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Buccaneer Road FreightCo-Founder & Operations Manager
Jun. 2019 - Oct. 2023Buccaneer Road Freight is a ground transport company with its core focus being Arms, Ammunition, Explosives and Hazardous Goods within Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Recruitment, selection and appointment of new staff and managing the onboard training.
• Managing operational and compliance staff and ensuring all KPI’s are met.
• Oversee and hands on management of warehouse manager to ensure all office, vehicles and driver compliances are maintained and up to date.
• Oversee and hands on management of administrative manager to ensure all projects and shipments are maintained, up to date and completed. Ensure that all needed permits are still valid and ensure that extensions are requested if necessary.
• Hands on engagement daily with all warehouse staff and drivers.
• Crisis management of incidents related to company, vehicle & staff incidents, natural disasters, riots etc.
• Management and development of all transport routes within South Africa.
o Full containers
o Break bulk
o Special projects
• Consult clients on the best route to follow and provide best cost-effective solutions for transport, packaging and documentation required.
• Implementation and maintenance of (Road Traffic, Explosives, Military & Civilian Police) rules & regulations.
• Management and training of all operational staff, warehouse staff and drivers.
• Management, overview and tracking of company forecasts and budgets.
• Data analysis and reporting.
• Direct engagement with legal team over any legal issues or cases.
Blu Air Sea and Land LogisticsCo-Founder & Operations Manager
Oct. 2013Blu Logistics is a freight forwarding and customs clearing company focusing on the import and export of Arms, Ammunition, Explosives and Hazardous Goods Globally.
• Attended 2 to 4 Arms Trade shows in different countries each year negotiating the best solutions with local importers and international suppliers.
• Problem solving and providing solutions for clients moving restricted cargo and intervening with Public Servants, Ministers, DOD etc as and when required.
• Nominated as the import agent for SAPS firearms into South Africa.
• Maintenance and ensuring up to date compliance to Traffic, Explosives, Military, Civilian Police, Aviation and Customs & Excise regulations.
• Recruitment, selection and appointment of new staff and managing the onboard training.
• Managing operational and compliance for staff and ensuring all KPI’s are met. Ensuring all staff annual training and documents necessary to operate are kept up to date.
• Rate and contact negotiations with international and local suppliers on all levels. (2pl, 3pl & 4pl).
• Ensuring that necessary contracts were in place and negotiating terms. Managing SLA’s and ensuring that all providers were adhering to agreed terms.
• Negotiating rates with all major shipping lines, airlines and ground transporters.
• Processing, checking and signing off customs import and export entries.
• Confirming airline and shipping line bookings.
• Processing and signing off all forex payments.
• Reconciliation of each shipments profit and loss and ensuring that all costs had been accounted for and recovered before closing a project off.
• Obtaining the required permits including but not limited to:
o Police Import, Export and Transit Permits
o Civil Aviation Dangerous Goods Exemption permits & landing rights for charter flights
o DCAC (Department of Convention of Arms Control) permits
o Explosives Permits
• Controlling the inspections with:
o Border police
o Customs
o Explosives Police
o DCAC (Department of Convention of Arms Control) Inspectors
o CBCU detentions
Countries worked with: USA, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, UK, Ireland, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Poland, Czechia, Croatia, Hungary, Lithuania, Estonia, Russia, India, Israel, Turkey, Portugal, Spain, Japan, China, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Mauritius, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Mozambique, DRC, Angola, Tanzania, Ghana.
Targeted Resource Development CompanyOwner
Aug. 2013 - Jul. 2016TRDC provided public training classes in various supply chain and logistics areas focusing on the following courses:
• SAPICS and APICS international courses - CSCP, CPIM and Principles Series
• SAPICS local PPIM and WMIP
*I eventually closed the business due to the rapid growth of Blu Logistics and needed to concentrate my full attention to the development of Blu Logistics.
Bizzco Group of Companies - Bizzpro, BizzSmart and Bizskill (Previously TopPro)Operations Manager
Aug. 2011 - Jul. 2013Bizzco specialized in Training in Supply Chain, Online Knowledge Assessments, Recruitment, Skills Gap Analysis, Competency Frameworks, Business Process Audits, Learnerships, Career Progression Plans, Part-time Supply Chain Directors, and Process Mapping
Operations Manager for Bizzco Group (January 2013 – July 2013)
• Promoted from the Quality Control division to manage a major project in the business process auditing division due to the team battling to complete the major R3 million project for ACSA.
Achievement: I successfully managed the balance of the project until completion and implemented at ACSA.
Quality Manager for BizzSmart Group (March 2012 – January 2013)
• The training division was busy with the development of their own Supply Chain courses to be registered with the SETA. The director asked me to join the team and manage the project of the material development and getting the material approved by the SETA.
Business Development & Recruitment Manager for BizzPro Group (August 2011 – November 2012)
• Joined Bizzco as the Recruitment Manager to assist with building their Recruitment division focusing on the placement of staff within the Supply Chain Sector until I was promoted to the Training Division.
*The business had lost a lot of direction and its core focus kept shifting. I opted to take voluntary retrenchment.
Staffline NdizaniAccount Executive & Recruitment Manager
Jul. 2010 - Jul. 2011• Key account management and placement of senior and executive level staff within banking and financial sector.
Venelli SeatingOperations Manager
May. 2006 - Nov. 2010Venelli Seating are specialists in sporting stadium seating, from design to manufacture through to installation. The company was the sole licensed holder of the products in Southern Africa.
• Management of operational and administrative staff.
• Project management.
• Tender preparations.
• Contract negotiations.
Achievements: Managed to get the business, represented by a foreign supplier shortlisted to within the top two contenders for four stadiums and top five of the last stadium for the 2010 Football World Cup.
Framesi ColourOperations Manager
May. 2006 - Feb. 2009Framesi Spa (Italy) is the one of the world leaders in hair care and colour products in the world. Our company was the sole license holder of the products in South Africa.
• Managing operational and administrative staff.
• Purchasing.
• Shipping & Freight Management.
• Distribution Management.
• Customer Service Management.
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