Performance-oriented Sales Leader offering exceptional record of achievement over 20-year career. Tenacious manager with strategic and analytical approach to solving problems, building high performance teams and accomplishing profit targets. Talented in identifying and capitalizing on emerging market trends and revenue opportunities.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Head
Net One Asia Pte Ltd
10.2020 - Current
Business Development & Alliance, ASEAN
Built a new business unit (Modern Data Center) to drive new revenue streams
for the company – Adding Public, Private cloud and automation solutions to
its offerings
Set up new account engagement processes to improve account coverage and
solution sales through profiling, customer assessments and labs
Achieved VMware Premier Partner status and YOY growth of 233% by
identifying the right(new) VMware solutions to focus on and showcasing our
competencies to the VMware sellers and helping them drive closure
Achieved Dell Technologies Gold Partner status and YOY growth of 400%
within 7 months – by leveraging on our VMware strengths to create hardware
drag and augment the Dell sellers’ sales efforts
Helped the company kickstart Public Cloud practice and deployed the first
Citrix on AWS workloads in ASEAN
Regional Sales Director
Infofabrica Consulting Pte Ltd
Build and execute a joint long-term business plan with regional Joint-venture
leadership and appropriate stakeholders
Secured AWS Advanced Consulting Partner status, by ensuring the presales
team achieve the necessary competencies
Secured VMWare Enterprise Reseller Status
Closed multiple VMware on IBM Cloud deals across the region
Provided Cloud sales training and call scripts to IBM Digital Sales Team
Developed Go-to-Market strategies to grow Hybrid Cloud business across
Enterprise accounts, Mid-market and GSI partners
Achieved cloud sales of more than US$2m in just 6 months, by working
closely with the vendor sellers’ on the projects
Reason for leaving: Financial troubles of company
Department Head
Epson Singapore Pte Ltd
01.2018 - Current
Managed 3 elite teams comprising of 9 sales account managers handling
different verticals as well as a Distribution Manager in the country
Create, develop and ensure attainment of key sales target (net revenue, gross
margin and operating income) by creating value-oriented programs and
driving cross functionally aligned action plans that address below-target
performance
Significantly increased net revenue by 26% which enabled the team to
consistently exceed promised targets with back-to-back record years
Lead and implement the reorganization/realignment of sales force which
defines regional assignments targeting growth and increasing sales
penetration in corporate channel business achieving more than 300% growth,
amounting to S$5m
Facilitate successful implementation of new programs with qualitative and
quantitative criteria set up to enable optimal performance by sales team with
achievement of 5-21% market share growth across all products and No.1
market share status for 3 out of 6 product category
Coached and provided leadership to sales team on GTM strategies to ensure
positive, sustainable growth and organizational efficiency
Achieves excellent profit/loss ratio and expenses control in relation to preset
standards, industry and economic trends
Initiates and coordinates development of new strategic accounts to penetrate
new market segments and secured new business with proven track record
Reason for leaving: Learn new things and seek new challenges
Entrepreneur
Riverbay Pte Ltd
Set appropriate metrics standards to assist the company turn a profit within a
short span of 9 months against industry norm of 30 months
Successfully incorporated a set of best practices to build a Japanese bento
delivery service which brought in additional profits of 20%
Provides comprehensive monthly analysis and reporting of sales performance
vs
Quarterly and annual budget and appropriate action plans to meet and
exceed deliverables
If plan vs
Budget is falling short, provide and
recommend action plan to recover
Conceptualized, planned and executed strategic marketing activities and
promotions with key influencers in the food industry (Radio & TV stations)
Aided in the purchase of cost-effective ad spots with publishing agencies to
promote the business
Singapore, Malaysia & Thailand
Establishment of sales programs necessary in building long term sales and
business relationships with all targeted channels of distribution
Successfully built profitable relationships with distributors (ACA Pacific
Attrix Technology), channel SI partners ( JOS, NCS, IBM) and large
enterprises (DFS, Mediacorp, Kim Eng Securities) at managerial to ‘C’ level
Contributed substantively and elevated the business profile with 600%
increase in net revenue over a 2 years period
Managed and administered 2 elite teams of sales account managers
Achieved recognition for the engagement of key local investors to set up a
joint venture in Singapore securing new market acceptance for the business
across a range of new products
Director
NGB Pte Ltd
01.2007 - 06.2009
Led the company to net profits of more than $120,000 in the first year of
incorporation
Successfully transformed the business from an ailing training consultancy
firm to a profitable I.T
Company
Authored a published article on Staff Training in the Straits Times, Recruit
section on 9 Dec 2002
Acquired and established the distribution rights for NEC Desktop PCs
Laptops, Servers and display products
Awarded the top distributor of NEC servers in South East Asia in 2002
Won a tender to iGames Asia for the 1st
MMORPG game with over 200 units
of NEC servers
Collaborated extensively and developed strong partnerships with key partners
like Newstead, Challenger, Harvey Norman, Courts, Best Denki and etc.
Account Manager
AsiaPac Distribution Pte Ltd
08.1999 - 06.2002
Won the biggest wireless networking project in Singapore at a premium price
for the Sing-health cluster comprising of 3 hospitals in 2001
Successfully clinched a project deal worth $3m with Prudential Assurance
Singapore to equip its financial advisers with Fujitsu Lifebook in 2001
Awarded with the IDA bulk tender worth $30m and a NTU tender worth
$10m in 2002
Established and led the government tender team to become the top revenue
earner for the company
Spearheaded the whole tender process - including tender sourcing, spec-ing,
preparation of tender documents, negotiations and submissions, Skills/
Interest
Key
Education
GCE 'A' Levels -
Serangoon Junior College (SRJC)
Skills
Strategic Partnership
Sales Channel Management
New Market Penetration
Strategic Planning
Channel Optimization
Personnel Management
Golf , Futsal
A sporty person who loves golf trips and occasional futsal game with old mates.
Group Accounting Manager at Euroasiatic Machinery (S) Pte Ltd / Green Power Asia Pte LtdGroup Accounting Manager at Euroasiatic Machinery (S) Pte Ltd / Green Power Asia Pte Ltd