Leon Van Heerden Email & Phone Number

Johannesburg Gauteng

• Intu Marketing CC (T/A Matter Advertising)Matter Advertising is a full-service brand and communication agency. As Operations Director I manage financial and operational activities of Matter Advertising, servicing.
• New business generation and acquisition.
• Contracts management.
• Implementation and coordination of brand activation services.
• Consult clients on strategic brand marketing and communications initiatives.
• Warehousing.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Agrinet PTY LTDA wholesale supplier and distributor of a wide range of products across 10 specialist categories that cater to hardware retail, specialist industrial and irrigation markets in Africa.As National.
• Inventory planning.
• Range development.
• Brand management.
• Product marketing.
• Order cycle management and EDI orders.

Pretoria

• Alert Steel (Currently known as Alert Steel and Build)A supplier of cold rolled steel products, Industrial construction beams and allied products to the wolesale and retail channels in the northern territories of South.
• Overseeing & development of:o Store and retail developments. o Product management, sourcing and pricing. o Procurement and replenishment.o ADP Systems management.o Retail store management
• Ensure continuous improvement in all operational benchmarks and systems, processes and policies, management reporting and information flow in line with strategic objectives to achieve set KPI’s.
• Improve, manage and increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the retail operating system, infrastructure and supply chain management.
• Provide guidance, support and advice to the Exco team.
• Ensure effective management of all aspects departmental of human resources.

Crown Mines

• CashbuildCashbuild is the largest South African retailer of building materials and associated products, selling directly to cash-paying customers through its 256 stores in South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Botswana.
• Achieve gross contribution budget.
• Manage supplier performance to achieve forecasted delivery accuracy.
• Manage purchase price variances to below 0.25% of sales, creditors management.
• Manage supplier pipeline efficiencies to ensure on time deliveries.
• Range new stores & establish supplier agreements and SLA’S.

Midrand

• Bobwire Trading cc.a Brand activation and events support companyAs MD Operations managed operational and financials and took responsability for the following.
• New business generation and acquisition.
• Implementation and coordination of brand activation programs.
• Consult clients on strategic brand marketing and activation initiatives.
• Warehousing.
• Sales management.

Crown Mines

• Experience in the Fashion Retail Operations environment with the Edgars group functioning at various Operational levels over a 13 year period. My career culminate in a Divisional Operations Exec function, running a.
• Oversee sales management, financial controls, human resources, instore display teams and marketing implementation for the division.
• Property development and management.
• form part of the Divisional Executive that formulates and implements operational strategy for the company.
• Staff recruitment, training and performance management, focusing on customer service.
• Implementation of financial controls (including stock loss prevention).

Edp, Business/Managerial Economics

Matric, Matric

Certification, Business Administration And Management, General, Business Certification

Activities and Societies: Courses/external certification • Operational Finance (Stratagem) • Industrial Relations for managers • Basic.