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South Africa

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Depot Manager(Feb 2017-current)Sales manager and operations manager. -Designing and implementing a strategic business plan that expands company's customer base and ensure it's strong presence-putting together costings for various tenders.-Objectives setting, coaching and performance monitoring of sales team.-Achieving growth and hitting sales targets by successfully managing the sales team.-Build and promote strong, long-lasting customer relationships by partnering with them and understanding their needs-Present sales, revenue and expenses reports and realistic forecasts to the management team-Identify emerging markets and market shifts while being fully aware of new products and competition status-To still fulfill the logistic managers functions stated below. Logistics manager(2012-2017)-Currently manage a fleet of 26 different vehicle types.(FEL,Roro,Skip,Tippers & LDV's)-Manage 50 employees.-Monitoring and understanding varies stats, not only the financial side of the business but also monitoring vehicle & driver information on a daily basis.-Monitor Driver performance on a daily basis.-Organised daily trip sheets & plan routes for Drivers-Determining logistics KPI's & going through management accounts.-Vehicle service & maintenance planning.-Daily communication with various suppliers.Organics Supervisor (2011-2012)-Finding value & solutions for varies organic waste streams. To see what waste can be used for composting, farmer application, animal feed & trying to divert as much waste as we can from landfillProject Supervisor (2010-2011)-Obsolete pesticides safeguarding (Johannesburg, Malawi & Eritrea)Biosolids Recycling Project (2009-2011)-Manage & set up a project to load, transport & apply sewage sludge to agricultural landRecycling Project (Nov 2008-2009)-Understand the feasibility of setting up a recycling facility. The storage, collection points, transportation & rebate structure for all different grades of recyclable materials

Post Grade In Project Management, Communication Management

Completed a post grad in programme in Project Management (PPM)

Bachelor'S Degree, Project Management

Majoring in Business Management, Communication Management and Public Administration.

Ieb, Matric

Received an IEB University Exemption with passes on higher grade in: Mathematics, English, Afrikaans, Biology, Accounting and Geography