Company director; Production & Design Director; Project Manager
February 2009 – December 2010
Johannesburg
Company director; Production & Design Director; Project Manager
February 2009 – December 2010
Johannesburg
Overview
In June 2008 the opportunity arose to produce eco-friendly furniture for the 2010 FIFA World Cup to be hosted in South Africa. A collaboration between Zukarra and Lightworks Imaging won the contract in December of the same year. It was agreed with FIFA for contractual ease that a new business be formed under the name Lightworks Innovations.
Roles and responsibilities:
Production and team management – engineering and production of furniture items; mass production of these items for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup; training of the various implementation teams around the country.
In preparation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup we also secured the contract for all stadia directional signage and specialised décor elements.
Design & engineering, production, logistics, team management – full design and engineering direction, internal & outsourced production management; overseeing all logistics and implementation functions for the 10 stadia; motivate, direct and manage implementation teams.
Over 150 items making up a total 16000 units, totaling more than $10.5M in sales, were distributed to 10 stadia across the country for implementation over a 4-6 week period.
- Production management
- Project management
- Logistics management
- Design management
- Training and implementation
- Supplier analysis and negotiation
- Business unit budget management
- Team-building
- People management
Clients
Adidas (Clothing, Germany); Budweiser (FMCG beverages, USA); Castrol (Motor Oil, South Africa); Coca Cola (FMCG beverages, USA); Continental (Tyres, South Africa); FIFA (Football, Switzerland); Match Hospitality (Event Hospitality, Germany); MTN (Mobile Telecommunications, South Africa); VISA (Financial Services, USA)
