Experience

ISPA Store Fixtures

• Canada
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Director of Business Development

  • Jan 2019 - Present

• Director of Operations

  • Oct 2014 - Present

  Play an active role as part of ISPA Senior Management Team. Responsible for Estimating, Engineering and Project Management.

• Engineering and Estimating Manager

  • May 2011 - Oct 2014

  Re-organized Engineering changing information flow, file structure and responsibility for accuracy and accessibility of engineering files. Set new standards for contacting suppliers (domestic and overseas) with focus on better communication. Established full integration of estimating and engineering in early stage of new projects. Initiate estimate reviews and aftermath of larger projects with focus on analyzing cost structure (material/labor/outsource). Designed roadmap of linking estimating/engineering/coordinating(suppliers and production)/purchasing and working on implementation through ABACI ERP System. Addressing fragmented information flow from different departments and eliminating duplicated functions. Lead role in directing outsourced programming changes and customizations to ABACI modules as in-house system administrator.



Gorrie Marketing

• South Africa

• Production Engineer

  • Jul 2010 - May 2011

  One of lead contributors in revision of operations manual with highlights on QC and documentation control. Working closely with Project Manager and Installation Manager collected and organized engineering and installation data for our largest customer with files spanning 6 years and two software platforms (Solidworks and Pro-engineer). Developed new engineering file storing and naming structure. Specified engineering design procedures and best practices for Solidworks assembly modeling. Initiated direct contact between engineering and suppliers, reducing development time and product cost.



Storeimage

• Canada
• Printing Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Engineering Manager

  • Jun 2004 - Jun 2010

  Responsible for department budget, business plan, SWOT analysis. Started to take part in strategic production planning and priority settings to ensure that projects are executed on time and budget. Proposed and implemented transfer from AutoCAD to Inventor, organizing new file code system, creation of templates & designing strategy for implementation of new software. Established file sharing between engineering, estimating, purchasing & coordinating departments. Assigned duties and proofed all drawings in department.

• Product Engineer

  • Jun 2000 - Jun 2004

  Retail Fixtures and Décor product development and design working closely with Creative and Estimating Departments