Godwin Oche

Founder & CEO @ BOGO Beverages

About

I have over two decades of working experience which cut across various sectors of the economy- Cement Industry (Ashaka Cem), Oil & Gas (NNPC), Banking (Standard Trust- now UBA), Insurance (Crusader insurance), Marine (Paradise Holiday), Fashion industry (Cremad Creations), Engineering services (Johnson Ventures), Textile (Lucky Fibre/Nobel carpet), Tobacco ( British American Tobacco), IT (Jetlink ), Brewery (SABMiller & ABINBEV) and Distillery (Monument Distillers) A background in Chemical Engineering where I graduated as the best student, PGD in Business Administration and MBA in Marketing from Enugu state University of Science and Technology Business School. Honorary Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) from Swiss School of Business and Management

Country

City

Nigeria

Industry

Food & Beverages

Skill

Trade Marketing, FMCG, Distributed Team Management, Key Account Management, Key Account Development, Customer Insight, Brand Management, Shopper Marketing, Marketing Management, Market Planning, Sales Management, Retail, Sales, Strategy, Market Development, Business Planning, Marketing Strategy, Management, Business Development, Sales Operations

Experience

Founder & CEO

BOGO Beverages

2022-6 - Present · 4 yrs 4 mos

Chief Executive Officer

Monument Distillers Nigeria

2019-10 - 2022-5 · 2 yrs 8 mos

National Sales Director/ Executive Board Member of International Breweries Plc

AB InBev

2018-1 - 2019-8 · 1 yr 8 mos

Nigeria

Regional Director / General Manager (Executive Board Member)

AB InBev

2017-1 - 2017-12 · 1 yr

Responsible for total Company performance ( Intafact Beverages Limited, a proud part of the ABInBev family). Executive and board level responsibilities Reporting to President West Africa- BU

Sales Director

SABMiller

2015-9 - 2016-12 · 1 yr 4 mos

Nigeria

SABMiller Nigeria overview SABMiller first entered the Nigerian market in 2008, through our strategic alliance with Castel. Today our Nigerian business operates 3 breweries in Port Harcourt, Ilesa, Onitsha, a water business in Lagos and a spirits business in Port Harcourt. A multi-beverage product portfolio, stretching from beer, spirits, opaque, water and non-alcoholic beverages. Some of our portfolio of brands in Nigeria includes Hero Lager, Trophy Lager, Castle Milk Stout, Castle Lager, Eagle, Redds, Grand Malt, Beta Malt, Super Shake, Chibuku, Royal Eagle Brandy, Whisky, Cream, Vodka, and Gin. I am accountable for the planning and translation of commercial strategies into operational plans while leveraging capital and people resources in order to enhance sustainable growth in brand equity, sales volume, market share, cost management and productivity, competitive advantage and corporate reputation. Reporting to the Managing Director

District Manager ( Executive)

SABMiller

2015-2 - 2015-8 · 7 mos

SABMiller Africa MD Gold Award 2015 winner for Sales & Distribution Excellence. Achieved double digits volume & market share growth in 2014/2015 with the help of a world class team.

District Manager

SABMiller

2010 - 2015 · 5 yrs

Nigeria

Responsible for the business sales and trade marketing that include beer, malt, spirit, water and opaque categories. SABMiller Nigeria national district of the year award recipient for the following financial years 2012, 2013 and 2014 achieving year on year growth 494%, 184% and 69% respectively. SABMiller Africa MD 2014 Gold award winner for sales excellence SABMiller Africa MD 2014 overall district of year award winner in Africa

Trade Marketing & Distribution Area Manager

BAT

2004 - 2009 · 5 yrs

With a consistent performance rating of exceeds and potential rating of Lister/High potential for 4 years (2005 -2009). Won several awards during my time at British American Tobacco (BAT )