Dries du Toit

In my role I have the very exhilarating task of bringing two very exciting suspension brands to the Sub-Saharan African market in both the Leisure 4x4 market with RAW 4x4 Suspension Equipment as well as the Heavy Duty Commercial vehicle markets with Powerdown Truck, Bus and Trailer Shock Absorbers.

Covering the Western Cape Region all the way to Springbok up the N7, Beaufort West up the N1 and Plettenberg Bay up the N2 as well as PE and surrounding area and the entire Namibia! Bosch Automotive Aftermarket SA only supply wholesale but customers get visited from the smallest retail outlet and workshop all the way through to the biggest Wholesaler. Creating product awareness and constantly keeping market place up to date with new product lines, marketing promotions, discussing YTD figures vs annual budget, solving problems bit rather preventing them from happening! As one of the biggest Automotive Aftermarket companies in the world, I am proud to be part of this organisation and wear the name with pride!

Being with the Mitsubishi brand having great success, this position was created to aim at growing the fleet business to where it once was in the mid 2000's. Key responsibilities were to generate fleet sales as well as bring in new business from outer regions in the Western Cape as other Mitsubishi dealers closed down. Excellent ground work was done and the dealership is still reaping rewards from this.

My First introduction in to the retail world, given an opportunity to prove what I promised to deliver. And deliver I did... The Mitsubishi department at McCarthy Kunene was left in shambles by previous manager and sales executive. I got appointed alone in department, reporting to the GM. Department has not been profitable for a few years and hence the changes. Within 2 months the department showed its first profits in 4 years and this was just the start. My responsibilities grew as the department grew to completely running the department on my own. From sales, ordering stock, demo's, reports, generating business, advertising etc. Became one of Mitsubishi SA's best sales executives winning trips to Zanzibar and local 5 star lodges. Also received numerous prizes and certificates for being Gold Level on the Diamand Sales Club nationally. Moved on as I wanted to move down to the Western Cape!