Ernest Wolmarans Email & Phone Number

Auckland, New Zealand

Assessment and co-ordination of mainly damaged and faulty stock returns from retailers serving the Australian market. Investigation of short-shipped claims, vetting and distribution of damage allowance and pricing claims. Working closely with internal departments (claim assessment, warehouse, sales and accounts) and BDMs/reps on the road to provide customers with regular and current updates.

Albany, Auckland, New Zealand

- First point of contact for trade customers needing specialised solutions for domestic, civil and chemical plumbing applications. - Providing product information, pricing, availability, ordering and support on administrative queries.- Face-to-face sales and service of walk-in customers.- Logistical co-ordination and management with warehouse and courier partners.- Initiation and processing of returns and credits.

Albany, Auckland, New Zealand

- First point of contact for trade customers needing specialised solutions for domestic and agricultural plumbing applications. - Providing product information, pricing, availability, ordering and support on administrative queries.- Face-to-face sales and service of walk-in customers.- Logistical co-ordination and management with warehouse and courier partners.- Initiation and processing of returns and credits.

Industria West, Johhanesburg

- Angle selection for stories with the view of “taking the story forward” for the next day’s paper – giving readers more than just the basic story.- Ensuring that breaking news is promptly available for the website.- Editing or rewriting of copy for print and online to ensure no questions are left unanswered, that possible legal ramifications are flagged and that copy flows as strongly as possible.- Constant engagement with, and guidance of, journalists.-… Show more - Angle selection for stories with the view of “taking the story forward” for the next day’s paper – giving readers more than just the basic story.- Ensuring that breaking news is promptly available for the website.- Editing or rewriting of copy for print and online to ensure no questions are left unanswered, that possible legal ramifications are flagged and that copy flows as strongly as possible.- Constant engagement with, and guidance of, journalists.- Constant engagement with the news editor on noteworthy breaking news, and with the editor on potential leads throughout the day. - Constant engagement with the online department to keep them abreast of incoming web-specific content.- Lead pitching in daily afternoon meetings with the editor and all other section editors.- Assistance with layout and design, and assigning copy to pages. This includes engagement with the subs department to ensure a constant and smooth workflow throughout the day.- Photograph selection through engagement with the in-house photography department or via subscribed wire services. - Headline and blurb writing for the front page daily. - Staff leave and other administrative management, such as necessary accreditation for important events being timeously obtained. - Responsible for putting out 60 editions in December 2014 due to the news editor/night editor being on leave. Show less

Industria West, Johannesburg

- Daily print story-writing mainly focused on, but not limited to, energy, aviation, mining, newsworthy stories in the East Rand (a region east of Johannesburg, where I started my journalism career), consumers and debt – specific focus on securing exclusive stories for the paper.- Liaising with contacts and relevant spokesmen or organisations to ensure copy is relevant, factual and of high quality, while keeping within strict daily deadlines and word counts.- Reporting on events… Show more - Daily print story-writing mainly focused on, but not limited to, energy, aviation, mining, newsworthy stories in the East Rand (a region east of Johannesburg, where I started my journalism career), consumers and debt – specific focus on securing exclusive stories for the paper.- Liaising with contacts and relevant spokesmen or organisations to ensure copy is relevant, factual and of high quality, while keeping within strict daily deadlines and word counts.- Reporting on events and court cases, attending press briefings and engaging with people “on the ground” during service delivery protests, wage strikes and the like.- Fully multimedia capable - daily writing for online, with accompanying photos and video recordings – well-versed in relevant technologies. - Daily liaison and good working partnership with direct management and peers to prevent duplication of work or to team up on investigative assignments – equally adept in a team or independently.- Daily writing on an in-house CMS with extensive experience in Microsoft Word, Adobe InDesign and other related software.- Tweeting from events and using other social media platforms to push the paper’s digital strategy.- Four-time winner of The Citizen’s monthly editorial awards – Journalist of the Month for January, February and June 2014, best news feature in May 2014.- Winner of The Citizen’s “Best Newcomer” award at The Citizen Excellence Awards held in August 2014. Show less

Industria West, Johannesburg

- Subbing of sport and general news copy to specified length as required by layout, ensuring that: - copy is free of grammatical and spelling errors. - copy complies with stipulated house style. - copy flows logically and is easy to read and understand. - identifying legal and moral ramifications. - Writing of concise, truthful and enticing headlines to specified length. - Selection of eye-catching photos that best ‘tell the story’. - Writing of captions to… Show more - Subbing of sport and general news copy to specified length as required by layout, ensuring that: - copy is free of grammatical and spelling errors. - copy complies with stipulated house style. - copy flows logically and is easy to read and understand. - identifying legal and moral ramifications. - Writing of concise, truthful and enticing headlines to specified length. - Selection of eye-catching photos that best ‘tell the story’. - Writing of captions to engage readership of the copy. - Double checking completed pages for missed errors and sending to production for printing. - Extensive use of an in-house CMS, Adobe InDesign CS5 and other related software. - Extensive layout experience, ensuring page is functional, easy to read and good looking. Show less

Springs, Gauteng

Story selection and reporting of issues affecting the community of Springs: including hard news, human interest, sport, council and business news.Sourcing and interacting with contacts within the community for as accurate, in-depth and relevant reporting as possible.Photograph composition and production to compliment articles (intermediate understanding of photography principles)Regular interaction with metro, police and other organisations to facilitate comments and… Show more Story selection and reporting of issues affecting the community of Springs: including hard news, human interest, sport, council and business news.Sourcing and interacting with contacts within the community for as accurate, in-depth and relevant reporting as possible.Photograph composition and production to compliment articles (intermediate understanding of photography principles)Regular interaction with metro, police and other organisations to facilitate comments and response for articles.Use of PageMaker 7.0 and Adobe InDesign CS2 for production of articles.Uploading of written articles to website www.looklocal.co.za.Good knowledge of Facebook and Twitter to punt articles and drive readers to the website.Limited use and knowledge of PhotoShop CS2.Recipient of Caxton's 'Most promising journalist of the year' award at the Caxton Excellence Awards 2011 held at the Theatre-On-Track, Kyalami, on March 29 2012.Seventh in the personal finance category of the Sanlam/MDDA Local Media Awards 2010. Show less

Cold calling clients of the employer’s business partners to offer motor, household contents, home owners’ and all risk insurance policies.Providing quotations on credit shortfall cover, car hire options and extended warranty packages.Computerised quoting using in-house software and the Auto & General AS400 system.Extensive use of Microsoft Word in delivery of quotes via email and fax.Extensive use of Microsoft Excel in compiling of weekly and monthly consultant… Show more Cold calling clients of the employer’s business partners to offer motor, household contents, home owners’ and all risk insurance policies.Providing quotations on credit shortfall cover, car hire options and extended warranty packages.Computerised quoting using in-house software and the Auto & General AS400 system.Extensive use of Microsoft Word in delivery of quotes via email and fax.Extensive use of Microsoft Excel in compiling of weekly and monthly consultant specific sales statistics and call logging.Daily use of Microsoft Outlook in delivery of quotations, confirmations of cover and policy schedules.Switchboard and reception – frontline answering and transferring of calls to relevant consultants.Basic client care function – assisting with general policy enquiries and making basic amendments where possible.Liaising with client care to resolve issues regarding ‘problem’ policies30 FAIS (Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services) credits obtained in-house. Show less

Springs, Gauteng

Driver and delivery function.Computerised bookkeeping on Pastel 5.Microsoft Office Excel and Word data capture.Computer network maintenance and repair.Switchboard and reception.Office administration.Data input of cashbooks, journal entries and petty cash journals.Input of costing and debtors.Computerised wages, wage reconciliations and completion of IRP5 and IT3a certificates.Client liaison.

Bachelor Of Commerce (Bcom), Marketing/Marketing Management, General

Economics, Business Management, Marketing Management, Marketing Communication, Accounting, Logistics Management

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Information Technology - Software Engineering Stream

Business Information Systems, Computer Systems, Operations Research, Basic Statistics, Philosophy of Science, Business Management.

National Senior Certificate With Endorsement, High School/Secondary Diplomas And Certificates, 12

Activities and Societies: First Team Rugby, First Team Cricket Top Ten Academic Achiever