Hi! I'm Stu Kagan, welcome to Born Scrappy.

My goal is to spark more industry collaboration through sharing the experiences and learnings of industry greats through my podcast.

So if you are a scrap metal exporter and you're ready to up your game by standing on the shoulders of giants - this one's for you!

SEASON 2 | EPISODE 19
FEATURING GUEST ALDO JORDAN

In today's episode, I’m joined by Aldo Jordan.

Aldo is President at The Metals Agency and has spent 20 years in the industry, from commercial purchasing and commercial sales to operations and international logistics.

For 12 years, he worked for metal recycling giant Schnitzer Steel in various executive management positions, most recently as Director of Non-Ferrous Sales.

Not only is Aldo highly experienced in global B2B metal recycling commodity trading, he also holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering and an MBA from Loyola University in Chicago.

In today’s episode we talk about:

👉 Understanding your material quality
👉 Having a personal board of advisors
👉 Giving your buyer a heads up
👉 Making money on the buy
👉 Credit insurance
👉 And much more

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WHO IS STU KAGAN ANYWAYS?

25 years in the metal recycling game and still learning and growing...

I learnt from the best and worked my way up from yard labourer to Executive Director of Trading and Operations for the largest metal recycler in sub-Saharan Africa. Responsible for 4,500 employees, 85 sites, and the overall profitability of a multi-billion dollar operation.

I brought my breadth and depth of knowledge to bear and co-founded the fastest growing, most-loved, and most awarded metal recycling company in New Zealand. No small feat in a country where people are outnumbered 4:1 by sheep (spoiler alert: sheep don’t produce much metal waste).

I thought it was time that tech worked for our industry, so I took all of my experience as an operator and trader and leveraged that to build THE killer scrap app, Buddy. That’s right - built for scrappies, by scrappies.

Father of two crazy-awesome boys. Husband to Lisa. Under 9 rugby coach. YPO member. Lifelong learner. Mentee. Mentor. Chief dog walker. Committed Stoic. Undefeated dance-off champion.

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