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FG Adriaanse

FG Adriaanse

Packhouse Manager

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location of FG AdriaanseStellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

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  • About me

    Chief Executive Officer - Adagin Technologies (Pty) Ltd.

  • Education

    • Paarl Gimnasium

      2008 - 2010
      High School Maths, Physical Sciences, Accounting, English, Afrikaans, Biology, Life Orientation 79% Average

      Activities and Societies: Played Rugby for the school in Winter and did High Jump for Athletics in Summer

    • Stellenbosch University/Universiteit Stellenbosch

      2015 - 2017
      Master’s Degree Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management

      I recently finished my Masters degree at the University of Stellenbosch. The Masters degree consists of a full research thesis on investigating the feasibility of reusing a wine bottle in the South African domestic market. The thesis required a decision support tool to be developed in order to assist managers of a case company to make an informed decision on whether or not to reuse one of their wine brands in South Africa.

    • Stellenbosch University/Universiteit Stellenbosch

      2014 - 2014
      Honours Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management 72.5% Average

      Activities and Societies: Served as Majuba Residential Committee Member, 2014 Was in the top 10 in my class for the Logistics honors degree. Covered a broad range of logistics subjects such as International and Inter-modal logistics, Optimization, Forecasting and Logistics Management.Honors Thesis: 'Supply Chain Opportunity Assessment for Lutzville Wine Cellars'; Research included using a well renowned Logistics Framework called 'SCOR Framework' in order to assess and evaluate the supply chain of the subject wine cellar with other participating wine cellars in… Show more Was in the top 10 in my class for the Logistics honors degree. Covered a broad range of logistics subjects such as International and Inter-modal logistics, Optimization, Forecasting and Logistics Management.Honors Thesis: 'Supply Chain Opportunity Assessment for Lutzville Wine Cellars'; Research included using a well renowned Logistics Framework called 'SCOR Framework' in order to assess and evaluate the supply chain of the subject wine cellar with other participating wine cellars in the South African wine industry and recommend improvements where needed. Show less

    • University of Stellenbosch

      2011 - 2013
      Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management, financial management

    • European Business School Oestrich-Winkel

      2015 -
      Master’s Degree Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management 92.8% (Deutsch 1,4)

      Activities and Societies: Member of the international community Team leader for group projects with international team members Attended the European Business School (EBS) in Germany for an exchange semester in partnership with the University of Stellenbosch. Gained great experience with different cultures, living in a foreign country as well as being more independent. While on exchange, I made a great contribution to my Logistics Masters degree, while traveling the European continent and perfecting my German language capabilities.

    • EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht

      2015 - 2015
      Master's degree Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management 1.4

      Activities and Societies: Semester exchange to the European Business School, Frankfurt are, Germany for my Master's degree

    • EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht

      2015 - 2015
      Master's degree Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management 1.4

      6 months Exchange program with the European Business School in the Frankfurt area, Germany

    • EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht

      2015 - 2015
      Master's degree Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management 1.4

      Activities and Societies: Semester exchange to the European Business School, Frankfurt are, Germany for my Master's degree

  • Experience

    • Thornriver Creek Estate

      Nov 2013 - Jan 2014
      Packhouse Manager

      Worked as Packhouse manager at Thornriver Creek Estate for exporting grapes to Europe, China and United Kingdom. My Job description included the following; Responsible for managing 150 - 200 workers, keeping productivity at a optimum level, managing packaging materials, handling grape inspections and documentation for exports while discussing export programmes with international clients.

    • Dole Food Company

      Nov 2014 - Dec 2014
      Grape Contractor

      Worked at Dole SA in the grape export department for two months to gain experience in the table grape industry. Went on harbor visits in Cape Town as well as Rotterdam Harbor in the Netherlands. I did a lot of field work on the farms in the Upington region while doing operations and planning in the head offices in Durbanville for a comprehensive experience in the field of export logistics in the fruit industry.

    • Adagin Technologies

      Aug 2016 - now

      Managing Adagin Technologies requires constant improvement of our products and systems. My role is focused on production of our products in South Africa and managing the finances of our company. In the past year of 2017 we have added new product lines to our business and we are planning on bringing new high impact technologies to the South African agricultural market in 2018.

      • Chief Executive Officer

        Aug 2016 - now

      • Managing Director

        Aug 2016 - now

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Sage Pastel

      Sage

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to FG Adriaanse
      Winner of Launchlab's Knowledge Acceleration Program Innovus - The Launchlab Oct 2016 The Knowledge Acceleration Program from the launchlab gave participants the opportunity to pitch their businesses to a panel of investors at the end of the course. My business idea of making and selling the 'Picking Harness' was the winning idea of the evening and in return our business received a 3 month incubation period within the Launchlab as well as R15 000 prize money to invest in our business