Experience

Vending Machines International
• Australia
• Food & Beverages
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Founder

  • Jan 2012 - Present


Germ Solutions

• Wellness and Fitness Services

• Managing Director

  • 2009 - 2012

  The objective was to build a successful company and distribution network within Australia. I achieved this within 3 years and sold the application company in September 2012. ACHIEVEMENTS: - Developed new, usage specific product, that cleaned but also left an antimicrobial coating that remained active for at least 30 days after application. - Sourced chemicals from China and India - Grew the company turnover 100% every year for 3 years - Established distribution throughout Australia. The Brisbane application of the company was sold in September 2012 for a healthy profit. Show less



Consolidated Hotels and Taverns

• Managing Director

  • 2003 - 2008

  The objective was to create a profitable hospitality group by consolidating a number of outlets, improving their supply chain management, installing professional group marketing and management, whilst removing costs by consolidating administration and purchasing. This was achieved within 4 years. ACHIEVEMENTS: - Formed “Chats” in 2003 with the express purpose of creating a chain of well run on-premise venues utilizing his experience in marketing, systems and the liquor industry. Built the business to 12 hotels within 2 years. - Created an excellent management structure with world class systems resulting in profitable businesses while improving turnovers and trimming the staff to 300. - Instigated strong inventory management and stocktaking procedures that ensured that stock losses were kept to minimum. The business was successfully sold to a publicly listed company. Show less



Radionet

• United States
• Computer Hardware Manufacturing

• CEO

  • 2001 - 2003

  The objective was to take a company from startup to success. This was achieved within 3 years. ACHIEVEMENTS: - Executed a business plan and investing in the business. - Installed structure, planning disciplines, and established budgets for the company. - Installed product and customer flow systems to streamline customer installs and supply chain management. - Selected and purchased a wide range of ICT requirements - Established supply lines and sourced product from Florida USA, and China. - Negotiated supply contracts with leading Software hardware and telecommunications companies. - Installed inventory management for expensive inventory items. - Selected and installed a new accounting package, a web based customer relationship package and further enhancements to the in-house ISP manager program. - Hired a sales team and sales manager and attending to training and structuring the sales force into industry specialists. - Grew the company from no customers to 3000 business customers. The company was sold to Wilson Neill Corporation and I was retained as chief executive on a contract to ensure an orderly hand over for 12 months. Show less



Universal Sharing Group Water Distribution

• Contractor

  • 2001 - 2001

  ACHIEVEMENTS: - Setup a structure for a direct sell company selling NZ Mineral Water throughout Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. - Wrote the system for a supply chain and commission calculation in a very complex model written in excel. Rewritten in SQL as the original model took 15 minutes to calculate. - Set up systems and an E-commerce platform to enable the company to trade with their customers based in Australia with offices in NZ and Hong Kong. This site enabled the company to sign up new distributors, check on their progress, deliver water and merchandise and accept payments over the Internet.The E-commerce system was fully interfaced into their JIWA accounting package. Show less



Parex Industries

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Contractor

  • 1999 - 2001

  The objective was to plan and install a cost efficient ordering, warehousing, and inventory management supply chain management and dispatch system as quickly as possible within a tight budget guideline. The system had to be scalable, real-time processing, with comprehensive management reporting. ACHIEVEMENTS: - Established contract warehouses in every state of Australia - Specified and wrote a comprehensive supply chain system to run online where customers could order and view inventory and delivery progress. - Management of international inventory and purchasing systems from Delonghi and Insinkerator. - Managed New Zealand and Australian inventory levels within the budget and timeframes guidelines specified. - Designed and wrote the detailed specifications for an online ordering system. Won 2 prestigious NZ awards for this software as a very successful business to business e-commerce solution. (a copy of the software was sold to Toys-R-Us in the USA) - Worked with Delonghi with the first stages of implementation of SAP. This was eventually fully implemented 2002-2003 year by Delonghi worldwide. Show less



New Zealand Cosmetic Laboratories

• Managing Director

  • 1995 - 1999

  Objective to turn around a company that had stagnated and create a profitable enterprise. This was achieved this within 3 years with a sale price that reached 300% above initial purchase price. ACHIEVEMENTS: - Restructured refinanced and relocated the Company selling off unprofitable divisions. - Installed new efficient plant and equipment and trimmed staff from 50 down to 30 while still increasing output. - Gained ISO 9002 registration. - Installed multiple quality assurance programs, and comprehensive supply chain systems. - Applied new fully integrated accounting system. - Relocated the company, including: sourcing new premises, the purchase, shipping and installation of new equipment,transport co-ordination ( a fleet of low loaders), managing all trades people involved with the relocation of a large manufacturing plant and reinstallation. This was achieved with only one week shutdown of manufacturing output, and within the allocated budget. - Established export markets in Malaysia with 12,000 distributors, and Australian, Chinese, and Taiwanese markets which substantially grew the company. The business was sold to a publicly listed company for a healthy profit. Show less



Lion Co

• United Kingdom
• Accounting

• Operations Director NZWS- Lion Nathan

  • 1983 - 1995

  I commenced with Lion Nathan in a finance role and rose to financial controller and company secretary for Production and Distribution for New Zealand Wines and Spirits Ltd and its production subsidiaries. I moved from this role into production manager and quickly became the Operations Director for NZWS, a Lion Nathan subsidiary. ACHIEVEMENTS: - Responsible for 105 staff and the total import, export, manufacture and distribution of all NZWS products throughout New Zealand and Australia. Total turnover of $250m and EBIT of $25m. - Responsible for the complete supply chain including inventory worth $50m (a high proportion of this underbond). Managed purchasing of inventory and personally managed stocktaking and inventory management. - Instigated a comprehensive tender process which reduced distribution and warehousing costs. In the best year these were reduced by 40% including international rates reductions that year in excess of $3m. This came about through increased efficiencies in stock movement deliveries, imports and improved utilization of transport and warehousing resources. - Grew the production volumes through exports (Vodka to Australia and Russia) and took production contracts off competitors. - Selected and installed the MFGPRO manufacturing and accounting system. This was a very comprehensive fully integrated supply chain management ERP system. - Initiated a range of ICT programs throughout the company. This system was eventually adopted for the all of Lion Nathan production units. - Demonstrated expertise in logistics and project management which trimmed considerable cost out of the Lion Nathan supply chain budget. - Introduced competency based training and gained ISO 9002 accreditation, implemented new innovative awards and recognition for superior performance and hard work. - Involved in strategic planning at Lion Nathan in New Zealand and Australia and board level. Show less