Gayan Rukmal Marasinghe, Sales Manager

Gayan Rukmal Marasinghe

Sales Manager

Clover Family Optical

Location
Sri Lanka
Education
High school or equivalent, Forklift operator
Experience
16 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 9 Months

Sales Manager at Clover Family Optical
  • Sri Lanka - Gampaha
  • My current job since August 2019

Spectacles frame & Lens Dispensing/ Sales, .

Professional advice on eye & Spectacle health, Customer care.

Front desk, Cash handling, stock balance.

Facilitator Dispensing optics and Business development at Negombo Opticals
  • Sri Lanka - Negombo
  • December 2019 to July 2022

Provide both the business and its clients with expertise on the Sales & Marketing and dispensing of quality eyewear while maximizing sales and profit, maintaining exemplary customer service.

Initiate and developed the ophthalmic lens brand MURANO across the Sri Lankan optical market.

Training provided to optical shop sales teams on products and customer care, service.

Forklift Operator at Freelance
  • Sri Lanka - Negombo
  • January 2020 to July 2022

- Part time/Freelancer Forklift operator to Warehouses.

- Diesel 2T, 5T / Electric 2T, 5T.

- Single and Double deep racks / 10m hight.

- Site and personal safety.

- Careful load handling.

Manager Sales And Marketing at Essilor Lanka Private Limited
  • Sri Lanka - Colombo 10
  • January 2013 to December 2019

Key Account Manager for “Vision Care Optical Pvt Ltd”, the largest Optical retail chain in Sri Lanka.

Implement national sales programs by developing field sales action plans.

Maintain sales volume, product mix and selling price by keeping current with supply and demand, changing trends, economic indicators and competitors.

Training optical shop sales teams on products and customer care.

Manage 2 sales members sales Target achievement.

Medical Representative at A.Baurs & Co.(Pvt)Ltd
  • Sri Lanka - Colombo 14
  • September 2007 to December 2012

Executing required number of visits on Medical Doctors & distribution channels to implement sales/marketing objectives.

Monitoring sales performance data and acting to remove negative variances and to maximizing the business potential.

Actively providing customers with medical information/services consistent with their needs.

Education

High school or equivalent, Forklift operator
  • at CAT Training Center, Sri Lanka
  • November 2022

- Operational safety and ergonomics. - Intro to material handling equipment. -Application of lift truck stability. -Knownyour workplace; site specific rules and procedures. - Daily machine inspection. -Safe driving inspection. -Machine operation training from the begining. -Machine operation practicals( Stack and de-stack, Load and unload, travel with load)

High school or equivalent, Optometry
  • at Sri Lanka Optometric Association
  • May 2022
Diploma, Brand Management
  • at Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing
  • May 2014
Diploma, Marketing
  • at London Business School
  • May 2009

Specialties & Skills

Customer Care
Forklift Operator
B2B Marketing
Brand Management
New Business Development
PR building
Public speaking
English language ( IELTS band 6.5)
Presentation
Product/ Brand development
Forklift operator

Social Profiles

Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

Sri Lanka Optometric Association
  • Student members
  • October 2019
Sri Lanka Optometric Association
  • Associate member
  • October 2022

Training and Certifications

Be a Powerful speaker in the corporate world (Training)
Training Institute:
Maharaja Institute of Management
Date Attended:
January 2018
Duration:
6 hours
Effective presentation skills (Training)
Training Institute:
Ministry of youth affairs and skills development
Date Attended:
May 2013
Duration:
6 hours
IELTS (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2022
Emmerging Talents (Training)
Training Institute:
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Date Attended:
July 2018
Duration:
36 hours
Unleash the sales man in you. (Training)
Training Institute:
Mc.Quire
Date Attended:
November 2011
Duration:
6 hours

Hobbies

  • Traveling & meeting people and cultures
    Visited All parts of Sri Lanka. Traveled to: * India- Bangalore & Chennai * Pakistan-Kashmir * Maldive Islands * Malaysia * Thailand
  • Social Media
    Successfully steering Social Media (Optical) platforms: • GRM Spectacle training Personal blog https://www.facebook.com/paraoptometrc/ • Spectacle wearers _Sri Lanka Public group https://www.facebook.com/groups/798263277624316