1. Curriculum Vitae
CONFIDENTIAL
POSITION:
FACTORY / PRODUCTION MANAGER
NAME:
LEON POTGIETER
PERSONAL DETAIL
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Name: Leon Potgieter
ID Number: 8402255070088
Nationality: South African
Demographic Profile: White Male
Languages: English, Afrikaans
Transport: YES, own transport
Residential Area: Germiston, Lambton Gardens
Current Salary: Negotiable
Availability:
Hourly paid requirement : ONE week
Preferred notice period : ONE week
Year Obtained 2002
Qualification Matric Grd 12
Institution Hoër Volkskool High School
Subjects
Afrikaans
English
Biology
Mathematics
Science
Hotel and Catering
Year Matriculated 2002
Last School Attended Hoër Volkskool (Heidelberg)

2. SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
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Year Obtained Jan 2004- Dec 2006
Qualification 2 YEAR BASIC TRAINING AND RELEVANT COURSES (MSD)
Institution SANDF (SALDANHA NAVAL BASE)
Subjects
Basic Training / Military training
Other Basic skills completed in the first year
-(3 months fitness and discipline)
-Combating HIV/AIDS through spiritual and ethical conduct
-Microsoft Office Package
-South African Sailing (Deckhand) and
Licenced for Laser Dingy
Licensed for Bosons Dingy
Licensed for a Saldanha Dingy
-MSD financial Management
-Environmental Warden – Level 1
-First aid – Level 1
- Fire fighter – level 1
-PLATO advantage language arts (computer)
-PLATO advance reading (computer)
- YEAR (2)
Personnel:
- Attend to all personnel matters, such as recruitment, career
advancement, transfer of members and other personnel matters.
Completion of MSD course (2 years)
Description of service
The SA Navy is offering young South Africans citizens an excellent
opportunity to serve in uniform over a two year period. The Military Skills
Development System (MSDS) is a two year voluntary service system with the
aim of equipping and developing young South Africans with the necessary
skills in order to compete in the open market.
Young recruits are required to sign up for a period of two years, during which
they will receive Military Training and further Functional Training

3. SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Year Obtained 2008
Qualification
PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
NQF 6 (UNISA CERTIFICATE)
Institution UNISA
Subjects PPMO (unisa)
1. Strategic role of Production and Operations management
•Production and operations management – an introduction
•Strategic role and objectives of production and operations
•Production and operations strategy
2. Design, Planning and Controlling Production and Operations
Process design
•The design of products and services
•Supply network design
•Layout and flow
•Process technology
•Job design and work organisation
•The nature of planning and control
•Capacity planning and control
•Inventory planning and control
•Supply chain planning and control
•Enterprise resource planning(ERP)
•Lean operations and JITÂ
•Project planning and control
•Quality planning and control
3. Improving Production and Operations
•Production and operations improvement
•Failure prevention and recovery
•Managing improvement the Total Quality Management (TQM) approach
•The production/operations challenge
4. Productivity Management
•Macro-perspective on productivity management
•Micro-perspective on productivity management
All the above subjects = Passed
Year Obtained 2014

4. EMPLOYMENT
Qualification
(Management Developing Programme)
Business Management NQF 7 (SBL UNISA CERTIFICATE)
Institution SBL UNISA
Subjects
1. Operations and Supply chain Management
· The value chain concept
· Delivery processes for products and services
· Total quality management and business re-engineering
2. Marketing and Information Management
· Marketing and the marketing management process
· Analyze marketing opportunities
· Develop marketing strategies and marketing mixes
· Global marketing
· Social responsibility and marketing ethics
3. Mobilising People / Human Resources
· Manage the human resources of organizations in the
South African context
· Establish employment relations and equity
· Labour relations dynamics / LRA
4. Strategic Implementation
· Systems thinking and decision making
· Organizational structures
· Management structures and management roles
· Tactical planning
· Tactical and operational control
· Implementation of strategic projects and decision making
· Integrated management systems
5. Financial and Management Accounting
· Essentials of financial accounting and control systems
· Financial analysis and working capital management
· Cost-volume-profit analysis and management accounting techniques
· Costing systems that facilitate planning and control decisions
· Relevant costs for decision making and capital investment planning
6. Economics for Business
· The method and scope of economics
· Formulate a demand and supply curve
· Construct a macro-economic model
· Develop an articulated view about the forces of economic growth,
employment, inflation and external stability
Results All the above subjects = Passed
Period 2003-2004

5. EMPLOYMENT
Position Seaman in the SANDF
Company South African Defense Force
Responsibilities
-Basic training for 3 months
-Referance back to page 3
-Becoming better and more experienced sailor
Reason for Leaving Finished the two year contract
Period 2006 – mid 2008
Position
Senior Buyer
(Reported Directly to the Manufacturing Director)
Company Videx Mining Product
Responsibilities
- Purchasing of all Raw Material required by Production estimated value of
R10 Mil – R 15 Mil per month. Order placing on steel Mills for a window
period of 3 months at least depending on stock and order fluctuation.
- Responsible for the management and control of all procurement of
consumables and maintenance spares as requires from the production
plan, ensure that the correct specifications are used.
- Performs expediting of all outstanding orders.
- Control stocks to set levels on a daily basis, production tooling / high -
Valued items issued from a register and analysed on a monthly basis to
compare efficiency and cost saving where relevant
- Assisting the storemen with issuing of items from the store and relevant
areas. With strict control measures and systems
- Placing and verify telephonic orders and verify prices on orders.
- Liaise with all levels of management regarding related aspects of
operation of Videx and the requirements for the future.
Obtain quotes to ensure optimum cost effectiveness of all purchases i.e.
a) Best price
b) Best quality
c) Best service
d) Correct documentation
- Performs all other duties that Management may require from time to time.
- Records Production & Maintenance consumables stock levels to be
checked and maintained on Mondays and Wednesdays every week, or
when needed.
- Ensures that all orders generated will be signed of by either the Factory
Manager or the Manufacturing Director
- Cost saving ideas and Implementation of the systems. Every year over 2.2
million was saved by the new systems

6. EMPLOYMENT
- Quality Representative for the ISO 2008-2014 system and implementation
and effective flow of the system and its requirements.
Reason for Leaving
Promotion to Factory Manager as no new Managers staid longer than six
months before they ran away.
Period 2008 - Current
Position Factory Manager and production planner
Company Videx Mining Products
Responsibilities
- All the above mentioned responsibilities are still part of my current
responsibilities
- Human Resources function like Chairman of hearings, defending staff
when requested, handling dismissals , being the company’s representative
during the hearings.
- Ensuring that production flow of material is constant and the production
through put is always around 97% including breakdowns. 100%(will be
part of an ideal world)
- Chairman of the Health and safety meetings, ensuring that all that was
discussed are implemented and captured
- HOD of the purchasing department and the QC department.
- Daily production analysis and Process/production scrap analysis
- Purchasing of all Raw Material required by Production estimated value of
R10 Mil – R 15 Mil per month. Order placing on steel Mills for a window
period of 3 months at least depending on stock and order fluctuation.
- Weekly planning and constantly ensuring that the correct product is
produced. Monthly avg unit output is 800 000 units in various form and
type
- Cost saving on peeling / threadrolling / taps and drills and gloves by using
strict control systems and managing each variable that could influence
reduction in production
- Responsible for management and control of the production department
(roof bolt plant), which includes labour related issues.
- Assist where necessary with the production planning with the Production
Manager and the Dispatch manger and relevant supervisors to meet
customer order requirements.
- Liaises with the Buyer, Production Managers / Production Supervisors /
Foremen to ensure that the correct levels of all work-in-progress are
maintained, enabling complete flexibility of production and product
assemblies with optimum machine utilization. This ensures customer’s
requirements are met with regard to safety, quality and punctual delivery.

7. I am a motivated, hard working individual with good leadership skills. I can work unsupervised and I
am also a team player. I am keen to learn new skills and willing to put in the extra hours to get the
results needed. Knowledge is power and I have reached my current limit of growth. I would be
honoured to grow with a company that is serious about growth
- Implementing the Quality policy, that requires a high standard of
housekeeping relevant to the nature of the industry.
- Ensures that working conditions are safe for all employees at all working
areas.
- Ensures that discipline is maintained at a high standard and that the
disciplinary code is communicated throughout the entire factory.
- Ensures that a healthy working relationship is maintained between
management, shop stewards and labour force.
- Reports to the Operations Director
- Raises Non-conformance reports where necessary. If an NCR was raised
by the Quality manager, it is the responsibility of the Factory Manager to
ensure that the NCR is processed and gets final approval.
- Process NCR’S received from Quality & Safety Manager and raise GRV’S
form on defective Raw Material.
- Compiles summary of Production Statistics and presents it to the
Operations Director.
- Document control; issue of quality documents and amendments are part of
his responsibility.
- Liaises with the maintenance department.
- Performs periodic reviews on quality procedures to verify the applicability
and effectiveness of the quality management system.
- Manage the scrap measurement and control the removal of the
containers.
- Works in close liaison with the Operations Director on the Monthly
Production Plan from which all raw material purchases are generated.
Reason for Leaving
Seriously looking for a more challenging experience and to gain as much as
possible knowledge during my stay.