• Responsible for manufacturing at the entire facility 450 staff members,• Monitor daily production output and ensure that stringent quality standards are adhered to.• Ensure all machines are maintained and minimize breakdown time as well as maintaining critical spares.• Ensure all Mechanics are thoroughly trained on all machines.• Run the Cutting department and ensure that all markers are cut in accordance with the patterns.• Run the Welding department.• Attend to any repairs that are required by customers.• Interact daily with the Sales and Planning departments to ensure that customer delivery dates are achieved.• Train and Motivate all Team Leaders and Supervisors,• Run daily Production meetings and draw up action plans.• Monitor daily throughput and investigate opportunities to surpass targets on every item we cut, weld and sew.

CHARACTER PROFILE:• A big picture thinker, strategist and perfectionist and born leader with more than 25 years manufacturing experience of which 20 years have been at management level, in various capacities ranging from Quality Manager to Factory Manager. • I have managed staff compliments from 150 to 650 employees and responsibilities over a variety of functions.• Resilient character that embraces challenges and change.• A character that through the leadership characteristics, can easily command respect and bring about change with urgency.• Career and results driven individual who is continually seeking knowledge and striving to take his career to the next level.• Passionate, energetic and dedicated person who is committed to surpassing company and personal objectives.• Hands on individual with the ability to work both independently, utilizing own initiatives, as well as being a vibrant, creative member of team efforts. • Proven leadership skills involving managing, developing and motivating teams to achieve their objectives. • Excellent analytical, design and problem solving skills using various techniques including Six Sigma principles. • Instrumental in initiating, overseeing and maintaining continuous operational improvement projects. • Quality systems specialist.• Excellent teaching skills.• Above all else, I am passionate about making a difference and adding value through the effectiveness of the operation by improved efficiency, waste reduction, doing it right the first time, every time.• Passionate about change, by creating and implementing a plan and tracking the progress and rewards for thereof. I have a “can do it” attitude in all aspects of my character profile.

• Responsible for 400 employees on a two and three shift system in the following areas.o Manufacturingo Planningo Storeso Maintenanceo Qualityo Trainingo Health and Safety• Managing a R250 million annual turnover and ensuring that orders are delivered on time to retailers.• Four Managers reporting directly into myself and I report to the CEO. I am one of 4 Exco Directors.• Managing daily efficiencies and already in my four months at Glodina we have improved the efficiencies significantly, reduced overtime, and cut out a third shift. We are producing more now during normal hours, than we were on a three shift system.• Ensuring the high quality levels are maintained, thus strengthening our brand and improving market share.• Implemented a number of continuous improvement projects and in spite of some of them being attempted before without success, my “can do” attitude has already seen the fruits and rewards of some.• Ensuring the well being of our employees through Health and Safety programmes.• Training new employees through a learnership programme and supporting the community.• Leading my team to want to advance relentlessly. Inspiring them and lighting the passion to obtain the best possible results from them.• I’m not an antagonistic person, but I do not procrastinate and face problems head on.• Every problem is a “GEM” and for every “GEM” there is a solution and I am passionate about finding it.• I have shown my team that targets are a guide, once you reach it, you set the bar higher and higher.• I have vision and currently busy with value stream maps in a few areas to reduce wastes and bottlenecks and ensure all lines are balanced.

RESPONSIBILITIES:• Fully responsible for 600 staff on a two shift system in a unionized environment over 5 projects. Ensure daily targets are met and strive to implement strategies that will continuously surpass these targets. Strive for zero defect and implement systems that ensure quality levels are met and continuously improved. Draw up and manage departmental budget. Ensure line layouts are the optimum to achieve the best possible results. Ensure continuous supply of material to the lines in accordance to the production plan. Change lines and staff due to mechanical breakdowns or absenteeisim. Monitor JIT KAN BAN levels to ensure there is no break in supply to the customer. Manage poor performers and absenteeism. Motivate and train staff. Implement effective solutions to any problem that may arise both internally or externally. I have implemented visual management based on a WCM philosophy

o Fully responsible for 150 staff members and the following sections:o Production o Purchasingo Maintenanceo Qualityo Developmento Planningo Storeso Receiving and Despatch• Monitor daily output and efficiency and implement plans to surpass targets. Address poor results and performance and create action plans where required.• Monitor daily quality levels and continuously drive improvement programmes and the quest for zero defect.• Obtain best prices, quality and delivery of raw materials.• Ensure occupational health and safety standards are complied with through the programmes and policies in place.• Ensure the Risk Management programme is maintained and all plant risks addressed.• Motivate and train staff.• Manage all Human Resource functions relating to Manufacturing. Apply the company code where poor performance or behavior are not in line with the code of conduct.• Manage all costing and Bills Of Materials.• Plan the monthly build and take the appropriate steps in advance to consistently ensure that the plant remains profitable.• Responsible for ensuring that all plant machinery and buildings are maintained through a Plant Maintenance procedure and system.• Re-organise material flow material flow to ensure most economical and cost effective route is in place.• Implement WCM and Quality Systems and ensure the programmes are effective and maintained to achieve the desired results and savings.• Implement visual management.• Implement 5S and Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement methodology throughout the plant.• Problem solve and brain storm problems in order to ascertain the root cause and implement an effective solution.• Draw up annual Manufacturing budgets and manage the budget and cost centre expenditure.• Handle staff issues and disciplinary enquiries and meeting with Shop Stewards on monthly basis as well as the liason with Union Officials as the need arises.

 Responsible for the entire factory/manufacturing plant. Set objectives for all subordinates and monitor by performance management. Ensure that all expenditure is line with monthly budget.  Carry out all production planning. Monitor all raw material stock and place orders where required. Elected as World Class Manufacturing (WCM) facilitator for the implementation of this project. Carry out problem solving and brain storming to rectify processing problems. Monitor daily output and scrap levels. Draw up action plans and implement where required. Monitor machine loading and adjust production plans to cater for demand. Monitor material flow. Monitor all machine breakdowns and expenditure and apply actions plans where variances are noted. Ensure plant all machinery is regularly serviced to prolong the life of the machines and minimize breakdowns. Ensure spare/critical spares are in place and regularly kept at the required levels. Ensure the correct operating instructions are in place and are followed in order to manufacture and deliver a quality product on time, every time. Implement green areas and visual management which includes team talks at shift handover as well as a tool to monitor the problem solving and investigations that have taken place at shop floor level. Train and motivate staff.

 Full responsibility for the main production facility including all additional service operations related to the factory, including: Production Quality Raw Material control Purchasing New design manufacture. Maintenance Services i.e security, cleaning, etc. Maintain and surpass efficiency levels ensuring that overtime is not required. Achieve the desired scrap rate. Re-organise manufacturing units to ensure best batch size and reaction time to every order. Liase with suppliers on poor quality. Negotiate best possible prices in economic batches at the best possible lead time and quality. Obtain best possible payment terms and pricing for every order. Implement continuous improvement. Implement error proofing methodology. Maintain stock holding at the desired target level. Train and motivate staff Maintain housekeeping and safety standards. Disciplinary enquiry chairman. Excellent skills in being able to motivate change in a unionized environment

Departments under my direct control All Production lines incl. JIT business unit. Quality Planning Purchasing Goods receiving and Despatching Raw and finished goods warehousing and stock control. Engineering MaintenanceRESPONSIBILITIES: Formulate annual objectives for each department. Formulate individual direct report objectives in line with the operational objectives. Monitor objective achievement by performing regular reviews Supporting and providing assistance to all departments and individuals to ensure the operational and departmental objectives are timeously and effectively met. Ensuring patterns are cut on the Gerber cutter according to the Gerber production plan. Revise and approve department draft budgets initially, as set by departmental managers, based on annual operational objectives for each section. Finalise the operations draft budget and present to the Plant Manager for approval. Monitor department spending versus budget and initiate corrective action as required. Compile monthly report and attend Directors conference. Production/Financial review meetings at both plant and Director level. Responsible for operational activities of production on site, ensuring that the customer requirements are undertaken both timeously and as cost efficiently and meet quality standards.  Complete control for all stock from Goods receiving, storage and Despatching. Calculate and analyse various indicators affecting operational aspects and implement corrective action to meet the delivery objectives. Oversee a planned maintenance program. Manage the change-over processes. Analysing production processes by validating and analysing failures and implement corrective action plans. Oversee the co-ordination and efficiency of workstation readiness. Control material flow. Undertake time studies and analyse total product cycles.