldozers,  excavators,  heavy  trucks  etc  to  customers,  i.e. Construction companies, Civil Engineers, Private firms/Companies, individuals and institutions, to prioritize and complete tasks in order to deliver desired outcomes within allotted time frames as scheduled and also conducting all customer service.

AUTO SALES EXECUTIVE CAM DRIVER

Jan.2008 to Oct.2011 :           At Double ‘B’ Automobiles Ltd Nairobi.

DUTIES:

Prepare vehicles for sale, help customers decide which vehicles will best suit their needs, accompany customers who are test driving vehicles, collect payment or arrange finance on vehicles, decide on the trade-in value of the customer’s used vehicle, arrange vehicle insurance for customers, organize advertising  and  promotions,  keep  a  database  of  customers  and  potential  customers,  deal  with painters, panel beaters and parts suppliers.

2005- 2007; Sales and marketing at Global bins 2000 company

Selling the company’s services to offices, residential apartments and private owned houses and also marketing the company’s services to new market area.

Supervising   daily work of ensuring all waste/ garbage is collected and cleanliness is maintained within our clients and gives them support if they need any i.e. order some extra carriage bins and plastic bags.

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Making friends and  business networking.

To be the most successful Sales Manager since it’s my passion to sell.

LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

2002; School head boy

Roles;

Head of students’ council,

Designing a duty roaster and assigning weekly duties to school prefects. Organizing students clubs, tours, inter schools friendly matches and Ensuring that the students are disciplined.

2001; Dorm prefect

Roles;

Maintained the dorm students’ register.

Reporting all sick cases to the administration.

Ensuring the dorm is maintained clean always and orderly.

REFEREES;

1.   Chloride Exide (K) Ltd.

C/o Edwin Kibet(Renewable energy sales) Cell Phone;+254 723 369924.

P.O BOX 14242-00800 Nairobi, Kenya.

2.   New Sky Africa Ltd,C/o Lynda Meitex.       P.O. Box 62154-00200,Nairobi,Kenya       TEL : +254-20-2315586

FAX: +254-20-2347189   E-mail;[email protected]

3.   Jones M.Aboki

Double ‘B’ Automobiles Ltd P.O Box 19435-00202 Nairobi, Kenya .

Cell Phone: +254 720 269756