Meir as a business is growing exponentially, while working with a strong team to produce new and improved sanitary and tapware products for the increasing Australian and global markets.Meir's evolving product range is the result of a quality focused development process aimed at the market's needs. The product design process encompasses all the technical aspects from an innovative design approach, through efficient manufacturing, effective quality assurance, closing the loop using… Show more Meir as a business is growing exponentially, while working with a strong team to produce new and improved sanitary and tapware products for the increasing Australian and global markets.Meir's evolving product range is the result of a quality focused development process aimed at the market's needs. The product design process encompasses all the technical aspects from an innovative design approach, through efficient manufacturing, effective quality assurance, closing the loop using ongoing market feedback and continuous improvement.Product Management at Meir is on a trajectory with the aim set on making Meir the supplier of choice for the sanitary and tapware market. Show less

Silver Bullet Solutions is a company that provides the optimal solution for a seemingly complex problem. The problem need not be commercial business related, nor specific to any industry type. Business owners, myself with Shaun Thomas, tap into our combined range of skill sets and experience, to provide the solution. This combined experience includes engineering, consulting, business management, business ownership, and hands on electrical contracting and installation. I am an… Show more Silver Bullet Solutions is a company that provides the optimal solution for a seemingly complex problem. The problem need not be commercial business related, nor specific to any industry type. Business owners, myself with Shaun Thomas, tap into our combined range of skill sets and experience, to provide the solution. This combined experience includes engineering, consulting, business management, business ownership, and hands on electrical contracting and installation. I am an Industrial Engineer and Shaun owns a large successful electrical contracting company.A wide people network now available with this partnership, is called upon to substitute specialty areas when required, as well as specialty products and technology.Together Shaun and I have made Silver Bullet Solutions an interesting business environment in which interesting challenges have been converted to good Solutions.www.silver-bullet.ltd Show less

SUMMARY OF WORKProduction & manufacturingSven has a strong manufacturing skills base. This he obtained from working across a range of industry types such as packaging manufacturing plants, heavy machinery production, mines, printing plants, specialized production, etc. Sven’s production related work experience covers factory facilities planning, layout design, assembly line design, bottleneck analysis, production measurement, efficiency measurement, production throughput… Show more SUMMARY OF WORKProduction & manufacturingSven has a strong manufacturing skills base. This he obtained from working across a range of industry types such as packaging manufacturing plants, heavy machinery production, mines, printing plants, specialized production, etc. Sven’s production related work experience covers factory facilities planning, layout design, assembly line design, bottleneck analysis, production measurement, efficiency measurement, production throughput improvement, quality systems measurement and optimization, production scheduling, capacity planning, etc.Sven is familiar with the shop floor environment, as well as working with shop floor staff.Managing projects is a well-traveled path for Sven, which includes being accountable for project timing and cost targets. Sven works well in a team environment and is suitable to manage project engineers required to meet the overall project objectives.Business ManagementDifferent corporate roles at management level had Sven dealing with Labour Relations, business strategy decisions, costing and budget planning, business reporting and target setting, staff objective management and motivation, business process optimization, including customer liaison and business best practice implementation.Supply Chain & LogisticsSven has completed high level supply chain related cost reduction projects by reducing the overall cost per km, per kg. Sven has a strong skill in warehouse design and warehouse flow optimization.Product DevelopmentUsing his experience in the production environment, as well as the knowledge gained from bench marking best practices across different industries and clients, Sven now also consults to companies who have their manufacturing facilities located abroad. These companies with strong sales/marketing ability, require good technical support to manage the ongoing development and innovation of products. Show less

Project manage supply chain related projects such as production planning systems, inbound logistics cost reductions, and supply network cost modeling.

Project manage the design and business case generation of energy efficiency projects, including the implementation of feasible projects for two large mines in South Africa.

Jointly project manage the implementation of the first stage Business Model for the optimisation of the cash handling process involved with the four major banks in South Africa.

Working in different management roles at multiple plants within the company.As technical manager I developed improved quality assurance techniques to prevent waste. I applied six sigma techniques to monitor the overall quality. I managed the engineering department which included total maintenance for the plant.As production manager I was responsible for all manufacturing process and staff. Besides the production performance responsibilities, I had to perform disciplinaries, set and… Show more Working in different management roles at multiple plants within the company.As technical manager I developed improved quality assurance techniques to prevent waste. I applied six sigma techniques to monitor the overall quality. I managed the engineering department which included total maintenance for the plant.As production manager I was responsible for all manufacturing process and staff. Besides the production performance responsibilities, I had to perform disciplinaries, set and manage staff KPI’s, and deal with any labour relations.As outbound logistics manager I was responsible for the on time delivery of product to the customer, and accurate warehouse stock management. Show less

Working as junior industrial engineer on the production floor making process improvements to individual work centers. I worked with the floor staff. I designed new jigs and developed improved quality processes to reduce rework. MRP and planning.