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DENZEL TINDI

DENZEL TINDI

NAIROBI

Summary

Dynamic Account Manager offering expertise in building partnerships, retaining key accounts and enhancing profit channels. Strong leader with proficiency in growing professional network, influencing decision-makers and devising successful strategies. Collaborative and strategic team leader with robust background in customer relationship management.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

HORECA Executive

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa
01.2025 - Current
  • Primary KPIs
  • Availability: Maintaining 100 % SKU listing consistency against the agreed portfolio to eliminate out-of-stocks.
  • Visibility: Optimizing Share of Space via primary cooler placement and premium menu positioning.
  • Volume: Driving total cases sold against monthly/quarterly targets with a focus on high-margin glass and still portfolios.
  • Activation: Executing 8 successful promotional events monthly to trigger consumer engagements and brand loyalty
  • Key Responsibilities & Achievements:
  • Market Leadership: Engineering the expansion of the HORECA footprint in Nairobi by identifying and onboarding Premium accounts, increasing territory volume by 30%
  • Relationship Management: Acting as a strategic partner to F&B Directors and General Managers to secure exclusive pouring rights and long-term contract retention.
  • RED Excellence: Leading the "Right Execution Daily" (RED) agenda, ensuring 100% brand compliance, product temperature standards, and point-of-sale (POS) dominance.
  • Financial & Asset Oversight: Managing credit limits and collections for high-volume accounts while ensuring 100% functional uptime and ROI on company-placed cooling assets.
  • Strategic Reporting: Utilizing Sales Force Automation (SFA) to provide real-time data on competitor pricing and market trends to regional leadership.

Sales Representative

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa
09.2021 - 12.2024

MyCCBA Digital Migration Piloting

Primary KPIs:

  • Digital Migration Rate (B2B Adoption)
  • Order Frequency
  • Route-to-Market Efficiency
  • Customer Retention.

Key Responsibilities

  • Digital Transformation: Spearheaded the Myccba rollout team, successfully migrating traditional retailers to the digital B2B platform to optimize order generation.
  • Operational Training: Upskilled delivery personnel and retailers on e-commerce systems, reducing order-to-delivery lead times and manual errors.

Account Development

Primary KPIs:

  • Volume Achievement: Total cases sold (Unit Cases) versus assigned monthly and quarterly sales targets.
  • Strike Rate (Effective Calls): The percentage of planned outlet visits that resulted in an actual order.
  • Horizontal Expansion (Numeric Distribution): The number of new active outlets opened and serviced within your assigned territory.
  • Asset Productive Utilization: Ensuring 100% "Pure Beverage" compliance and functional efficiency of all company-placed coolers and dispensers.
  • Collection Efficiency Index: The ratio of successful cash/cheque collections against total credit extended to customers.
  • Price & Promo Compliance: The percentage of outlets adhering to the Recommended Retail Price (RRP) and correctly executing scheduled brand promotions.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Identified and implemented new business opportunities so that the customer base and profits could continuously grow. This was achieved by:
  • Visiting potential dealers and evaluating their suitability on new business according to established criteria.
  • Assessing potential dealers through trial periods to establish their possible profitability as planned.
  • Developing & supporting dealers as per company guideline.
  • Optimized customer service to ensure superior customer relations and long lasting partnerships. This was achieved by:
  • Continuously updating customer master files to ensure that accurate customer records were maintained.
  • Continually updating customers in respect to new products, merchandise standards, promotionsand any other issues regarding business development.
  • Handling customer’s problems and queries in a professional, timely, tactful and friendly manner.
  • Formulated account plans so that future business opportunities could be planned and implemented effectively. This was achieved by:
  • Formulating & updating account plans according to agreed standards taking into account sales volumes,placing of equipment, projected growths, market trends, competition and seasonal fluctuations.
  • Formulating account plans according to relevant quarterly reviews.
  • Evaluating of product lines in order to eliminate slow moving lines and promote profitable lines.
  • Professional presentations of the annual account plans to customers to ensure their understanding of theplan.
  • Managed and maintained assets so that losses were minimized and optimal returns on investments were achieved .This was achieved by:
  • Ensuring all equipment contracts are completed, signed by relevant parties and submitted.
  • Ensuring all equipment placements are maximizing return on investment at all times.
  • Ensuring Coolers, vehicles and equipment are managed and maintained on a weekly basis to ensure optimal functioning.
  • Executed outlets according to organization strategies so that sales volumes could be increased and product awareness enhanced. This was achieved by:
  • Ensuring promotional agreements are accurately completed and forwarded to the relevant channel manager.
  • Executing promotions as per guidelines and set company standards.
  • Continuously educating dealers on stock management and shelf life dates.

Sales Merchandiser

Unilever Kenya Limited
07.2019 - 09.2021

Primary KPIs:

On-Shelf Availability (OSA), Plan-o-gram Compliance, and Visual Share of Shelf.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Adapted tagging, rotating, and product placement methods based on individual retailer requirements.
  • Drove sales through effective product placement and memorable visual displays.
  • Maintained organized merchandising standards with regular cleaning and recovery.
  • Achieved maximum results by securing prominent placement for clients ‘products
  • Minimized errors with consistent validation of deliveries and paperwork.
  • Maintained adequate stock with timely replenishments from storage to sales floor.
  • Verified proper shelf locations by checking style numbers, bin locations, and productdocumentation.
  • Implemented and executed plan-o-grams in-line with store presentation guidelines.
  • Engaged customers with visually-appealing merchandise displays.

Marketing Team Leader

Changes Marketing Agency
06.2019 - 07.2019
  • Improved advertising and promotional plans with clearly organized and executed marketing strategies.
  • Satisfied clients with close collaboration and consistent achievement of targets.
  • Capitalized on emerging opportunities, consistently tracking markets to stay on top of trends.
  • Captured new customers using creative and fresh approaches.
  • Identified potential markets for products or services with economic and commercial surveys.

Brand Representative (At POS)

Unilever (Vaseline lotion), Ariel Detergent, Gillett razor & Southern Comfort Whiskey
01.2019 - 06.2019
  • Demonstrated and explained products, to persuade customers to purchase.
  • Answered common and advanced customer questions based on extensive knowledge of product, market and competitors.
  • Attracted customer interest by building interesting displays and skillfully arranging merchandise.
  • Sold products being promoted and kept records of sales.

Market Research Executive

Apan Panasonic East Africa
06.2019 - 07.2019
  • Helped the company determine market position based on currently available data.
  • Completed accurate distribution work by carefully reviewing every order.
  • Verified level of supplies and requested new inventory to meet service levels.
  • Served customers by going above-and-beyond to offer exceptional support for all needs.

Election Assistant/ICT Clerk

Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission
08.2017

Computer Hardware Networking Attachment

Next Technologies
01.2019 - 04.2019
  • Improved future installations by reporting on project activities, failures, and corrective actions.
  • Organized, directed, and optimized installations for hardware such as Fiber Cable Installations,server room set-up &Installation of Patch Panels.
  • Diagnosed and resolved operational challenges to assist end-users.
  • Communicated with vendors to gather information about products and address system maintenance issues.
  • Planned efficient projects, including estimating requirements and coordinating schedules.
  • Assisted with problems at customer locations using excellent troubleshooting, diagnostics and repair abilities.

Rapporteur

America International Health Alliance in Collaboration with Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops
05.2018 - 06.2018
  • Managed files and continuously updated and organized records.
  • Assisted the Chairs during the establishment of the order of precedence and recorded it.
  • Performed roll calls, at the beginning or during the sessions, to determine attendance and the number of votes required (according to the workshop constitution.
  • Ensured that copies of the resolution to be debated during the sessions were available to all delegates prior to that session.
  • Read all draft resolution to the plenary session.
  • Kept the list of delegates that are on the speakers list.
  • Made corrections & amendments directly on the resolution being debated, as needed.
  • Together with the Chairs, counted the votes.
  • Worked effectively with diverse team to accomplish daily objectives and meet long-term goals.

Education

Marketing

Chartered Institute of Marketing Simon Page College
Nairobi
02-2022

Diploma Three (III) - ICT

Siaya National Polytechnic
11-2019

Diploma Two (II) - ICT

Siaya National Polytechnic
11-2018

Diploma One (I) - ICT

Siaya National Polytechnic
11-2017

K.C.S.E. - undefined

Sawagongo High School
11-2011

Skills

Key account management

Client relationship building

Account management

Business development

Sales strategy development

Relationship management

CRM software proficiency

Proposal writing

Territory management

Client acquisition

Sales pipeline management

Services optimization

COMPETENCIES

  • Good analytical and numerical ability
  • Socially outgoing and confident
  • Able to build positive relationships
  • Responsible, conscientious and dependable
  • Ability to work under pressure and handle ademanding work environment
  • Willing to take calculated risks
  • Assertive and persuasive- ability toinfluence
  • High energy levels and drive.

Timeline

HORECA Executive

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa
01.2025 - Current

Sales Representative

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa
09.2021 - 12.2024

Sales Merchandiser

Unilever Kenya Limited
07.2019 - 09.2021

Marketing Team Leader

Changes Marketing Agency
06.2019 - 07.2019

Market Research Executive

Apan Panasonic East Africa
06.2019 - 07.2019

Brand Representative (At POS)

Unilever (Vaseline lotion), Ariel Detergent, Gillett razor & Southern Comfort Whiskey
01.2019 - 06.2019

Computer Hardware Networking Attachment

Next Technologies
01.2019 - 04.2019

Rapporteur

America International Health Alliance in Collaboration with Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops
05.2018 - 06.2018

Election Assistant/ICT Clerk

Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission
08.2017

K.C.S.E. - undefined

Sawagongo High School

Marketing

Chartered Institute of Marketing Simon Page College

Diploma Three (III) - ICT

Siaya National Polytechnic

Diploma Two (II) - ICT

Siaya National Polytechnic

Diploma One (I) - ICT

Siaya National Polytechnic
DENZEL TINDI