Language Teacher at Suqian College, August 2008 – Present

During the past four semesters I taught English and Business English Majors; Oral, Business English, Extensive and Selective reading, Listening, Writing and Phonetics

Adult Trainer, Facilitator, Skills development Consultant and Advisor; Self employed, 2006 – 2008

Operated as an independent contractor with various financial companies, duties entailed the training of staff and management development, supply sound business and financial advice, support in respect of legal and labor Relations.

Area Manager at African Life, 1999 – 2005

In addition I held the positions as Polokwane and Pretoria Branch Manager until the organization was acquired by Sanlam.

Duties:

·         Develop and implement creative and successful business strategies.

·         Perform market analyses and create accurate marketing forecasts.

·         Coached, trained and mentored Managers to deliver outstanding personal performance.

·         Create custom system solutions by working closely with service providers to meet client needs, increasing customer satisfaction and sales.

Branch Manager at Commercial Union, 1994 – 1998

Branch Manager at Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth branches: Built top-performing team in Johannesburg and transferred to Port Elizabeth. As a result of British disinvestment, MetLife acquired the organization and the management was retrenched. Duties are similar as mentioned above.

Manager at Metropolitan Life, 1978 – 1993

Held the following middle to senior management positions;

·         Manager Corporate Marketing & Development Natal

·         Regional Manager Durban Individual Marketing

·         Regional Manager Western Cape Group Schemes

·         Regional Manager East London

·         Sales Manager

·         Trainer

Duties:

·         Develop and implement creative and successful marketing and business strategies.

·         Perform market analyses and create accurate forecasts.

·         Coached, train, assist and mentored Managers to deliver outstanding personal performance.

·         Successfully managed a staff compliment in excess of 60.

·         Create custom system solutions to meet client needs precisely and improve customer satisfaction and service.

I started my career at MetLife during 1978 as a Consultant, promoted to sales manager, lateral transfer as an Adult Trainer and later promoted to branch manager.