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Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand

Managing a team to supply Electrical and associated Products to Te Industry in Invercargill and the wider Southland

Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand

Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand

Invercargill

A company with a local feel, but part of a much bigger parent company.Servicing the market with a team of experienced Glaziers.A market leader in Glass, and a position that allowed me to be closely involved with the technical nature of the products

Invercargill

The Building Services department is responsible for applying the Building Act, for both Building Consenting Authority functions i.e. processing and inspection building consent applications through to issuing of a Code Compliance Certificate, and territorial authority functions like managing Building Warrants of Fitness. I managed a team of 12 technical staff and 8 administrative support staff. There is an ongoing requirement to keep these staff, and the clients well trained and checked for relevant competencies. This department is very busy processing 1400 Consents a year through application of sound quality systems, which have seen us recently pass our IANZ assessment, allowing us to continue to issue those consents.Responsibilities Management of staffs needs including hiring, Disciplinary matters and training Management of departmental budgets  Working to check that agreed processes are adhered to, to ensure consistency of processing Management of statutory clocks  Participating in Departmental and Directorate continuous improvement, which included working with development of the ISO 17020 quality manual for the directorate Achievements Passing of 2 IANZ assessments Adapting a changing team to present a friendlier face to customers. This included restructuring the department in order to give more responsibility to staff Continuing to push quality improvements across department, including participation in development of Directorate Quality manual Being accepted into the role by peers and staff Returned a focus onto Territorial Authority functions, which had historically been ignored.

Invercargill, New Zealand

Managing the Building services team, which has responsibility for ensuring the Building Act is being appropriately followed.

Invercargill

Parks Operations is a business unit of the Invercargill City Council. We are responsible for maintenance of the large collection of parks, reserves, cemeteries and playgrounds.I had a large team, generally around 52 employees, who perform the wide range of tasks including:- Gardening, Mowing, Arboriculture, Spraying, Grave Preparation, Cremating and Litter collection. Parks Operations work for several entities within the city council as well as performing maintenance work for an expanding group of external clients. Responsibilities Manage a large workforce.  Plant purchasing.  Administration responsibilities include processing of debtors and creditors, as well as recording of all timesheet information against specific contracts Health and safety systems, PPE and implementation of systems to minimize chance of reoccurrence Developing standard procedures to align with Lean Management principlesAchievements Introduction of Lean Management. This requires :-o Setting standard procedures and displaying them. o Organising workplaces to allow easier location of tools and information.o Involving staff in improvements Division of workload amongst each area. This has resulted in a balanced workload with responsibility for performance pushed down to the workers.  Introduction of apprentices back into the teams. Creating rotations of staff to offer diversity and increasing knowledge of organization. Reduction of maintenance costs. Rebranding fleet Consolidation of suppliers to offer uniformity of plant  Implementation of efficiencies to gain more output from staff ie better allocation of tools and changing start locations of each day. Meeting all budgets and returning higher than targeted profit, in every full year of trading

I was asked to join the McRaeway homes team, to augment their position in the Southlandarea. The position was not advertised and my over 15 years of dealings with the GeneralManager was enough to cement in their minds my suitability for the new role.ResponsibilitiesTo initiate contact with a wide variety of clients to ascertain their buildingrequirements, collection of relevant data to allow full and accurate pricing of jobsLiaise with sub trades to determine and discuss scope of requirements of a site/building.Forward all relevant information to such parties to expedite pricing functionsPreparation and presentation of quotes to clients with continual follow up to close dealsand provide detailed answers to any questions as requiredDatabase management to ensure all information is up to date and accuracy at all times AchievementsExcellent sales achieved in very testing times. For the last financial year we achieved90% of budget which was fantastic given current market conditions. I made ongoing contributions to marketing promotions which increased the professionalimage and brand awareness of company.Contribution to new house designs to better reflect the needs of Southland clients. Imade suggestions around the use of innovative products and systems which enabled us tomaintain a competitive edge over other housing companies. Involvement in systemic changes to improve flow of information within companyI was effective in managing two regions which allowed the company to focus on businessdevelopment with a reduction in staff costing. This necessitated the working of 55-60hour weeks- every week, and is a reflection of my personal work ethic.

Gen I - SouthlandResponsibilitiesThe management of a four man team of sales people and support staffDeveloping and maintaining relationships with senior personnel within key accounts.Coordinating interdepartmental meetings to ensure correct information flows amongststaff.The preparation of monthly sales reports to show performance verses budget. This allowedsome new methodology which concentrated on pinpointing the relevant information. AchievementsDuring my tenure all key accounts were retained and one significant new account wasgained. Adaptation to a new technological platform, which required some accelerated learning, toallow relevant communication with all stakeholdersWorked on co-siting of franchise and corporate staff which resulted in the smoothing outthe client contact and account management.

.Preparation of annual budgets and full responsibility of monthly P & L's to ensure thattargets were being met and expenses were not been exceeded. Collate monthly reports from all regions and prepare a Sales/Marketing report which wasthen presented to Senior Management at meetings.AchievementsYearly growth in excess of CPI was achieved. Sales figures more than doubled over a 13year period.The introduction of the Activity Based Costing (ABC) model led allowed me to betterrepresent true costs across all product groups. This pricing methodology lead to a betterunderstanding of the costs associated with products and servicesThe introduction of successful cycling team into the Tour of Southland was a fantasticcoop for the company. This was a major promotional project which requiring support fromsuppliers as well as cycling related sub=sponsors.The development of a website for Calder Stewart Roofing allowed better access totechnical information. After over 4 years of persistent dealings with a major shed building company, I was ableto establish a preferred supplier agreement which represented over 5% of the companyturnover.

The achievement of set sales targets for the branch. These targets were always set inconsultation with the reps responsible for the areasGeneral day-to-day management of the companies' largest branch with admin, sales andcontracts staff as well as a team of 20 or more contracted roofing installersWork with pricing staff to ensure that pricing of key jobs are won and run at a profit. Prepare project pricing to ensure securing of workPreparation of monthly reports to the General ManagerRun monthly meetings to allow all facets of the company to interact, and set forwardplans for quality improvement and productivityParticipate in scheduling meetings, to ensure that projects proceed in a timely manner.AchievementsYearly growth generally in excess of CPIDuring this period I priced and ran a major roofing project, larger than any previouslyundertaken, at a site near Mataura. This project was incredibly involved and requirednegotiation with suppliers, hiring of additional project staff, scheduling, ordering,implementing H&S plans and working with staff at all levels of the business. Uponbackcosting the margin was nearly twice the projected amount, as a result of efficienciesgained during the process.

Barista Coffee Making Course

Activities and Societies: I had the time to persue some items of interest. Coffee was a logical choice as its what kicks me into life.

Leadership Programme, Organizational Leadership

Activities and Societies: A week long full immersion course that teaches us that education and experience alone won't make us.

New Zealand Certificat Of Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering

This followed on from an initial qualification called Technician Certificate of Drafting.

Graduate Diploma In Management

this course has been started, with an acceptance that work experience to date provided the prerequisite education. Work commitments have.