JacovanDeventer

PERSONAL

DETAILS

Full Name JACO VAN DEVENTER

Contact Number 072-***-****

Email Address adow89@r.postjobfree.com

Age 50

Gender MALE

Health EXCELLENT

Education MATRIC (Richards Bay High School 1987)

EB Drivers License

PERSONAL

MOTIVATION

I am an enthusiastic individual that can work alone or as part of a group, and am able to manage, supervise or lead a team, coping under pressure at all times. I take great pride in my work and am hard-working, punctual and reliable and able to use my initiative. I have an excellent professional manner and can communicate well with management, staff and customers.

CAREER OBJECTIVES

To build a long – term career in your profession with opportunities for career growth and to use my skills in the best possible way for achieving the company's goals. To enhance my professional skills in a dynamic and stable workplace. To gain employment with a company that offers me a consistently positive atmosphere to learn new skills and implement them for the betterment of the business.

Thank you for considering my application. I look forward to hearing from you.

Your sincerely,

Jaco van Deventer

EMPLOYMENT

Sept 2013 – Present STORES AND LOGISTICS MANAGER – Weigh-less Head Office

Responsibilities:

+Daily running of the warehouse

+Monthly national dispatch/distribution throughout South Africa and daily ad hoc orders

+Picking and packing of stock

+Compiling and recording statistics on excel spread sheets

+Support the regional managers, team and group leaders in the field

+Manage and supervising of warehouse staff

+Consolidating of stock as per national orders

+Stock control and stock takes

+Stock budgets

+Reconciling delivery notes to purchase orders

+Inductions on stores procedures for new regional managers

+Compiling of reports

+Maintaining the company’s assets registers

+Reconciling of returned assets and stock

+Receiving of goods

+Directing the weekly tracker meetings

+Compile monthly costing reports for senior management (courier & postal)

Reason for leaving: Current Work

July 2012 – March 2013 FRANCHISE SUPPORT LIAISON – CGI International,

Responsibilities:

+Assist with franchise support

+Marketing and sales of retail products

+Correspondence via email

+Cold calling and liaising with clients for new orders

+Set up of sales summaries on excel

+Sale reports on word document

+Record sales on Pastel

+Stock take on all products

+Reason for leaving: Temporarily Position, contact person: Rachael Moodley – Director. 031-***-**** or 082-***-****

May 2011 – June 2012 FRANCHISE CONSULTANT – MR Video Regional Office

Responsibilities:

+Assisting franchisees in operating VHS (PC) system

+Controlling stock levels of branded items

+Follow up on sales/hire outs

+Invoicing / Pastel

+Store visits (27 in total)

+Stock Takes, issuing and receiving

+Holding franchise meetings

+Presenting staff and franchisee workshops

+Assisting in movie purchases

+Store promotions

+Investigate monthly takings and reports

+Assisting and set up of new stores

+Reason for leaving: Retrenched as Durban branch closed, contact person: Louis van Wyk, Regional Manager – 084-***-****

Sept 2010 – April 2011 VISUAL MERCHANDISER – The HUB

Responsibilities:

+Merchandising of shop floor (clothing and homeware)

+Correct placing of signage in respective department

+Window display

+Follow up on new promotion dates and ends

+Correspondence via email to head office

+Reason for leaving: Relocating, contact person: Yolande Venter – Manager – 035-***-****

Dec 2007 – July 2010 OWNER – Blu Cube – Urban Menswear

Reason for leaving: Closed business due to financial restraints

Nov 2002 – Oct 2007 MANAGER – FMO – For men only

Responsibilities:

+ Sales Management

+ Customer Service

+Ordering stock

+Payment of accounts

+Salaries, UIF & PAYE payments

+Completion of monthly ledger and reconciliation

+Completion and payment of VAT returns

+IRP5 Certificates

+Adding stock into POS system

+Stock delivery and checking

+Completion of TT transfer for payment to international suppliers

+ Procurement/Buying of international brands

+Stock taking

+Consolidation of monthly income and expenses

+General sales and merchandising

+Creating Barcodes for new stock items

+Reason for leaving: Started my own business

Oct 2002 – Oct 2002 CASUAL – Queens Park, Cavendish Square

Reason for leaving: Found permanent employment

Responsibilities:

+General sales

+Tidying of stockroom

+Delivery acceptance

May 2002 – Aug 2002 STOCK CONTROLLER – Calvin Klein Underwear, Flagship Store, Chelsea

Responsibilities:

+Acceptance and checking of stock delivery

+Entry of delivery stats on computer

+General upkeep of stockroom

+In charge of Calvin Klein underwear section in Harrods

+Stock take and merchandising in Harrods

+Supervision at Bond street and Molton street branches

+Transferring stock between branches

+Reason for leaving: Returned to South Africa

May 2001 – April 2002 STOCKROOM MANAGER – French Connection, London UK

Responsibilities:

+Stock deliveries

+Capturing received stock onto computer

+New stock ratios to showroom

+Filling new stock replenishments in their respective departments

+General upkeep of stock room

+Merchandising of showroom and windows

Dec 2000 – April 2001 STOCKROOM ASSISTANT – Mango, London UK

June 2000 – Nov 2000 STOCKROOM ASSISTANT – C&A, London UK

March 1999 – Feb 2000 STOCKROOM MANAGER – Laura Ashley, London UK

Responsibilities:

+Accepting stock deliveries

+Take size ratios to showroom

+Filling stock replenishment into respective departments

+General upkeep of stockroom

+Daily replenishments

+Floor and window merchandising

+Transferring stock

+Weekly stock takes

+Assisting in the High street, Kensington and Windsor branches

+Fire Marshall

EDUCATION

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