Gareth Jones Email & Phone Number

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Overseeing operations of a dedicated carpet and AstroTurf manufacturing plant, running twenty-four hours
• Supervising, coaching, training, motivating and mentoring personnel, setting clear goals and expectations, providing relevant feedback and discipline as required
• Establishing, implementing and overseeing effective continuous improvements, systems, processes and controls to maximise output and minimise costs
• Determining and planning weekly production schedules, forecasting sales and meeting customer deadlines
• Selecting, ordering and purchasing raw materials for production processes
• Building strong working relationships and effective communication channels with key stakeholders, resolving complaints and enquiries

• Overseeing warehousing and logistics activities, maintaining a productive workplace and motivating staff to achieve high performance standards in identifying, dispatching and receiving goods
• Evaluating procedures and time management; implementing and overseeing continuous improvements
• Organising all transport across three groups of manufacturing
• Liaising with transport companies to secure cost effective transport solutions
• Maintaining constant communication with sales personnel to identify customer requirements and ensure the highest level of satisfaction
• Operating material handling equipment such as forklifts, pallet jacks, automated wrappers, reach trucks, powered conveyors and scissor lifters

• Safely operating various machinery according to production schedules, including forklifts and boom trucks
• Performing general machinery maintenance
• Running all three stages to create fibre bonded contract carpets, from needling process to last finishing by latex applications