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Gavin Kong

Central

Summary

Accomplished Sales Manager offering 10 years of experience. Diligent in building and retaining accounts by providing support and attentive service. Expertise in marketing strategies, product promotion and merchandising to achieve market penetration. Successful record of expanding network connections through persuasive brand imaging.

Hardworking and driven sales management professional equipped to revitalize sales operations and align procedures to maximize profits and client acquisition. Successful at improving sales procedures to streamline and strengthen processes. Multifaceted leader with analytical and diligent approach to building and leading strong teams.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Sales Director

Tongdun Technology Limited
09.2023 - Current
  • Executed strategic plans for growth and new acquisitions.
  • Created innovative sales strategies through monitoring and evaluating market trends and competitive offerings.
  • Recommended TongDun tech software tools and enhancements to improve fraud detection, prevention and reporting efforts for bank & insurance client

FSI Account Manager - Cloud Platform

Oracle
05.2022 - 03.2023
  • Handle Enterprise FSI & Virtual bank digital transformation through AI, ML & cloud service (oracle cloud infrastructure).
  • Engage and build relationship with C level management
  • Asked appropriate questions to identify prospects' needs and pinpoint solutions for best fit.
  • Worked with service and project management departments to provide total support to clients.
  • Collaborated with customers to learn business operations and capitalize on upselling and cross-selling opportunities.
  • Developed creative solutions to meet individual client needs.
  • Advertised and promoted solutions and services to reach target audiences across global markets.

Senior Sales Manager

JFrog Limited
05.2021 - 05.2022
  • Leading all Hong Kong front office sales and marketing plan with local solution architect and post sales team to delivery End to End DevOps & Managed Cloud professional service.
  • Monitored customer buying DevOps trends, market conditions and competitor actions to adjust strategies and achieve sales goals.
  • Attending Marketing event to create more Sales lead:

- HKIB 2021 Yearly Banking conference

- Hong Kong Fintech week 2021


  • Collaborated with internal teams and channels (Big 4 consultation service) to do joint marketing and set structures to achieve JFrog Monthly license sales targets.
  • Formulated and presented innovative strategies with Cloud vendor like AWS, Azure, Goole and Alibaba Cloud to build foundation for successful sales plans.
  • Developed sales strategy based on research of consumer buying trends and market conditions.

Sales Manager - Banking & Finanical Services

Macroview Limited
08.2018 - 04.2021
  • Team-work with internal counterparts to deliver best Customer Experience;
  • Experienced in Digital transformation and multi-cloud management project for FSI clients for AWS & Azure
  • Monitor and analyze market transformation, formulate sales, solution and service strategies, develop key differentiators, and steer team to secure long-term profitable sustainable business;.
  • Ally with industry-relevant vendors and business partners to stimulate opportunities and expand addressable market(s).
  • Improved sales processes to streamline customer acquisition and onboarding strategies.
  • Coached teammate in successful selling methods and encouraged cross-selling to drive revenue.
  • Delivered engaging sales presentations to new clients, explaining technical information in simplified language to promote features and increase client base.
  • 2020 Achieving 120% sales target & KPI

SENIOR SALES MANAGER

WISERS INFORMATION LIMITED
08.2017 - 08.2018
  • with 20-years media data storage, advanced Chinese semantic AI technology, Big Data and knowledge graphs covering dozens of industries from Wisers. Promoting the Wisers platform fully applies to various marketing & PR scenarios. It helps enterprises optimism MarCom effects, enhance brand values, strengthen reputation management, prevent business risks, explore market intelligence, and assist business decision makings.
  • Serve as lead point of contact for FSI customer account management matters o Build and maintain strong, long-lasting client relationships o Negotiate contracts and close agreements to maximize profits o Develop trusted advisor relationships with key accounts, customer stakeholders and executive sponsors o Ensure timely and successful delivery of solutions according to customer needs and objectives o Clearly communicate progress of monthly/quarterly initiatives to internal and external stakeholders o Develop new business with existing clients and/or identify areas of improvement to meet sales quotas o Forecast and track key account metrics
  • Quarterly sales results and annual forecasts) o Prepare reports on account status o Collaborate with sales team to identify and grow opportunities within territory o Assist with challenging client requests or issue escalations as needed.
  • Established strong relation with over 30 FSI clients within year

Account Manager

Megahub Limited
01.2013 - 01.2017
  • Establish 50 New FSI clients in 5 years, averaging perform 95-300% of KPI
  • Corporate Account servicing (Bank and Securities Brokerage) and create client needs for products & customize solution.
  • Focus on E-Banking, Financial Market Data and Mobile trading solutions on IOS and Android for Financial institution.
  • Meeting with different departments management level clients to close out deals, handling their enquiries and provide Market data solution e.g.
  • HKEX, Global Future, FX and Metal etc.
  • Contract renewal and conduct customer retention programs.
  • Customize integration with Securities’ Broker Supplied System and ensure integration working smoothly before timeline with 2 project manager.
  • Responsible for product marketing such as conduct seminars, product training and on-line promotion.
  • Achieve sales target and project business value on quarterly basis.
  • Expand business market to China e.g.
  • CCOG.

Senior Marketing & Sales Executive

SunnyVision Limited
01.2011 - 01.2013
  • Customize the most suitable IT solution including :.
  • Net working infrastructure.
  • Data Center Applications.
  • Converged Infrastructure.
  • Server Colocation.
  • Cloud and Disaster Recovery Solutions.
  • Composable Infrastructure.
  • Ensure the project quality and the workflow.
  • Work as a team and co-operate with different technical department.

Education

BA (Hons) - Business Administration

Coventry University
08.2019

High Diploma - Financial Services

The Chinese University of Hong Kong - SCS
2012

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foundation in Australian National University (ANU)

Skills

  • Order management
  • National accounts management
  • Sales processes
  • Business Development and Planning
  • Strategic Account Development
  • Product and Service Sales
  • Goals and Performance
  • Decisive
  • Empowers high-performing sales teams
  • Direct sales
  • Marketing strategy
  • Sales operation
  • B to B sales
  • Review of contracts
  • Database Management

Accomplishments

  • FSI Client Reference:
  • Virual Banks:

  • Livi Bank limited
  • Airstar Bank
  • WeLab Bank
  • MOX Bank

  • Regulators:

  • HKEX
  • Hong Kong Monetary Authority
  • Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited

  • Fintech:

  • Crypto.com
  • Tranunion

  • Banks and others:

  • DBS Bank
  • Citi Bank
  • UBS
  • Bank of Communications
  • ICBC Asia
  • Standard Chartered Bank
  • AXA
  • Daiwa Captial
  • Huatai Securities
  • Dah Sing Bank
  • Bank of China group: BOCHK/BOCI/BOCGI
  • Bank of East Asia
  • China Everbright Bank
  • China CITIC Bank International
  • China Construction Bank (Asia)
  • OCBC Wing Hang Bank Securities
  • Value Partner
  • China merchants bank
  • Hai Tong Asset Management (HK) Limited.

Additional Information

  • Having worked with the FSI industry since 2011, MegaHub was commissioned to design and develop a native mobile trading app for the client, customized to meet banking regulation standards and facilitate access to real-time market data and online trading for Hong Kong and Shanghai markets. MegaHub was responsible for: Developing Easy Trade, the Bank’s first mobile app with stock trading capabilities, also the first native trading app for bank industry in Hong Kong Integrating real time market data quotes into the Bank’s trading channels for Hong Kong and Shanghai shares — Easy Trade (mobile trading channel) and i-Securities (web trading portal). Providing a range of key financial data and news for Easy Trade and i-Securities. Also providing Digital related solution and transformation service in Macroview for many Banks and FSI clients.

Timeline

Sales Director

Tongdun Technology Limited
09.2023 - Current

FSI Account Manager - Cloud Platform

Oracle
05.2022 - 03.2023

Senior Sales Manager

JFrog Limited
05.2021 - 05.2022

Sales Manager - Banking & Finanical Services

Macroview Limited
08.2018 - 04.2021

SENIOR SALES MANAGER

WISERS INFORMATION LIMITED
08.2017 - 08.2018

Account Manager

Megahub Limited
01.2013 - 01.2017

Senior Marketing & Sales Executive

SunnyVision Limited
01.2011 - 01.2013

BA (Hons) - Business Administration

Coventry University

High Diploma - Financial Services

The Chinese University of Hong Kong - SCS

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Gavin Kong