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• Smooth running of the abattoir on a daily basis• Customer care –only offal• Supervising the quality of slaughtered carcasses• On –site training in slaughtering procedures• Hygiene of the abattoir• HACCP• Personnel management – general discipline, clock-system• Labor Relations -Unions• Daily stock control – live stock• Drafting of budgets At this mechanically operated abattoir an average of 60 thousand chickens were slaughtered daily. Personnel counted 424 – 4 production managers, dispatch, plant manager, buyers and sales, etc. The vehicle fleet consisted of 12 cooling unit trucks, and sometimes more vehicles were rented. The position was mainly Operational manager.

• Smooth running of the abattoir on a daily basis• Customer care –only offal• Supervising the quality of slaughtered carcasses• On –site training in slaughtering procedures• Hygiene of the abattoir• HACCP• Personnel management – general discipline, clock-system• Labor Relations -Unions• Daily stock control – live stock, carcasses, skins and offal• Drafting of budgets Only lamb was manually slaughtered at this abattoir – 850 per day. Personnel counted 60 – mainly operational. Cooling unit trucks counted 8. Position mostly operational.

• Purchasing stock controlling of packing material• Purchasing of raw material for production• Daily checking of recipes, and the correct executing of the recipe• Checking on the cooking process during manufacturing• Quality check on batches for the standard of the product according to recipe• Cooling process – supervising the process that everything is according to the recipe • Supervising that the finished product is cooling down at the correct degrees in the freezers • Supervising the packing and dispatching of the product• Maintenance and cleaning of production machinery – ordering of parts• HACCP Regulations – implementing and keeping up to standard• Customer care – handling and solving all queries• Personnel Labor Relations – Unions, CCMA This is a processing plant whereby meat is processed into polonies, etc. Personnel counted 80 – mostly operational, with 6 cooling unit trucks. Position mostly operational .

• “HACCP” Regulations and safety – supervising that everything is according to the set standard• Marketing & Customer service – Business to business, & business to customer. Price fixing and market reading, & representative motivation to gain new clients• Stock control – taking daily stock for balancing purposes• Quality check on slaughtered carcasses and products• Financial experience - Expenditure control, drafting of budgets • Debtors and Creditors – in co-operation with Financial Manager• Earned the reputation as a turn-around specialist. My record speaks for itself in that I have managed to turn around two branches from making a loss to making a substantial profit. (Blokhuis from a deficit of R1.5 mil to a monthly profit within 6 months, and VMP from a deficit of R5 mil to a monthly profit within two years) I managed two abattoirs in the Midlands group, namely Blokhuis in Harrismith, and Vereeniging Meat Packers in Vereeniging.Blokhuis :It is a manually operated, Halaal, abattoir whereby beef and lamb were slaughtered - an average of 200 beef and 150 lamb per day. Personnel under my command and control counted 150 – including mainly a health inspector, grader, maintenance team, operational team, reps, admin, accounts, HR. Vehicle fleet (cooling unit trucks) counted 15. Turnover R15 – R20 mill per month, and managed assets of about R60 mill.Vereeniging Meat Packers :This abattoir is a mechanical line whereby beef, lamb and pork were slaughtered – average beef 300, lamb 200, pork 500. Personnel counted 500 – an accountant with 3 assistants, 5 reps and 3 telesales, HR and 3 assistants, payroll, QC manager, debone manager, maintenance manager, mechanical engineer, and their teams. There are 29 cold rooms, - blast freezers, plate freezers, chillers and a holding room which are all operated by ammonia and managed by a chemical engineer. Vehicle fleet consisted of 26 cooling unit trucks.Turnover R50 mill per month, managed assets of R350 mill.