Lawrence Sonko, Sales Associate

Lawrence Sonko

Sales Associate

Almarai

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Diploma, Business Administration
Experience
14 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 2 Months

Sales Associate at Almarai
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • My current job since May 2014

 Being smart, represent the company and help customers with relevant information.
 Checking products’ expiry dates.
 Displaying company products in shelves for maximum visibility.
 Making sure I follow all the merchandising principles and practices at work.
 Coming up with suggestive ideas in a way giving my employer a cutting edge on the market over competitors.
 Helping making planogram designs in regard to my market floor opinion.
 Making sure I convince non loyal customers on the market floor buy our products by engaging them and listing advantages we have over competitors.
 Informing my superiors about market feedbacks from customers.
 Making daily stock reports for products in markets.
 Ensuring company space and products are clean before displaying.
 Hitting and maintaining company target sales.

Sales Supervisor at Just Group of Companies
  • Uganda
  • January 2013 to January 2014

• Bringing new clients on board to boost the Company income and sales
• Innovating new aggressive and result oriented market strategies
• Made sure the clients messages were always delivered on time
• Resolved clients’ complaints raised to my team in a calm manner and kept business relations intact with them
• Ensured a good working relationship amongst my team members
• Helped my staff with typing the numbers into the database to get the work done immediately
• Tracked down the performance of my team and made sure they delivered and lived to their expectations.
• Made delivery reports on a weekly basis to the Operations manager
• Made sure the clients’ databases were always safe in the Company.

Sales Associate at Select Garments
  • Uganda
  • January 2012 to December 2012

 Assisted customers with product selection and queries
 Investigated and resolved customer complaints
 Set up store displays
 Operated cash register as and when necessary
 Reviewed merchandize movement
 Inspected merchandize for quality and quantity
 Providing information to customers to help them select the best products.

Call Center Agent at Uganda Telecommunications (UTL)
  • Uganda
  • January 2010 to December 2011

• Received and answered customers’ questions about the company’s products and tarriffs
• Loaded airtime voucher cards poorly scratched on the respective numbers using a serial number
• Gave a daily report to my Line Supervisor

Education

Diploma, Business Administration
  • at YMCA Institute
  • March 2010
High school or equivalent, Sciences
  • at MULUSA ACADEMY
  • December 2008
High school or equivalent, Basic Secondary Education
  • at NAKASONGOLA ARMY S.S
  • December 2006

Specialties & Skills

Persuasive
Computer skills
Interpersonal relations
Expression
Communication skills
Decision Making
Teamwork and Individual perfomance

Languages

English
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