Geok Chin Lau

Geok chin lau

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Regional Sales Manager at Ariston Group

  • Education

    • Singapore college of insurance

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      Diploma in life insurance life insurance
    • Marketing institute of singapore

      2012 - 2012
      Graduate diploma in marketing marketing
    • Hwa chong junior college

      1991 - 1992
      Gce 'a'​ levels
    • River valley high school

      1987 - 1990
      Gce 'o' level
    • University of strathclyde

      2000 - 2003
      Master business adminstration
    • Nanyang technological university singapore

      1993 - 1996
      Bachelor business (insurance)
  • Experience

    • Prudential assurance singapore

      Jul 1996 - Apr 1999
      Marketing executive

      •Started as a Management TraineeMarket Intelligence and Research; Advertising and Promotions• Successfully organised Competitive Analysis seminars and series of talks for the field representatives.• Published the first series of educational and analytical bulletin, “PruTalk” & “PruMarket” that aimed to provide the sales team with a new perspective on the analysis and controversies of the industry.• Published the first series of product comparative analyses.• Published product positioning papers on PruSmart Lady, PruMortgage to help the sales team in focusing on the right target market and to understand the benefits of the product.• Successfully planned and executed the first and several Direct Mailing campaigns, with an achievement of: o 50% rollover business to PruInvestor policy from Investor Plus policy.o Received overwhelming application of more than 20% for Crisis Waiver benefit inclusion.• Created a systematic accounting system that managed Prudential’s advertising budget that allows easy tracking of the billings and media schedule.• Successfully planned and executed Prudential 150th anniversary promotion with a series of above and below the line advertising as well as mailing campaign.• Revamped and recreated “Pru” series brochures such as PruLife, PruSave, PruMortgage by changing the focus from product features to benefits for the consumers. Show less

    • Otis elevator international inc.

      Apr 1999 - Jul 2002
      Market analyst

      • Successfully established and deployed the “many-in-1” sales managing and reporting system in 16 countries that allows sales persons to manage their activities and HQ to get first-hand information on the market for analysis.• Created and implemented a standardised market research and analysis procedure that enable systematic assessment of the elevator and escalator market that led to more accurate forecasting.• Developed a comprehensive marketing plan for China escalator that will help OTIS to gain substantial market share and leadership by year 2003.• Setup an online marketing information system that allows easy and faster dissemination and sharing of information among the Asia Pacific entities. Show less

    • Otis elevator

      Jul 2002 - Mar 2010
      Deputy sales manager

      Achievement:• Increased individual sales from S$10 million in year 2006 to S$15 million in year 2007 and to $19m within half a year in 2008.• Individual sales order constitute more than 50% of the total departmental sales for 3 consecutive years.• Clinched Big Box project worth $8.24m and Goodwood Residence project worth $4.95m in 2008• Awarded Outstanding Sales Leadership and Performance for Year 2007 • Successfully penetrated into SC Global market with projects revenue of more than $2m in 2007• Clinched Jurong Point project which is worth $7m in 2006, IMFT project which $4.7m and Tampines Central Mall project which is worth $3.2m in 2007• Won the highest book margin contest (44%) for Tanjong Pagar MRT A&A in 2007.• Initiated streamlining of work processes to effectively improve the productivity of the sales team• Implemented Sales Force Excellent Program which aims to increase level of professionalism• Successfully captured Allgreen Property and Wohhup account which generated more than $2.58m revenue for the company in 2003 and 2004.• Successfully organized Customer Technical Seminar for 100 customers• Initiated change in sales process by making it more effective and efficient by kick-start usage of SAM program and electronic forms.• Established and expanded the industry networking group among M&E consultants and Architect to facilitate sharing and gathering of competitive information as well as to influence building design at onset. Show less

    • Avire global pte ltd

      Apr 2010 - Jun 2015
      Regional sales manager

      - Promoted to be in-charged of Australasia market in 2014- Promoted to be in-charged of Japan and South Korea market in 2013- Increased sales in Year 2012/13 by 3% and exceeded sales target set by 6.6% (though area of sales is being reassigned). - Promoted to lead both South East Asia Sales Team and Customer Service Sales Team in 2012.- Increased sales in Year 2010/11 by 30% from Year 2009/10. Exceeded sales target set by 7.5%.- Increased sales in Year 2011/12 by another 33% from Year 2010/11. Exceeded sales target set by 10.8%.- Lead newly established sales team to increase company revenues of all elevator division products sold in that region, including Hong Kong, to both the elevator OEM factory/FOD and the project selling segments. - Pioneer and set up a organised sales process to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of sales and support team.- Lead SEA Team to win Commander T2 Challenge 2010/2011- Selected to attend and completed Halma Management Development Programme in Oct 2011.- Selected to attend and completed Halma Management Development Plus Programme in May 2012. Show less

    • Sigma elevator singapore pte. ltd.

      Jul 2015 - Feb 2016
      Senior sales and marketing manager

      - Build the sales team from scratch and managed to have a full functional team within 2 months of my joining. - Consecutively for the next 2 month, sales activities improved and exceeded expectation and obtained projects (valued exceeding $1m) in for the company. - Put in place E-logistic for sales to used for equipment estimate.

    • Liftech solutions private limited

      Feb 2016 - Feb 2017
      Sales development manager

      Achievement:• Co-founded and incorporated the company in February 2016• Set up processes, system, product range which span across Human Resource, Finance etc.• Achieved sales orders about of $500,000 within 10 months and still increasing for a new start up.• Build strong project pipeline for the next 2 years.

    • Assa abloy entrance systems

      Apr 2017 - Oct 2017
      Export sales manager

      Reestablish and revive existing distribution networks.Establish new sales and distribution channel for Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and BruneiSuccessfully signed in new distributor within 5 months:1. Philippines - increase orders by 30 folds2. Malaysia - increase orders by 5 folds.3. Brunei - increase orders by 5 folds

    • Ariston group

      Oct 2017 - now
      Regional sales manager

      In charge of sales and business development for Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, South Korea, Cambodia, Brunei, Laos and Myanmar.• Establish new sales distribution network and partners for Thailand, Taiwan and Malaysia.• Increase sales revenue for Philippines by 23.7% when compared against last year. • Increase sales revenue for Thailand by 3 folds (signing up with a new distributor) and exceed sales target by 95%.• Increase sales revenue for Myanmar by 11.2%.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Master of business administration

      University of strathclyde
    • Certified personal trainer

      Ncsf personal trainer certification courses (singapore)
      Dec 2023
      View certificate certificate
    • Inbound marketing

      Hubspot academy
      Sept 2021
      View certificate certificate
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Geok Chin Lau
      Champion in Commander T2 Challenge Avire Global (Formerly known as TL Jones) Dec 2011 Competition in selling a new product (Touch-Screen COP) among the Asia Pacific Region.I lead the team to winning this by clinching deals that far exceeded set target.
    • Awarded to Geok Chin Lau
      Awarded Outstanding Sales Leadership and Performance Otis Elevator Singapore Dec 2007 Being the Top Sales consecutive for 3 years in the company.Award only started in 2007
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Active Contributor of Food From the Heart

      Issued by Food from the Heart on Jan 2007
      Food from the HeartAssociated with Geok Chin Lau