Monitors and evaluates performance and comments on budgets, forecasts and monthly management reports.Accompanies the owner during client visits, contract reviews and renewal of service level agreements. Monitors the entire production and quality control process. Manages cost estimating and production timelines. Identifies new sources of supply and negotiates with existing suppliers. Participates in structuring of contracts to ensure long-term sustainability.Manages the debtors function using Pastel.

Accountable to the Production Director of Hirt & Carter Omnigraphics, the litho and digital printing division of Times Media, for the entire production function in the Litho Divison of the Johannesburg Office.Co-ordinated complex and sophisticated projects from receipt of material to final delivery, from a technical and management perspective.Planned and managed the activities of 2 dedicated managers who were responsible for 52 print and bindary staff and 12 drivers.

Planned and managed the activities of 6 full time staff involved in the procurement of master copies and DVDs for local manufacture and reproduction.Discussed release dates and manufacturing time lines with the relevant studio production heads and their production plant management.Managed the censorship control process for all releases, liaising with the Film and Publications Board.Appointed and liaised with design studios in the creation of localised DVD Sleeves. Managed the print, manufacturing and packing process to ensure quality standards and availability.Provided feedback for the sales and marketing division on stock movement. Involved in warehousing, stock control and distribution processes.Made recommendations for clearing slow moving items.

MfP was a dedicated distribution company for the South African Music Industry, focusing on mass retail. Responsible for budget range, overstock and clearance merchandise.Acquired valuable exposure to the retail business sector and below-the-line marketing. Gained business acumen in product buying, advertising space buying, and being able to successfully co-ordinate time lines between ordering of products and ad-break dates.

Joined RPM Record Company as Executive Assistant to the Managing Director. Simultaneously assumed responsibility for assisting the Marketing Director with royalty and publishing administration, public relations, product launches, event management and co-ordinating the itineraries and activities of visiting artists.