John Cave

Current

Project Manager at E H Smith (Builders Merchants) Ltd
Logistics / Founding Partner at Novatus Global Solutions
Founder at Westhaven Worldwide Logistics

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Past

Sales Manager at Knight Star Freight
Logistics Controller at Carrs Paper Ltd

Education

University of Central England in Birmingham

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Construction

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John Cave’s Summary

John Cave’s Specialties:

International transportation, air freight, sea freight, project shipping, warehousing, distribution, outsourcing, project management,building materials,supply chain,procurement,sustainable construction,

John Cave’s Experience

Project Manager

E H Smith (Builders Merchants) Ltd

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Building Materials industry)

March 2006 — Present (2 years 8 months)

Founded in 1922, E H Smith is now one of the largest privately owned building materials suppliers to the construction industry in the UK, employing over 600 people, with a turnover in excess of £100m (2006/7)

We have been involved in major building projects for almost a century and have an established pedigree that demonstrates our continued commitment to meeting the specialist enveloping needs of specifiers employed on multi-million pound contracts throughout the UK and overseas.
Logistics / Founding Partner

Novatus Global Solutions

(Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)

January 2006 — Present (2 years 10 months)

We are seeking to help UK SME engineering companies face the future with confidence by leveraging the global nature of todays marketplace. In plain english, we help engineering companies to find trusted partners in India, China and other low cost sourcing countries for joint ventures, reciprocal trading or just setting up sourcing partners. We also help these organisations compete for export business, and can assist when entering new markets. From marketing support, to the implementation of proven processes - we can help.
Founder

Westhaven Worldwide Logistics

(Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

August 2002 — Present (6 years 3 months)

Back in 2002 I decided to take the plunge and start out on my own. I had the backing of some reliable potential customers. It soon became evident that with a projected turnover of £500,000 in the first year, and a negative cash flow (airlines and shipping lines rarely give credit) this was not going to be possible without assistance.

Westhaven Worldwide Logistics (a trading division of E H Smith (Westhaven) Ltd) was formed. With a group turnover in excess of £100 million in 2003, and a history dating back to the 1920's I had a reliable and solid base on which to grow the business, and the group aquired a new trading division.

The business has grown year on year and we operate B2B freight services in the following areas:

UK to/from:
East & Western Europe (French, Spanish and German spoken fluently in our office)
North America
India
China
Malaysia
South Africa
Australia
& New Zealand

We also run a UK Warehousing and Distribution facility in Solihull, West Midlands.
Sales Manager

Knight Star Freight

(Maritime industry)

2001 — 2002 (1 year)
Logistics Controller

Carrs Paper Ltd

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Paper & Forest Products industry)

1999 — 2001 (2 years)

John Cave’s Education

University of Central England in Birmingham

Bsc, Computer Science, 1997 — 2001

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John Cave’s Interests:

import, ENFP, export, blackstar, logistics, transport, freight, warehouse, sourcing, market creation, Birmingham, trust, honesty, reliability, BRE, entrepreneur, haulage, shipping, family, friends, travel, USA, europe, far east, music, reading, badminton, football (soccer!), dundee, scotland, christadelphian, work, ski-ing, mountain biking, aerospace, automotive