Heinrich is a professional registered Mechanical Engineer (BEng. Mechanical). He started his career as an engineer working for BhpBilliton at the Metalloys Plant in South Africa. He then went on to work for Tenova Pyromet where he was part of new furnace construction project worth R1,2bil. In 2009 he and his wife went to live in the UK where he then worked as the Engineering Manager for a big recycling company and then joined Kimberly Clarke as project engineer.
End of 2010 he came back where he was appointed as Group Engineer of York Timbers, a listed South African company. His role was to establish a centralized engineering team to look after all engineering and project related functions within the group. It was during this time that he also spent a lot of time mastering the Theory of Constraints principles.
In 2012 he came back to Gauteng where he worked as Engineering Manager for Outotec, a mining technology company and during this time he went on to do his Executive MBA at UCT. After Outotec he joined Lesel Research (contract manufacturer) as Operations Manager. Heinrich’s final job before becoming an entrepreneur was Engineering Manager at Ferro SA.
In 2015 he started his first E-Commerce brand and in 2018 he decided to leave the corporate world to focus on building his company and multiple E-Commerce brands. His company is now selling products in South Africa, UK and USA and in the last 2 years he has become and expert when it comes to social media marketing, website development and SEO management. Over the years Heinrich has gained a vast range of experience in all fields of business from operations, finances, corporate affairs, human resources to marketing and with his creative can do attitude he can help any business forming innovative strategies that will take them to the next level.
