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Geelong, Vic, Au

Australia

Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Goldacres is an industry-leading manufacturer and supplier of world-class agricultural chemical spray equipment for farmers. Driven by a philosophy to provide farmers with equipment and technology that delivers. Goldacres consistently strives for innovation, quality and adaptability through a courageous approach to the research and development of its versatile range of sprayers.https://www.goldacres.com.au/

Hawthorne East

MSX International (MSXI) is a leading global business process outsourcing company and provider of automotive retail solutions to OEMs. MSXI has relationships will all major automotive retailers around the world, and our consultants support and witness them execute the latest technology and approaches in the industry.I am currently embedded with Ford of Australia at their HO to launch a new aftersales franchise. In delivering all aspects of the franchise I challenged the global model's delivery of a unique customer experience and supported the Detroit team in moving the franchise approach to a modern CX-centric model. I have developed all local aspects of the Australian franchise model including transactional systems and business intelligence, training, facility development and location approach and have recruited a specialist team as the business demanded.Before Ford, I was embedded with BMW Australia Aftersales at their National Head Office, developing their business with the Trade. Brought in to recover a poorly executed project, I re-established transparent reporting and operating processes for the client, redeveloped the field team structure and business development efforts.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

MaxiPARTS is a wholly owned subsidiary of the MaxiTRANS group, and offers a comprehensive one-stop solution for all truck and trailer parts via its network of 19 company branches and linked distribution centres. As National Branch Operations Manager I was entirely responsible for all operational aspects of the branch network. Not only did I manage the 120 strong branch team, but also all Marketing for the business and project managed the industry leading MaxiSTOCK inventory management program.

Melbourne Area, Australia

AGCO is a leading global manufacturer of agricultural equipment which is distributed through 2,600 independent dealers and distributors in more than 140 countries worldwide. In 2012 AGCO sales were US$12B. The company has grown quickly since 1990 through an aggressive acquisition strategy.In the role of Director- Marketing for the ANZ business I have responsibility for brand management, product offering, product placement and all areas of marketing communications that support these functions. Globally, AGCO has a complex multi-brand strategy and therefore route-to-market that demands careful strategic segmentation at a local level.

Melbourne, Australia

In the first of my roles as a Director with AGCO, I took on full P&L responsibility for the parts and supply for the ANZ business. With multi-site operations responsibility and a mandate to drive the business to lead the industry in terms of customer focus, I consistently exceeded commercial targets. In this role I was intimately involved in the integration of another agricultural component company, Sparex, into the business. I am also a Director of Sparex Australia Limited.In this role I was also heavily involved in the development and implementation of the company's current dealer incentive and development program, under which all network development work is undertaken.

Beijing, China

As AGCO grew its footprint in the PRC, I was selected as Project Manager - China. Working with a mergers and acquisitions team made up of Snr. AGCO staff and external consultants, I worked on a number of joint venture projects. The key responsibility of this role was to organise the on-ground aspect of joint venture investigations and negotiations. By the time I accepted a promotion in Australia, AGCO had fixed its growth strategy in China with some key strategies in place.

Melbourne, Australia.

From working with AGCO's country distributors, I was promoted to developing the business of AGCO's in-country dealers in Australia & New Zealand. Responsible for all areas of parts marketing and sales, I was also a key member of a project team that implemented a new enterprise resource planning system throughout the business. This software successfully went live in late 2004 with no business disruption.

Based In Melbourne, Working In East Asian Markets

I started in working from AGCO's regional HO in Melbourne, managing the parts business in a number of Asian countries via a network of country distributors. Success in this role required significant overseas travel, face-to-face customer engagement and demanded the application of business development principles in a variety of countries and cultures.

Timaru, New Zealand And Then Melbourne, Australia

Repco is a large autoparts chain operating in Australia & New Zealand. At Repco I started as a Retail Store Manager in busy regional store, reporting to a Branch Manager. I took the decision to move to Australia for personal reasons and was offered the opportunity to lead a new-format store in Melbourne. This sole-charge role demanded significant staffing and operations reorganisation to ensure commercial viability.

Christchurch, Nz

Honda Cars Christchurch is a large Automotive Dealership (owned by Honda motors). My career started at Honda in sales roles before developing into aftersales customer support within their large workshop operations. I continued to work part-time at Honda while I completed a B.Com in marketing & management. During this time I spearheaded aftersales business development through a customer relationship management program that was in the early stages of development.

B.Com, Marketing & Management

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