Hylton Swemmer

REPORTING DIRECTLY TO THE MD / COO * Purchase Order summaries and monitoring (with focus on supply exceeding demand) * Backorder management and liaison (relationship management) with all suppliers * Pricing, margin analysis * SA Vehicle PARC analysis, tracking & proposals * Validation of company retail sales leaflets, price and content checking. * Co-ordination of supplier training initiatives * Other research projects & assistance with Quality Assurance, Quality Control and product Stocking (warehouse) anomalies * Market/competitor research and benchmarking (SWOT) * Management of master (product) data quality and related inbound stock management * Marketing team support (concept to activation) and ROI measurement. Proof reading and validation of all marketing material, pre-release.

Training Facilitator (Product & Sales Trainer) for the HAVAL Brand countrywide & the SADC (Classroom Scenario). Entire function including generating all curriculum and performing post-mortems. Additional internal functions supporting HR (Inductions, Corporate Strategy & Brand training), Sales & Marketing Dept and National Sales Manager in terms of specific industry training & product related stats and analytics, as well as assisting PR/Media/Marketing with launches & customer events.

Reporting directly to the MD. Responsible for General Operational Management of newly created Analytics & (Masterclass) Training Division of the John Nicholas Company. Duties included : * Overseeing the initial Architectural design and layout of the new entity, both in terms of Department and Resource requirements. * Sourcing, liaising and assessing all Office Hardware, Software and IT Systems take-up and controls to be incorporated into new premises (those being a Corporate Office and 2 Training Schools/Labs). eg : telecoms, network requirements, IT hardware, Biometric office access control. * Managing entire accreditation process for selected business partners including Microsoft, Oracle, SAS, IBM, Tableau etc * Assisting MD with the acquisition of the DaVinci Institute and its assimilation into the new venture * Develop and manage the various Conference Venue libraries for conferencing (listings following stringent assessment) * Develop and maintain electronic Course (Masterclass Academic) Training libraries * Design, Develop and maintain advanced Document Assembly capacity * Design, Develop and manage entire client Billing system * Contribute to the curriculum by developing training courses on : Advanced (Office) Workflow Processes and Document Assembly. * Lecturing (as Tutor) on above courses

Ensuring OEM & International Brand standards are maintained by the Retail dealer network, in terms of CI (Corporate Identity), Stock Management, Marketing & Advertising, Sales Management & Product Training. Extensive participation in Events & Launches as well as ongoing internal and external Corporate Communications. Extensive market & product Research, including Benchmarking & Product Positioning.

Duties were the same as for GWM, although with less Market Research & Benchmarking.