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Brandon Ramdhan

Brandon Ramdhan

Local Sales Manager
Burlington,Ontario

Summary

Hardworking and driven sales management professional equipped to revitalize sales operations and align procedures to maximize profits and client acquisition. Successful at improving sales procedures to streamline and strengthen processes. Multifaceted leader with analytical and diligent approach to building and leading strong teams.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Local Sales Manager

Carib Glassworks & Ansa Polymer
Champ Fleurs , POS
2022.01 - 2022.12
  • Managed Local Sales for both Carib Glassworks Limited & ANSA Polymer. Drove sales up 45% in glass & 24% in polymer vs 2021.
  • Established and cultivated solid business relationships with new or existing customers by means of daily customer calls, weekly visits, monthly customer reconciliations &quarterly business reviews
  • Targeted and prospected for new business through telemarketing, individual creativity and innovation.
  • Resolved customer issues quickly to close deals and boost client satisfaction. Maintained 36 hour resolution time vs target of 72 hours.
  • Closed lucrative sales deals using strong negotiation and persuasion skills (e.g. Nestle Latin America shrink film).
  • Coached and counseled sales personnel, assisting with individual selling efforts and helping sales representatives reach targets.
  • Utilized metrics to modify low-performing sales and marketing programs and plans to increase effectiveness.
  • Led account planning strategy sessions aimed at retaining and acquiring customers and increasing business opportunities.
  • Evaluated performance against goals and implemented appropriate development plans.
  • Conducted team meetings to reinforce goals and objectives and set clear expectations about policies and procedures.

Account Executive

Ansa McAL Packaging
Champ Fleurs , POS
2019.07 - 2022.01
  • Built and strengthened relationships with new and existing accounts to drive revenue growth.
  • Negotiated sales deals between customers and agency, resulting in mutually beneficial agreements and cultivated relationships.
  • Gained understanding of goals, objectives and processes to meet client business needs.
  • Managed sales cycle to maintain solid customer base.
  • Qualified leads, built relationships and executed sales strategies to drive new business.
  • Stayed up-to-date on emerging industry and product standards and trends to revitalize accounts.
  • Executed successful sales strategies to convert leads into customers.
  • Gathered information from clients to secure accounts, verify payment and identify special requirements.
  • Presented product concepts and offerings to meet client specifications and preferences.
  • Applied needs-based analysis to assess current satisfaction and importance of various product features to customers.
  • Employed proactive and collaborative approaches to strengthen relationships and manage customer needs.
  • Resolved issues promptly to drive satisfaction and enhance customer service.
  • Serviced accounts and proposed new products and services to maximize revenue.
  • Cross-sold products and services to clients to secure additional business and grow revenue streams
  • Met and exceeded service level goals to achieve standards and expectations.
  • Created and executed account strategies to translate organizational goals into client activities.
  • Cold called, canvassed and obtained referrals to develop sales pipeline. Performed 25 cold calls per week. This created $2M in sales between 2019-2021.
  • Reviewed accounts monthly to monitor and track customer satisfaction and complaints.
  • Prepared additional quotes for current clients to upsell products and services.
  • Communicated between internal and external stakeholders, clients and vendors.
  • Identified customer needs to achieve service levels that met and exceeded expectations.
  • Collaborated with internal teams to develop account strategy.

Technical Sales Engineer

Ansa McAL Chemicals Limited
Point Lisas , CTT
2017.08 - 2019.07
  • Attained $300k in sales during first year of sales for HACH.
  • Tendered for and won lucrative contracts from oil and gas & food & beverage companies within year one of operations.
  • Managed technical integration, systems engineering program management, customer support and program management.
  • Prepared cost estimates and bid documents by studying customer RFPs and consulting with project managers.
  • Gained customer acceptance by demonstrating cost reductions and operations improvements.
  • Suggested ideas for product evolution and new product variants.
  • Reviewed customer inquiries to understand project scope while managing internal delivery mechanisms.
  • Developed and implemented pursuit plans for opportunities within identified key accounts.
  • Supported market research, metrics and requirements development and risk management.
  • Provided technical troubleshooting and problem solving for clients with installed equipment or system issues.
  • Recommended changes, improvements or enhancements in products to product development team based on customer feedback.
  • Analyzed market trends, competitor performance and product strengths.
  • Provided sales forecasts for product sales opportunities within identified accounts.
  • Delivered technical sales presentations to prospects and presented benefits and value of products.
  • Interacted with potential customers in Food, Paper, Oil and Gas, Municipal & Educational industries, with focus on winning all lab related and field testing business involving HACH.
  • Underwent intensive HACH online training to become certified in diagnosing and repairing all HACH equipment.
  • Developed various excel spreadsheets, which made otherwise manually inputted and calculated data, automated and provided trends and graphs.
  • Provided 24/7 technical consultation for key clients.

Executive Management Trainee

Ansa McAL Limited
Mt. Hope , POS
2015.07 - 2017.07

Chosen as 1 out of 8 top university graduates to participate in 2 year rotational training program throughout different departments of Abel Building Solutions as follows:

Production (4 months):

  • Reviewed and modified all standard operating procedures for Columbia 1600 production plant.
  • Developed daily plant downtime sheet.
  • Reviewed and modified plant safety matrix.

Sales & Marketing (6 months)- Abel Building Solutions:

  • Responsible for sale of provisional (6 month or older) items. Coordinated & sold over 400K in provisional items via factory sale. This 400K represented 50% increase in provisional sales over entirety of 2015.
  • Developed and oversaw SLA implementation between TOMCO and ABS for sale and warehousing of ABS products in Tobago.
  • Developed and oversaw implementation of SOP for sales process from ordering to invoicing for MetPro division.

Human Resources (4 months)- Abel Building Solutions:

  • Updated HRIS database including missing documentation and appraisals for all employees. Updated Organization Charts for all departments within ABS and Abel Clay.
  • Coordinated and ran ABS first ever fun and family day in August 2016. Was able to run event 20% under budget.

Finance (4 months)- Abel Building Solutions:

  • Actively involved in 2017 budgeting plan, process and implementation.
  • Performed day to day duties in AP( Accounts Payable), AR (Accounts Receivable) and GL (General Ledger) arms of finance department.

Warehousing (3 months)- Abel Building Solutions:

  • Performed weekly, monthly and quarterly stock checks for all AC units and spare parts.
  • Responsible for revaluation and sale of low saleable spare parts as well as other provisional spare parts.

Purchasing (3 months)- Abel Building Solutions:

  • Generated average of 20% savings for high volume purchase items.

Education

Master of Science - Project Management

The University of The West Indies
St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago
2022-12

Bachelor of Science - Chemical & Process Engineering

The University of The West Indies
St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago
2014-12

Skills

  • Business Development and Planning
  • Strategic Forecasting
  • Profitability Assessments
  • Sales Statistics Analysis
  • Sales and Marketing
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Goal Attainment
  • Product and Service Management

Software

Microsoft Dynamics 365

Microsoft Office

Additional Information

  • Canadian Permanent Resident.
  • USA Visa Holder.

Work Availability

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Quote

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
Chinese proverb

Timeline

Local Sales Manager

Carib Glassworks & Ansa Polymer
2022.01 - 2022.12

Account Executive

Ansa McAL Packaging
2019.07 - 2022.01

Technical Sales Engineer

Ansa McAL Chemicals Limited
2017.08 - 2019.07

Executive Management Trainee

Ansa McAL Limited
2015.07 - 2017.07

Master of Science - Project Management

The University of The West Indies

Bachelor of Science - Chemical & Process Engineering

The University of The West Indies
Brandon RamdhanLocal Sales Manager