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| Year of birth |  | 1961 |
Current Location/Address |
| City or Town | | CHRISTCHURCH |
| Country | | NEW ZEALAND |
Permanent/Home Location/Address |
| Country | | NEW ZEALAND |
Languages |
| Primary Language | | Fluency |
| English | | Read, write and speak fluently |
Nationalities |
| Nationality By Birth | | UK |
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Experience Classification |
| Job Function | | Years Experience |
| Scheduler | | 3 |
| Administrator | | 10 |
| Asset Management | | 1 |
| Sales/Marketing | | 5 |
| Industry | | Years Experience |
| Telecomms | | 2 |
| Oil and Gas | | 6 |
| Banking Finance and Insurance | | 4 |
Qualifications |
| Highest Qualifications | | Degree |
| Qualification | Subject | Establishment/Country | Year |
| Degree | English & Classics | Rhodes University, South Africa | 1981 |
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Computer Skills and Software Used |
MIMS Erp system-implementation scheduler
Helpmate project management system
Pekas Estimating system
MS Office and Outlook
Windows XP and Macintosh |
Work Locations |
| Are you willing to move or relocate? | Countries NOT Willing To Work In! |
Yes - I will travel domestically
Yes - I will travel internationally | - AFRICA
- S AMERICA
ARABIAN GULF
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Availability |
| Earliest Start Date | | 02/02/2009 |
Ideal Next Job |
| Full-time or contract work in Texas on a married status basis |
Required Salary & Conditions |
| Minimum salary for contract project-type jobs: USD 5000 per month; require help with work sponsorship;medical, dental and insurance; for sales jobs-work sponsorship, base salary, commission and initial assistance with transportation (until I can organise my own);medical, dental, insurance immediately or soon after qualifying period. |
Employment History |
| Total Years of Work Experience: | | 2 |
| Commenced Full Time Work: | | 2007 |
| Name | | Kiwiconcern |
| Job Title: | | Business Consultant |
| Duration | | From : 2007 To: |
Summary |
| An able, competent, enthusiastic individual, with extensive knowledge and experience of front-end administration, project coordination, Asset-management and sales gained by working in major corporate businesses, utilities and sales environments |
Work Experience |
Skills:
· Leading and facilitating in sales, utilities, infrastructure project management and engineering teams.
· Proven administration, organisational and customer-facing skills.
· Highly adaptable within wide-ranging and challenging assignments.
· Well developed co-ordination and liaison skills.
Some ACHIEVEMENTS
· Successfully opened up new territory for company in large region without any supporting advertising campaign.
· In 2 years, succeeded in positioning the company as one of the top 5 providers in the South Island, in the face of stiff competition from the other better known companies.
· Success was achieved with no backup admin or sales-support by following a discreet, low-key approach.
· Consistently achieved sales quotas for the higher commission levels (22-32 personal sales per month)
Top Insurance Career agent-A.I.L Insurance, 2005, Christchurch N.Z
· Qualified for top salesmen’s convention two years running (2005 and 2006) in Mexico and Florida.
· Consistent top referrals-gatherer.
· The company required negotiation and closing of sale to be made on the day after only a one-hour presentation. Professionalism, discernment, integrity, closing skills and ability to get referrals were paramount. Was the only agent from my initial intake to achieve this and go on to achieve one of the highest retention rates (including the American sales force) of over 80%, month in and month out.
British Railways- Implementation of ERP asset-management system
· One of a team of Schedulers to successfully manage the implementation of a new Asset-management system within the Victoria Section, one of the most historic and strategic London railway sections run by Amec-Spie Rail. Achieved the implementation within timescales required for my Section, despite having no prior Railways or planning experience.
Career Progression
KIWICONCERN Ltd, New Zealand
Business Consultant/Sales: Medical Alarms March 07-present
Sole commissioned representatives for Kiwi-owned medical alarms co. launching product for the first time in the South Island of New Zealand. Responsible for all sales, marketing, installation, follow-up & regular liaison with government Work & Income office re: processing of correct forms for provision of government-funded medical alarms to the disabled/retirees; personally prospect and qualify all new leads each week, ensuring they met necessary government criteria. In first month of joining was top salesman in country and have maintained consistent sales growth since then.
American Income Life (A.I.L), Christchurch, New Zealand
AMEC is a total solution provider for
Insurance Consultant November 03-Feb 07
Commissioned Insurance Consultant in south island, providing insurance to mainly Union clients and families. Winner of several bonus awards. Qualified for international convention twice. Since remuneration was commission-only, this has necessitated a very high degree of personability, motivation, organisation and closing skills. Achieved most sales for a Career agent in south island for 2005.
AMEC SPIE Rail U.K
AMEC is a total solution provider for
Project Scheduler (Mims) October 02-May 03
One of a team of Schedulers on contract to Amec-Spie to implement new ERP Asset management system (“Mims”), bought in from Australia and customized to help better identify and maintain Rail assets (tracks,signals etc);
Daily responsible for ensuring Railway maintenance work was scheduled & job work orders were produced in a timely fashion; planning weekly work-schedules for railways personnel;
Identified problems and worked closely with a Railway depot Section manager (PWSM) & staff to promote and regain --2-
confidence in use of new system, developing win-win solutions; main liaison person between Victoria depot and Mims office, relaying data and timetables between managers pending relocation of PWSM to head office base; point of contact for queries on Mims from railways personnel.
Negotiation and interpersonal skills often used as many railways staff needed education in, and convincing of, the merits of new system. Succeeded in bringing Victoria schedules into the new system-operating regime within time-schedules.
GridCom, a part of National Grid (U.K)
Telecoms Service Coordinator April 00 – 31/07/02
Responsible for the administrative acceptance of all new orders for the provision and cessation of telecommunication services, with their timely allocation to the respective engineering analysts for implementation.
Provided the main point of contact between the customer (Energis) and the Telecom Delivery Managers.
Supported the engineering analysts in ensuring all service provisions were delivered at the required date (SRD)
Provided project support to NETA engineers. (NETA are the UK's new regulated electricity trading arrangements)
Trained staff in use of newly-introduced Mims 4.3 database. Principally involved in the seamless migration of calls from ageing "Helpmate" system on to new Mincom Information Management system (MIMS) and thereafter in chasing and updating jobs after their assignment to analysts
A year after joining as a “temp” was promoted to the full-time Front end coordinator position, replacing previous boss.
Commended for improving close-out and rescheduling statistics of jobs, which saved the company financial penalties. In consequence, was awarded high performance ratings at performance reviews.
Lease Products & News Data Systems
Administrator Sept 99 ? Mar 00
Principally responsible for the high volume scanning of customer credit information.
Processed company expense requisitions.
Supported staff in the preparation of prospective client reports.
Polestar –Taylowe Plc
Estimator Sept 98 – Sept 99
Responsible for the compilation of estimates for costs of production and printing of multi-colour cartons.
Ensured all requirements of the production process were achieved to requisite time constraints.
Liased daily with Purchasing in choosing suppliers and defining board order costs, and with Sales account managers and Production Groups to define logistics and improve quality of carton production.
Negotiated costs, scope and delivery with external suppliers.
Successfully managed a number of large volume estimates for Twinings, Elida-Faberge & Colgate.
British Gas (Transco Plc)
GIS digitiser/Document Controller Sept 92 – Sept 98
Working in Engineering drawing office of major U.K gas utility. Responsible for the conversion of British Gas distribution infrastructure maps into a Graphical Information System (G.I.S). Digitised both low and medium pressure gas network drawings and successfully developed and managed the document control database. Supported engineering departments and engineers with accurate mapping and plotting facilities.
Qualifications
Rhodes University B.A in English & Classics
Kingswood College 'Matric' (‘A’ Levels).
St Georges College ‘O’ Levels – in 10 subjects, A-grades in 6..
Commercial & Business Training
· Effective sales promotion
· Helpmate telecoms job management system
· Presentation and negotiation skills
· Time management
· Project support
· (Church-based and business) leadership training
· Word, Excel and Internet courses.
· Mims ERP Asset-management system (Scheduling)
· G.I.S system, digital records, mapping (6 yrs)
· Macintosh computer (basic):Lotus 4.6 (certificate)course
Personal
Married, two children, good health.
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Comments/ Hobbies/ Interests etc: |
| Travel, golf, writing, meeting new people and trying new things |
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