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Contact information

Name John Henry Shepherd

E-mail John@joshepherd.co.za

Contact number 083 4483810

Physical address Jaagvlakte 3

Calvinia

8190

Personal information

Home Language Afrikaans

Second Language English

Health Excellent

Birth date 05 September 1962

Sex Male

Nationality South African

ID Number 6209055088083

Marital status Divorced

Religion Christian

Age 52 years

Education

Higher Diploma Cost Accounting (1986 - Witwatersrand Tech)

National Diploma Cost Accounting (1984 – Witwatersrand Tech)

Various Marketing/Management/business Certificates

Work Experience

Wine it Tasting (Pty) LtdOwner(Wine tasting/bistro/farmstall)2013 - current

Klein Hantam Boerdery CCOwner(Farming and business activities)2003 – 2013

M I Solutions (Pty) LtdManaging Director(Mapics Affiliate EMEA)1997 – 2002

J S Associates CCOwner(Business consulting ERP) contracted toMarcamMapics Emea AffiliateVarious Customers assignments1994 – 1997

Simon Alletson AssociatesBusiness ConsultantERP implementations1989 - 1993

Telkor ManufacturingManagement Accountant/ Manufacturing Management etc1987 – 1989

JCI (Mining)1981 - 1986

PERSONAL SUMMARY

From the start of my working career in 1981, I have always been a hands-on person/employee who wanted to understand and experience the activities of business at every level.

This served me well in my career from Management Accountant into Logistics, manufacturing , marketing , IT management, and then my career in Business and Manufacturing Consulting. I can relate well with people at all levels and have the flexibility of working well as part of a team, or individually. (Management or Hands-on)

I am comfortable working in a fast paced, stress related, growth orientated work environment and possess a proven ability to ensure that whatever the functions,

messages, standards, or communications are, these are understood and implemented effectively.

These characteristics were well tested in my duties as Managing Director of M I Solutions. The business was the appointed EMEA licensee to an ERP Software solution (MAPICS) and we were responsible for marketing and sales, implementations (Hardware/Software), training, support, and all related aspects, to ensure maximum benefits to our customers in the use of this solution. Also to ensure EMEA Sales targets were achieved. This required efficient, innovative and methodical marketing and extensive sales efforts, within the developing and defining of an overall marketing strategy to ensure we met our targets and goals.

Apart from my managerial responsibilities as MD, I was fortunate enough to also participate and contribute on a consulting basis (financial, IT and implementations) and to manage projects locally and in the middle east as part of our responsibility to our product owner (MAPICSs Inc) and to serve our customers! I have also conducted training sessions and product presentations locally, in the USA and in Saudi Arabia.

I am proud to say that we as M I Solutions were able to support our customers and managed to grow the market during the 4 years of being the licensee in S.A.

After my decision to leave the “rat race” and “semi-retire” I went farming. This was great, but I realised that I was too young to “retire” and started to miss the corporate world. I then started to invest in various business ventures. After years of farming and other small business ventures, I have decided to return to the business world and hopefully can once again, regain my place in the market as a manager of note!

My years of experience, skills and competencies will be an asset to any organisation. I need a challenge to prove my worth! I would prefer a senior management role to fully deploy my skills and experience.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

Management Experience (business, financial, Costing, customers and people/staff/users)

Strong leadership, and people/social/team building skill, at all levels.

Development, management, and implementation of marketing/business campaigns.

Practical Business experience in various Manufacturing processes and businesses

IT management and control

ERP implementations and project control

Able to quickly understand customer/user needs and maintain the ever important customer relationships in delivering cost effective solutions.

Presentation and/or training/education skills

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Management and control

Business development and improving/building of processes and relationships

Financial and Cost Control & Management

Customer Relations and Service

Business Consulting and implementation

Manufacturing Business processes

Detailed ERP knowledge and experience

IT Management and Software Implementation

Marketing and Sales (Marketing plans, campaigns)

Brand marketing, Sales presentations

Competitor analysis and market research

Project management, budget and financial control and measurements

Summary

I am a competent and reliable individual with many years of experience at all levels within the business acumen and have a wide selection of skills to offer. These experiences and achievements can not all be listed in a CV but I am happy to discuss all these with the relevant parties.

My business and management skills and vast ERP expertise combined with excellent people skills can be utilized in many areas within your organisation. I believe I can fulfil a senior roll in your Business Activities. I can take your business to the next level!

I am ready for a new challenge!

I am happy to meet with you to discuss your business requirements and for you to inquire and test my knowledge and capabilities..