R. Aaron White

Experience

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  World Information Network (Colliers Encyclopaedia)

  Jan 1990 - Dec 1990

  Sales Rep - Field Manager

  As a Sales Rep: Door knocking to make appointments. Customer in-home sales presentations. Closing the sale and completing sales order forms and documentation.As a Field Manager: Staff training, transport and accommodation. Staff orders, pay and adjustments. Discipline and dismissal. Communications with Regional Sales Manager and Head Office.

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  Encyclopaedia Britannica

  Feb 1992 - Feb 1993

  Sales Representative

  Multiple forms of prospecting including stands at malls and shopping centres, mail drops, door-knocking and cold-calling via telephone. Conducting customer presentations and closing sales. Completing sales documentation and order input.

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  Telecom New Zealand

  Mar 1995 - Jan 2013

  Prospect new business customers to win over to Telecom and create new business relationships.Contact Customers and Clients via telephone and email and arrange to visit.Nurture relationships with over 280 small to medium sized business clients. Keep clients satisfied so that they continue to choose Telecom as their preferred service provider and grow the clients business spend by providing them with additional services that they see as useful and valuable to their business.Work with product and service technical and support teams within Telecom and from partner companies in order to ensure accurate and seamless delivery of solutions.Administrational, research, product knowledge and upskilling activities as required to maintain and update company systems and industry knowledge. Show less Work with teams on the design or development of telecommunication products and services at any stage in the product life cycle (including the build phase). Work with the business stakeholders at all levels from Team Leaders right through to General Management to confirm requirements, integrate them and critical changes into the design and keep them up to date with progress via group and individual communications. Work with the business product, process and system subject matter experts (SME's) to ensure solutions are practical, relevant and incorporate any additional functionality that adds to the effectiveness of the solution within budget constraints and at an acceptable cost to the business.Deliver and implement effective solutions which meet or exceed the stakeholder requirements and expectations, on time, within budget, to specification. Show less

  • Client Manager

    Nov 2011 - Jan 2013

  • Service Design & Development Specialist

    Jan 2008 - Nov 2011

  • Business Improvement Specialist

    Jan 2005 - Jan 2008

  • Business Commitment Mgmt Rep

    Jan 2001 - Jan 2005

  • Business Jeopardy Management Rep

    Mar 1999 - May 2001

  • Business Sales and Service Representative

    Jan 1997 - Mar 1999

  • Residential Sales and Service Rep

    Mar 1995 - Jan 1997
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  Monkey Media Enterprises

  Aug 2014 - Sept 2017

  Marketing Consultant

  Sales and marketing consultant for made to measure marketing solutions including content marketing with online, e-news, social media, SEO and advertising in both the print and digital editions of Utility, Pump Industry, Unconventional Oil & Gas and Infrastructure magazines and their industry communications channels.We also offer our services as a full marketing partner to any B2B Business. We can create your website, the content for your website, e-newsletters, people and product stories, case-studies and direct marketing material. We can even plan and manage your attendance, display and profile at industry exhibitions and events. We can also manage part or all of your business communications, advertising and marketing activities ... to help your business to grow market share and get the best results possible. Show less

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  GlobalData Technology, previously known as Kable Business Intelligence

  Feb 2018 - Jan 2021

  Marketing Executive

  Helping APAC businesses to grow their market share and customer base by connecting them with our audience of industry leaders, buyers and key decision-makers across the online and digital world.

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  Kinetics Group

  Feb 2021 - Mar 2023

  Business Development Manager

  Solving IT, Data Security and Digital Transformation challenges by bringing award-winning IT Services to New Zealand businesses.

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  AFL

  Nov 2023 - now

  Business Development and Account Manager

  I'm excited to have joined AFL Global as their South and Lower North Island Account and Business Development Manager. AFL, along with parent company Fujikura, manufacture and supply high quality and custom-made fibre optic cable, splicers, fittings, components, tools and testing equipment used in large scale industrial, enterprise, military, energy, telco and government projects and communication solutions.