Rondell Van Wyk

Edmonton,AB

Summary

Versatile Operations Director with proven abilities across all levels of organizational management. Talented in developing partnerships, overseeing personnel and developing tactical plans to meet strategic goals. Proven leader with significant background in people management and interpersonal skills.

Overview

years of professional experience

Certificate

Degrees

Work History

Senior Operations Executive

Eskom

2013.02 - Current

Applied excellent problem-solving, process development and strategic implementation skills to lead and support all areas of operations.
Strategically coordinated operations according to objectives and capabilities, effectively allocating resources to meet demands
Plan, oversee and operationalized business plan in region.
Identify, sell and implement new business opportunities in key markets to meet sales target in accordance with corporate sales model.
Develop plans and budgets to meet financial targets.
Manage operations team to ensure compliance with proper procedures and guidelines.
Strengthen operational processes to build highly efficient and effective operations.
Liaise with senior leadership and ensure consistent implementation of strategic initiatives to all field operation groups.
Provide leadership of field operations team ensuring effective performance management and continued development.
Championed implementation of operational improvements in areas of LEAN project delivery teams.
Efficiently and effectively identified and solved all problems that impacted direction of business.
Built and strengthened relationships across functional leadership areas to keep revenue development and operational plans interconnected and effective.
Increased company profits through performance optimization strategies and efficiency improvements.
Set, enforced and optimized internal policies to maintain responsiveness to demands.
Applied performance data to evaluate and improve operations, target current business conditions and forecast needs.
Established and maintained productive working relationships with staff to resolve operational difficulties and to promote interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to customer service provision.
Devised processes to boost long-term business success and increase profit levels.
Managed cross-functional collaboration to drive team engagement and keep members on course to achieve demanding company targets.
Defined strategic goals and worked with teams, departments, technology and processes to align systems to targets.
Established and administered annual budget with controls to prevent overages, minimize burn rate and support sustainability objectives.
Established clear management goals and devised systems to track results for effective decision making.
Developed policies and procedures for operational processes to comply with standards and regulations.
Conducted office management and emergency preparedness orientation to provide special skills and test specific emergency plan components.
Increased employee retention 40& through improvements in leadership and development.
Achieved 45% EBITDA increase over 7 years by reducing costs and improving operational efficiency.
Oversaw projects to help goals, tasks and milestones align with organizational strategy

Senior Operations Consultant

Exactitude Consulting

2011.03 - 2013.02

Supervised client meetings to disseminate proper information and encourage participants to share ideas.
Collaborated with clients to target issues and uncover methods that would increase operational efficiency.
Adapted quickly to changing project priorities and job specifications with analytical thinking and task prioritization skills.
Implemented processes and procedures to improve overall efficiency in operations.
Monitored corporate policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with federal regulations.
Supervised creation of exciting merchandise displays to catch attention of store customers.
Managed team of 200 staff and improved performance ration by 60%
Cultivated and strengthened lasting client relationships using strong issue resolution and dynamic communication skills.
Reduced financial inconsistencies while assessing and verifying billing invoices and expense reports.
Trained and guided team members to maintain high productivity and performance metrics.
Tracked trends and suggested enhancements to both challenge and refine company's product offerings.
Launched staff engagement, gender diversity and cultural programs in addition to robust reporting tool that increased operational quality.
Managed purchasing, sales, marketing and customer account operations efficiently.
Reduced budgetary expenditures by effectively negotiating contracts for more advantageous terms.
Implemented innovative programs to increase employee loyalty and reduce turnover.

Education

MBA - Business Administration

UNISA

South Africa

09.2011

Bachelor of Arts - Environment And Health

Durban University of Technology

South Africa

02.2007

Skills

Organizational Realignment
Expense Budgets Mastery
Team Leadership
Purchasing and Planning
Operations Management

Performance Analysis
P&L Administration
Develop Policies
Pivot Tables
Process Development and Streamlining

Accomplishments

Achieved 80% reduction in CAPEX irregular expenditures by reconfiguring project life cycle model with accuracy and efficiency.
Supervised team of 300 staff members.
Used Microsoft Excel to develop resource utilization model using Power Pivot and Power BI.
Implemented a Supplier Review Performance tool.

Certification

Coaching and Mentoring Training - 2020, 2021
Leadership in the workplace - 2015, 2016
Managing for Results: Dr Ray Lafer - 2014
Managing Poor Performance Incapacity - 2014
Disciplinary Procedures and the legislation - 2013
SAIMECH Process Safety Engineerying - 2013
ISO 9001: Systems & Auditing Provisional Auditor status SAATCA - 2012
Systems Integration- 2012

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