Gerhardus van Blerk

Personal Information

ID Number: 830********** Contact Number: +27(0)823514996

Nationality: South African Alternative Contact Number: +27(0)748571974

Location: Bloemfontein Date of Birth: 15 Jan 1983

Gender: Male Race: White

Highest Education: Diploma Disability: No

Email Address: acwvf5@r.postjobfree.com

Profile Summary

I'm a person that loves to lead and teach my fellow staff members to ensure that the business, that I'm responsible for, always make a good impression on the public around the business and abroad. I'm used to being the first person at work and the last person to go home at night, because in that way, I'm sure that everything stays in order at the business. I love to motivate staff members to ensure that the business grows beyond expectations and to increase the profit. I feel that rules and regulations are set for the greater good of business and that every staff member, including myself, should adhere to the rules and regulations. I'm a punctual person and is always training and motivating fellow staff members to also be punctual and try to keep absenteeism to a minimum. I enjoy motivating staff members to excel in their jobs and to reward the staff members that exceed in their daily/weekly/monthly tasks or sales targets. I live by the belief that positive "word of mouth" advertising, is the best possible form of advertising that anybody or business can get and that it will ensure that I always have customers coming to my business and in my business.

Experience

Operations Manager Woolworths

Retail Permanent BLOEMFONTEIN

November 2015 to present

Duties & Responsibilities:

I need to ensure that the stock that is delivered each day, is unpacked & available to customers each morning before the store opened for customers. I need to ensure that every customer receive the best service and make the most of their shopping experience every time they enter the store. I need to ensure that the stock stock counts of each day is done in time and also ensure that there are no expired stock on the shop floor, which customers might buy. I had daily reports that needed to be compiled and handed to my superior before a deadline. I help with the opening (unlocking) and locking of the store periodically. I need to unsure that daily, weekly, monthly operations checks are done & if breakages occur, that it is fixed in the shortest possible time. I do regular security checks at night, to ensure that there is no theft at the store. I have weekly meeting with staff and management to communicate the highest shrinkage lines in the store & to ensure that all the staff knows what is expected of them for the coming week. During the meetings, I give staff the opportunity to give me their views of situations.

Salary: R14028+ Per Month

Reason for leaving: I would like to share my experience with knowledge while also learning new ways of doing work.

Department Manager Woolworths

Retail Permanent BLOEMFONTEIN

June 2015 to October 2015

Duties & Responsibilities:

I had to ensure that the stock that was delivered each day, was unpacked & available to customers each morning before the store opened for customers. I had to ensure that every customer received the best service and made the most of their shopping experience every time they entered the store. I had to ensure that the stock stock counts of each day was done in time and also ensure that there were no expired stock on the shop floor, which customers might buy. I had daily reports that needed to be compiled and handed to my superior before a deadline. I helped with the opening and locking of the store periodically.

Salary: R14028+ Per Month

Reason for leaving: I was offered the position of Operations Manager at a new Woolworths store, which I accepted & had to transfer.

Financial Advisor Old Mutual

Investment Permanent BLOEMFONTEIN

September 2014 to February 2015

Duties & Responsibilities:

Offering my & Old Mutual's financial services to clients that are in need of financial advice or guidance to ensure that my clients can sleep peaceful at night while knowing that their money is in good hands, I did investments for clients to ensure that the clients receive the best possible interest for their money while their money was safely invested at Old Mutual, I had to ensure that my clients were paying the correct & lowest premiums available, I had to ensure that my clients had & bought the most correct products for their individual needs.

Salary: R8 320+ Per Month

Reason for leaving: I was unable to share my knowledge & experience to my fullest capacity, I'm a greater leader than a follower.

Store manager Pick n Pay Bloemgate

Retail Permanent BLOEMFONTEIN

November 2012 to June 2014

Duties & Responsibilities:

Managing the sales floor to ensure that there is sufficient and correct stock available to the customers at any given time, Ensuring that staff attendance is up-to-date & that staff discipline is maintained at all time while the staff is on company property, Initiate disciplinary procedures against staff members & represent the company at the disciplinary hearings & the CCMA, Seeing that excellent customer service is maintained at all time, Ensuring that the staff are aware of their working schedule for the following week, Reporting to my superiors on a daily basis, Ensuring that weekly/monthly promotion signage & prizes are visible & correct, Ensuring that promotional stock are ordered & available to clients at all time, Ensure that promotional displays are correctly build & maintained.

Salary: R14 000+ Per Month

Reason for leaving: My son suffered from illness for a couple of months was hospitalised in order for the doctors to cure him & that interfered with my work performance. I resigned to ensure that the business don't suffer & to ensure that I can be by my son's side.

Store Manager KAUAI Juice

Hospitality Permanent BLOEMFONTEIN

January 2011 to October 2012

Duties & Responsibilities:

Doing stock controlling - counting stock daily to ensure there is sufficient quantities of different stock in the restaurant at all time, Doing cash-ups & daily banking of the previous day's takings, Running end-of-day reports daily & investigate any discrepancies, Sending daily/monthly reports & doing daily reporting to all my superiors, Do weekly staff schedules & ensure staff discipline is maintained at all times, Ensuring that the clients receive the best possible service & food at all time, Doing the necessary maintenance within the restaurant to ensure smooth operations at all times, Helping out as a cashier if necessary, Maintaining cleanliness & hygiene within the entire restaurant at any given time.

Salary: R8 000+ Per Month

Reason for leaving: Pick 'n Pay offered me a job in Bloemfontein.

Trainee Manager Pick n Pay Hyper

Retail Permanent Pretoria

December 2008 to December 2010

Duties & Responsibilities:

Managing the sales floor to ensure that there is sufficient and correct stock available to the customers at any given time, Ensuring that staff attendance is up-to-date & that staff discipline is maintained at all time while the staff is on company property, Seeing that excellent customer service is maintained at all time, Ensuring that the staff are aware of their working schedule for the following week, Reporting to my superiors on a daily basis, Ensuring that weekly/monthly promotion signage & prizes are visible & correct, Ensuring that promotional stock are ordered & available to clients at all time, Ensure that promotional displays are correctly build & maintained.

Salary: R11 000+ Per Month

Reason for leaving: I relocated to Bloemfontein & was unable to find an available transfer, within the

company, to Bloemfontein.

Restaurant Manager Wimpy

Hospitality Permanent Nelspruit

January 2006 to November 2008

Duties & Responsibilities:

Doing stock controlling - counting stock daily to ensure there is sufficient quantities of different stock in the restaurant at all time, Doing cash-ups & daily banking of the previous day's takings, Running end-of-day day reports daily & investigate any discrepancies, Sending daily/monthly reports & doing daily reporting to all my superiors, Do weekly staff schedules & ensure staff discipline is maintained at all times, Ensuring that the clients receive the best possible service & food at all time, Doing the necessary maintenance within the restaurant to ensure smooth operations at all times, Helping out as a cashier if necessary, Maintaining cleanliness & hygiene within the entire restaurant at any given time.

Salary: R6 000+ Per Month

Reason for leaving: Was offered the position as trainee manager at Pick 'n Pay.

Education

1. Woolworths Management Course

SUBJECTS: Woolworths Operations, Woolworths POS System, Business Calculations, Financial Administraion, Business Finance, Business Writing, Employee Types, Benefits & Clocking, Customer Service, Woolworths Financial Service, Product Knowledge, Management Trading Skills, Employee Relations, Engaging & Facilitating Meetings.

Woolworths Divisional Office, Centurion, PRETORIA

2015

2. National Senior Certificate

SUBJECTS: English First Language, Afrikaans First Language, Small business

management and entrepreneurship, Computer practise, Economic and

legal enviroment, Applied business economics.

Upington College, UPINGTON

2003

3. Tourism Management Diploma

SUBJECTS: Tourism Management Communication Marketing Management Financial

Accounting

Intec College, CAPE TOWN

2005

4. Pick n Pay Store Management Course

SUBJECTS: Customer Service, Financial Accounting, Marketing, Promotional

Display, Staff Discipline, Disciplinary Procedures, Human Resources,

Industrial Relations, Stock Ordering.

Pick n Pay Institution, Fourways, JOHANNESBURG

2010

5. Wimpy Restaurant Management Course

SUBJECTS: Stock Control, Staff Management, Customer Service, Financial

Reporting, Product Preparation & Display, Promotion Display.

Famous Brands, Midrand, JOHANNESBURG

2006

Languages

English

Afrikaans

Skills

Warehouse Management 10 years or more

Rank: Advanced

Staff Management 10 years or more

Rank: Advanced

SAP HR PAY 8 to 9 years

Rank: Intermediate

SAP 10 years or more

Rank: Intermediate

Performance management skills 10 years or more

Rank: Advanced

Operations Management 10 years or more

Rank: Advanced

Microsoft Word 10 years or more

Rank: Advanced

Microsoft Windows 10 years or more

Rank: Advanced

Microsoft Outlook 10 years or more

Rank: Advanced

Microsoft Excel 10 years or more

Rank: Advanced

Management Reporting 10 years or more

Rank: Advanced

Health and Safety 10 years or more

Rank: Advanced

Financial Management 10 years or more

Rank: Advanced

Cash Management 10 years or more

Rank: Advanced

Next job

Desired Job Title: Manager; Leader; Head of Department

Willing to relocate: Yes

Job Type(s): Permanent

Desired Salary: Between R15 000 and R30 000

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