Darrel Geoffrey Snow

2017 Curriculum Vitae Name ID Number Date of Birth Current Address Marital Status Drivers Licence Contact Details Darrel Geoffery Snow- December 1979 6 Melon Avenue, Wilropark, Roodepoort Single Yes Cell Phone:- Email:- Chronological Work History      Own Businesses (2013 – Current) – Owner (Recruiter) & (PC Tech, Software developer) BP Rivonia (2001 - 2013) – Operations Manager (Site) Alive & Beautiful Advertising (2000) – Directors Assistant & Operations Studying (1999) @ Durbanville Technical Collage (Software design & Administration) Melo’s Pizzeria (1998) - Waiter See below for full details and functions performed. Currently   Freelance recruiter for disabled persons to join learnership programmes. PC Technician and software developer specialising in VBA, C+ for Microsoft Office products… Writing automatic software into Excel, Word and Access, these automate functions and provide customised results and data entry. Provide Pastel accounting support setup & training. Start Date End Date September 2013 Current Employer Position BP Rivonia Operations Manager (Site)  Staff Management o Hiring & Dismissal – Full hiring procedure including legal contracts and disciplinary procedure with MIBCO, CCMA and Collective Agreement compliance. o Shifts & Leave – Managing 52 shifted staff members on a fortnightly rotation over a 24 hour operation. Maximising staff numbers as required and ensuring that all Basic Conditions of Employment requirements are followed and adhered to. o Wages & Payroll – Ensuring that all staff members meet their minimum work hour targets also ensuring that overtime is kept to a minimum. Full payroll function including all required deductions (UIF, Provident Fund, SDL, Site, PAYE, Medical Aid and Expense Deductions) are made and submitted. o Training – Continuous onsite and off-site training provided to staff for: Promotions, Occupational Page 1 of 4 2017 Curriculum Vitae   Page 2 of 4 Health and Safety, Handling of Dangerous Goods, Fire Fighting, First Aid. Administration & Software Development o Bookkeeping – Maintained a full set of accounts up to Trail balance on multiple versions of Pastel accounting. o Branding – Manage the branding and image of the franchise to fulfil my client’s expectations. o Filing – Implementing a standardised filing system. o Cash Management – Managing the full cash cycle from client to account and reconciliation. o Petty Cash – Full petty cash management and reconciliation. o Supplier payment and reconciliation – Reconcile supplier invoices and submitting for payment. o Cashing up – Cashing up staff and totalling all sales against Z-Totals and monthly reports. o Sales Trend Analysis – Analysing trends focused on sales, competitors, seasonal changes and implied data. Developing and implementing changes to the business operations to take advantage of these trends. o Merchandising – Using trends data, it would inform the merchandising strategy in each department to maximise profitability. o Streamlining – Streamlining and removing bottle necks in the functioning of the company’s procedures thereby improving productivity. o Develop software – developed small pieces of software to more easily obtain the relevant data required to make coherent business decisions. o Excel Expert – Develop Excel VBA programs to manage large volumes of data and provide customised reports and trends. Stock Management o Ordering – Just in time ordering of retail products, maximising profitability by negotiating with suppliers. Developing ordering procedures using the K.I.S. procedure. Developed automated ordering for multiple retail systems (WinPOS, NETPOS, Retail X, Auto Scan and Namos) o Receiving – Developed receiving procedures to eliminate losses. Managed damaged goods and timely credits with suppliers. o Pricing – Retained profitability in excess of 30% over the entire operation. Forecasting future price changes and maintained loss leaders. o Loss Control – Initiated rotational in-house stock counts followed up by a monthly full count. Kept stock losses below 0.5% of turnover. Initiated surveillance and spot checks. o Promotion Control – Developed promotions and managed head office promotions. 2017 Curriculum Vitae     Costumers o Relationships – Maintained the relationship with our customers and the brand expectation, developed multiple loyalty programs to retain customers and reward repeat business. o Incidents – Dealt with customer complaints and accidents in a professional and empathetic manner. Debtors o Sign-up - Credit check and asses potential debtors. o Maintain - Develop lasting relationships with debtors and ensure the adherence to the terms of the relationship. Maintenance o Legislative Compliance – Ensure that all the licences required to operate the business legally. (Retail Fuel Licence, Wholesale Fuel Licence, Liquid Fuels Licence, OHS Certificate, Food Safety Certificate) o Equipment - Ensure that all equipment is functioning properly and that there is no risk of fire and breakdown. Includes: Pressure tests, calibrations and proactive replacement of degraded parts. o Fault Logging – Reporting and following of fault and repair status and ensuring that this occurs timeously. QSR o o o Trained Start Date Termination Reason Contact Person Contact Number Page 3 of 4 QSR – Quick service restaurant operations, setup baking and cooking schedules, setup of cleaning and hygiene schedules and random monitoring, dealing with distressed stock and pest control. Keeping compliant with the Department of Health as well as random 3rd party food testing. Stock Management – Develop manufacturing procedures to determining stock requirements, regular stock counts (Daily, Weekly & Monthly) and returns procedures. Promotions – Develop promotions specific to the QSR to improve basket size and cross purchasing. Basic Fire Fighting & Basic First Aid, OHS, Liquid fuels management, Health Safety Security and Environment. 01 April 2001 09 August 2013 – Resigned Business was sold. Deborah Harland – Previous Owner- 2017 Curriculum Vitae Employer Position Start Date Termination Reason Contact Person Contact Number Alive & Beautiful Advertising (Cape Town) Part of the business start-up, involved in many aspects. February 2000 December 2000 – Resigned Moved to Johannesburg with my family. Richard Boxall Unknown at this time, business has closed. Employer Position Start Date Termination Reason Contact Person Contact Number Melo’s Pizzeria (Newcastle, KZN) Watron March 1998 October 1998 – Resigned Family moved to Cape Town & Matriculated Mr. Melo Unknown at this time, business is still running, unknown ownership. Education (Chronological) Institution Course Length Date Completed? Course Material Durbanville Collage Diploma Information Technology & Programming 1 Year 1999 Yes Systems Design Programming  Cobol  VB  Turbo Pascal  Delphi Networking Institution Course End Date Completed? Newcastle High School – Kwa Zulu Natal Matriculated 1998 Yes with exemption Last Word After nearly 13 years of running a fuel station I have extensive practical knowledge regarding the running a complex business. With my software development I have an extremely good knowledge of PC systems and am able to understand complex systems easily. Running my own business I understand the urgency to get specific tasks done and done right. 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