To secure a position where I can utilise my management skills, knowledge, qualifications and
experience as a catalyst for business growth in a challenging and rewarding role.
Specialist Skills
• Farm and livestock operation management
• Farm operation methodology
• Precision farming methodology
• Herd and stock manager
• Pasture Management
• Dairy food operation and production management in FMCG environment
• Planning and implementation
• Business management
• Team building and leadership
• Training and development
• Quality assurance systems
• Risk management
• Effective communication
• Health and safety requirements
• Strategic planning, Cost and Budget control
• Team-Player
• Time Management
• Staff Management
• Leadership
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Faming enterprise including dairy, sheep, beef cattle and agriculture
General Manager - Livestock & Hay Production October 2012 - July 2019
• Farm Operation budgeting
• Manage the operation's 5000 sheep and 1500 cattle livestock, feedlot program, hay making & silage production
• Manage livestock reproduction program
• Stock health care, vaccination program and parasite control
• Supplements feeding program
• Marketing & selling stock, meat and wool
• Machinery, equipment, tools and building maintenance program
• Handling stock rotations
• Cropping management
• Supervising, coaching, training and mentoring personnel
• Performing as a strong leader of a cohesive team with strict enforcement of health and safety
regulations
• Establishing a chicken farming operation, managing free range egg production from three thousand laying hens
• Customer service and liaison, building strong working relationships and effective communication channels with key stakeholders, resolving complaints and enquiries
Achievements:
• Increased lambing percentages 120-180% & decrease stock loss by 20%
• Sheep stock mortality rate decrease from 10% to 1,5%
• Increase ton/ha hay production with 45%
• Decrease overtime with increased output, zero accident rate
• Machine downtime decrease from 21% to 6%
• Increase free range egg production 70% lay to 80%
Key player in the ultra-high temperature (long life) milk and butter sector
Production Manager - UHT Milk and Butter Factory August 2016 - March 2017
• Overseeing daily factory production operations UHT milk and Butter, with meticulous attention to detail
May 2001 - September 2012
• Developing, implementing and manage a sheep and cattle livestock and feedlot farm operation
• Managing stock
• Manage stock health care and vaccination program,
• Manage stock parasite control
• Manage feeding and supplements program
• Overseeing a livestock reproduction program
• Performing daily farm maintenance and repair work on machinery and equipment, fencing and water supply infrastructure
• Supervising, coaching, training and mentoring personnel
• Marketing and selling stock, meat and wool, achieving optimal meat and wool yield value on limited natural resources available
• Performing as a strong leader of a cohesive team with strict enforcement of health and safety
regulations
• Overseeing daily operations at multiple retail outlets with meticulous attention to detail
• Supervising, coaching, training and mentoring personnel
• Establishing, implementing and overseeing effective sales systems, processes and controls
• Customer service, sales and liaison, building strong working relationships and effective communication channels with key stakeholders
• Resolving complaints and enquiries
Dairy Belle (Pty Ltd) fresh Milk Dairy division factory in Bloemfontein procured milk from local Bloemfontein area. The fresh milk plant in Bloemfontein processed and packed the milk into dairy fresh produce.
Dairy Belle (Pty Ltd) fresh Milk Dairy division factory in Bloemfontein procured milk from local Bloemfontein area. The fresh milk plant in Bloemfontein processed and packed the milk into dairy fresh produce.
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Major dairy producer - Klerksdorp, North West ZA
Production Manager August 1995 - March 1997
My responsibility at Dairy Belle Cheese & Butter Dairy division plant, as production manager - processed cheese, was to manage an efficient and timely processes and output of the production chain.
www.dairybelle.co.za
Major dairy producer - Aliwal North, Eastern Cape
Technical Coordinator Aug 1992 - July 1995
• Dairy Belle Cheese & Butter Dairy division produced round hard and semi hard cheese in the Aliwal North facility being part of the 5 cheese producing facilities of Dairy Belle industrial (Pty ltd).
www.ceresfruitjuice.co.za Key player in the ultra-high temperature (long life) fruit juice sector - Ceres Western Cape ZA
Contract Pack Manager - Logistic department October 1997 - January 1998
• Ceres fruit juices export their products to more than 80 countries across Africa, Europe, the Far East, Middle East, Asia and North America. The various brands are packed in a variety of international label permutations to suit language and legal requirements in foreign countries.
www.ceresfruitjuice.co.za Key player in the ultra-high temperature (long life) fruit juice sector - Ceres Western Cape ZA
Production Manager April 1997- September 1997
Ceres Fruit Juices has grown to one of the largest beverage manufacturers on the African continent. Exclusion of air and the most up-to-date aseptic packaging methodology, guarantees the product a 12-month shelf life without adding any preservatives.
• As Production manager at Ceres Fruit juices my responsibility was to ensure an efficient and timely processes and output of the production chain, managed and co-ordinated the Ultra high temperature long life fruit juice production plant, mixing juices according to recipe, quality standards and formulations.
National Service as Officer in South African defence force