Wouter Jacobs Email & Phone Number

Cape Town Area, South Africa

My roles and responsibilities as a Principal Consultant at Analyze Consulting include: • Strategy formulation (Both Analyze and Clients)• Account Management • Client Relationship Management• Scoping, planning and delivery of projects/programs• Program and project governance• Management of project teams• People growth and mentorship

Responsibilities:• Establishing all operational processes and functions for the business to enable the selling of Concrete Canvas• Identify relevant market industries, segment the market, conduct market research, identify potential customers• Market and sell the product• Manage sales and delivery process: customer order placement, finance deal, order placement at factory in UK• Implementation of product on site at customers and train the customer’s implementation teams to implement product independently in the future• After sales customer support and follow up with current clients and identifying future potential business opportunities• Assisting and advising customers and clients with cost estimates and budget planning for the following financial year

Responsibilities: • Defining the roles, responsibilities and performance measurement profiles of senior management• Responsible for the restructuring of the business on a senior management level in line with newly defined profiles• Assist with the recruitment of senior management staff and train the individual within newly defined role • Consulting to the business within the Human Resource, Operational and Logistics functions

Responsibilities: • Detailed business Analysis and process optimization inclusive of mapping processes, analysing• Requirements, selection and implementation of an ERP System, a Fleet Management System, Payroll System, Time and Attendance System and Stock Control System• Continuous business analysis and process optimisation to ensure the optimal integration of all business functions• Maintaining and Managing Information Technology Infrastructure and Building Infrastructure and managing these stakeholder relationships• Managing the logistics of the Company inclusive of customer deliveries, fleet management and warehouse management• Efficient management of stock as well as assisting with stock orders, back orders, and collections from suppliers• Determining the ideal organization structure and subsequent staffing requirements• Definition of employee roles and responsibilities, setting employee goals and objectives, conducting performance evaluations, and ensuring development of staff to their full potential• Entire Payroll process including legislative requirements by SARS• Disciplinary hearings and legal actions• Assistance with the development of a sales strategy for the market that ensures attainment of company sales goals and profitability• Assistance with the preparation of action plans for individuals and teams for effective search of sales leads and prospects• Maintaining contact with high profile clients in the market area to ensure high levels of client satisfaction• Assistance with customer returns and credits, and management of debtors/creditors cycles and debt collection• Assistance with the definition of targets/budgets, and the management of cash flow, margins and profitability• Management of stakeholder relationships for software suppliers, banking, rentals, security, and insurance• Support the other directors with their duties as required

Responsibilities:• Providing the entire business with software solutions• Managing a team of 10 developers and 1 business analyst to provide the business and all subsidiaries with• Software solutions• Fulfilling the role of Business Analyst until a Business Analyst is recruited• Assisting with the drive of the six strategic objectives for 2007/2008 for the IT Department• Vest system business ownership and document top 50 business processes and train users• Review and improve the end-to-end IT development process (SDLC)• Define and adhere to new organisation structure and role definitions and governance• Focus on staff well-being, development, recognition and rewards• Getting ready for change within business and IT• Improve business relationships with all trading entities

Responsibilities:• Analyse all applicable Go-To-Market processes within the EMEA and Asia regions and identify optimisation possibilities within the region• Project Manage the Go-To-Market process of each season• Project Manage all stakeholders within the different departments within Levis South Africa to ensure the on-time delivery of all new products to the end customer• Ensure alignment of the South African Go-To-Market process with that of the European Go-To-Market process• Manage the statuses of all products within their seasons on SAP

Responsibilities:• Management of IT and Business Engineering Projects• Establishment of Business and Systems Architecture• Analysis and Design of Business Systems• Business Process Improvement (BPI)• Architect on Strategic Positioning Exercises• Master Business Plan Development• Facilitation of Joint Application Development Sessions (JAD)• Evaluating packages in various business areas and performing gap analysis• Defining Technology Infrastructure• Quality Assurance of deliverables and projects• Training and transfer of Methodology• Methods Engineering• Change Management

Engineer’S Degree, Industrial Engineering

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be