HR Manager/Stores Manager
Heide Marie Meier Jewellery
Total years of experience :28 years, 10 Months
Duties:
• Managing of two stores - and Forest Hill City Stores - Centurion.
• Assisting and managing the daily operations and activities of the jewellery store.
• Supervising employees with their daily work requirements.
• Planning and prepare work schedules for jewellery store personnel.
• Assigns employees to specific duty requirements of the store.
• Prepares and directs personnel with appropriate merchandise, and provide performance review.
• Responsibility for storing, displays and window dressing as well as advertising copies.
• Performing sales work such as taking inventory.
• Recollecting cash with sales receipts, and maintaining operating records such as records of store transactions.
• Order merchandise and stock as needed; and ensures personnel comply with established store security level, as well as sales and record keeping procedures and practices.
Employer 1: Paramount Group - Land Systems
City/Town: Midrand
Date: March 2014 to December2014 - (Contract)
Position: Warehouse Manager
Monthly Salary: R28, 000.00
Duties:
• Training staff and monitoring their performance and progress.
• Communicating with Engineering/Project Managers/Staff groups/Suppliers and customers.
• Overseeing stock control and processing orders.
• Ensuring quality, delivery and budget objectives are met.
• Delivering and fulfilling objectives and directions from the operation's headquarters.
• Carrying out responsibilities for the use of automated and computerized systems.
• Responding to and dealing with staff/suppliers/customers communication by email, fax and telephone.
• Keeping stock control systems up to date and planning future capacity requirements.
• Producing regular reports and statistics on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
• Briefing Engineering/Project Managers/Staff on the issues for that particular day.
• Visiting customers/suppliers to monitor the quality of equipment/goods and service they receiving and supply.
• Ensuring the health, safety, cleanliness and security of the work environment.
• Overseeing the planned maintenance of vehicles, machinery and equipment.
• Oversaw the organizing and product storage in Stores areas.
• Weekly/Monthly meeting with the Group.
Reason for leaving: Contract ends September 2014
Employer 2: ANSYS LTD
City/Town: Pretoria
Date: May 2012 to September 2012
Position: Logistic Planner
Monthly Salary: R36, 176CTC
Duties: • Reviewed new customer orders and requests and manually entered data into a centralized database.
• Conducted qualitative and quantitative analysis of logistics operations using simulation models and other tools.
• Marketing of the in house products of the company (VIS) -Video Information Systems.
• Oversaw scheduling for the day-to-day activities of 4 transportation employees.
• Defined appropriate metrics and measurements to drive results.
• Negotiated transportation contracts with outside couriers/providers to minimize costs to the company and customers.
• Manually created shipments, assigned carriers and dispatched shipments.
• Monitored shipments to guarantee on-time delivery
• Communicated all emergencies, delays due to weather and carrier schedule changes to customers and supervisors.
• Coordinated rush orders and order changes.
• Coordination with off-site projects for transport and delivery.
• Coordinated returns between origin and interim transportation departments.
• Completed all necessary customs documents and other paperwork.
• Produced bills of landing and updated shipment status information.
• Completed and followed up on all registration and traffic documents.
• Forwarded client-related quality and service issues to the appropriate manager for resolution.
• Acted as a liaison between factory manager, engineers, logistics, stores, carriers and customers.
• Oversaw the organizing and product storage in Stores areas.
• Establishment and maintenance of a stores system.
• Supplier selection and evaluation.
• Material/equipment procurement, warehousing, stock control and distribution
• Training of store personnel.
• Cultivation of quality culture.
• Familiarity with the product realization documentation by engineering staff.
• Assist with planning of production processes.
• Liaise with production and support staff regarding the timely provision of the correct goods and materials for the assembly and manufacturing processes.
• Inputs for the stores planning and area layout with factory manager and engineers.
• Identification of shortcoming in the factory environment, manpower and material/equipment for action.
• Monthly procurement and distribution progress reporting.
• Resolved problems for customers, factory, engineers, technicians and carriers.
Reason for leaving: Involuntary Retrenchment
Employer 3: SAAB Grintek Defence (Pty) Ltd
City/Town: Pretoria
Date: July 1998 to July 2011
Position: Senior Buyer
Monthly Salary: R26, 120CTC
Duties: • Managing and controlling all the company's external suppliers with particular emphasis on the purchase of Materials/Equipment and finished parts for production.
• Ensure raw materials, components, Radar/Navigational equipment, and from technical drawings, spares/materials/parts are bought at the most competitive price and delivered on time for production.
• National and International quotes and purchasing.
• Coordinate and managed national and international shipping and distribution with agents and carriers - clearing and forwarding. (ROE & BOE agree terms according to tenders and contracts with customers and suppliers)
• Establish strategic relationships with key suppliers who are aligned to the company's needs.
• Identify new suppliers, agree terms and negotiate supply agreements where appropriate, including discount structures and volume rebates.
• Foster close working relationships with associated departments eg. Logistic, Projects, Engineering, Production, Sales and Business Development.
• Prepared and submitted tenders and contracts.
• Continually improve purchasing methods and drives down external spend.
• Production Efficiencies - Material Costs - stringent material control to assure company targets are met, that includes spend usage, scrap and inventory levels.
• Customer and supplier liaison.
• Supplier visits both national and abroad.
• Reconciliation preparations.
• Carry out the comprehensive review of the Purchasing function and its methodology and identify and implement improvements.
• Full involvement specifically with engineers, project managers, technicians and sales departments on the evaluation of new and existing materials and their successful integration to the production end of the business.
• Identifying current and future trends in the global market place.
• Marketing of the in house products of the company - Radar/Navigational equipment.
• Authorized creditors, invoicing, adjustments and refunds.
• Store management - material/stock controlling and planning for Audits.
• Duel Function: Creditors & Debtors.
• Duel Function: E-travel & Corporate online travel arrangements utilizing the Amadeus System.
• Duel Function: Foreign Exchange sales & purchases through Bid Vest Bank.
• Duel Function: Handled Petty Cash - R15, 000.
• Duel Function: Stationery purchasing for the division.
• General Office Administration.
Reason for leaving: Involuntary Retrenchment
Employer 4: Private Family
City/Town: Greece
Date: November 1997 to June 1998
Position: Butler
Monthly Salary: R15, 000
Duties: Details and responsibilities available at the interview.
Reason for leaving: Working Holiday
Employer 5: Department of Home Affairs
City/Town: Pretoria
Date: November 1987 to November 1997
Position: Finger Print Comparer
Monthly Salary: R10, 000CTC
Duties: Details and responsibilities available at the interview.
Reason for leaving: Desire for growth
Employer 6: Private Family
City/Town: Greece
Date: January 1986 to October 1987
Position: Butler
Monthly Salary: R8, 000
Duties: Details and responsibilities available at the interview.
Reason for leaving: Growth in Professional Sector
Tertiary Qualification1: National Diploma - Logistic & Supply Chain Management Institution: INTEC College - (Current Ending December 2014) Subjects: • Logistic Environmental Analysis • Supply Chain Management • Using Supply Chain Management To Create A Competitive Advantage • Transportation • Inventory Management, Logistic & Investment Recovery • Procurement & Packaging • Warehouse Operation & Facility Design • Forecasting & Demand Management • Student Number: 10011429806 City/Town: Pretoria
• Kaelo - Ms Excel 2007 (Basic & Intermediate - 2010)