Highly organized individual skilled in prioritizing and time management with a passion for working in a team.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Distribution supervisor
Cambridge University Press and Assessment
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
2007.10 - 2023.12
Manage and lead large teams of , Distribution Assistants (4) and Flexible/Temporary staff (up to 50).
Plan and schedule team activities, liaising with stakeholders and allocate resources. • Maintaining high standard of accuracy. • Monitor productivity and performance. • Identifying training and development requirements for direct and indirect reports. • Providing data for planning and forecasting. • Day to day decision-making for my teams, processes, department. • Manage and maintain departmental documents and procedures. • Act responsibly and comply with Health, Safety and Wellbeing policies & programs
• Coordinate and carry out the training for new permanent and temporary workers. • Running reports and providing statistics to management.
• Using a wide range of systems and processing platforms to complete a variety of processes accurately and within pre-agreed timescales. • Respond to customer queries. • Following a set of documented processes and procedures. • Contributing towards best and efficient working practices, continuous improvement of procedures.
Temporary warehouse assistant
Cambridge University Press and Assessment
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
2006.10 - 2007.10
Picked and packed orders in a timely fashion.
Made sure that all goods received were accurately logged.
Ensured that all tasks were performed using Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
Comply with Health and Safety
Construction labourer
Van Stomp
Thatcham, Berkshire
2005.06 - 2006.10
Building and dismantling marquees, installing lights, assembling dance floor and staging, dressing the marquee.
Delivering furniture and equipment.
Loading and Unloading Vehicles.
Data entry clerk
IPSL (via Right4staff)
Northampton, Northamptonshire
2005.03 - 2005.06
The entry and balancing of cheques.
verifying cheques to ensure that they were correctly scanned.
Site Security
Bouygues UK Ltd ( via GTS Labourer hire
London, Greater London
2003.01 - 2005.03
Supervising the site reception and security office.
handling deliveries and general enquires
Control the flow of traffic in and around the site
Education
GCSEs - Secondary education
Dawid Bezuidenhout High School
Windhoek, Namibia
1997.01 - 2001.12
Skills
Ability to delegate
Team Player
Emotional intelligent
Excellent communication skills
Great willingness to learn
Ability to resolve conflicts quickly
Languages
English
Proficient (C2)
Afrikaans
Proficient (C2)
Affiliations
Enjoy Yoga, meditation, running, hiking, reading and playing basketball