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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Appointed as the Commercial Director and tasked with overseeing the strategic direction to drive the development of groupwide operations and deliver on top-line growth objectives. The role reports to the Board with key.
• Directed / participated the 3-5 year commercial strategy plan
• Structured the changes that would see sales growth nationally
• Led a full analysis to identify risk and opportunity
• Improved factory operations that resulted in output growth
• Led a dedicated commercial team (6 FTE s)

Australia

• Formed part of the Leadership team with responsibility as GM of Oscar Group’s Oscar Furniture and the Bedmaster business, being both the Horsham and Melbourne site. Key accountability was given for P&L governance.
• Delivered the vision, leadership, and guidance to deliver significant YoY growth
• helped shape the business operations to drive profit returns
• Ramped up production
• Re-organised supply chain, logistics and warehouse operations,
• Identified and rolled out training needs to drive customer engagement

Melbourne, Australia

• The position of General Manager forms part of the leadership team and is responsible for building and developing operations throughout a network of branches in Australia. Key accountability is given to business.
• Directed the operational strategy for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth
• Grew total turnover by more significantly and increased bottom-line
• Assisted MD on merger and acquisition (M&A) strategies.
• Established individual branch management plans
• Set KPIs for GP%, costs, stock control, supply chain, labour utilisation, etc

South Africa

• Reported to the CEO and focused on rebuilding and repositioning McNaughtans Hardware to achieve elevated growth whilst managing bottom-line, driving marketing activity, and building a customer-centric and incentivised.
• Instrumental in rebuilding the hardware sales business
• Reversed contraction with no underlying momentum to significant growth
• Managed revenue, delivering strong EBIT returns
• Increased the profitability of the company significantly
• Achieved better workforce management (80+ staff),

Durban Area, South Africa

Appointed to oversee and manage the toughened glass manufacturing plant operations, a business that manufactures and sells made-to-measure products to businesses. The role reported to the National Director and managed the plant sales, HR, costs, lean production, projects, quality control, supply, and labour utilisation.

KZN South Africa

Ba Degree

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Advanced Business Programme

Honours degree

B-Tech Management, Management

Production Management Diploma, First Class

Management Development Program

Marketing Diploma

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