Small Business Owner
Wanliss Design
Total years of experience :23 years, 4 Months
• Interior design, turnkey installations, and project management of bespoke luxury hospitality suites in Franschhoek and Cape Town, South Africa.
• Financial management and maintenance of hospitality suites.
• Hands on manufacture and installation of bespoke furniture and interior fixtures.
• Published Author of English literature ( FAITH by Ian Wanliss ISBN 978_1_5127_6077_4 )
• Contracts Manager for new and refurbished residential and corporate contracts up to 5 continuous sites throughout the Western Cape. Value from R50K to R2MIL.
• Factory Manager at manufacturing facility in Malmesbury with 30 staff.
• Interior Designer for bespoke kitchens and furniture pieces. Specialising in Sketch Up.
• Material procurement
• Disciplinary hearings with CCMA
Construction and management of multiple building sites including residential and corporate sites for small works interior and exterior.
Key responsibilities included the following:
• All aspects of Branch Management Sales management, staff procurement and office management
• Budgets, production schedules and project costing up to R 5mil
• Fleet, cash, creditor and debtor management
• All aspects of technical specification compilation
• Technical design of lightweight structures and building interior finishes and waterproofing systems for industrial and domestic concrete structures including tanking and roofing systems.
• Rock Construction c.c. National was placed in final liquidation on 23rd of Dec 2014 and all staff were retrenched. I managed the Paarden Eiland / Western Cape branch.
• Management of 5 Waterproofing Centre retail branches in Salt River, Brackenfell, George,
• East London and Port Elizabeth
• Waterproofing systems sales to specifiers, designers and contractors throughout the Cape Province and Namibia
• Staff employment and management of 22 staff including Sales Representatives and Office Staff
• Architectural specifications, 3 d and computerised technical drawings
• Extensive collaboration with Waterproofing contractors, Construction contractors and Architects on large construction sites including Koeberg Nuclear Power station, Cape Town Football Stadium for 2010 world cup, Cape Town International Convention Centre, V&A Waterfront, Liberty Life Head office, Shell house, V&A Aquarium, Old Mutual Head office
• Disciplinary hearings and CCMA representation
• Stores control, procurement and logistics for 5 National retail branches
• Property maintenance and management
• Budget compilation, financial account management banking
• Marketing and retail sales
• After sales service
• Management of web sites
• Representative at the Waterproofing Association and MBA
• Extensive travelling in RSA and Namibia assisting specifiers with technical specifications
National Technical certificate, NTC3, Engineering science, National Technical Certificate, NTC3, Applied Mathematics
