A not for profit organization dedicated to the prevention of sudden cardiac arrest by the deployment of AED’s, CPR awareness and training into the community.Volunteer in commercial, operational, and training activities.Role: - Manage projects to manage large strategic rollout plans of AED’s and peripherals.- Assisted in the setup of exhibitions and demonstrations.- Assisting in commercial agreements to achieve favorable outcomes with suppliers and customers.- Providing demonstrations and training to the community.- Understanding of major products in AED and first aid space.

Part of the Metropolitan group which contributes to 75% of the entire retail income, manage entire operation of the Distribution Centre (DC).Role:- Manage the DC, call centre and Foodbarn (welfare wing) operations and logistics. - Manage budgets, receiving, warehousing, logistics, processing, procurement, quality, compliance, payroll, WHS; provide immediate HR support for employees.- Ensure risk management of compliance with legal, employment and governance requirements.Achievements:- The DC is recognised by NSW senior managers as the benchmark facility. - Managed Profit and Loss of the Distribution Centre and Transport. Created budgets and forecasts, strategically planned to achieve greater gains, and decrease in expenditure.- Successfully managed 59 permanent warehouse and transport staff: up to 90 personnel at peak times.- Successfully changed the layout and processes to accommodate extra demand. Increased supply by 19% and efficiency by 40% and decreased labour costs by 10.2%.- Managed an 18% increase in stores the DC and Logistics serviced, from 42 to 51. - Implemented change and continuous improvement. This included layout, operations, lean principles, best practices. Continuously monitored to identify key areas of improvement.- Optimised business outcomes by creating targeted reports and KPI’s, performance weekly run charts. Measured costs, profits, incoming stock, output per area, SOH, quality, and supply.- Created working documentation - Standard Operating Procedures, flowcharts, processes, and checklists.- Successfully managed major changes such as new production operational initiatives, major facility layout and the implementation of new capital equipment. Consulted with senior management and implemented strategic plans with staff, and the unions.- Procured capital equipment, with cost, benefit analysis.- Improved WHS processes and procedures, resulting in a decrease in reported accidents and incidences.

Largest supplier to clubs, pubs, and casinos in Australia of innovative cash handling technology and payment solutions for the gaming and retail sectors globally. Reporting to the CEO, management of operational, production, service, and technical support to production staff.Role:- Operations meetings with CEO, GM, Sales, Finance, Engineering, Product and Service managers.- Manufacturing high-end products - Cash redemption machines, POS machines, and payment solutions as per sales specifications.- Manage production and procurement, inventory activities, responsible from the point of the purchase to despatch.- Ensure sales and service departments deliverables are met as per agreed schedules.- Key stakeholder in engineering reviews for the introduction of new product designs and improvements. -Owner of supply chain and manufacturing schedules.Achievements:- Decreased delivery time by 38% by the introduction of generic and custom modular kitting and manufacturing solutions.- Introduced DIFOTQ performance measures, average over 95%.- Manufactured high-end products valued between $15-to $42K, with high quality of 96%.- Maintained Bill of Materials and Bill of Operations.- Key stakeholder in design reviews, contributed to many improvements, with benefits in productivity, serviceability, and product aesthetics.- Created process control flow charts and operational documentation for requested product configurations and regulatory jurisdictional compliance.- Established WHS Management system in compliance to AS/NZS 4801:2011 and the revised WHS Regulations 2014.- Created real time working operations checklist for every manufactured product. A comprehensive working document with jurisdiction compliance, configuration, quality, and sign-off requirements.FOR THE FULL LIST OF ACHEIVEMENTS PLEASE SEE ATTACHED DOCUMENT ATTACHED.

Supplier of premium vending machines, support, and customer service.Role:- Manage of vending machines configurations and modifications.- Responsible for all warehouse and service operations, includes spare parts and logistics.- Provide technical support to customers.

Supplier of premium vending machines, support, and customer service.Role:- Manage of vending machines configurations and modifications.- Responsible for all warehouse and service operations, includes spare parts and logistics.- Provide technical support to customers.Achievements:- Provided exceptional customer support with technical understanding of all products and configurations.- Managed all new machine and service supply schedules.- Managed rollout of a larger range of new machines and peripheral products to external customers.- Decreased supply times of machines and services to customers by 35%.- Managed multiple tasks through the diverse role of running different operations simultaneously.- Identified major operational issues and assisted in the solutions of major technical faults with vending manufactures and restoring customer confidence in the machines.

Manufacturing Engineer Sep 2002 to Dec 2002Introduce and rollout profitable new project solutions and initiatives across the manufacturing platform. Created the first sub-assembly kits which resembled a breakdown of a complete gaming machine. Company delegate to (UL), the largest US compliance and certification agency. This compliance was key to hold Nevada Licence and US trade. I was in this role for only 3 months as promoted to a more senior role as a Production Manager.Role:- Co-ordinated and managed all international quarterly UL external audits on compliance and certification.- Managed a project team which implemented new cost saving products and methods.- Conducted integral audits on suppliers and critical parts.- Cost savings through evaluating documentation and operations.- Minimising downtime by providing technical support.- Analysed statistical test data and created reports for executive.Achievements:- Created sub-assembly kits with BOM / BOO / SOP which dramatically improved main line production processes.- Project management: coordinated projects to introduce new products and work methods.- Minimise financial impact by implementation of cost-effective plans BOO’s- Minimise lost time and costs by root cause analysis and prevention methods.

Management of (UL) American Safety Standard compliance audits and CE. and provide technical support to production management and engineering support. Managed critical to quality projects.

Part of team that introduced ISO 9000 certification in the company. Worked extensively on the rollout and maintenance of the Certified Quality Management System Aristocrat.

Development and monitoring of product QC audits. Provide crucial quality report to the manufacturing manager and team.