Daniel Patching
Bombay,AUK
Summary
Dynamic Project Manager with strong communication skills and an innate ability to understand and motivate diverse teams. Proven track record in delivering projects on time and within budget while maintaining customer focus. Exceptional at building relationships, fostering collaboration, and navigating complex stakeholder expectations. Known for a detail-oriented approach and a commitment to achieving targets, making significant contributions to team success in both steel and sales industries.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Factory and Install Manager
Elite Kitchens
04.2024 - Current
- Safety and Wellbeing – Weekly toolbox meetings to ensure employees are compliant with policies and procedures as well as develop and implement audits that focus on hazard identification, housekeeping, and feedback
- People Leadership – To create and maintain company moral through engaging, motivating, coaching, and developing people
- Ensuring employees are skilled and and that skills are developed to complete their tasks and duties
- Quality Performance – Identify, develop, and implement an inbuilt quality process to ensure all assembly operations meet agreed quality standards and provide weekly reports
- Planning – Ensure there is an alignment between Pre-production, Machine Shop, Assembly, and installation when on agreed deadlines and to make sure jobs have strategy to meet budget hours
- Reporting – H&S incident investigation and toolbox meetings
- People performance check-in, records of discussion and well as reporting on time and hour variance, reworks by customer and actions to eliminate errors
- Core Competencies – Ability to prioritize workload, Analytical thinking, financial acumen, customer service, conflict management and resolution, problem solving and strategy thinking
- General troubleshooting of all Machines, errors and programming
- Checking plans are accurate according to site measure and specifications
- Checking orders are placed correctly
- Assisting sales staff with new leads
- Site measures of all Jobs and handover to sales staff
- Scheduling installation of Jobs
- Leasing with clients around site requirements and or work needing to be done
- Site inspections during and after installation of project has been completed
- Dealing with all customer quires and issues
- Making sure payments are allocated and have been invoiced
Production Manager
Kitchen Mania
10.2022 - 03.2024
- Safety and Wellbeing – Weekly toolbox meetings to ensure employees are compliant with policies and procedures as well as develop and implement audits that focus on hazard identification, housekeeping, and feedback
- People Leadership – To create and maintain company morals through engaging, motivating, coaching, and developing people
- Ensuring employees are skilled and and that skills are developed to complete their tasks and duties
- Quality Performance – Identify, develop, and implement an inbuilt quality process to ensure all assembly operations meet agreed quality standards and provide weekly reports
- Planning – Ensure there is an alignment between Pre-production, Machine Shop, Assembly, and installation when on agreed deadlines and to make sure jobs have strategy to meet budget hours
- Reporting – H&S incident investigation and toolbox meetings
- People performance check-in, records of discussion and well as reporting on time and hour variance, reworks by customer and actions to eliminate errors
- Core Competencies – Ability to prioritize workload, Analytical thinking, financial acumen, customer service, conflict management and resolution, problem solving and strategy thinking
- Run and operate all machines CNC, Edge bander, Beam Saw
- General troubleshooting of all Machines, errors and programming
- Loading of board codes into the Board Store
- Daily programming of Jobs as well as pre stacking boards for next day
- Detailing kitchens and loading onto the system for programming
- Making sure all remedial work is done and ready for installers
Production Manager
Greenmount Interiors
10.2020 - 09.2022
- Safety and Wellbeing – Weekly toolbox meetings to ensure employees are compliant with policies and procedures as well as develop and implement audits that focus on hazard identification, housekeeping, and feedback
- People Leadership – To create and maintain company moral through engaging, motivating, coaching, and developing people
- Ensuring employees are skilled and and that skills are developed to complete their tasks and duties
- Quality Performance – Identify, develop, and implement an inbuilt quality process to ensure all assembly operations meet agreed quality standards and provide weekly reports
- Planning – Ensure there is an alignment between Pre-production, Machine Shop, Assembly, and installation when on agreed deadlines and to make sure jobs have strategy to meet budget hours
- Costs – Track labor hours by job line and ensure that budget targets are met
- Monitor reworks and implement strategies to eliminate cause across all departments
- Reporting – H&S incident investigation and toolbox meetings
- People performance check-in, records of discussion and well as reporting on time and hour variance, reworks by customer and actions to eliminate errors
- Core Competencies – Ability to prioritize workload, Analytical thinking, financial acumen, customer service, conflict management and resolution, problem solving and strategy thinking
Assembly Team Leader
Greenmount Interiors
09.2019 - 10.2020
- Installation of Cabinetry on site when required
- Help manage changes onsite and in factory environment
- Implementation
- Assist in the shipping of finished goods and ensuring received and shipping schedules are followed accurately
- Ensure goods are completed on time to meet delivery dates
- Complete DIFOTIS reports
- Maintain and operate tools and equipment, ensuring that all tools and machinery are used as per the manufacturing instructions
- Assisting in monthly stock takes
- Assist in the management of quality issues so that they are not repeated and provide feedback to management
- Maintain safety in the workplace and ensure team members abide to rules and guidelines
Contracted Sales Manager, Manufacturing and Sales Manager
EGR Auto
07.2017 - 12.2019
- Sales Executive
- Canvassing for New Clients
- Market Research on new innovations in colours and boards
- Help management in forthcoming products and discuss on special promotions and ideas
- Review performance and aim at exceeding their targets
- Provide accurate feedback on future buying trends
- Quoting on Cut and Edge cut list
- Production Schedules
- Planning production schedule, production cutting list, production timelines and machine maintaining schedules, worker schedules and budget maintenance schedules and quality of products
- Ensure that receiving of Goods and delivery schedules are followed accurately
- Manufacturing of material, the assembly and design of the specific requirements of our clients
Cabinet Maker and Installer
Peter Hay Kitchens
01.2019 - 09.2019
- Installation of Cabinetry on site
- Making sure all goods delivered are correct and according to the plans
- Cabinet making in the factory when needed
- Completing all remedial work for Peter Hay Kitchens
- Installation Manager for upcoming project
Independent Business Owner
Living Creations
12.2015 - 01.2019
- Company Overview: Designing and Installation of Kitchens, BIC, Vanities and Floors
- Discuss, Inform and Design client’s needs to determine their specific requirements and appropriate materials to be used
- Create quote and time estimates for each Client
- Making and installing project time frame and have them approved by customers
- Ordering of all materials and supplies for the Job as well as hiring the Correct machines for the job
- Create a cutting list, then shape and cut wood and other materials according to size specifications and ensure that they are finished to Standards
- Assemble all material together according to plans and ensure that they are properly fixed together
- Clear all spaces where cabinets need to be installed and positioned Appropriately, check your levels and attach cabinets into place
- Clean work area and cabinets for clients
- Designing and Installation of Kitchens, BIC, Vanities and Floors
Regional Sales Manager, DIY Manager, Trade & Export Manager
Sembel-It Kitchens
01.2009 - 09.2012
- Overseeing of five branches in the Sembel-it group
- Duties such as Sales Reviews, manager meetings, scheduling of fitters and meeting, customer Complaints, Site inspections and sign offs
- Day to day running of the Sembel-it DIY section
- This involved stock Control, Stock ordering, Banking of funds, Staff meetings and quality Control of goods received
- Day to day running of trade and installation department
- This involved Quoting, Invoicing, Ordering, Dispatching, Organization of installation to be done
- Overseeing installations, site sign offs
- Help with unforeseen fitting Issues on site
- Overseeing the export department by managing and checking quotes, Invoices, shipping of goods and final payment
Education
N4 Theory, N6 Practical - Micro Controlling Diploma
Nakfa Collage
01.1999
N3 - Electronic Engineering, Math's, Trade Theory, Drafting
Roodepoort College
01.1998
Skills
- Project management
- Client-Centric Approach
- Effective Team Contributor
- Problem-Solving Acumen
- Financial acumen
- Conflict management and resolution
- Strategic Thinking
- Scheduling coordination
- Workflow optimization
- Estimating
- Sales forecasting
- Recruitment and hiring
- Professionalism
- Safety compliance
- Planning and design
- Risk management
- Logistics coordination
- Key account development
- Sales team training
- Sales operation
- KPI analysis
- Cold calling
- Customer journey mapping
- Profitability optimization
- Sales process
- Staff management
- Review of contracts
Certification
- Test and Tag Certified
- Hoist License
- Risk management ,Site safe.
- Advanced selling techniques
- Winner Design program certification
Languages
- English
- Afrikaans
References
- Jay Kay, Owner, Jay Kay Pro, 0225251155, jaykaypro.com@gmail.com
- Henry Morgenrood, Pre-Production manager, Greenmount Interiors, 0212842273, henrym@greenmount.co.nz
- Andrew Prince, Site foreman, Greenmount Interiors, 021746266, andrewp@greenmount.co.nz
- Greg Arnold, General Manager, Kitchen Mania, 021977260, greg@kitchenmania.co.nz
Hobbies and Interests
- Home – Design and Manufacture of Interior.
- People Person – keen interest in the wellbeing of others.
- Event Management.
- Music – Playing and Listening.
- Youth Ministries.
- Action Cricket – Played Provisional cricket for Gauteng.
- Karate – Represented New Zealand at the 2024 World Cup in Australia.
Validdriverlicense
Full New Zealand Driver License
Timeline
Factory and Install Manager
Elite Kitchens
04.2024 - Current
Production Manager
Kitchen Mania
10.2022 - 03.2024
Production Manager
Greenmount Interiors
10.2020 - 09.2022
Assembly Team Leader
Greenmount Interiors
09.2019 - 10.2020
Cabinet Maker and Installer
Peter Hay Kitchens
01.2019 - 09.2019
Contracted Sales Manager, Manufacturing and Sales Manager
EGR Auto
07.2017 - 12.2019
Independent Business Owner
Living Creations
12.2015 - 01.2019
Regional Sales Manager, DIY Manager, Trade & Export Manager
Sembel-It Kitchens
01.2009 - 09.2012
N4 Theory, N6 Practical - Micro Controlling Diploma
Nakfa Collage
N3 - Electronic Engineering, Math's, Trade Theory, Drafting
Roodepoort College
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