Ivan Horowitz

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Management Consultant to Meraxis South Africa @ Meraxis Group
Western Cape, South Africa
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Western Cape, South Africa, South Africa
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About Ivan Horowitz

• Managing Director with a broad spectrum of business insight, knowledge and experience.• Started International Corporate commodity trading career with Cargill Int., and worked in a variety of its specialized Business Units (Ocean Transportation, Flavor Systems, Coal and Grain & Oilseeds Supply Chain).• Outside of the Int. Corporate environment, have been a shipbroker, New Business Developer and Entrepreneur, with a talent for business restructuring and growth. • Worked in South Africa, Switzerland, United States, Netherlands and Kenya and traveled to many other countries for numerous projects, conferences, presentations and training sessions.• An experienced Board Member who understands the significant responsibilities associated with the position. • People and growth orientated, able to initiate, identify, establish & implement focused, winning strategies & build effective management teams.• Experienced in acquisitions and their integration into organisations as well as the restructuring that inevitably goes with it. • Innovative and creative. Ready and able to disrupt and explore alternative ideas.

Ivan Horowitz's Current Company Details
Meraxis Group

Meraxis Group

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Management Consultant to Meraxis South Africa
Western Cape, South Africa
Employees:
195
Ivan Horowitz Work Experience Details
  • Meraxis Group
    Management Consultant To Meraxis South Africa
    Meraxis Group
    Western Cape, South Africa
  • Meraxis South Africa Importer And Distributor Of Plastic Raw Materials
    Managing Director
    Meraxis South Africa Importer And Distributor Of Plastic Raw Materials May 2015 - Present
    Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
    Meraxis South Africa is a subsidiary of the Meraxis Group, a major importer/exporter and distributor of plastic raw materials into the Southern African region.From the headquarters in Bedfordview, and with an experienced sales team of 5 traders, polymers are imported from all over the world, processed through a network of 4 warehouses, and distributed to wide range of plastics converters.
  • Cargill Grain And Oilseeds Supply Chain Middle East And Africa
    Managing Director Cargill Kenya Pty. Ltd
    Cargill Grain And Oilseeds Supply Chain Middle East And Africa Apr 2014 - May 2015
    Nairobi & Mombasa, Kenya
    • Part of the GOSCMA Business Unit (BU) Leadership Team responsible for developing & implementing an ambitious growth strategy in the East African Region with a focus on grain trading and logistics.• Re-established a grain trading office in Nairobi.• Led the negotiations to acquire Lesiolo Grain Handlers Ltd., the only commercial, independent grain silo in Kenya. • Initiated and implemented the restructuring and refocusing of the existing tea warehousing and distribution business in Mombasa, reducing staff by 14% and increasing turnover by 25%. • Explored regional port and infrastructure opportunities
  • Cargill Grain And Oilseeds Supply Chain Middle East And Africa
    New Business Development Manager
    Cargill Grain And Oilseeds Supply Chain Middle East And Africa Sep 2013 - Mar 2014
    Durban, South Africa
    • Member of the GOSCMA BU Leadership Team.• Participated in the development of an aggressive East African grain and supply chain growth strategy.• Innitiated researched and prepared a detailed report on the transport and logistics opportunities for Cargill on the East African coast with a focus on opportunities in emerging “new ports” in the region.
  • Cargill Coal
    General Manager, Coal Trading
    Cargill Coal Nov 2009 - Aug 2013
    Johannesburg Area, South Africa
    • As a member of the Coal BU Leadership Team, led Cargill's Southern African coal business.• Responsible for restructuring a couple of problematic investments and off-take agreements.• Explored new markets (Cement) & opportunities (transportation and logistics) in the region, with a focus on the Tete coal in Mozambique, and the growing cement industries of Tanzania and Kenya.
  • Bidfood Solutionspty. Ltd.
    Managing Director
    Bidfood Solutionspty. Ltd. Apr 2009 - Nov 2009
    Johannesburg & Durban, South Africa
    • Initiated and headed up negotiations that led to Bidvest securing the sole marketing rights for Cargill's food sweetener and texturizing products in Southern Africa.• Was approached to start up this specialised food ingredients distribution business, based around the new Cargill contract. • Set up headquarters in Johannesburg, secured warehouses in Cape Town and Durban and built a sales network throughout South Africa.
  • Cargill Flavor Systems South Africa
    Managing Director
    Cargill Flavor Systems South Africa Sep 2006 - Oct 2009
    Cape Town Area, South Africa
    • Brought in to integrate and restructure a problematic and under-performing acquisition (Duckworth). • Successful in bringing the company under control, integrating it into the Cargill systems, reducing costs (30% staff cuts) and rationalizing the operation. • CFS South Africa was restructured, made profitable and suitable to sell in 2012.
  • Cargill Ocean Transportation Usa
    President
    Cargill Ocean Transportation Usa Jun 2004 - Aug 2006
    New Jersey, Usa
    • Headed up Cargill's Ocean Transportation US freight trading office in New Jersey.• Responsible for developing a growth focused strategy.• Managed all of Cargill's dry and wet Americas based freight risk and vessel chartering activities, which included all grain, fertilizers, sugar, salt, petroleum and vegetable oil programs.• Relocated the office closer to customers, restructured the team, reduced costs, initiated and secured new customers & suppliers and rebuilt relationships with key internal customers. • Increased number of fixtures and turnover.
  • Cargill Ocean Transportation Geneva
    Chartering & Risk Manager
    Cargill Ocean Transportation Geneva Jan 2002 - May 2004
    Geneva Area, Switzerland
    • A senior member of the Handy and Handymax bulk grain freight team. • Responsible for managing all of Cargill North Atlantic transatlantic and inter European handy and handymax freight chartering activities and risk management.
  • Safreight
    New Business Development Manager
    Safreight Jun 1998 - Nov 2001
    Johannesburg & Durban, South Africa
    • Founding Manager of the first Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) shipping company in Southern Africa.• Initiated, established and developed, SAFBuild (a shipbuilding j/v company that built 5 tugs for Portnet), SAFCable (a submarine cable maintenance j/v company that won a contract to provide inspection, repair & maintenance services for the SAT3/SAFE submarine telecommunications cable), and African Marine Transport (a ship chartering/trading company).• Other projects included SAFDredge and SAFLog.
  • Afromar Shipbroking A Subsidiary Of Clarksons
    Shipbroker And Busines Development Manager
    Afromar Shipbroking A Subsidiary Of Clarksons Nov 1994 - Jun 1998
    Johannesburg Area, South Africa
    • Competitive Ship broker, • Successfully focused on new business development (vessel sale & purchase, vegetable oil tanker chartering, wine tanker chartering, bunker broking and futures trading).• Developed new clients in new business sectors (SASA sugar, SAB barley and Exatrade vegoil.)
  • Cargill Ocean Transportation, Switzerland
    Freight Trading Trainee To Chartering & Risk Manager
    Cargill Ocean Transportation, Switzerland Aug 1986 - Nov 1994
    Geneva Area, Switzerland
    • May '92/Oct'94: Freight Risk & Chartering Manager for Cargill's worldwide non-petroleum tanker requirements.• Sept '90/May '92: Freight Risk & Chartering Manager for Cargill's worldwide sugar & rice requirements.• Proposed, developed and managed a time-chartered fleet of 6 tweendeckers that were tramped worldwide, mainly carrying sugar and rice.• May '88/Sept '90: Panamax Freight Trader for Cargill's newly formed Freight Trading Department (GFT).• Part of the project team that explored and then introduced Cargill to trading freight futures on the Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange (BIFFEX) in 1988.• June '87/May '88: Freight Trader within Cargill's vessel ownership department, where traded the companies cape size fleet of Oil-Bulk-Ore vessels and spent 4 months in Amsterdam trading a Cargill owned fleet of 8 small coaster drybulk vessels.• Aug '86/May'87: Trainee Freight Trader, mainly responsible for securing part cargo on board specialized chemical tankers.

Ivan Horowitz Skills

Managing Director Effective Leader And Communicator Multinational And Multicultural Experience Trader And Negotiator Team Builder Developer And Nuturer Of Talent New Business Developer Change/restructuring And Conflict Manager Logistics Procurement International Business Supply Chain Management

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Ivan Horowitz attended University Of Kwazulu-Natal / University Of Natal.

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Ivan Horowitz has skills like Managing Director, Effective Leader And Communicator, Multinational And Multicultural Experience, Trader And Negotiator, Team Builder, Developer And Nuturer Of Talent, New Business Developer, Change/restructuring And Conflict Manager, Logistics, Procurement, International Business, Supply Chain Management.

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