My ability to analyse and translate information into action that leads to innovation has been in evidence throughout my time at SPAR, as well as with previous employers. In November 2018 I rolled out a first for The SPAR Group South Africa, in launching a new Personal Care & Baby category concept at Retail which creates a drastic change in the customer shopping experience in store, driving consumer behavior to shop the category which has had a significant impact on driving basket growth and turnover.

In July 2018 I launched a connected store concept in the liquor category which drives digital marketing and advertising within stores which amplifies Brands on shelf, increases dwell time in key areas of the store and encourages an increase in basket size by pushing meaningful occasion based marketing to the customer. This has changed the instore experience, basket growth and turnover and opened avenues of collaboration with supplier Brand teams.

I have transformed our retail facing trade shows which showed declines in sales and attendance year on year, prior to my taking these over, to an event which reported a 36% increase in sales, 53% increase in supplier attendance and a 97% retailer attendance.

I have instilled a trading culture within my team that is volume and penny profit driven.

The team culture created in my teams is always one that prizes integrity, recognizes value, builds trust, invites participation, encourages creativity, embraces difference, showcases resilience and inspires action. as a result there have been numerous promotions of key members of my teams into senior positions, given the emphasis I place on people development and the environment and support that is provided to enable growth.

My communication, interpersonal skills and the ability to successfully verbalize my thoughts and strategies has always proven valuable during strategic discussions and has often given rise to new and innovative ways to approach problems and tackle new opportunities.