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Simon Ayinbila Abobga

Tamale,Ghana

Summary

Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Distributor manager

Guinness Breweries PLc
Tamale, Ghana
2024.10 - Current

Key Responsibilities

  • Build capacity of distributor organization to deliver sustainable

business growth.

  • Works with Area Sales Manager to develop capability of the distributor organization by embedding Gold Standards and Diageo Way of Distributor Management
  • Build Joint Distributor Business Plans, follow through with monthly and quarterly business reviews and track actions to ensure plans are jointly delivered.
  • Conducted regular product training sessions, improving distributor knowledge and sales techniques.

Results

F24 volume performance

Delivered +4% on territory target, 23% growth vs F23

Stout -delivered +2% on target, 39% growth vs F23

Lagers-delivered +1% on target, 5% growth vs F23

RTDs-delivered +31percent, 99 percent growth vs F23

Apnads-delivered +2 percent ,17percent growth vs F23

Total spirits-delivered +6 percent on target, 54 percent growth vs F23.

F25 performance.

Delivered 70% on territory target, -23% growth vs F24

Stout -delivered 63% on target, -23% growth vs F24

Lagers-delivered 81% on target, 2% growth vs F24

RTDs-delivered 52 percent, -42 percent growth vs F24

Apnads-delivered 59 percent on target, -41 percent growth vs F24

Total spirits-delivered 58 percent on target, -45 percent growth

Step In Ent.

  • New warehouse optimization-90% completion
  • Recruited accountant, sales operations managers, Human Resource manager.
  • Increased BG from 1m to 2m at Step In Damango.
  • Acquired Hundai Rheno of 1200 cases loading capacity

Lesken Bolga

  • Acquired 12 trucks of 800 cases loading capacity.
  • New warehouse optimization -99% completion.

Baah.

  • New warehouse optimization-99% completion.
  • Increased BG from 2m to 4m.
  • Recruited two trade developers to optimize territory opportunities.

Tactical Sales Executive

Guinness Ghana Breweries Plc
Tamale, Ghana
2022.02 - 2024.09

Key responsibility

  • Counter competition.
  • Promotion and Events
  • Manage people for success
  • Lead team of promoters to deliver on call out
  • Consistently deliver great performance
  • Grow yourself
  • Activities success rate

Results

  • Worked successfully with visibility team to improve GGB plc FES and star visibility-Outlet branding
  • Drove 40 tactical activation on SI party & F23 AND 24 orijinal Nite that delivered 40% growth on rate of sales.
  • Delivered a successful SI mission-market storming that impacted low stock cover days at KDs warehouse. Caused effective coverage/availability of SI in outlets and recruited customers to SI through bulk breaking strategy.
  • Drove flagship activities(star dash and shine, FES happy Hour and many more activities in line with execution standards to over delivered market share growth of 31.8% and 57.3% (target of 30% and 48%) on FES and total beer respectively.
  • Delivered cumulative distribution of 113% (92% at end of 90 days)
  • Developed three potential Female NSPs as trade developers in the year 2023.
  • Tactically led Trade promoters(NSPs) in driving spirit distribution across the division.
  • Successfully led rangers weekly reviews that impact divisional performance.
  • Gathered and shared competition insights serve as a guide to business tactical strategy.
  • Successful collaboration with SEs, ASMs, Cm and marketing team to drive activities, events and festivals.
  • Winning through Execution is what I am known for.

Sales Executive

Guinness Ghana Breweries Plc
Tamale
2017.01 - 2022.01
  • Awarded the best sales Executive and was sponsored a trip to Nigeria(Legos) market with other colleagues.
  • Successfully graduated to Tactical role to gain stakeholder experience - Lateral role.
  • Delivered a strong customer service/relationship and translated that into winning market share, value and olume creation.
  • Winning through Execution what I am known for.

Trade Developer

Guinness Ghana Breweries Plc
2014.10 - 2016.12
  • Project Winning at retail- Customers delivered their target week on week and month on month for a reward of assorted crates and tables and chairs.
  • RTM management, where I managed more than 60% of the KDs sales volume in 17 RTMs accounts-Primus Enterprise.
  • Help KD recruit more outlets and set up its route and improve their coverage and volume.
  • Delivered strong KD, Customer relationship and translating into winning market share, value and volume creation.

Education

MBA - Human Resource Management

University of Cape Coast
Tamale, Ghana
2022.12 - 2024.08

Bsc - Management Studies

University of Cape Coast
Tamale, Ghana
2017.03 - 2019.07

HND - Accounting

Sunyani Technical Unoversity
Sunyani, Ghana
2009.10 - 2012.05

Skills

  • Data analysis
  • Teamwork
  • Collaboration
  • Negotiation skills
  • Critical thinking in decision making
  • Problem solving
  • People management
  • Sales management
  • Tactical sales execution
  • Winning mindset
  • Customer service/relationship
  • Excel

Affiliations

  • Football and learning new things/online learning

Accomplishments

    1. Best sales Executive -F18- Sponsored to Nigeria market.

    2.Best Distributor manager -F24

Timeline

Distributor manager

Guinness Breweries PLc
2024.10 - Current

MBA - Human Resource Management

University of Cape Coast
2022.12 - 2024.08

Tactical Sales Executive

Guinness Ghana Breweries Plc
2022.02 - 2024.09

Bsc - Management Studies

University of Cape Coast
2017.03 - 2019.07

Sales Executive

Guinness Ghana Breweries Plc
2017.01 - 2022.01

Trade Developer

Guinness Ghana Breweries Plc
2014.10 - 2016.12

HND - Accounting

Sunyani Technical Unoversity
2009.10 - 2012.05
Simon Ayinbila Abobga