Project/Facilities/Events Management

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Carol Lindsay Weedon

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth 20 December 1963

Age 57 - Married

** ****** ******, ********, ******, 1501

(Mobile) +27-82-851-****

South African,

E:Mail: adj2id@r.postjobfree.com

CAPABILITIES

Interior Construction Industry Management

• 17 years by applying knowledge and experience to all that i’v learnt to all aspects of sub-trades within the interior contracting industry.

• Preparing budgets and forecasts. Overseeing general management and financial control for buying, contracting, sales and estimating department.

• Auto-cad drawings for Space Planning

• Drawing up quotations, bills of quantities and tender documents.

• Costing all quotations from drawings and site visits, from ceilings, partitions, joinery, shop fitting and minor building work including all wall and floor finishes and general decoration.

• Organising and scheduling resources to smoothly implement agreed plans.

Leadership

• Assigning clear instructions of responsibility to staff/contractors, accepting feedback, advice and support, from the above.

• Contributing ideas to team to ensure goals, targets and deadlines are met.

Carol Lindsay Weedon

Communication

• Communicate ideas clearly on a one to one basis or in large groups.

• Speak and write fluent English and speak and understand Afrikaans.

• Maintaining good relations between contractors, construction staff, facilities managers and sales staff.

Project Management

• Managing fast-track projects & relocations (local & country)

• Starting projects from grass route level to completion

• Directing office planning layouts and ensuring effective site control throughout the project lifecycle.

• Negotiating contracts with once-off / long term clients, architects, quantity surveyors, builders and independent developers.

• Making senior management decisions with a clear understanding of how they impact overall company performance.

Commercial

• Establishing customer needs and wants and working out how to best deliver the best result for commercial clients in Stock Broking, Medical, Law Practices, Beverages and Public Works, as well as cosmetic companies.

• Negotiating client contracts to the invoicing and final account stage. Carol Lindsay Weedon

SKILLS

CAD: AutoCAD LT 2005

Other Computing: MS Excel …. MS Word….Microsoft Power Point Pastel – Limited Knowledge

CAREER HISTORY

2017 – 2021

JK Productions cc.

Events Management Company

Job Title - Events coordinator

Responsibilities include answering calls and enquiries from clients via the online emailing system to organise parties/corporate events/school functions. All of the above can range from children’s parties to very large corporate events. Over seeing quotations, estimating, site visits with client, invoicing and running and overseeing off project. Scheduling of functions. Dealing with clients from start to completion and running off the event. Meeting and leasing with corporate clients on site or off site. 2000 – 2016: (Business Closed Down, Partner Immigrated to the UK) CIC Interior Contracting cc, Johannesburg / Ubuntu Office Design Contracts cc.

Worked for CIC Interior Contracting for 5 years until I was given a 20% share in our new BEE Company - Ubuntu Office Design Contracts, which we have been running in conjunction, will CIC for the past eleven years. Responsibilities include recruitment & supervision of all office staff. Over seeing quotations, estimating and site management of projects. Direct office planning and design teams. Negotiate with suppliers and contractors. Present clients with office planning, layouts, bills of quantities, tender documents, drawings and colour and story boards. Manage final invoicing to clients on completion of work. Make decisions on increases and bonus based on performance of staff.

Carol Lindsay Weedon

1994 - 2000

Self Employed – Swimming and Aquatic School

Certified Swimming Instructor

1) Teaching babies to become water safe as well as young children and adult how to swim and correction of swimming techniques. 2) Fitness training for adults in the form of Aqua Aerobics, from young to old. EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS

Roosevelt High School – Matric

Wits Technicon – 1 Year of Draughting

Kelly Personnel – 6 Months Secretarial Course

Damelin Management School – Practical Bookkeeping (December 2002) Damelin Management School – Basic Bookkeeping (February 2003) Batemans – AutoCAD Course (June 2004)

Practical Project Management (May 2007)

Facilities Management - Three Year Diploma with The University of the Free State (Completed 1st year 2011 & 2nd year 2012) I-to-I 300 Hour Online TEFL Certificate (Teach English Foreign Language)

FGASA Level 1 - Practical done through EcoTraining - Pridelands 2020 MEMBERSHIPS

SAPOA – South African Property Owners Association

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