I am currently working at Abagold and absolutely love the work I am doing. Abagold is a great company with huge potential and every day we work to realise more of this potential. I mainly focused on factory management, product development and marketing. I started off as factory manager with a brand new factory that has not yet packed anything. My position developed over the years and I now run the processing marketing and sales department. I have been involved with starting up various companies and organisations during my career. They all still exist and are successful companies today. I pride myself that I lay a good and sustainable foundation. Below are a few of my career highlights.My first real success was assisting with the startup of SevenSeas fruit, ( a company specialising in fruit exports. )I have played an instrumental role in developing an online fruit export system for the company FruitOne. I also played a major role in bringing FruitOne to the market. FruitOne exports fruit and wine from South Africa all over the world.FairTrade certification of various farms in LimpopoFounding director of FairTrade South Africa.Director of African Fairtrade network (AFN)Founding director of the South African Farmed Abalone Exporters CouncilFactory Manager Abagold ,developing various new products.Marketing Manager Abagold, specialising in dried seafood for the Asian market.I am constantly looking for and taking on new challenges and love starting new projects seeing them through and ensuring their continued sustainable operation. I am always busy sharpening my skills and knowledge. I am currently busy with various MOOCS focusing on MBA subjects from top schools like Wharton. I can say the quality and experience with these courses are fantastic and the network opertunities are great.
Listed skills include Product Development, Business Planning, Negotiation, Management, and 46 others.