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Auckland, New Zealand

• Management and coordination of the production process to the required standards of quality, timeliness and cost efficiency.
• Providing leadership and developing a high-performance manufacturing and engineering team to implement a culture of continuous improvement.
• Ensuring compliance with all relevant statutory regulations (for example ASNZS 4024) and company policies.
• Introduction of safety management systems and improvement of safety culture.
• Improvement of plant reliability through the implementation of preventative maintenance schedules and targeted capital replacement.

Rotorua, New Zealand

• Held operational responsibilities for the New Zealand and Australian manufacturing plants and warehouses.
• Assumed responsibility for the implementation of the HSNO compliance project at the Rotorua manufacturing facility.
• Implemented company operations strategy, principally to achieve HSNO compliance and improve cost efficiency.
• Developed leadership capability across the seven leaders of the operations team.
• Improved production output and reduced waste through the implementation of lean manufacturing methodologies.
• Implemented safety management systems and improved plant safety performance.

Auckland

Operational responsibilities for company engineering services. Portfolio includes product design, quality assurance and control, environmental compliance, continuous improvement, capital projects and evaluation of new manufacturing technologies.

Auckland

• Operational responsibilities for the Auckland concrete pipe and pre cast products manufacturing plants.Promoted zero harm safety culture in the manufacturing and engineering teams.
• Developed and implemented an environmental compliance plan for the East Tamaki manufacturing site.
• Introduced lean manufacturing principles through Kaizen teams, TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) and introduction of the PDMR (Plan, Do, Measure and Review) cycle.
• Introduced systems to improve inventory and stock accuracy.
• Introduced employee training and development plans to ensure improved leadership capabilities andpersonnel growth for first line employees.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Held operational responsibility for capital intensive chemicals complex with 9 direct reports and 360 indirect reports.
• Held legal appointment responsibility for safety and all statutory requirements.
• Managed supply of raw material and services.
• Improvements to the production process and waste minimization.
• Introduction of lean manufacturing principles and continuous improvement.
• Production planning and management of inventory.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Define business and process requirements for the supply chain modules, purchasing, production and sales and distribution.Ensure application of theory of constraints in the design of the supply chain modules.Develop and validate the supply chain blue print document with end users.Ensure the review, update and upload of the master data.Manage the.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc)(Honns), Chemistry