CURRICULUM VITAE:
PERSONAL DETAILS:
Full names : Christiaan, Willem, Frederik
Surname : Mienie
ID : 631***-****-***
Nationality : South African
Gender : Male
Ethnicity : White
Criminal record : None
Marital status : Single
Dependents : None
Own transport : Yes
Driver’s license : Code EB (Code 08)
Current address : Norkem Park – Kempton Park, Gauteng Re locatable : Yes (Also internationally)
Languages : Afrikaans : Read, write, speak – business proficient English : Read, write, speak – business proficient Notice period : Immediately available
Contact detail : +27 (0-64-040-****
SECONDARY EDUCATION:
High school attended : Middelburg Technical High (1977 – 1981) Highest grade : Matric (1981)
Subjects : Afrikaans, English, Math’s, Science,
Technical drawings, Woodworking
COMPUTER LITERACY:
MS Word / Excel
Outlook
Compu-Clear
Ship Shape
Cargo Wise
OTHER TERSIARY EDUCATION:
Mining : Gas testing ticket
2 x underground blasting tickets
Banking : 1-year Management diploma
Shipping : Dangerous goods – air & sea
Various other courses
Forklift license
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Company : National Military Service (Jan 1982 – Dec 1983) Period employed : 2 years
Company : Coal & Diamond Mines (Jan 1984 – Dec 1989) Period employed : 5 years
Position : Learner Miner / Miner / Shift Boss
Duties : All aspects of production mining, including drilling, Blasting, safety (SHE) etc.
Reason for leaving : Better options
Company : ABSA Trust (Jan 1990 – June 1997)
Period employed : 7 years
Position : Trustee Officer
Duties : Administrating Trust Funds & fixed assets
Administrating & finalizing deceased estates
Reason for leaving : Starting own business
Company : Self – employed (June 1997 – May 2001)
Period employed : 3 years
Duties : General building & Civil construction,
Including plumbing & electrical
Company : Sebenza Forwarding (June 2001 – Dec 2004) Period employed : 3 years
Position Export Controller
Duties : Estimates
Exports sea freight (FCL / LCL) - A-Z functions
Letter of Credits
Hazardous cargo, including arms and ammunition
Projects
Escorting of valuable cargo
Air chartering
Exports air freight (A-Z functions)
Reason for leaving : Head hunted by Mega Freight
Company : Mega Freight Services (Dec 2004 – Dec 2009) Period employed : 5 years
Position : Snr. Export Controller
Duties : Estimates
Exports air freight
Exports sea freight (FCL / LCL / Letter of Credit)
A-Z functions
Bonded cargo (WE / XE / Acquittals etc.)
Exports road freight (A-Z functions)
Hazardous cargo, including ammunition &
radioactive material
Reason for leaving : Retrenched
Unemployed : Dec 2009 – Feb 2011
Company : Premier Freight (Feb 2011 – May 2013)
Period employed : 2 years
Position : Snr. Export Controller / Supervisor
Duties : Estimates
Exports sea & Road Freight
FCL / LCL - L/C’s
A-Z Functions including estimates & invoicing
Reason for leaving : Better options
Company : Micor (May 2013 - April 2015)
Period employed : 2 years
Position : Snr. Estimator
Duties : All aspects of Exports estimates – air, sea and road
Rate negotiations etc.
Reason for leaving : Starting own business
Company : Self-employed (May 2015 – Dec 2017)
Period employed : 3 years
Position : Owner
Duties : Putting structures in place
Implementing procedures and policies
Implementing operational SOP
HR — Employment of staff
Training of staff
Monitoring staff performances acc. to KPl's
Estimates: Import / export (air, sea & road)
Negotiating rates and trade agreements with
shipping lines / Airlines / Transporters
and other 3 rd parties
Driving sales and marketing
Planning & monitoring budget
Handling finances
Managing company assets
Dealing with Customers — problem solving etc.
Full operations of Imports and Exports
air, sea and road
A-Z functions incl. hazardous cargo
EUR.I / SADC, Letters of Credit
Dealing with Customs
Problem solving, payments of invoices etc
Company : DB Schenker (Dec 2017- May 2020)
Period employed : Current
Position : Fairs & Events Controller
Duties : Estimates:
Import & export
Air & sea freight
Arranging Import Customs clearance
by air / sea
Placing of cargo on exhibition stand
On-site handling of cargo
Collection of cargo from exhibition stand
Re-exportation of cargo by air / sea
Provisional Payments acquittals
A-Z functions including estimates & invoicing
Retrenched