Leon Claassen

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About Leon Claassen

A dedicated and self-motivated professional with extensive experience gained in critical leadership roles in the manufacturing, maintenance management, asset management, shutdown execution and shutdown planning. Extensive maintenance and shutdown experience, inclusive of reliability engineering and system optimization. I am a Results driven, people orientated manager. I thrive on complex assignments that require integration of multiple disciplines and enabling a team of people to achieve set objectives and target. Demonstrates the ability to turn around departments and implement strategically thinking to optimize processes and systems. Have the ability to develop medium and long term strategies. Skilled in the development and maintenance of lasting businesses, stakeholder and client relationships. Now seeking a challenging senior role, one that will best utilise my skillset, leadership capabilities, that are strengthened my experience and qualifications; challenges in the technical business management and development. Outside the day to day working activities I am also interested in photography, designing and manufacturing of high end furniture, cycling, time-lapse and hyper lapse development. I am encouraged by excellence and is determined to improve the current status quo. I am always seeking out new challenges and I am highly fulfilled by positive problem solving.