Vernon Jacobs

Experience

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  South African Airways Technical

  Jun 2001 - May 2004

  Major Maintenance Experience at D-Checks in all electrical maintenance of system on broad body(747) aircraft.Experience at C-Checks in all electrical maintenance of system on narrow body(737) aircraft. Improved Technical Knowledge of Electrical systems theory.Practical Experience in Major maintenance(systems troubling shooting, and wiring and Major power), Electrical Workshops(component level repair/overhaul).Obtained Trade Certificate

  • Aviation Electrician

    Sept 2003 - May 2004

  • Apprentice - Aviation Electrician

    Jun 2001 - Sept 2003
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  South African Airways Technical

  Nov 2004 - Nov 2012

  Manage Cross Function Sourcing Teams: Ensure Project planning Setting achieveable Targets/Dealines Co-ordinate Team roles and responsibilitiesProject Management: Chair regular CFST meetings Compile Motivations/Submittions Compile Tender documents Compile Tender Evaluations Ensure conformance to Legislation & Policy Cost AnalysisContract/Supplier management responsibilities: Initial Contract Negotiations Benchmarking Contract performance management Conflict resolutionTypes on Contract/Tenders: Aircraft Specific Tooling & Equipment Supply of Various Consumables Service Agreements with OEM’s Supply of Safety EquipmentSupervisory roles and responsibilities: On-the-Job training/Coaching General supervisory role Show less Obtain QuoationsGenerating Purchase orders on SAPProduct / Market researchCompiling Technical specificationsSupplier managementDesign and Development of Information/Data Management System (Including Purchase Details Recording, Purchase Information Report, Cost and Expenditure Reporting, Vendor Information Recording, Outstanding Order Reporting, etc)Purchasing of Tooling/Machinery/Equipment.Creating RFQ’s , Issuing Purchase orders, Tracking deliveries.SAP / R3 Ordinance and Material Management Course Show less

  • Senior Analyst

    Feb 2008 - Nov 2012

  • Buyer

    Mar 2005 - Feb 2008

  • Technician

    Nov 2004 - Mar 2005
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  BAW South Africa

  Nov 2012 - Feb 2017

  Systems developmentDatabase developmentReporting systemsData Modeling/ForecastingIn addition to previous portfolio. Sales Functions:Supervise Sales DepartmentMonitor and Report SalesParts Pricing ReviewCompile Sales PolicyCompile Sales Department ProcessLiase with Internal/External AuditorsEstablish Online Sales PortalWarehousing Functions:Establish Parts WarehouseEstablish Parts Processing System (Barcoding)Compile Parts Warehouse ProcessCo-Ordinate Stock TakesManagement Functions:On-the-Job training/CoachingGeneral supervisory role

  • Manager Business Intelligence

    Aug 2016 - Feb 2017

  • Parts Marketing Manager

    Nov 2012 - Jul 2016
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  Easy Rent (BAW South Africa Group)

  Mar 2017 - May 2019

  Technology Manager / Senior Developer

  Manage all internal and third party developmentsManage Asset Protection Systems (GPS Monitoring)Manage Business intelligence servicesProjects: Client Acquisition System - Third Party: Develop/Implement a system to handle (1) Vehicle finance applications at motor dealerships, (2) Evaluation of Customer Details through credit check and vehicle usage criteria, (3) Contract Generation Easy Rent Management System - Internal: (1) Contract/Vehicle/Customer Management, (2) Debit Collections Management include VOIP, (3) Insurance Management including VOIP, (4) Vehicle Repossession Management, (5) Customer Care Call Centre including VOIP (6) Management Reporting and Analysis. Show less

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  Britehouse

  May 2018 - May 2018

  Senior Developer
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  Britehouse

  Jun 2019 - Jun 2021

  Senior Developer/Product Owner

  Product owner/Senior Developer in a Devops team. Handling new development and all current operational issues in a large scale digital platform for sports broadcaster Supersport.Managing Azure subscription with over 1k resources. With technologies across VB, C#, ASP. NET, Ruby, Java, Php (Laravel) to newer Azure Tech - Logic Apps, Function Apps, Azure Search, CosmosDb and API manage (to mention a few)

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  FNZ Group

  Jul 2021 - Oct 2024

  • Technical Lead

    Jul 2022 - Oct 2024

  • Developer

    Jul 2021 - Jun 2022
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  Entelect

  Nov 2024 - now

  Technical Lead

  Technical Lead supporting delivery of customer projects