Yolande Houghton

A BTEC equivalent in Medical Technology-Clinical Pathology & 5 years laboratory (Microbiology, Chemistry & Haematology) experience in the beginning of my professional career provided the basis for 20 +years of Sales experience (internal & external sales), Marketing & promoting a range of High Purity Research Chemicals, Metals and Materials as well as Certified Reference Materials and Sample Preparation Equipment & Consumables to Science Industries (Analytical Chemistry, Biomedical, Research, Academic, Pharmaceutical, Agricultural etc.) in South Africa & the UK. During this time Project management skills (combined with Prince 2 Project Management Practitioner certification) have been developed through years of planning and execution of road-shows (mini-expos), annual team-building events and customer information sessions. General and Office management skills are comprehensively demonstrated by 3 years experience as Operations Manager & day-to-day handling of general Senior Management responsibilities including staff administration and HR management. London Experience as Sales Support Manager further emphasised team management capabilities and with the addition of Salesforce.com CRM Super-User training implemented a customer relationship management solution for the Sales Team. This included extensive administration and support to Sales & Marketing Director. I am a highly organised individual with an exceptional eye for detail and a great affinity for numbers and spreadsheets. Specialties: Database Administration, Project Management, Scientific, Sales