Candidate of the Week: Melbourne

Personal Profile
o Department head with over 15 years experience in high speed production manufacturing.
o Proven track record developing a successful team.
o Adaptable and capable of managing a variety of skilled personnel. (Engineers, Printers, Coaters and Unskilled)
o Successful project manager (Line installation 2000)
o Result driven with the ability to highlight efficiency shortfalls and implement change.

Employment History

Department Manager VISYPAK 04/97 - Present
o Responsible for all aspects of the operation of a high volume production facility which has a production volume of 70 million AUD in materials and equipment replacement value of 24 million AUD.
o I have been proactive developing a succession plan for the department, this is born out by the fact that a printer who was promoted from the shop floor 5 years ago is now in charge of the department.
o Strategic planner raising capitol fund requests for new equipment including a new line, anilox heads for the coaters, a new pallet turner and sundry other minor items, value in total 4 million AUD over the past 4 years.
o Working knowledge of Excel and Power Point for use in graphing department performance.
o Skilled in the use of the following management tools, WCM, Skill flexibility matrix, Action team facilitation, HR and EEO.

Senior Team Leader VISYPAK 06/92 - 04/97
o Responsible for co ordination of the 3 shifts into a cohesive unit.
o Organisation of shift rosters and crewing.
o Approval of annual leave and sick leave.
o Control of all consumable stocks and the stock take reconciliation.
o Machine approvals.
o Team meeting facilitation.
o Problem solving.
o Holdout and rework of faulty product.
o Supplier claims.
o Purchasing (inks, blankets, rollers, machine plates etc)
o Disciplinary matters.
o Opening and closing down of the plant as required.
o Control of the whole department in the absence of the

Department manager.
Afternoon Shift Team Leader VISYPAK 09/89 - 06/92
o Control of the afternoon shift on a day to day basis.
o Opening and closing of the plant as required.
o Holdout and rework of faulty product.
o Problem solving.
o Machine approvals.
o Control of the 3 shifts in the absence of the Senior team leader.
o Forklift and machine operation in the absence of crew members.
o Housekeeping.

Managing Director TPS 01/87 - 08/89
o The Marketing and Sales of all products sold by the company. (Rollers rubber, engraved and chromed, fountain solution, set off powder, packaging and general printed material)
o TPS was a very successful small business which bought and sold the above products adding a premium and delivery charge. The business was sold to Jet Rollers Accrington prior to my emigration to Australia.

Sales Representative Dorron Roller 01/85 - 08/87
o Responsible for an extensive area of the east of England spanning from Scarborough in the North to Ipswich in the South. The company refurbished all manor of rollers for a very wide range of industries. The mainstay of the business was the recovering of rubber and polyurethane roller for the printing industry.
o Cold calling to increase the customer base was part of the role as well as the maintenance and development of existing clients.
o Collections and deliveries of rollers.
o Accurate record keeping of customer records for the data base.
o Raising orders.

Senior Printer Jas Shoesmith Ptrs 04/82 - 01/85
o Printer in charge or two Roland 2 colour printing machines.
o Purchasing or all sundries for the factory.
o Forklift driving unloading and loading.
o Opening and closing the factory as required.

Printer, Apprentice Metal Box 06/70 - 04/82
o Apprentice lithographic printer.
o Time served lithographic printer running multi colour presses with varnish units.
o 2 piece can printer.
o Ink mixing and matching plate and blanket preparation.

Education
o City and Guilds certificate in Lithographic printing and plate making at the London College of printing the Elephant and Castle London. 1970 - 1975.
o CSE and Borough leaving certificates at Smithills secondary school for boys Bolton Greater Manchester. 1970.


Training Courses.
o Workplace Investigations. Australian Human Resource Institute. 1999
o Introduction to Work Cover. MMI Insurance. 1999
o Action Team Leader Training. Southcorp Packaging Food Can. 1999
o Work Place Assessments. MITSAS. 1998
(Competency Standards)
o Train the Trainer. Swinburne University of Technology. 1997
o Advanced Supervision Skills. Southcorp Packaging Food Can. 1996
o Management and Leadership Southcorp Packaging Food Can. 1996

Development and Training.
o Methods of Improvement and Southcorp Packaging Food Can. 1995
Cost Reduction.
o Methods of Instruction Southcorp Packaging Food Can. 1995
Intermediate and Advanced.
o Value Added Management. Southcorp Packaging Food Can. 1991

I.T SKILLS
o Microsoft Products, Word, Excel, Email, Power Point and use of Access data bases.

OTHER SKILLS
o Forklift Licence.
o First Aid Certificate.

HOBBIES AND OTHER INTERSTS
o Football.
o Cricket.
o Stock Car racing.
o Gardening.
o Food and Drink.

References available upon request