Neil Strydom

Some people are born to follow a career path in sales and marketing. The exhilaration of closing deals, and guiding products to market is still, after 16 years, what drives me to perform better! I started my working career at an advertising company in the UK. Once I got comfortable with telephone sales, I needed more to satisfy my eagerness to learn everything about this industry. A couple months later I joined up with one of Londons most prestene publishing houses, Citroen Wolf Comunications. It was there that I got to work and learn from the best. Working on publications such as: The BAFTA Awards Mom +1 Price Waterhouse Coopers - guide to business Regis instant offices - start up guide Eventually it was time to come back and settle in sunny South Africa. It was here that I was privileged to combine my two biggest passions in life, sales/marketing and the fitness world. I got recruited by USN, then a 2 year old start up company, and mow an international brand to be recond with. I loved growing with the company and industry, pioneering the fitness industry as we matured through the years. It was such a great learning experience having to deal with multiple aspects of the company, some of my experiences and learning opportunities were as follows Sales Sales stratigies Sales planning and forecasting Handling of key accounts Handling of distributors Negotiation Marketing Product training Promotional organizing Prouct launch Team building Incentive stratigies Recruitment