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Liezl Jansen van Rensburg

Senior Brand Manager
Dubai
Liezl Jansen van Rensburg

Summary

I aspire to reach my full potential in any task afforded to me. I hope to achieve success in making use of the skills I have learned and developed in order to prove myself an asset in the vocation I have chosen. I strongly believe in self-motivation and as such, fundamental to any progression is sustainable group ethic knowledge and thus being a team player is imperative to any strategy conceptualization.


I therefore believe that my personality is dynamic and resilient to encompass the above-mentioned. I strive to meet any objective with accuracy and can prove to be an asset in any task undertaken.


Perfection is at the core of my endeavour and constant learning and enrichment allows for my growth and expansion.


My attribute I believe will be an asset: Able to turn insight into tactical actionable plans, committed to behaving ethically valuing cultural sensitivity & diversity, able to multi-task in diverse & fast paced work environment, able to collaborate with a very diverse group with different professional and cultural backgrounds, turning them into an effective and powerful team

Overview

14
years of professional experience
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Procter & Gamble, P&G, Dubai

Senior Brand Manager
2018.12 - Current (5 years & 9 months)

Job overview

  • Lead and deliver the annual brand plan
  • Recommend investment and budget choices and manage brand budget
  • Deeply understand consumer behaviours, customers, competitors, influencers, markets & anticipate trends and recommend competitive response plans
  • Planned, implemented and tracked sales and marketing strategies to promote brand products.
  • Ensure on-time and relevant brand (incl Innovation) elements to win in the marketplace
  • Improved and boosted brand image by implementing focused marketing campaigns and engaging in professional networking to support outreach.
  • Lead consistency of in-market execution of brand iconic assets (artwork, e-content, TV copy, POSM, etc.) across all touchpoints
  • Incorporated product changes into marketing messages to drive customer engagement and maximize profits.
  • Developed innovative marketing campaigns based on key objectives.
  • Developed and implemented favorable pricing structures balancing firm objectives against customer targets.

HDI Youth Marketeers, Johannesburg

Operations Executive
2014.09 - 2018.11 (4 years & 2 months)

Job overview

  • Built and strengthened relationships across functional leadership areas to keep revenue development and operational plans interconnected and effective.
  • Introduced new methods, practices and systems to reduce turnaround time.
  • Established and maintained productive staff relationships to Improve workplace morale, increase productivity and enhance personal growth.
  • Applied excellent problem-solving, process development and strategic implementation skills to lead and support all areas of operations.
  • Drove team engagement to achieve company targets.
  • Evaluated suppliers to maintain cost controls and improve operations.
  • Oversaw projects to help goals, tasks and milestones align with organizational strategy.
  • Negotiated supplier discounts to improve bottom line.
  • Strategically coordinated operations according to objectives and capabilities, effectively allocating resources to meet demands

Samplex, Johannesburg

Project Manager
2012.08 - 2014.09 (2 years & 1 month)

Job overview

  • Developed and initiated projects, managed costs and monitored performance.
  • Maintained relationships with vendors to lower costs and diversify capabilities.
  • Managed projects from conceptualizing, securing the business with clients to executing projects.
  • Met project deadlines without sacrificing quality
  • Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.

Rocket Creative, Johannesburg

Operations and Procurement Controller
2011.05 - 2012.07 (1 year & 2 months)

Job overview

  • Tracked all jobs coming into production from start to delivery, to ensure timeous delivery
  • Liaise with the Production Manager to ensure stock availability for all projects and ensure that stock levels are replenished
  • Keep track of stock levels, replenish and negotiate costs with vendors
  • Manage and ensure that all staff follow a systematic approach to ensure that all projects are delivered timeous and at the right quality
  • Reconcile invoicing to orders on a monthly basis
  • Ensure, with conjunction with the Manufacturing Manager, that stock levels of regular stock are constantly maintained
  • Finding and implementing new methods to increase production productivity

The Creative Counsel, Johannesburg

Senior Project Coordinator
2008.11 - 2011.04 (2 years & 5 months)

Job overview

  • Created project roadmaps for projects, defining specific milestones and timelines to encourage timely project completion.
  • Analyzed project costs to confirm positive return on investment (ROI) for new proposals.
  • Managed full-cycle project development execution, maintaining strict quality control parameters throughout.
  • Coordinated with finance department to deliver timely billing for milestone events during project development.

TKS Project Specialists, Johannesburg

Logistics Administrator
2008.02 - 2008.11 (9 months)

Job overview

  • Responsible for general office administration
  • Petty cash, staff loans
  • Creditors and Debtors
  • Switchboard
  • Receptionist
  • Orders
  • Filing
  • General assistant

Education

Regent Business School , Johannesburg

Bachelors of Commerce from Business
2016.01 - 2019.11 (3 years & 10 months)

University Overview

Business Communication Statistics Accounting Business Management Economics Year 2: Commercial Law Information Systems Business Management Human Resource Management Risk Management Year 3: Entrepreneurship International Business Human Resource Management Business Management Risk Management

Skills

    Analytical skills

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Timeline

Senior Brand Manager

Procter & Gamble, P&G
2018.12 - Current (5 years & 9 months)

Regent Business School

Bachelors of Commerce from Business
2016.01 - 2019.11 (3 years & 10 months)

Operations Executive

HDI Youth Marketeers
2014.09 - 2018.11 (4 years & 2 months)

Project Manager

Samplex
2012.08 - 2014.09 (2 years & 1 month)

Operations and Procurement Controller

Rocket Creative
2011.05 - 2012.07 (1 year & 2 months)

Senior Project Coordinator

The Creative Counsel
2008.11 - 2011.04 (2 years & 5 months)

Logistics Administrator

TKS Project Specialists
2008.02 - 2008.11 (9 months)
Liezl Jansen van RensburgSenior Brand Manager