Experience

Compass Education Consultancy

• France
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Consultant

  • Jul 2015 - Present

  Senior Consultant covering all teaching positions in Middle East & Africa. Senior Consultant covering all teaching positions in Middle East & Africa.



Tangent International

• Logistics Manager

  • Sep 1989 - Mar 2015

  Logistics and sales support manager assisting all candidates on projects sites. This has involved working closely with sales managers from contract negotiation through to arrival on project sites. Responsibilities have included contract preparation, contractor care including issuing contracts, visa preparation, flight assistance and payroll queries. Client care including liaising on arrival of contractors to project sites, contract extensions, additonal staffing requirements and compliance. Over 25 years recruitment experience means I have covered recruitment in most countries including Dubai, Papua New Guinea and South Africa. I have excellent candidate care and client liaison experience. For the past 8 years I have been working on a remote basis in Malawi, Central Africa. I have been the main point of contact for the Tangent Africa base. Working remotely for 8 years has given me the confidence to work independently and the self motivation to meet the deadlines as well as to hone my time management skills and foster efficient and effective work disciplines



Tangent International Ltd

• Logistics Manager

  • Sep 1989 - Mar 2015

  1989 – 31/03/2015 Tangent International Limited, www.tanint.com Tangent International is the leading provider of Global Talent to the IT & Telco industry having been in operation for 40 years delivering compliant recruitment solutions into over 175 countries. They have offices in Dubai, Dallas, Malawi, UK, and Mexico. Clients have included the main telecoms vendors and integrators like Ericsson, Huawei, NSN. Logistics Manager. Supporting all sales managers to provide full candidate support from agreement of contract. This includes contract preparation and issue to the candidate. Review of visa requirements for the project country and nationality of candidate. Liaise with management companies for best payroll solution for the candidate. Arranging flights & assisting with visa preparation. Organising medical insurance and in some cases assisting when natural disasters have taken place and candidates need to be flown home. On going candidate care once on site. Client support for extension of contract, additional candidates, contract negotiations, visa discussions and meetings. Responding to any invoices or timesheet queries. I have experience of placing candidates in various countries around the world. I have day to day involvement with Senior Sales Colleagues from various offices to coordinate teams of engineers starting on projects, in some cases we have recruited over 20 engineers in one time. I have carried out customer meetings in the African region representing tangent. My role has involved weekend & out of hours contact for candidates on project sites. Prior to 2008 I was office based in the Tangent UK office located in Billericay. During my time I worked from resourcer to sales manager and ran successful project team of up to 100 contractors on site across Europe. This would involve regular travel to client meetings and to site to review candidate’s contracts.



National Semiconductor Swindon UK

• Swindon

• Sales Account Manager

  • Sep 1986 - Jan 1989

  1986 – 1989: National Semiconductor, Swindon, Wiltshire. Position of Sales Account Manager. Part of the OEM team selling National Semiconductor products. This involved regular client visits to review parts lists, pricing and quality of service. Major achievement was sales person of the quarter winning a one week trip to the USA. 1986 – 1989: National Semiconductor, Swindon, Wiltshire. Position of Sales Account Manager. Part of the OEM team selling National Semiconductor products. This involved regular client visits to review parts lists, pricing and quality of service. Major achievement was sales person of the quarter winning a one week trip to the USA.



Yugotours

• Petrovac, Yugoslavia

• Childrens Representative

  • Jun 1986 - Sep 1986

  1986: Yugotours, Yugoslavia, Position of Children’s Rep in resort. Based in Petrovac, Yugoslavia, ran a children’s entertainment programme in a 5 star hotel. 1986: Yugotours, Yugoslavia, Position of Children’s Rep in resort. Based in Petrovac, Yugoslavia, ran a children’s entertainment programme in a 5 star hotel.