Machinist - Celrose Clothing (Edcon)
(1986-01 - 1991-12)
Manufacturing ladies wear blouses on the production floor.
Receptionist - Celrose
(1992-01 - 2003-12)
- Answer phone calls
- Manage mails
- Perform administrative duties
- Schedule meetings
- Perform clerical tasks
- Team building workshops
Head of Department for Quality/Technical - Global Source
(2007-01 - 2020-12)
Managing the Technical department responsible for 32 staff members and the Quality department with 10 in-house staff and 4 Field Co-ordinators at factory level.
- Technical/Production co-ordinators
- Pattern makers/graders/marker maker
- Quality/Supervisor
- Cutters
- Machinist
- Planners/admin assistant
- Addressing engineering meetings
- Setting up standards to meet customer's requirements
- Monitoring staff performance
- Responsible for upgrading staff (Training/workshop)
- Making final decisions (pressure areas)
- Addressing reports with the team timeously
- Communicating with customers
- Working very closely with local and international suppliers
- Addressing meetings, problem solving
- Extensive travelling to monitor field co-ordinators at factory level, China, Swaziland, Lesotho, Qwa-Qwa and Newcastle
- Implementing new systems and procedures to strengthen the Quality/Technical Department
- Interviewing candidates
- Working very closely with the merchandisers, planning, designers, fabric and trim departments (Decision making for production related queries)
- Communicate with all the printers (final approvals for print production)
Owner CMT - Silverline Clothing
(2020-10 - 2021-07)
Was forced to close operations during the July 2021 looting and unrest.
Design Room Manager - Superbalist
(2021-11 - 2023-12)
Managing Pattern Makers, Graders, Marker Makers, Cutters, Seamstresses, Technologist, and Design Room Assistant.
- Planning all departments on a daily basis
- Sign tech packs, issue briefs to Pattern Makers
- Prioritising samples through the sample room for fitting and sealing
- Monitoring and recording daily targets
- Daily Engineering meeting with the Pattern Makers and Seamstresses to simplify construction
- Work closely with designers
- Involved with the fittings
- Making sure samples are production friendly
- Liaise with the production Team regarding construction
- Managing critical path
- Managing and addressing KPI
- Working with merchandisers and planners
Pattern Manager - Traclo International
(2023-05 - 2025-12)
Managing 10 Pattern Makers staff and 2 Admin Assistance.
- Priority List - Planing the Pattern Makers according to deadlines
- Approving fusing/fabric
- Analizing/Approving the Handovers
- Assesing/Approving the construction before sending to the customer
- Approving all production samples before sending to the factory for production
- Confirming all cost
- Working with merchandisers and planners
