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South Coast NSW business management consultants

REGIONAL GROWTH PARTNERS PTY LTD
Your 'on call' Business Management Team

DIRECTORS

Greg Malavey — AMAMI. AFAIM.

I have a background in Business, Marketing, Advertising and Publishing spanning 32 years. Over this period I have worked and trained in Australia and overseas, with the last 21 years based in Regional Australia on the South Coast of NSW.

My experience covers Positions in Corporate Organizations, Media and owning and operating a number of my own business interests.

My consultancy work is based on the South Coast of NSW however my clients and work are more broadly based. I also have a number of Directorships covering Government, Business and Community Organizations.

The Client… do you need some help?

My aim is to help clients reach their targets and get the very best out of their opportunities, as an experienced small business operator I relate well to the needs of regional business and along with my partners offer a very flexible and competent service that is results orientated.

My client base covers: (The range of clients is varied in need and size.)

• Retailing
• Manufacturing
• Agriculture
• Club Industry
• Developers
• Service Industry
• Tourism
• Events organizers
• Publishing

Specialist Skills and Services offered

I work with clients to meet their needs, from small business to large and what ever those needs maybe. From a simple situation analysis or market research to a complete Business Plan.

• Marketing Planning
• Market Research
• Strategic Marketing
• Marketing and the WWWeb

• Business Plans
• Business Mentoring / Coaching
• Strategic Planning
• Business Expansion
• Exit Planning (Business)

• Project Management
• Publishing Projects
• Sales Management and Planning
• Motivation Work

• Advertising Planning
• Advertising Budgets
• Corporate Identity / Design
• Advertising Campaigns
• Brochure and Leaflet concept to design
• Creative / Writing – TV, Radio, Press, Internet and other

Board / Committee Positions (22.6.05)

• Chair – Federal Government's South East Area Consultative Committee (SEACC)
• Member ACC Chairs Reference Committee
• Eurobodalla Business Development Board
• Board Member - Southern Phone Co
• Board Member - Moruya Golf Club
• NRMA – Regional Panel South East NSW

Other Associations

• Australian Institute of Management
• Australian Marketing Institute
• Moruya Chamber of Commerce
• Moruya Surf Life Saving Club
• George Bass Surf Boat Marathon Group
• Eurobodalla Tourism

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Brad Pym —  B.Econ (Acctg)
 

DIRECT INDUSTRY EXPERTISE OR EXPERIENCE:

Current Client Portfolio

My current client portfolio encompasses the following industries:

• Agriculture ( 3 clients )

• Agricultural Contracting ( 2 clients )

• Building and other Tradesman ( 3 clients )

• Civil Construction

• Commercial Fishing

• IT Contracting

• Manufacturing ( 2 clients )

• Retail ( 2 clients )

• Schooling

• Other Non-profit ( 3 Clients )

The services provided range from assistance and training in simple business, accounting and financial management matters, to strategic planning, investment decisions, industrial and other negotiations, business purchase and sales. My clients are located from Eden to Batemans Bay.

School Finance Manager / Business Manager

Duties included:

• Responsibility for the production of various reports for finance and other committees and the board, as well as internal management reports.

• Periods as board secretary and member.

• Responsibility for or membership of a number of committees in such areas as finance, policy, strategic planning, property, building, and IT.

• Membership of ad-hoc or steering committees concerned with matters as divers as the uniform shop, library management, advertising, public relations, sporting facilities, computer hardware, software and training, school review, building relocations, traffic policy, renovations, advertising film production etc.

• Supervision of non-teaching staff and volunteers.

• Responsibility for liaison with bankers and regulatory authorities.

• Preparation of statutory accounts in final form.

• Oversight of the development and operation of various administrative systems such as payroll, creditors, debtors etc.

• Responsibility for monitoring of industrial matters and in providing relevant advice to school executive and board.

• Together with the relevant consultants, involvement in the management of several building projects each of which was worth in excess of $1 million.

Experience in a professional accounting environment (Price Waterhouse)

Sawmilling and Timber Products:

Manager responsible for the operating receivership of a group of companies engaged in sawmilling, timber product manufacture, importing and wholesaling. This assignment (of more than 1,000 hours duration) involved supervising or coordinating up to 14 Price Waterhouse staff, and more than 100 client staff. The role included responsibility for the strategic planning of operations in five locations, management of significant litigation, liaison with government departments concerning funding, sale of the business segments, and reporting to/liaison with the bank's Senior Manager, Credit. 

Catering and Cleaning Products:

Responsible for all accounting and financial control functions of the receivership of a stock exchange listed group of companies. The role (more than 500 hours) included analysing, developing and monitoring systems required to control 14 branches in 5 states plus New Zealand. The group was eventually the subject of a scheme of arrangement.

Property Management:

Manager responsible for the strategic planning and operational management of a regional shopping centre with approximately 40 tenants. 

Retail:

Overall control of the operation and sale of a large newsagency in country NSW. The role included hiring and terminating staff, relocating the business in order to better realise its property assets, conducting an advertising programme and negotiating the sale of the business.

Finance Company Advice:

This assignment involved the analysis of a finance company's bad and doubtful debts, and development and implementation of recovery strategies. The role was expanded to include the preparation of a conceptual model for control of future doubtful debts. 

In addition to the above, experience generally obtained from concurrently managing as many as thirty of the firm's appointments in respect of the receivership, liquidation, or business and strategic review of entities involved in the following industries:

                                                -           Accommodation

                                                -           Chemical Manufacture

                                                -           Clothing Manufacture

                                                -           Computer Reselling

                                                -           Construction

                                                -           Electroplating

                                                -           Engineering

                                                -           High Technology Industry

                                                -           Importing and Exporting

                                                -           Maintenance Services

                                                -           Motor Vehicle Importing

                                                -           Motor Vehicle Spare Parts

                                                -           Nightclubs

                                                -           Printing

                                                -           Sawmilling

Training Roles:

Designed and/or presented a variety of training courses for professional staff in-house, and also to the firm's banking clients;  ranging from 1 - 2 hour lectures to shared preparation of 1 day and 2 day courses.

Administrative Roles (these are roles relating the internal management of Price Waterhouse, rather than client business):

• Responsibility for the development and management of a group of five staff performing all in-house accounting and administrative services provided to other Corporate Recovery staff and all Corporate Recovery clients of Sydney office.

• Responsibility for selection, management, use, and training with respect to the office PC network.

• Participation in the development of staff management and policy within the division.

•  Chairmanship of the National Corporate Recovery Information Technology Committee, a committee which planned and coordinated the use of (primarily) PC hardware and software in the 7 PW offices in Australia which practiced in the Corporate Recovery area.

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Greg Bowman — Bachelor of Business, Personnel Management & Industrial Relations, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, 1990.

Consulting Clients

ULTIMATE OFF ROAD CAMPERS

Range of HRM services – policies, AWA’s and performance bonus pay system

BLUE WATER BACKPACKERS HOSTEL NAROOMA

Business plan preparation and advice

THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS, AUSTRALIA

• consultancy to implement employment contracts, performance management system,  salary review and job evaluation processes

• develop policy manual to complement the employment contracts

• provide on-call Human Resource Management consulting advice as requested

NORTHERN SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE

• efficiency reviews

• prepare departmental submission on sale and leaseback of high cost medical equipment

• consultancy to review various functional areas including Warehousing, Purchasing, Printing - organisation structures, develop position descriptions, job advertisements,  prepare submissions to Executive

• review operational policies and procedures, and develop electronic documentation

• developing Service Level Agreements (SLA’s) for various parts of NSAHS including corporate services, IT, corporate supply

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES

Position descriptions and administrative policies

SYDNEY CITY COUNCIL 

Range of HRM services as part of pre-Olympics restructuring

AUSAID

Develop AusAID specific competencies

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE

Workplace Agreement

AIDAB (Sydney Office)

Workplace Harassment Awareness Session

HERITAGE COMMISSION

Workplace Agreement

AIDAB

"Best Practice" review of corporate services

DEPT. OF TOURISM 

Workplace Agreement

AIDAB

Workplace Agreement

COMCARE AUSTRALIA 

Workplace Agreement

COMCARE AUSTRALIA

Training needs analysis

Specific Skills

Business analysis and strategic planning

            Preparing business plans.

            Project management

                        - efficiency reviews

-         implementation of new operations

            Meeting chair, facilitating forums and discussion groups

Experienced in research, analysis and reporting on a wide variety of projects            
Human Resource and management policy development and implementation:

                        - strategic human resource management

                        - Workplace productivity improvement

                        - Workplace bargaining

                        - Job analysis and design

                        - Consultative processes with staff and management

                        - Performance Management systems

            Staff training and development

                        - training needs analysis and reporting

                        - planning, development of training programs

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