Experience

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  Forté Health

  • Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

  • Senior Recruitment Specialist

    • Aug 2023 - Present
    • Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

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  Business Mentor | Strategy Development & Implementation | People and Stakeholder Relationships

  • Canterbury & West Coast, New Zealand

  • Consultant | Coach| Business Mentor

    • Feb 2019 - Present
    • Canterbury & West Coast, New Zealand

    I help companies fine tune their direction and craft a high-level Vision, Mission and Purpose statement that propels them towards their goals. We then look at ensuring this is implemented throughout the business so growth and good ideas are welcomed from every level and a channel for development is imbedded.I am also all about the 'doing' so together we look at the target areas within your business; Growth, finance, people, processes, sales, marketing and develop plans, structure and accountabilities that align with your vision.Build dreams, sort challenges and bring back the fun to work.

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  Self Employed

  • Founder of 'No. 8 Wire' podcasts

    • Apr 2020 - Present

    This is a series of conversations with regular business people who have been through difficult times. They generously share their stories and talk about what they learnt, offering advice to those who may be experiencing similar challenges.Available on most popular podcasting platforms

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  Whakarongorau Aotearoa // New Zealand Telehealth Services//

  • WFH Christchurch

  • Talent Advisor

    • Feb 2022 - Aug 2023
    • WFH Christchurch

    Bulk talent recruitment for Clinicians, Covid19 Advisors, and Management. Leading online workshops for staff across the company.

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  Luckman & Associates

  • Canterbury & West Coast, New Zealand

  • General Manager / Business Development

    • Feb 2018 - Aug 2018
    • Canterbury & West Coast, New Zealand

    Managing a team of business analysts that provided business improvement solutions across both large and smaller companies in Canterbury.

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  GirlGuiding New Zealand

  • Christchurch New Zealand

  • National Project Manager: Biscuit Programme

    • Aug 2017 - Dec 2017
    • Christchurch New Zealand

    Directly managing the volunteer-led Nationwide Teams to sell 30,000 cartons of biscuits in 6 weeks.Full operational responsibility of Logistics, Operations, Stakeholder relationships, Marketing, Reporting, I identified and framed up a revolutionary new business model for the 2018/19 Biscuit Season,proposing a continuous improvement “lean approach’ saving several $tensofthousands on warehousing and operating costs and increasing the Sales Territories for all the GG units nationally.

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  Golden Homes Upper Hutt

  • Upper Hutt

  • Operations Manager/ Sales Manager

    • Feb 2016 - Jun 2016
    • Upper Hutt

    My time here was to identify a potential new business model and work alongside the GM on a specific programme of work.

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  Hudson

  • Christchurch

  • Recruitment Consultant Accounting and Finance

    • Nov 2012 - Oct 2014
    • Christchurch

    Winner of Hudson’s Asia/ Pacific Rising Star award for Q3 2013I have been inspired by the people I have met in this role including my hard working colleagues and both clients and candidates. Its been a pleasure to make a difference.

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  Kiwikids and The Nurtury

  • Christchurch

  • Business Owner

    • Apr 2009 - May 2012
    • Christchurch

    Existing Pre school in Addington & also a Start up venture in the Wigram area. Introducing a new concept in childcare on a "farmstyle" block with animals. We were a large preschool with an adult team of 17 and up to 75 children daily, along with chickens, a pig, a goat and a vegetable garden.My responsibilities included Business growth & development, Operations, Marketing and full Human Resources

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  Two Tall Kiwis Ltd

  • Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

  • Director

    • Jan 2005 - Jan 2010
    • Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

    My residential construction company building speculative homes in the Christchurch area. I researched and sourced land in high demand areas building single-level homes for the middle market. Achieved an average of 20% gross profit per project.

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  Advanced Personnel

  • Christchurch

  • Executive Recruitment Consultant

    • Mar 2007 - Dec 2008
    • Christchurch

    Technical and Executive Roles. I brought in the largest fee earning accounts for permanent recruitment that the company had ever had before.

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  Golden Homes

  • Christchurch

  • Sales Consultant/ Sales Manager/General Manager

    • 1998 - 2007
    • Christchurch

    Leading the establishment and growth of this business from start-up, through scale up to a successful company building over 200 new homes per year and a $40 mill turnover.Beginning with myself as the first employee, and growing the team as needed my responsibilities began in sales & marketing, to developing key stakeholder partnerships, commercial contract management and negotiations, business growth and strategy (my favourite part) , team development and training HR, operations & multiple project management, all while keeping one fierce eye on the accounts and the central focus on the customer experience through the different stages of the project cycle. I have to say that again.... Customer experience. Its a big deal in construction.