SYDNEY MARK KAYO

+254713230186 | kayomark26@gmail.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
An Industrial Chemist with applicable skills in sales and marketing.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

● BASF EAST AFRICA

Sales assistant & Business Developer
JUNE 2022- TO DATE
ROLES
- Assist the Key Accounts managers (home and personal care, Human
Nutrition, Pharma and Polyurethanes) develop new businesses in East
Africa through sales and marketing.
- Offer technical support to customers during the trial phase of new and
existing projects within the homecare chemical business.
- Conduct market survey and scoping for various Key Account Managers
from various business portfolios .
- Collaborate with the marketing team to help customers better launch new
consumer products in the market, especially with branding.
● THIKA WAX WORKS LIMITED
EHS technical Assistant/Lab technologist
JAN 2022- MAY 2022
ACHIEVEMENT & ROLES
- Helped design an effluent treatment plant for the company.
- Ensured environmental health and safety guidelines were adhered to at
the production site.
● ILARA HEALTH LIMITED
Medical Sales Trainee
JULY 2021- NOVEMBER 2021
ROLES
- Achieve sales targets within my area of jurisdiction.
- Help the marketing team better penetrate the market through door to
door marketing using brochures and fliers.
- Lead fellow trainees towards achieving regional sales targets with the
help of a supervisor.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
September 2013 - December 2020 | Kenyatta University
Bachelor of Science Industrial Chemistry with Management
February 2009-November 2012 | St. Joseph’s High School Kitale
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education.
ADDITIONAL TRAINING & QUALIFICATION
July 2021 - October 2021 | Ilara Health Limited
Certificate in Sales and Business Development
June 2023| BASF
Certificate in Sales Management

SKILLS
-Communication skills –Computer proficiency - Sales and Marketing skills - SEO skills -
Digital Marketing -MailChimp - Self starter-Market Analysis

REFEREES
Elizabeth Amwamu
Sales Coordinator at Boehringer Ingelheim Germany
Contact- +491786131843
Email- elizabeth.amwamu@gmail.com

Robert Ouma Njoga

Ouma Njoga & Co. Advocates
Contact - 0721529757
Email - okilrobo@yahoo.com

Nickson Ng’anga
Technical Sales and project management at BASF East Africa Limited
Contact - 0705516007
Email - nickngash@live.com