Welcome to Staying Sane, where coffee is not just a drink; it’s our manifesto for mindfulness in a cup. I’m George, the heart, soul, and sanity behind Staying Sane. With a life as richly brewed as the coffee we serve, my journey from the bustling logistics lanes of Australia to the aromatic coffee fields of South Africa has been anything but typical.

Global Education is a family-run business that helps to empower and assist students in studying internationally. Global Education represents 400 + world-class universities in the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Sales management, digital media, event management, and CRM systems are critical areas that we are focusing on to help improve the business. I was successful in working with a network of media agencies and service providers to ensure that we offer a full customization marketing program to ensure that students receive the best information available.

I embarked on a strategic role as a contractual expert with the intention of helping a Fortune 500 corporation regain its footing in Western Australia's oil and gas, mining, and major commercial goods forwarding industries. For this collaboration, Expeditors, a wonderful company with a big global network, provided a priceless chance.During my time in Perth, my team and I were able to restart negotiations with a variety of medium- to large-sized businesses and all four of the region's top engineering, procurement, and construction firms. Even though it was just temporary, this short-term position was very rewarding. I continue to be grateful for the worthwhile experience I have received and the lessons I have learned during this time.

Building upon my extensive experience in logistics and international business, I embraced contractual roles with Aspermont Media and Multiplier Media (Digital X). These roles expanded my expertise in marketing and further propelled my professional growth.At Aspermont Media, I undertook the following responsibilities:Established partnerships and sponsorship for two pivotal events, namely "Future of Mining" and "Resources Stocks Sydney," for the years 2018 and 2019.Actively liaised with the events department and maintained the accuracy of CRM data.I leveraged my logistics background and digital marketing knowledge to foster beneficial partnerships that amplified the reach of the events division and complemented Aspermont's general sales operations.Successfully met revenue targets and capacity requirements for the inaugural events, "Future of Mining" in Sydney and "Resource Stocks" in May 2018.Subsequently, I was entrusted to work on subsequent events due to these achievements.During my tenure at Multiplier Media (Digital X), I accomplished the following:Targeted new businesses and managed accounts, educating these entities about the evolving trends and requirements in digital media and video news media.Ensured transparent operational activities, emphasizing all stakeholders' achievement of tasks, hours, and costs.Introduced novel business ideas to expand brand engagement, including creating events and media partnerships for the ICO, Blockchain, and cryptocurrency industries. This led to increased event participation, news interview coordination, and revenue enhancement through partnerships, particularly in New York City and Melbourne.Developed business relationships for purchasing real estate on Multiplier Crypto News, owned by Digital X.Engaged with global influences and media companies to promote exposure and broaden the digital media footprint beyond the Asia Pacific region.

In my role at Agility GIL Shared Services as a Business Development Manager, I bolstered sales targets and accelerated growth.Key responsibilities and achievements include:• Closed new business deals by coordinating requirements, developing and negotiating contracts, and integrating these with business operations.• Consistently achieved targets of 15 new business leads each week, securing meetings and introductions to Agility.• Achieved a net revenue of 16,000 AUD per client per month from a diverse mix of clients from various industries.• Structured and built the General Logistics Sales Team processes, working closely with the Operational Team to ensure continuity.• Screened potential business deals by analysing market strategies, deal requirements, and financial potential, evaluating options, resolving internal priorities, and recommending equity investments.• Developed negotiating strategies and positions by studying the integration of new ventures with company strategies and operations, examining risks, and estimating partners' needs and goals.• Identified new market trends and ideas by researching industry and related events and publications and tracking individual contributors and their accomplishments.• Took on the responsibility of expanding the sales structure and Western Australia pipeline for capital investments and growth prospects, achieving ten new business leads each week with confirmed business interest.• Achieved a steady net revenue of 10,000 AUD per client per month through dedicated and strategic efforts.• Led the re-branding of digital platforms for the Western Australia branch and ensured the alignment of marketing material with East Coast operations. This multifaceted role allowed me to expand my understanding of various markets further, honing my strategic approach towards success in each area.

Promoted to Business Development Manager - in recognition of work achievements and career progression. Having worked across various departments I was tasked in taking over the business development of the logistics sales department across all industries due to client engagement and understanding of the operating systems of DB Schenker. • Close new business deals by coordinating requirements; developing and negotiating contracts; integrating contract requirements with business operations.• Locate and proposes new business deals by contacting existing or potential partners; discovering and exploring opportunities.• Screens potential business deals by analysing market strategies, deal requirements, potential, and financials; evaluating options; resolving internal priorities; recommending equity investments.• Develop negotiating strategies and positions by studying the integration of new venture with company strategies and operations; examining risks and potentials; estimating partners' needs and goals.• Identify new market trends ideas by researching industry and related events, publications, and announcements; tracking individual contributors and their accomplishments.• Achieved target net revenue of 12,500 AUD per client per month. • Growth of all products achieved by a minimum of 10% across Air, Sea and Warehousing Activities

• Implementation structures and development of operating procedures for new and current clients.• Report and Advise on possible savings and discrepancies within own company operations and client requirements• Work with client sites to facilitate smooth delivery of information and cargo to their destinations. • Coordination of Client Cargo from shippers and global offices on a worldwide basis. • Abilities include customer service management systems and information systems. • Control of department, training, and implementation with a focus on helping team members to be the best that they can be and to be a supportive figure to those that need extra help. • Managing of customer service clients and targeting improvements with costs, operations and level of service

Project Coordinator – Gorgon Project Department (Perth, Australia) • Started in Costing Department to help restructure and analyse the costs that shipments for Gorgon were enduring.• Report and Advise on possible savings and discrepancies within Project operations and finance.• Work with client sites to facilitate smooth delivery of information and cargo to their destinations. • Coordination of Client Cargo from the United States of America and India vendors for the client cargo to numerous locations around the world, these include working with local agents to facilitate a good service and cost-effective operation for client. These locations include client sites at Henderson Western Australia, Batam Indonesia, Ulsan Korea, and Qingdao China• Abilities include a well-grounded knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint Presentations and Database building in Microsoft Access where daily reports were made to be able to be reported to client and head offices in Germany as well in both Perth and Sydney Branches.• Responsibilities include helping to improve operation in both the United States and India, where service performance was very volatile. This was met with great anticipation and resulted in both areas receiving higher Profit Shares as a result of improved operations. • Responsibilities to health and safety within the workforce in the organization and ensuring that a common standard was met to at all times. • Responsibility of ensuring that all backlog shipments up to values of one million US dollars were completed. This meant working with previous coordinators and finance departments on a global level to ensure that all process of the shipment was completed to the client’s standard. This resulted in attributing to DB Schenker being appraised as a top contractor by the client for Gorgon.