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Livingstone Zakari

Livingstone Zakari

Kaduna

Summary

I Hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Ahmadu Bello University
Zaria, and presently working with MTN Nigeria in Damaturu as a Data sales consultant Responsible for
driving the performance of Data Trade Partners’ And also responsible for Key Account Management of
Partners and KPIs while also engaging and supporting Data Sales and Exhibition in the trade to boost
sales for the business. And to ensure that I achieve sales objectives. Which I do achieved my KPIs 95% to
110% monthly
Key Responsibilities:
• Provide leadership in analyzing business performance against budget and goals, as well as in
developing and implementing successful business plans and strategies.
• Identify and recruit suitable channel partners across local government areas and key markets for
effective product availability.
• Ensure compliance to Partners shops and management.
• Establish adherence of channel partners to all guidelines of the Channel Partner Enhancement
Framework.
• Execute new site launch plan and distribution preparedness.

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• Address any unusual competitor activity and sale support that may be a threat to performance of the
business.

Key Achievements:
• Grew Area revenue from N140M to N210M on a monthly basis within 2 years.
• Successfully conducted intelligence gathering on any competitor activity within the state and ensured
adequate counter on such activities.
• Effectively tracked ongoing initiatives in the market.
Trade marketing Officer for
the past 7months which I grow my account from 46% to 98% in 2023now and I have also serve as Field
Sales Executive Rural Telephony a World
Bank Project in Taraba State from 2011 to 2015 December I have also been attending monthly
review meetings where i make presentations on all my previous sales and my plans for
subsequent sales before my superiors at the North East regional review meeting in Jos.

I have worked in Jalingo,Taraba State from 2014 to 2015 as Trade Marketing Consultant and
later promoted to the position of Data Sales Consultant MTN Nigeria in Jalingo, where I
acquired leadership and managerial skills. I also posses both oral and written communication
skills. I am highly focused, creative, success driven and a strategic/analytic thinker. I am highly
proficient in the use of computer and computer-based applications.

If given the opportunity, your organization will have the privilege to work with a personality
with high sense of discipline, professionalism and dedication. I therefore humbly register my
availability for interview and aptitude test should you deem it necessary.

Please find attached a copy of my Curriculum Vitae for your perusal.

Thank you.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Data sales consultant

MTN Damaturu
08.2025
  • Responsible for driving the performance of Data Trade Partners' KPIs while also engaging and supporting Data Sales and Exhibition in the trade to boost sales for the business. And to ensure that I achieve sales objectives.
  • Grow GC performance from 46% to 89% in 8months
  • Launching of 5G SITES in Maiduguri Borno
  • Managing 14 Data partners Account achieve 90%
  • Financial inclusion state steering committee meeting on how to mobilize they stakeholders to perform their roles in support to encourage none banks account owner to have access to bank account to achieved the goal of cashless transaction in the society
  • ACHIEVEMENT
  • In 2018 total registered BVN targeted was 64,000 accounts and total achieved was 91,597 account which amount to 143% achieved in Adamawa State

Data sale Consultant

MTN Nigeria
07.2017
  • Responsibility
  • Demonstrating/Presentation of devices
  • Negotiate terms and Agreement and Close Sales
  • Maintaining accurate record
  • Gather market and customers information and provide feed back on buying trend
  • Liaising with MTN trade partners to promote the sales of VTU
  • Maintaining relationship between the retailers and trade partner
  • Responsible for finding solution on data device throughout north east region
  • Achievements
  • Since commencement I have carry out Data bundle and devices, MTN product and services presentation in Nigerian Prisons service Yola, Federal Road Safety Commission Yola
  • Nigerian Immigration service zonal command Yola, Adamawa State Office of the Accountant General, Federal Inland Revenue service commission Yola, Federal Inland Revenue Service Commission Taraba State.
  • Also increase Data sales Devices from 200 to 2500 device within the territory.
  • MTN customers data bundles and products and service knowledge has been increase within time of resumption through my data presentation and trade engagement in the trade.
  • Data usage has increase from 65% to 146% within the time of my resumption.

Acting TMC

MTN Nigeria Damaturu
03.2016 - 06.2017
  • Upselling of MTN Product and services online resolving issue
  • Expertise advice for customer on suitable product and service
  • The territory has the highest number of active VTU in the Bizlift 100 retail promo Pan Nigeria
  • Increase pull from the TP through various retail engagement and market storms
  • Marketing intelligence gathering through good rapport with channel members
  • Managed the territorial sales forces, (FSE and FSA) to drive visibility, VTU uptake
  • Achievements
  • Since inception as the Trade Marketing Officer I was be able to increase our Airtime sales in the territory from N178 million to N389million
  • I carry out relief material items distribution in three Internal Displace People Camp (IDP) with (57,000) population as an MTN FOUNDATION representative in April 24th 30th 2017 in Yobe state
  • Also represented MTN FOUNDATION distributing emergency hospital equipment in two hospital in Yobe state specialist hospital Damaturu and Federal Medical Center Nguru 7th and 8th June 2017.
  • Increase retail swan outlet data base from 178 to 303 in two weeks that increase revenue from #24million to #310million per month.
  • I also carry out a seminar to the Yobe house of Assembly members committee on investment and revenue on how to increase revenue generation 2016 Sept
  • I also carry out Badminton competition to the Yobe State sport council that happen to cover invited players from North East States in Damaturu 2016
  • Carry out SUG cultural festival 2016 Yobe State University.
  • I also carry out the branding of 3 Hotels in Damaturu with Beach umbrella as MTN Horeca to create brand infinity which include GAATS HOTEL, ZADIAH HOTEL, CLASSIC HOTEL Damaturu 2016.

Acting TMC

MTN Nigeria Jalingo
05.2014 - 01.2016
  • Initiate out-bound calls to customers for Sim registration validation, identify errors and make necessary corrections for the purpose of customer retention.
  • Increase pull from the TP through various retail engagement and market storms
  • Recruited, trained, and deployed SRAs (SIM registration agents) for the territory there
  • Handling of customers' queries over the phone whilst ensuring prompt resolution of all customers' queries. Complaints, inquiries through a well-structured escalation channel.
  • Provide excellent and professional customer service support
  • Follow up on escalated customers' issues, provide feeds back and ensuring proper documentation of resolved customer's queries for referencing.
  • Achievements
  • 57% growth in MTNN subscriber base of the Rural Telephony areas in Taraba state
  • 87% subscriber registration achievement of MTNN 367,000 subscriber base.
  • 100% subscriber sim registration of MTNN 20,000 disconnected subscribers in 6 months.
  • 25% increase in subscriber acquisition route-to-market channels.

logistic Operation Supervisor

Ojemai farm Nigeria LTD Benin City Edo State
04.2010 - 01.2011
  • Managing sales of the farm produce
  • Taking stock of the feed mill warehouse
  • Assigning staff to daily routing activities in farm
  • Achievements
  • The animals feed production was increase to 98% which bring high rate of farm production
  • And sales improve to 150% compared to 78% usually achieved

Class room teacher

NYSC Soun High School Ogbomosho Oyo State
03.2009 - 03.2010
  • To plan and implement strategy for continuous growth of assigned class
  • To provide short term consulting/advisory services to MTNN dealers.
  • Develop short term action plan/ strategy to assist teaching to achieving set target and overcome challenges in their operations.
  • Achievement
  • I was be able to teach student to pass their exams with good grade better than their formal performance

Education

BSc - Business

Ahmadu Bello University
Zaria, Nigeria
01.2008

Senior Secondary School Certificate - undefined

Army Day Secondary School
Benin City, Edo State
01.2002

Primary School Certificate - undefined

Army Day Primary School
Edo State
01.1997

Skills

Telecommunications

References

  • Hamza, Ibrahim, Manager sales & Trade Development-Yola | sales & Distribution, Hamza.Ibrahim@mtn.com, +2348032001678, MTN Nigeria Communication limited, 12 Aliyu Mustafa way, Yola, Nigeria, www.mtnonline.com
  • Bala, Inuwa, Team lead Trade Development-Yola | sales & Distribution, Bala.Inuwa-Baba@mtn.com, +2348032006186, MTN Nigeria Communication limited, 12 Aliyu Mustafa way, Yola, Nigeria, www.mtnonline.com
  • ARC Joel Nallah, Gambo, Taraba State Residential Architect, 08029139261, 07060647544, New Central Bank Building Jalingo, Jalingo
  • Mr. Ishaya, Idi, PRINCIPAL PARTNER, Estate Surveyors & valuers, Estate Agents property Development & Real Estate Consultants., Faculty of Administration, Business Administration, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria

Interests

Reading, Travelling, swimming and listening

Affiliations

Member National Institute of management

Trainings Attended:

  • BSAFE - UNITED NATIONS DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY AND SECURITY - 2025-05-02
  • Effective Sales Reporting and Key Account Management For Strategic Sales Positioning - MTN Nigeria/ Phillips outsourcing Lagos - September
  • Financial Inclusion State Steering Committee (FIISCO) Capacity Building Program - Central Bank Of Nigeria Bauchi State - 2018-03
  • Training on Report/Writing - MTN Nigeria Jos Plateau State - 2017-12
  • Sales Training Academy - MTN Nigeria Abuja FCT Capital - 2017-10
  • Rural Telephony Marketing Training - MTN Nigeria Abuja FCT Capital - 2011-05

Timeline

Data sales consultant

MTN Damaturu
08.2025

Data sale Consultant

MTN Nigeria
07.2017

Acting TMC

MTN Nigeria Damaturu
03.2016 - 06.2017

Acting TMC

MTN Nigeria Jalingo
05.2014 - 01.2016

logistic Operation Supervisor

Ojemai farm Nigeria LTD Benin City Edo State
04.2010 - 01.2011

Class room teacher

NYSC Soun High School Ogbomosho Oyo State
03.2009 - 03.2010

Senior Secondary School Certificate - undefined

Army Day Secondary School

Primary School Certificate - undefined

Army Day Primary School

BSc - Business

Ahmadu Bello University
Livingstone Zakari