Porter Group supplies world-leading brands of heavy equipment through sales and rentals in four countries: New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and the United States.Territory covering Central Auckland from Harbour Bridge to South Auckland.Advising on, quoting on, selling, & setting up, new & used:o Hyundai Excavators from 1.7 to 50 Ton.o Airman Excavators from 1.7 to 5.5 Ton.o Hyundai Wheel Loaders from 9.8 to 30 Ton.o Bomag Single/Double/Combi & Pneumatic Rollers from 4 to 25 Ton.o Bomag Pavers/Cold Mills & Stabiliser Machines.o Sandvik/Portafill/Screencore Crushers & Screens.o Rokbak Dump Trucks from 30 to 40 Ton.o Bergmann Site and Dump Trucks from 9 to 25 Ton.• Cold calling for new customers & business.Major achievements:• Won over new customers with different technology on opposition machines.• Repeated business of new Bomag rollers & Hyundai excavators.• Increased machine sales of service contracts to workshop.• Improved uptake of added on attachments.• Updated & maintained customer relationship management (CRM) system; added further detail regarding customer purchases and needs. • Provided customer training on Hi-Mate (a remote fleet management system).

Territory covering Orewa in the north to Rangiriri in the south.Demonstrating & advising on, quoting on, selling, & setting up, new & used:o New Holland tractors from 25–700hp, forage harvesters up to 900hp, & combine harvesters with appropriate headers.o Kubota compact and large M7 tractors from 18-170hp into the dairy, beef & Sheep farming industry, to Vegetable growers & to Lifestyle block customers.o Kubota diggers from 0.8-8.0 tonne machines including bucket & equipment packages.o Complete range of RTV’s, generators & mowers.o Kubota skid-steers & wheel track loaders.o In-house Horsch and Vaderstad cultivation & seeding equipment including Breviglieri, Quicke, Sulky, Stocks Ag, Pichon & Vredo equipment.o New Holland (Trimble based) GPS systems that best fit best customers’ needs.• Cold calling for new business.Major achievements:• Won over a large John Deere customer with a new high HP New Holland tractor in 2018.• Travelled to Adelaide in 2019 for the release of New Holland’s T8 Range.• Won internal sales competition in 2019 to travel with customers to USA, England, Belgium, Sweden & Germany.• Travelled to UK in 2022 to visit one of CNH’s largest customers (Ernest Doe) to observe their sales process & draw on their in-depth machine knowledge. • Travelled to Paris to SIMA 2022, one of Europe’s largest agricultural shows, to learn about new farming techniques.

Territory covering both North & South Island.Setting up of new business from Australia.Developing & setup of new customer database.Cold calling for new customers.Quoting to meet customer needs on new on-board weighing systems.Overseeing setup of installations and calibration of new products.

Territory encompassing both North & South Islands.52 Dealers Nationwide.Advise dealers on Genuine Honda Parts supply.Recommend Management strategies to dealers to maximise their performance.Ensure the dealerships presentation conforms to Honda standards.Represent Honda at special events: Field Days, Young Farmer of the Year Contests.

Service and maintenance of tractors & agricultural equipment.Driving late model tractors (including Claas, Fendt & John Deere).Specialisations include:Mowing with trailed and rear Taarup and Kuhn equipment for silage & hay.Raking & Tedding with Claas equipment.Round and Square baling with Krone, Kuhn and John Deere equipment.Wrapping round & square bales with Taarup equipment.Stacking round & square bales of silage/hay.Ploughing with Kverneland equipment.Power harrowing & rotary hoeing with Kverneland & Maschio equipmentSeeding grass using Duncan Ag Enviro 740 & MK 3 Renovator equipment. Planting maize using Kverneland eight row planter.

Study towards Diploma in Sales Management & Marketing

Service and maintenance of tractors & agricultural equipment.Driving late model tractors (including Claas, Fendt & John Deere).Specialisations include:Mowing with trailed and rear Taarup and Kuhn equipment for silage & hay.Raking & Tedding with Claas equipment.Round and Square baling with Krone, Kuhn and John Deere equipment.Wrapping round & square bales with Taarup equipment.Stacking round & square bales of silage/hay.Ploughing with Kverneland equipment.Power harrowing & rotary hoeing with Kverneland & Maschio equipmentSeeding grass using Duncan Ag Enviro 740 & MK 3 Renovator equipment. Planting maize using Kverneland eight row planter.

Sales, training, customer support & service of new & used Amada & Haegar machines & Wilson tooling.Collaborating with Amada engineers in Japan regarding sales, support & service.Travelling to Japan for software training.Developing & managing relationships with new & existing clients.Regular updating of customer database.Writing monthly progress reports. Installation & training of CAD/CAM software drawing packages (AP100).Marketing & demonstrating machines & tooling at trade shows.

Managing & developing relationships with new & existing clients.Providing technical advice & support, & after-sales service, to clients.Demonstrating new (pneumatic & power tool) products to clients.Devising innovative solutions with existing products to meet client needs.Working with manufacturers to design & source new products that best meet unique client needs.Providing accurate written quotes to clients in a timely manner.Dealing with warranty claims with manufacturers.Being on-call after hours to serve client needs.Working co-operatively with other sales representatives.Keeping abreast of competitor companies’ products, services, marketing strategies & pricing scales.Reaching monthly sales targets.

Day to day running of Amada 4 kW & 1.5 kW laser machines.Programming jobs for the lasers using AP 100 software (CAD based).Maintaining of the two laser machines.Setting up of 20-30 tonne CNC Amada punching machine.Additional client contact responsibilities including providing job specification details & reporting on production status.Travelled to Japan for AP 100 software & advanced laser training.Managed an annual budget for laser purchasing costs. Trained new technical staff on laser & punching machines.Experienced on Amada punch press machines Vipros 2510 & Em 3510 – a fully-automated machine (the only machine of its kind within NZ).Experienced on Amada lasers from 1.5 kW Alpha to a 4 kW F.O 3015 (there were only three such machines within NZ). Also experienced in Amada software - AP 100.Liaised with customers to ensure product quality, suitability & timely completion. Provided goodwill technical back-up support to other companies, both throughout NZ & Australia, regarding laser productivity.

Managing farm, staff & pasture management.Looking after farm while owner on holiday or sick.Running day to day business of milking cows & overall supervision of farm.Managing up to 400 cows, sometimes in conjunction with sharemilker.Fencing & farm maintenance.Feeding out, hay baling, silage making, mowing, fertilising, manure & slurry spreading, cultivation, seeding, crop spraying & combine harvesting Driving the following makes of tractor / telehandler:New Holland, John Deere, Case, Massey Ferguson, Versatile, Fiat, JCB, Manitou & Merlo.Driving the following make of combine:Massey Ferguson.Using the following tractor Implements:Claas, Marshall, SAM, McHale, Krone & Taarup. Maintenance & repair of farm machinery & equipment.

General fitting & welding (Arc, Mig & Gas).Machine tool operation (Lathe, Mill & Radial Drill).CNC lathe & machining centre setups (including programming).