Kurtis Coetzee

Experience

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  Lyttleton Engineering Works

  Jan 1982 - Dec 1989

  Senior Procurement Officer

  I started my career in Project & Process Management.Major projects were the following:Acquisition Management of the development of a new generation canon. Development procurement of various military conceptsIndustrialising the main weapon and turret of the G6 fighting vehicle

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  Maritime Management and Technology Services

  Jan 1990 - Dec 1990

  Project Management

  I was employed as Project Engineer, with major duties to manage the development and manufacture of state of the art ship equipment. The contract was cancelled at the end of 1990, due to lack of funding.

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  Technowledge Systems and Project Management

  Jan 1991 - Apr 1994

  Director

  I grew from employment to Director Status in the three years.My skills were marketed as Systems Project Manager where the concerns were on budget, on brief and on time.My duties were to generate product and system specifications and to design and implement highly technical projects.Technowledge gave me the perfect baseline for starting my own concern.

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  KC Project Management

  May 1994 - Oct 2000

  Proprietor

  Most of the contracts were based on military type projects in the recearch and development field

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  Sustainable Villages Africa

  Nov 2000 - May 2007

  Director

  Administrative director, responsible for personnel management, financial management and project administation management

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  Moving Violation Systems

  May 2007 - Dec 2009

  Head of Operations and Projects

  My post was about managing process flow in 'n high volume production requirement. There were five divisions that determined the company profit line, which was highly dependant on people skills and IT capability. My goals were to maximise productivity by mens of innovative improvement concepts. My biggest challenge was to keep up the company and customer reporting within a dynamic production environment.The other part of my portfolio was to manage the projects department, with the goal to implement the new development ideas to improve production. Show less

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  IQuote Trading

  Dec 2009 - Aug 2011

  Professional Market Trader

  I was trading equity mainly on the FTSE100 en SPX500 markets for own gain.I also gave training to new traders.

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  WYZE Educational Publishers

  Jun 2010 - Aug 2011

  Sales CEO (in training)

  I was breaking new ground with the marketing of a new configuration workbooks to primary schools throughout South Africa.

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  DeVere South Africa

  Sept 2011 - May 2012

  Sales Consultant

  deVere are the world's largest, independent, financial consultancy who specialize in providing advice to international investors, or the expatriate community. Our head office is in Zurich but I an based at our office in Sandton, Johannesburg. As a company, we deal with all aspects of tax efficient savings and investments. This can range from basic offshore savings, retirements planning, education fee planning, portfolio and general asset management, right through to the transferal of UK pensions offshore.The main focus of my role is to help our Clients and people we meet, analyse their financial position and from this simply highlight any areas in which we feel improvements can be made.The main reasons for our success is that we only deal with the largest fund management groups in the world and because we are an independent global company we offer only independent unbiased advise. Our claim to fame is our level of service we offer and large emphasis we place on the security of other people's money. Show less

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  Clifford Scott Offshore

  Apr 2012 - Dec 2013

  Offshore Advisor

  Clifford Scott Offshore Inc (CSO) is a privately owned firm specialising in Corporate Legal Consulting, Risk Management Services and Wealth Creation Services for mid-tier to large corporate companies and high net worth individuals across Africa.Our focus and passion towards providing specialist services has built Clifford Scott Offshore Inc (CSO) a reputation of service excellence and innovative solutions, as we strive to built a trusted brand in our niche market.Our core aim is to focus on the needs of our clients first, by asking the right questions before offering our tailor made solutions. Thus offering the right solution to your business at the right time. We pride ourselves on fast turn-around time, building partnership relationships and our client driven focus on accurate and effective advice and services. Show less

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  Innocentrix

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

  Project Manager

  I was contracted to transform the company to become project orientated.

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  KCPM

  Dec 2013 - now

  Proprietor

  My project management qualification (in the 1980’s, which was pre-qualification and certificate era) was by on-the-job training and mentorship at Littleton Engineering Works (Pty) Ltd (an Armscor affiliate) who practiced Earned Value Project Management as a standard procedure, using the US Department of Defence documented standards. I later collaborated with Professor Lionel Smalley to review the Project Management syllabi introduced to UNISA which was one of the institutions to offer courses and degrees in Project Management. As a project manager I have more than 20 years’ experience.My basic skills are the following:• Working with people• The generation of project legal and systems type documentation • The capability to draw up workable schedules that represent accurate forecasts of planed work. • The capability to work effectively as an individual in situations of uncertainty. • The implementation of lateral thinking practices as a project management tool. • A successful project manager. I have the reputation of completing quality projects on brief, on time and within budget. • Systems management for concerns. • Strong in the using of all project management computer software • Fluent in all MS Office Professional software (including database software)o Fluent in MS Project and Project Scheduler (PS Next) – able to use any project management software, because I understand the philosophy thereof.Specialties: My ability to work in a dynamic multi-disciplinary environment and to act fast on new implementation ideas.My ability to work with people and to act firmly on disciplinary issues.My project management experience is in multi- disciplinary environments Show less

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  Innocentrix (Pty) Ltd

  Nov 2014 - Jul 2015

  Contracted: Head Operations and Projects

  Operations planning and managementProjects planning and managementI completed a project on 20 February 2015 which encompassed the the complete management of a two-day conference for Innocentrix, known as Innovation Live, which was regarded a great success. This achievement was reached in only 11 weeks and was completed within budget, on time and according to brief.

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  John Ernest Fogwell & Associates

  Jul 2015 - May 2017

  Office Manager

  JEF&A is a law firm mainly practicing, but not limited to, the following activities:Trust and Company registrations offshore (Mauritius) and locallyEstate planning and Estate Late managementLitigation and Mitigation managementDebt recoveryGeneral office managementI use my project management and operations management experience to resolve law issues.

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  JTL Suppliers (also Kopanong Suppliers)

  May 2017 - now

  Business Manager

  Kopanong is a company who supplies school books, teaching aids and stationery to primary and secondary schools in the Gauteng area.The business is about agents who collects requisitions from schools for which the company quotes. When the quote is accepted the goods are procured and delivered to the clients.The management of the business is to control the entire process from planning the operations until the money is banked and everything in-between.