1. P O Box 45767
Gaborone
Botswana
Phone (+267) 71200800
E-mail
shimboy.kgosiemang@gmail.com
Shimboy Aobakwe Kgosiemang
Personal
Date of birth: 30 March 1980
Marital status: Single
Nationality: Motswana
Professional
Training
Education
March 2007 Chattered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Gaborone
Marketing Fundamentals
October 2007 Institute of Superior Marketing Gaborone
Market Segmentation Training
July 2013 Salvo Johannesburg
Advanced Telco Pricing Masterclass
August 2013 Prince2 Gaborone
Prince2 Foundation
1999 – 2004 University of Botswana Gaborone
BSc Computer Science
1996 – 1998 Mater-Spei College
Francistown
Cambridge
2. Work experience September 2014 to date Gaborone
Consumer Electronics Business Lead
Samsung (Pty) LTD
Job description
• Management of consumer electronics goods into Botswana
distribution channels and retail.
• Supply chain management of consumer electronics sales into
Botswana.
• Sell out management of consumer electronics.
• Analyse sales statistics to determine business growth potential.
• Manage all local consumer electronics distributors
• Develops, or participates with the Senior Staff, in the
development and execution of the Strategic Marketing Plan for
the Company.
• Develops and/or maintains and improves business relations
with all customers of the Company.
• Seeks out and targets new customers and new sales
opportunities, initiates action plan to approach and secure new
business for the Company.
• Develop and implement an effective strategic sales and
marketing plan.
• Develop and maintain a strong work relationship with key
opinion leaders and contacts with other relevant agents.
• Monitor, analyse sales and market trends.
• Responsible for managing and controlling the sales budget
• Prospecting and growing an account list, handling incoming
leads and closing sales.
• Collaborate closely with the Product and Marketing teams on
developing new products and services for Samsung clients.
November 2012 to August 2014 Gaborone
Product Management Manager
Mascom Wireless
Job description
• Manages the life cycle of products and services
• Manages Company Device Portfolio
• Introduces new offers and promotions services based on existing
market trends and demand
• Ensures that market research on client satisfaction is conducted
• Responsible for availability of existing products and services
(testing, SLA adherence)
• Ensures that new products and services are launched according to
3. the marketing plan
• Manages the Company’s product portfolio by
Ensuring availability of resources
Collaboration with service providers
Ensuring commercialization stage is achieved
Post-Project implementation analysis
• Contributes to divisional budget and ensures expenditure is
within budgeted limits
• Analyses the market for technological trends and business
opportunities.
September 2011 – October 2012 Gaborone
Chief Sales Officer
Mobility (PTY) LTD
Job description
• Develop and implement quarterly and annual sales programs,
plans and policies for the sales managers
• Improve and implement reseller agreements, distribution
strategies and other sales opportunities
• Create and implement account management plans
• Develop sales campaigns
• Monitor and analyse market trends
• Oversee research initiatives
• Create sales campaigns focused on communicating and
nurturing relationships with customers and driving repeat sales
• Develop and maintain business relationships with customers and
key stake holders
• Establish sales goals and create incentive programmes
• Manage a cross-functional team
• Motivate the sales team
• Drive compliance of the sales strategy
• Responsible for the sales related profit and loss
• Participate in key decisions as part of the executive management
team
• Maintain in-depth relations with members of the management
team within all offices
• Supervise subordinates effectively through direct and matrix
reporting structures
June 2009 – August 2011 Gaborone
Product Management Manager
Mascom Wireless
Job description
4. • Manages the life cycle of products and services
• Introduces new offers and promotions services based on existing
technologies
• Ensures that market research on client satisfaction is conducted
• Responsible for availability of existing products and services
(testing, SLA adherence)
• Ensures that new products and services are launched according to
the marketing plan
• Manages the Company’s product portfolio by
Ensuring availability of resources
Collaboration with service providers
Ensuring commercialization stage is achieved
Post-Project implementation analysis
• Contributes to divisional budget and ensures expenditure is
within budgeted limits
• Analyses the market for technological trends and business
opportunities.
December 2007 – February 2009 Gaborone
Regional Sales Manager
Mobility (PTY) LTD (Distributors of Sony & Sony Ericsson
Products across Southern Africa)
Job description
Coordination of operator Sales in Botswana, Zambia and Mozambique
First point of contact for network operators
Development of market offers
Coordination of order logistics and payments
Optimization of handsets and features to meet operator Products and
Services
Business development
Market research and Analysis
Budgeting and Cost control
Branding
Growing the Sony Ericsson & Sony brands across identified markets
Research and development
Supervision and training of retail staff
Management reporting
Sales projections
May 2006 – November 2007 Gaborone
Marketing Executive: Products and services
Orange Botswana
5. Job description
Content Management
Products and Services animation.
Conceptualization and implementation of new products and services.
Project management of new products and services
In-life management of products and services including refresh and
mechanics alterations.
Conceptualization and management of competitions and promotional
events.
Products and Services communication
Stakeholder relations
March 2005 – April 2006 Gaborone
Sales Manager
Airtime (PTY) LTD – Pula Holdings Group
Job description
Operational performance and profitability of the company
Business development
Credit control
Monitoring the working capital such as debtors, creditors and bank
balances on a daily basis and managing the working capital effectively
and efficiently.
Managing client relationships
Management board reporting
June 2004 – February 2005 Pula Holdings Group Gaborone
Marketing Executive/ Programmer
Fone Worx (PTY) LTD – Pula Holdings Group
Job description
Conceptualization of new and innovative SMS (Short Message Service)
and IVR (Intelligent Voice Recognition) based solution.
Business development
Marketing mobile network based solutions to various private companies
and organizations.
6. In life management of Products and Services
Day to day monitoring and upgrade of SMS and IVR based solution.
Reporting
Accreditations • During my tenure at Mobility (PTY) LTD I was the instrumental in
the achievement of a record turnover in the organization for the
financial year 2008.
• At Mobility (PTY) LTD I played a key part in the expansion of the
retail and wholesale of Sony Ericsson to Mozambique and
Zambia.
• During my tenure at Orange Botswana I was the content
manager for the deployment of the Orange World Service a
WAP portal for multimedia services.
• At Orange Botswana I was the Marketing Department project
leader for the Caller Tunes and refreshed the Ring tones and
Logo services for which I also performed the National
Activations.
• I was voted as Employee of the month at Orange Botswana in
September 2006, which was symbolic of exceptional and
outstanding work performance.
• At Airtime (PTY) LTD I was responsible for the expansion of the
business distribution network which yielded an increased clientele
base and profitable Sales.
• At Fone Worx I was responsible for the conceptualization, design,
implementation and marketing of the BBS information line which is
an IVR based solution to client loan inquiries.
Languages Highly fluent in Both English and Setswana
Career Objective To use my experience and knowledge of the sales and marketing
environment to envision the full business potential of any said
organization and field.
Hobbies Playing video games and listening to music
References Ms. Vanya Zlateva
Managing Director
7. Mobility (PTY) LTD
Tel: (+267) 72727271
Mr. Onkutule Masima
Chief Commercial Officer
Mascom Wireless
Tel: (+267) 3903218
Mr. Ditirwa C. Mphoeng
Managing Director
Newline Technologies
Tel: (+267) 71333115