Zacharias Jooste, General Manager Operations

Zacharias Jooste

General Manager Operations

AAT Composites

Location
South Africa
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electronic Engineering
Experience
13 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :13 years, 2 Months

General Manager Operations at AAT Composites
  • South Africa - Cape Town
  • My current job since November 2018

Operations Executive and Acting General Manager

Factory Manager at SONAE ARAUCO
  • South Africa - Piet Retief
  • October 2016 to November 2018

Factory Manager

Plant Manager SSA at Emerson Network Power
  • South Africa
  • April 2011 to September 2016

In my current position I am responsible for the Operations of Emerson Network Power: Sub Sahara Africa (SSA).

My areas of responsibility includes:
1: Engineering: Mechanical, Electrical and Industrial Engineering - design of local configured products and adaptations

2: Purchasing and Planning: Forecasting, Planning, Procurement and Purchasing

3: Logistics: Warehousing, Goods Receipt, Dispatch, Air-, Sea- and Road Freight, local and international.

4: Order Fulfillment Center: Loading customer orders, status feedback, Invoicing and reporting.

5: Production: Prep, assembly, test, inspect and crating.
Production Engineering and Lean

6: Health and safety: Delegated 16.2.

7: Facilities: building new facility and maintaining an operational world class environment.

I have 7 direct report managers and a staff compliment of 80.

Meeting and exceeding the sales target in my responsibility. In my role I'm also the custodian for Cost reduction, continues Improvement and Perfect Execution.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electronic Engineering
  • at University of Pretoria
  • December 1999

Specialties & Skills

Team Motivator
Achieving Results
Leadership
Operational Excellence
Life and Business Coaching
MS Word
Power Point
MS Projects

Languages

English
Expert
Afrikaans
Expert

Memberships

South African Hunters and Game Conservation Association
  • Dedicated Hunter
  • May 2009

Training and Certifications

Lominger Competancies (Training)
Training Institute:
Emerson
Date Attended:
April 2015
Duration:
16 hours
Finance for Non-financial Managers (Training)
Training Institute:
Emerson
Date Attended:
July 2013
Duration:
40 hours

Hobbies

  • Golf
    Handicap 14