curriculum vitae of tannith thompson 2016

Tannith Thompson +27 82 456 3651 [email protected]

Curriculum Vitae of

Tannith Bianca Thompson

Email Address: [email protected]

Mobile Number: +27 82 456 3651

Date of Birth: 11 September 1988

Citizenship: South African & British

Home Language: English

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EDUCATION

AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS

Secondary Education Institution St Mary’s DSG Pretoria

Tertiary Education

Institution Alpine Business College (Greece)

Diploma Studied Events & Conventions

Management

Institution Rhodes University

Degree Studied Bachelor of Commerce

Grade Achieved to do Honours Distinction

Degree Bachelor of Commerce with

Honours

Grade Achieved to do Masters Distinction

2014 Academic Colours awarded

by Rhodes University

Awarded Academic Colours due to achievement of Bachelor

of Commerce Honours with Distinction

2013

Scholarship awarded by

Rhodes University

Awarded Scholarship by Rhodes University to complete

Honours Degree in Bachelor of Commerce. This was awarded

due to distinction obtained in Bachelor of Commerce in

2013.

2010

Personal & Professional

Excellence in Events &

Conventions Management

An award awarded to one student a year that has constantly

maintained outstanding and professionalism at the

University amongst the lecturers and peers and receives the

highest grade reported by their Industry placement

employer during their compulsory internship

2010 Vice President of Student

Council

Voted the Vice President of the Student Council by Student

Body in Alpine Business University in Greece

2009 Secretary of Student

Council

Voted the Vice President of the Student Council by Student

Body in Alpine Business University in Greece


EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Organisation: Home Fabrics (Pty) Ltd

Location: Sandton, Gauteng

Position Held: Sales & Marketing Executive

Period: 2014 – Current

I started at Home Fabrics in 2014 as an Executive Consultant after graduating with my Honours.

Within 3 months I was promoted to Sales Manager supporting & being responsible for a team of 35

National Sales Reps, 3 International Sales Reps, 5 National showrooms, various export markets and

working closely the Sales Director. Within the next month an extra department was added to my

portfolio – Customer Services. I was responsible for not only supporting and managing the entire

sales team of Home Fabrics and the operations surrounding it but also the Customer Services

Department. My responsibilities cover a vast area of sales meetings, interacting daily with

customers, executive daily meetings, generating reports on a weekly basis, constructing incentives

or deals with executives and sales team and developing the business daily with the Sales Director

and CEO. A year later I was further promoted to becoming an Executive of the business, the Sales &

Marketing Executive. The extent of my role within the business is incredibly vast:

Construction of sales strategies that keep the company competitive, innovative, avoid

stagnation and motivate the sales team

Development of goals, projects and priorities and assign them to Sales Managers supporting

them in the successful execution of these

Presentation of the full strategy of the sales plan every month to the Directors and fellow

Executive members

Execution of sales strategies by travelling to wide geographic area holding strategic sales

meetings with the sales teams. Constant motivation and support to the sales team driving

them every day ensuring they have the tools and support necessary to succeed

Oversee and manage the entire large team of sales managers and sales reps spanning a wide

national and International geographic area as well as managing the export markets

Development of new business and identify valuable emerging markets

Grow, nurture and prosper already existing customer relationships

Accurately forecasting future sales, construction of sales budget annually and ensuring sales

strategies can adapt to constant shifts in the marketplace


Formulate and manipulate all data tools related to either sales/marketing to understand and

present the statistics of the business – further utilising those tools to generate favourable

conditions

Construction of incentive drives to motivate and push the sales teams to achieve and further

overachieve their monthly budgets ensuring these are kept in line with the company

objectives and maximising profit

“Face of the business” serving as a business representative at major industry events,

conferences, trade shows and expositions

Constant focus and goal orientation of maximising company profits

Negotiate with both suppliers and customers to achieve favourable conditions for both

parties and ultimately maximising our return from the reached agreement

Strategically construct and present deals or incentives to enhance customer spend that

increase profitability of the business and the customers loyalty to our brand

Working incredibly close with operations, warehouse, customer service and so forth to

ensure maximum efficiency of customer service to our end consumers and coordination of

sales activities with those departments

Management of human resource functions – hiring, training and performance reviews

Management of marketing for the company and activities within the marketing department,

development of marketing and promotional plans

Developing the marketing strategy for the company in line with the company objectives

Co-ordination of marketing campaigns with the sales activities

Manage and oversee the company’s marketing budget

Monitor and report on effectiveness of the marketing campaigns and communication

Fully responsible for the brand management and corporate identity of the company

Responsible for effective internal communication ensuring the company is aware of

marketing objectives

Analysis of potential strategic partner relationships for company marketing and hold

negotiations of these


Organisation: OBP Business Solutions SAP Partner

Location: Mauritius

Position Held: Intern

Period: 2014

The company was starting its set up phase and flew me to Mauritius to compile the first draft of

OBPA’s Marketing Plan. I carefully studied the target market and how we would successfully execute

reaching them keeping in mind the business model of OBP and the challenges/advantages faced

with the target market. The products and solutions of SAP was a completely new product that I had

no knowledge of until I took on the project. The deadline of producing the Marketing Plan was 3

weeks and the company’s feedback was that I delivered a result that truly exceeded their

expectations. It was an incredible project to work on and I felt so proud to have been a part of it and

add strategic and marketing value.

Organisation: Rhodes University

Location: Grahamstown

Position Held: Management Tutor

Period: 2013

After achieving high academic results I was approached by Rhodes University to become a

Management Tutor. I was responsible for tutoring and mentoring Management to the Bachelor of

Commerce students. Along with mentoring and tutoring I assessed their tests, weekly-hand ins and

assignments. Mentoring and advancing the youth of our country was an incredibly rewarding task

and enjoyed every minute of it!


Organisation: Launch Factory & Emperors Palace

Location: Johannesburg

Position Held: Intern

Period: 2009 & 2010 (5 month period each)

The University I attended in Greece required the students to have a 5 month industry placement in

each academic year, whereby I chose both of mine in South Africa. At both companies I initially

started organising events, which then progressed to pitching to companies and clients to manage

their events. Eventually in both companies I managed entire events independently by the last 2

months of my placement. Both companies approached me with formal offers to become a

permanent member of their team which I turned down to pursue a career in the business world and

to focus my 100% attention on studying to attain an Honours in Bachelor of Commerce.


SKILLS

Microsoft Office Professional

Advanced Excel Pivot Table Skills

Integration of Business Processes in SAP ERP

MAC OS

Strong network of connections

Leadership skills

Human resource management skills

Financial management skills

Strategic planning

COMPENTENCIES

Excellent communicator

Team player

Forward thinker

Creative

Passionate

Driven

Competitive

Critically evaluative

Hard working

Proactive

Approachable

Willing to learn & adapt to new environments

Innovative

Enthusiastic

Independent

Social

Loyal & committed

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