1. CURRICULUM VITAE
M.M. (MADS) VENTER
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2. PERSONAL DETAILS
Full Names: Martha Magdalena Venter
Aka Mads Venter
Home Address: No. 141 Sessil Road
Benoni, AH
Contact Details: +27 72 381 3236
Date of Birth: 06 February 1972
Nationality: South African
Marital status: Married
Dependants: 2 Sons, 12yrs and 16yrs
Health: GOOD
Driver’s License: Code 08
Language: English and Afrikaans
Speak; Read; Write
Education: Matric 1989
Helpmekaar Hoërskool (1985-87)
(Boarding School)
& Edenvale Hoërskool (1987-89)
Extra: 1990 – Witwatersrand Technicon
Legal Secretarial & Office Management
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3. Other Training: Telephone & Etiquette skills training; Audio Visual
Commercial Techniques training; NOSA
Occupational Health and Safety/ SHE
Champion/Co-ordinator (DuPont); First Aid Level
II; 6 Sigma; Data capturing for 1999 Elections (IEC)
volunteer.
Computer Literacy: DOS; XYZWrite; D-Base; Lotus; MultiMate;
Windows 3.1/95/97/NT; Winzip; CorelDraw7;
Omni-Page Scanning software; Adobe; IMSI
Graphics; Excel; Word; Power-point;
Outlook(email; calendar; contacts etc);
Photoshop; All Graphics programs; Internet;
Adobe Scan to text etc.; SAP Accounting and
Human Resources; Caterpillar Network Security
Functions; DODS Reports program; ISO/ETQ
Quality Control systems; Internal Auditing;
DuPont Safety Programs and Systems; VIP Payrolls
system; Tyvek-Bartender basics; Oracle; Crystal;
SHEQ Sheims and Reliance; etc.
Membership: The Professional Secretaries’ Association of South
Africa; LinkedIn
Availability: 1 x month notice
Salary: Negotiable
Previous Job Responsibilities:
Typing; Filing; Managing and co-ordinating calendar and diaries; screening of all calls;
Dictaphone; Presentations; Business Planning; Balanced Scorecards; Liaison between
Africa Depots (Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana etc.) and
local office; Office Management; Event Co-ordination; Local/International travel
arrangements; Meeting, seminar and conference co-ordinating and presenting,
Distribution, typing and taking of minutes & agendas; Debtors; Creditors; Invoicing;
Purchase Orders/Company Buying; Banking; Wages, Salaries and clocking
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4. cards/timecards; Human Resources; Cashbook; Income and expense schedules;
Medical Aid claims; Credit card expenses; Local and foreign currency petty cash;
Managing all meeting rooms and office equipment i.e. copiers/faxes/scanners;
overhead projectors etc.; Managing and co-ordinating driver/deliveries/cleaning
staff; Stationary; Consumables; Ordering, distributing and managing PPE; SHE
Champion on site and responsible for implementing and maintaining all OHS and SHE
programmes and training; General office duties.
CAREER HISTORY:
Nasionale Pers (Die Beeld): 1992 – 1995
P.A. to Advertising MD (1992)
Promoted as P.A. to Chief Editor (1994)
Reason for leaving: Job offered at Barloworld-Equipment
Barloworld-Equipment: 1995 - 1998
(Head-office, Sandton) P.A. to Group Financial Director
And assistant to Finance Department /
Stand-in for CEO Secretary
Reason for leaving: Head hunted – offer at S.A. Breweries
Ref: Mr. Fergus Macleod (+27 82 909 2438)
S.A. BREWERIES: 1998 - 2000
Head office, Sandton Exec P.A. to Financial Director /
All general admin and secretarial tasks as
above; Maintained own dept. Budget/DODS on
SAP System; all budget presentations;
Managed and processed all purchase offers on
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5. SAP; / Health and Safety Officer for office and
Laboratory.
Reference: Mr. T.G. Walters
+27 82 828-7090 or +27 11 441-5300
Reason for leaving: Called back to Barloworld-Equipment
Barloworld-Equipment: 2000 – 2006
Isando 2000-2001 P.A. to Mining Director
2001-2006 Promoted to Exec P.A. and
Assistant to Managing Director, Construction
Reason for leaving: Establish my own company and assist
my husband with his own company –
Benmerc Trans-Plant c.c.
Reference: Mr. R.J.M. Wainwright (currently retired)
Barloworld-Equipment -Isando
Tel: +27 83 680 7770
Benmerc Trans-Plant/ 2007 – 2012
Madi V Exclusives c.c. Managing my own business; AND
Management. Doing all admin and general
office duties incl. Employment; wages;
salaries; debtors; creditors; invoicing;
income/expenses; job quotes; client liaisons;
banking; payments; cashbook etc.
Reason for leaving: Require more stability and security with our
country’s pressing economy.
Reference: Mr. Riaan Venter +24 71 482 7837
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6. PAM GOLDING (PTY) LTD 2013
EAST RAND NQ4 Licenced Property Estate Agent
Reason for leaving: No consistency
Reference: Mr. Nelson Ferreira
PANNAR SEED (PTY) LTD/ 2013 – 2015
DU PONT/PANNAR SEED Administration Specialist
Reason for leaving: No Growth opportunities and/or financial
security
Reference: Mr. Walter Gilfillan
RESPONSIBILITIES at Du Pont / Pannar Seed (Pty) Ltd
 Typing of memos, letters, confidential reports, general typing work, i.e.
spreadsheets, presentations, training programs, faxes and correspondence for
department, updating packing progress reports etc.
 Telephone systems: Switchboard and screen telephone calls, takes messages
and handles enquiries by other staff and managers for the department. Also
reporting of faults and maintaining system.
 Management of Receptionist, company driver, tea lady and gardener.
 Catering and venue arrangements for meetings, conference planning etc.
 Diary planning/updating for Factory Manager and staff meetings etc.
 Travelling and accommodation arrangements, flights, hotel and car bookings,
local and international.
 Ensure that managers’ correspondence is prioritised and that workload/offices
are organised in a neat and workable manner
 Responsible for agenda and minute taking at all meetings
 Maintain and update all site Signage, stationary and road signs.
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7.  Manage and maintain all Human Resources for all staff.
 VIP Payroll – monthly salaries, input of hours worked, manage, set up and
maintain hours via Uniclox, manage leave, staff purchases, bonuses, union
agreements, increases, overtime, shifts, dismissals, Union negotiations, deaths
claims etc. of all staff
 Manage Contractors and Vendors etc.
 Management and acquiring/buying of stock, stationary, fuel, gas, pellets,
packing materials, consumables and all PPE for Plant/site.
 Manage and control all calibrations, servicing and testing of all Pressure
Vessels, Scales, Moisture meters, Generators, Diesel Tank etc.
 Manage quality and control, of Tyvek labels and specialised printers
 Responsible for registration and licensing of forklifts, trucks and vehicles –
including tracking and maintaining kilometre statements and ABSA cards.
 Services and maintenance on all trucks, forklifts and vehicles
 Administers and maintains a filing system for Plant/site.
 Handling of, and distribution to relevant departments of logbooks, attendance
registers and monthly claims
 Responsible for maintaining, balancing and reconciling petty cash.
 Updates and maintains asset registers
 Gathering, compiling and distribution of information pertaining to relevant
Packing progress plans/information on a daily, monthly and annual basis
 Updating, maintaining and checking all seed packing recons
 Company buying, Requisitions, purchase orders and allocation of purchases
 Debtors, creditors and invoices
 Oversees allocation, processing, submission, payment and follow-up of
invoices
 Quotations and handling of purchases
 Maintaining agreements for transport contractors and all Third Party contracts
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8.  Contracts, reconciling of invoices to contracts, reconciling of payments and
account reconciling pertaining to commodity sales
 IT Support, assist with Server Management etc.
 Maintain Uniclox systems, hardware, software and services
 Maintain Lease contracts
 Completion of insurance documents
 Assists manager with updating of labour job descriptions
 Plan, submit and manage budget monthly and annually
 Compile and type monthly reports timeously (management, SHE, incident
reports etc.)
 Implement all staff training incl. Induction, all OHS training, first aider and fire
training, forklift operators annual testing and training etc.
 Responsible for capturing of Training Registers for wage earners
 Disciplinary actions: documentation, distributing of documents, hearings etc.
 Assistance to Manager in planning of continuous improvements, changes,
purchases and cost effectiveness
 Gathering of information and compiling of annual Management Review
Meeting
 Assist Manager in external audits
 Owner of master documents and handling of change requests to masters for
publication
 ISO/ETQ Quality Control System – Internal Audits and document control
 Handling of internal audit schedule
 Undertaking Internal audits
 SHE Level 5/OHSA (implementation/risk assessments/STOP Audits/first party
audits/reporting/maintaining/training/document control etc.)
Other accomplishments: Dance teacher at Arthur Murray School of Dance;
Japanese Aikido; Corporate Action Cricket Team; etc.
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