Barbara Golds
bgolds8@gmail.com
Tel: 07506 517445

Summary of Experience

Experienced, motivated and enthusiastic individual, with over 9 years’ experience working within the general haulage/transport industry with 2 years assisting the transport manager.
International and national Transport Manager Certificate of Professional competence in road haulage.
A confident driver, with experience driving automatic, semi auto and manual Lorries, skeletal trailers for freight containers, curtain sides, flatbed and refrigerated.
Confident when requested to assume additional responsibilities and happy to encompass change.
I am a non smoker. I have a clean driving licence, DQC and digital tacho card.

Key Skills

•Transport Assistant – planning Europe wide transport and sourcing documentation for Rolls Royce Motor Cars
•Assisting Transport manager in the day to day running of the business
•Confident driver, with LGV Class 1 and 2, car and motorcycle licence.
•The ability to communicate at all levels and keep all parties well informed
•Confident and successful in any supervisory role
•Ability to stay calm and empathise with members of the public in difficult circumstances

Career History

Doorstep Delivery driver (Milkman) for Muller in Chichester
Feb 2017 – Present
•Delivering Milk and goods to over 270 customers homes 6 nights a week
•Billing and collection of monies from customers, banking daily

6 month contract, working as a Transport Planner, Best-log, Bognor Regis
JUNE 2016 – FEB 2017
•Planning and organizing European transportation of high value motor cars including Rolls Royce
•Completing Quotes as requested for cars to be transported.
•Planning the weekly schedule for 10 HGV drivers, in UK and Europe.

HGV CLASS 1 DRIVER / ASSISTANT TRANSPORT MANAGER
DEC 2010 – JUNE 2016
SYNCREON AUTOMOTIVE, ‘Tupe’ Vantec Europe, Bognor Regis
•Assisting the transport manager with day to day running duties
•HGV driver responsible for delivering high value parts to Rolls Royce within specific deadlines.
•Responsible for overseeing the day to day quality issues of high value parts for Rolls Royce motor cars, including investigating and completing Non Conformance Reports and assisting the plant / operations manager with various administrative responsibilities.

HGV CLASS 2 DELIVERY DRIVER
JUNE 2008 – NOV 2010
Delivery of chilled milk in cages to Tesco supermarkets in across the south west of England.
•Driving 13 and 26 ton, rear steering fridge Lorries to deliver milk and collect the empty cages.
•Meeting members of the public and workers on a daily basis

HGV CLASS 1 & 2 AGENCY DRIVER
APRIL 2007 – JUNE 2008
GK DRIVERS, SOUTHAMPTON
Working part time for GK Drivers agency in Southampton. I have worked for various companies in Southampton, Portsmouth and surrounding areas.

Achievements
•LGV Class 1 driving various manual and automatic Lorries. With different trailers, including skeletal for freight containers, curtain sides and refrigerated.
•LGV Class 2 including, curtain sides, flat bed and refrigerated.
•Delivering and collecting freight containers, pallets, frozen and dry foods, building materials, recycling paper and metal.

ORTHODONTIC RECEPTIONIST
FEB 2005 – JUNE 2008
DR MOIRA BROWN, HAVANT
Working as a part time receptionist / secretary in a busy Orthodontic Practice.
Meeting members of the public and their children.

Achievements
•Arranging appointments, typing letters, filing and keeping check on the continuous changes within the NHS system.

FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER
SEPT 2002 – MAR 2005
Employed by various large organisations in primary PR assignments, also regularly requested to officiate at weddings.

Achievements
•Business set–up and management
•Website design and ongoing updating

DEPUTY PICTURE EDITOR
APRIL 2001 – SEPT 2002
THE NEWS, PORTSMOUTH, HANTS
Responsible for the coordination and management of the picture input from eight photographers, working to extremely tight deadlines and with a requirement to attend regular daily conferences to assist in the determination of all the news picture content.

Achievements
•Established and developed the photographic department of a subsidiary newspaper, “The Petersfield Post” over a period of 9 months.
•Complete re-evaluation of photographer roles and re-allocation of their individual responsibilities.

SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER (PREVIOUSLY TRAINEE)
JUN 1998 – APR 2001
THE NEWS, PORTSMOUTH, HANTS
Role encompassed the determination and scheduling of daily photographic assignments, actual picture taking, liaising with the public and subsequent processing and developing. Assessment of priorities and the submission of a final set of work packages to the picture desk.

Achievements
•Attainment of the NCTJ National certificate in Press Photography
•Whilst still a trainee, took on the role of Acting picture editor for 3 months, with the added responsibility of 3 library staff as well as 8 photographers.

FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER
SEPT 1994 – JUN 1998
Employed by various large organisations in primarily PR assignments, freelanced for The News (in Portsmouth).
•Business set-up and on going management

BUSINESS MANAGER
JUN 1985 – SEPT 1994
IG TACKLE DEVELOPMENTS, BEDHAMPTON
Total responsibility for the administration and management of all sales, marketing, payroll and accounting for the business.

EXECUTIVE CHEF (INITIALLY APPOINTED THROUGH YTS)
JUN 1981 – JUN 1985
VOSPER THORNEYCROFT, WOOLSTON, SOUTHAMPTON
Responsible for the preparation and presentation of all meals served in the executive dining room.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

COMPUTING

Application software – Navman Telematics
– Soloplus Digital tachograph software

Office systems – Microsoft office
– Microsoft Excel

EDUCATION

International and national Transport Manager Certificate of Professional competence in road haulage exams. (2016)
6 CSE levels (1981)
Catering 706-1,706-2 (1982/83)
Touch Typing / word processing (1988/89)
Accountancy & Book keeping (1986/87)
RSA Counselling Skills (1997/98)
NCTJ Press Photography including, law, caption writing and technical skills

INTERESTS

Golf, Motor cycling, jogging, cycling, fishing, sailing and reading