Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Personal Information
Disclaimer
Experience And Key Competencies
Attributes
Timeline
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Sheilendra Poligadoo

Quatre Bornes,PW

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Sales and Technical Leader

Africa Plus Direct International Ltd
02.2020 - Current
  • Company Overview: (Lenovo infrastructure Hardware)
  • Developing the African Market on Lenovo Hardware (East, West, French speaking North West Africa, and SADC)
  • Managing a sales team based in different countries
  • Ordering and delivery follow-ups with Vendor
  • Pricing decisions
  • Profit Margin reporting
  • Presales (Server/Storage configurations and sizing, HCI Solutions, and partner training)
  • Managing operations internally
  • (Lenovo infrastructure Hardware)
  • Successfully delivering two big orders, in fourteen African countries, for one end customer
  • Knowledge on various African countries Business specificities
  • Building the Hardware Business for APDI

Business Development Executive

R A Consulting Services Ltd
03.2018 - 02.2020
  • Building a database of customers (It was a start up)
  • Putting in place internal procedures
  • Vendor and Disti management
  • Pricing Decisions
  • Organizing Events
  • Sales
  • Training new members
  • Sold infrastructure into big accounts
  • Gained Customer’s Loyalty

Sales Executive

MC3 Mauritius
05.2010 - 02.2018
  • Account management
  • Sales Targets
  • Managing Microsoft Business (about 2Years)
  • Microsoft Licensing (OVS, OVL, OLP, Cloud)
  • Presales on Hardware
  • Built a good reputation

Sales Executive

Consolidated Fabrics LTD
08.2007 - 05.2010

Education

MBA - Sales & Marketing

Dr D Y Patil Institute of Management and Research-Pune University
01.2006

B.A - English

University Of Pune
01.2004

Skills

  • Microsoft licensing
  • ICT hardware Technical presales
  • Account management
  • Communication skills
  • Leadership skills
  • Operations Management
  • Sales Strategy

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 04/13/80
  • Gender: Male
  • Nationality: Mauritian
  • Marital Status: Married

Disclaimer

I hereby, declare that the information provided above is true to the best of my knowledge and if any discrepancy is noticed I’m fully responsible for it.

Experience And Key Competencies

  • Identifying, researching and targeting new business prospects
  • Liaising with new and existing clients over the phone, emails and meeting them face to face
  • Gaining new appointments from hot and cold leads
  • Developing strong working relationships with prospective new clients
  • Producing weekly pipeline reports for vendors
  • Selling the company services via telephone, online and also in the field
  • Providing support to the sales and marketing team through a variety of additional activities
  • Experience of and able to communicate effectively with key decision makers i.e. Heads of Departments, senior managers and directors
  • Ability to recognize buying & closing signals
  • The ability to research potential corporate clients
  • Identifying cross-selling & up selling opportunities
  • Knowledge of how to cleanse and maintain prospect and customer records on the database
  • Can speak and write fluently in English and French
  • B2B sales exposure
  • Meet and exceed new business targets and KPI's
  • Experience of working to targets
  • Cloud readiness
  • Up to date with new ICT technologies

Attributes

  • Self-motivated and can act on own initiative
  • Quick Learner
  • Excellent negotiation and problem solving skills
  • Adaptable and have a positive attitude towards change
  • Motivated, persuasive and goal orientated
  • Pleasant personality

Timeline

Sales and Technical Leader

Africa Plus Direct International Ltd
02.2020 - Current

Business Development Executive

R A Consulting Services Ltd
03.2018 - 02.2020

Sales Executive

MC3 Mauritius
05.2010 - 02.2018

Sales Executive

Consolidated Fabrics LTD
08.2007 - 05.2010

MBA - Sales & Marketing

Dr D Y Patil Institute of Management and Research-Pune University

B.A - English

University Of Pune
Sheilendra Poligadoo