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Diss, England, United Kingdom

Diss, England, United Kingdom

Wymondham, England, United Kingdom

Atlantis, Capetown, South Africa

Spearheaded staff training and mentoring procedures. Directed plant relocation and oversaw production levels. Fostered and developed professional relationships. Assisted in transfer of BOM and supplier information. Maintained health and safety standards. Attended international business visits and negotiated with suppliers. Supervised skills transfer for relevant departments. Identified issues and assessed risk.♦ Successfully relocated complete plant and achieved 80% of production levels back within eight weeks.♦ Offered comprehensive training to numerous departments, enabling them to navigate through new business with ease.♦ Secured major suppliers and successfully negotiated continued cooperation.

Northriding, Guateng, Johannesburg, South Africa

Supervised day to day operations and coordinated workflow of staff. Spearheaded purchasing and procurement procedures. Identified flaws and offered solutions in factories, logistics, and admin departments. Directed IT upgrades and maintenance. Generated numerous automated reporting systems for manufacturing, logistics, and administration. Maintained health and safety standards. Formulated and implemented internal policies and procedures. Attended international visits to suppliers. Fostered and developed professional relationships. Sourced new suppliers and commissioned new plant equipment. Conducted staff training and mentoring. Measured performance against key objectives.♦ Awarded management promotion for dedication to stellar workmanship and service delivery.♦ Introduced two new in-house manufactured products leading to increased sales margins and volumes.♦ Designed and implemented new electronic surface mount assembly plant that produced return on investment within 6 months and reduced costs of previously outsourced products by 30%.♦ Oversaw complete IT upgrade from local server and backup system to a cloud based mail and backup system with minimal operational interruptions.♦ Successfully upgraded ERP and database systems with no business interruptions.♦ Introduced company's first technical call centre to offer technical advice and assistance to tradesman and general public members.

City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Lead Electronic designers for new products from conception to final commercial release. Hardware, firmware and enclosure design of new products for commercial, industrial and mining industries.