Experience

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  Coomers Timber & Building Supplies

  • System Manager

    • Feb 2020 - Present

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  Limpopo Lumber

  • South Africa
  • Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Manager

    • Jan 2011 - Jan 2020

    general management

  • Forestry manager

    • Jan 2011 - Aug 2015

    • Run and manage a team of 34 people which includes 1 forwarder, 2 tractor teams, 2 transporting trucks and 2 loggers as well as a felling and debarking team.• Organizing of loads• Transporting of timber to mills• Inspecting compartments for felling• Felling plans• Managing the performance of all the teams• HR issues including firing, retrenching, coaching, hiring, disciplinary issues and social discrepancies such as AIDS and witchcraft• Constantly manage their performance and use these statistics for morning meetings so progress can be monitored• Check and do basic maintenance on machines • Company was awarded best small company in SA by Productivity SA 2011

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  LIMPOPO LUMBER PRODUCTS

  • TZANEEN

  • General Manager

    • Aug 2015 - Oct 2019
    • TZANEEN

    ● Focused on creating and expanding customer based for new product.● Run two production lines● Contract managment of a pole yard● Source +- 120m3 of round logs material from multiple suppliers● Planning production● Customer deliveries● Financial management● New product certified by SATAS and maintaining of certification.● Marketing● Organizing● Problem solving● Production manager● Time management● Self-motivated● Process implementation● Team player● Staff development● Conflict resolution● First aid● Deal with customer issues from discounts to quality control issues● HR work from training to disciplinaries.● Saw milling machine and vehicle maintenance planning● Maintain all critical spares● The buying of parts● Manage plant hire machinery● Spearheaded the implementation of improved traininginitiatives for all personnel levels.● Directed 4 Supervisors with over 100 employees across 6departments● Empowered staff members to contribute to continuousimprovement, quality and growth of company.● Assisted with marketing strategy creation and advertisinginitiatives to better promote facility to public.● Drove organisational goals by effectively and efficientlyidentifying and solving complex strategy problems.● Streamlined operational efficiencies by coordinating staffdevelopment and succession planning.● Increased production capacity dispite reduction in workinghours● Identified and solved complex strategy problems to driveorganisational goals.● Monitored and evaluated teams, identifying and targetingopportunities for improvement

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  Standard Bank Group

  • IT service desk consultant

    • Jan 2010 - Dec 2010

    Working in a call centre environment• Dealing with up to 60 queries a day with a first time fix rate of over 50%• Queries dealt with varied from system failures in the branches, simple tasks such as resetting passwords to having remote access to computers to see what the problem was and fixing it remotely• Won awards for quality assurance and also for being most improved employee in a month in the area

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  Captain GA Chettel

  • Ship and cargo inspector

    • Sep 2008 - May 2009

    Sounding of vessels,• Inspecting of cargo holds for various cargos• Supervising and taking samples of phosphoric acid and sulphur• Measuring of ballast• Measuring and sampling of phosphoric acid

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  Standard Bank Group

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Intern in gold stocks

    • Jul 2007 - Sep 2007
    • London, United Kingdom

    ● Working out the bank charges● Filing of transfers and shipments● Transfers between companies in a joint venture ● Gold to cash, cash to gold transfers● Dealing with customers purchasing margins

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  Northcote Lodge School

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Teacher Assistant

    • Jan 2007 - Jun 2007
    • London, United Kingdom

    ● Assisting teachers with class work● Serving at parents evening● Sorting sports equipment● Part time secretary work● Capture of merit system● Developed access-based merit system ● Assisted on school trips