Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
I have proven knowledge and experience working in Operations and Systems Implementation within the IT Industry and can easily adapt to working in a high-pressured environment, with strict deadlines and multiple deliverables. I have gained vast exposure and experience through my years of employment and my main objective is to secure a challenging role within my areas of expertise, to obtain a position in an organization that will benefit from my initiatives, capabilities, and contribution. I am especially interested in a position with the potential for advancement and simulating activities that will not only advance my personal growth but that of the team and organization as a whole. I am receptive to new and fresh ideas, a leader, an attentive listener, and a strong believer in developing and maintaining trusting relationships. I am inherently curious, very energetic and dedicated to taking the business to a higher level. My cumulative experience leaves me with the ability to work under pressure, within deadlines, within teams, manage teams, work on my own, and be flexible with the work I do. Driven, curious, and passionate about challenges, I bring over 20 years of extensive experience in system implementation, underpinned by robust operational skills. Throughout my career, I have spearheaded the successful implementation of numerous warehouse management systems, ERP systems, forecasting and planning systems, all within major companies, alongside deploying various business intelligence tools and reports. Proficient in Excel, I possess a knack for automation, leveraging macros and data connections to streamline reporting processes efficiently. My expertise extends to business analytics, enabling me to identify critical business gaps and implement effective solutions that drive tangible results. My background has given me the hands-on experience that would contribute to your organisation’s goals and objectives. I am competent to follow directives and work in an unsupervised capacity, in which instance I have learned to rely on my logic as well as my intuition to guide me in my choices for appropriate action. I am an analytical individual with complete business acumen to be an excellent contributor, I have a great sense of time urgency accompanied by attention to detail and developed interpersonal skills at various organisational levels. I possess the ability to plan thus resulting in resources and time being used effectively. I am a reliable and loyal individual with the determination and willingness to succeed.
SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT Achievements - Successfully implemented Sage Evolution Financials and Manufacturing for a newly acquired business, M.G. Pasta, within a month. This involved a rapid and efficient deployment of the software to enable seamless financial and manufacturing operations integration into the organization. - Implemented and enhanced systems in Zambia, automating financial and sales reporting, order capturing and invoicing. - Transitioned Edurate Zimbabwe from a local currency system denominated in ZWL to a new currency system. - Developing interfaces between 3rd party distributors and local entities to facilitate seamless transfer of sales data, customer transactions, and master data. - Automated and enhanced the Budget templates in Excel, using VB macros and data connections. - Developed a cost allocation model to allocate costs based on various rules, enabling the calculation of product margins. This involved creating a systematic approach to distribute costs accurately across different products or segments, thereby providing insights into individual product profitability. PLANNING MANAGEMENT Achievements - Monthly S&OP process with collaboration between Sales, Supply Chain and Manufacturing - Implemented an automated S&OP (Sales and Operations Planning) model that consolidates data from six different sources, providing a comprehensive view of the supply chain across the entire vertical. This involved integrating data from various departments and systems to facilitate informed decision-making and optimize operational efficiency throughout the supply chain. - Developed a logging system for customer complaints using Microsoft platforms. This allowed the sales force to log customer complaints online, even while in trade, by uploading photos and text. The system ensured that information was instantly accessible to the compliance team for prompt resolution.
Work Description and Key Responsibilities - Provide expertise for setting up planning analytics, solution development, testing and implementation, including project management and change control. - Develop benchmark capabilities, conduct gap analysis, and create the need for change. - Recommend optimal forecasting approach based on sound demand analytics in collaboration with S&OP leadership. Conduct supply analytics and determine optimal inventory policies and service levels. - Establish Master data process and standards for supply chain. - Provide S&OP process optimisation, standardisation and adoption. - Facilitate and support Oliver Wight workshops and recommendations to ensure a seamless transition to a fully operational PS&OP. Create and manage PS&OP maturity measurements and scorecards. - Generate periodic forecast performance reporting mechanism with root causes for demand planners. - Delivery of key planning enablement projects together with S&OP leads – e.g. Inventory optimisation project and Inventory health analysis, forecasting process re-engineering. - Continual performance reports for planning processes and systems to identify optimisation opportunities. - Project lead for MRP/MPS Oracle implementation across all Tiger businesses, creating Standard Operating procedures and user training materials. Achievements - Successfully implemented MRP/MPS across various entities including VAMP, Cullinary and Grains - Successfully implemented Demantra Forecasting across all Tiger entities. Demantra facilitated an integrated forecast process including Sales collaboration, activity planning, S&OP (up to Income Statement) and constraints planning. - Created a comprehensive portfolio of BI reports to measure forecast accuracy and a stock health matrix across all entities. - Successfully implemented Power BI data sets and reports with both financial and supply chain measures.
VAMP (Value Added Meat Products) was a category withing Tiger Brands but was sold later in 2020 due to its complexities. VAMP manufactured processed pork products and owned the entire supply chain, from the farm to the fork. Customers included Woolworths and all other major retailers with product life between 2 and 150 days. Work Description and Key Responsibilities - Facilitate the weekly / monthly demand cycle and collaboration between different stakeholders – customer managers, supply chain role players and marketing. - Develop and maintain planning analytics including forecast accuracy, planning dashboards and exception reports. Facilitate the weekly / Monthly PS&OP cycle, including full analytics and scenario planning. - Roll out and embed the PS&OP process in VAMP, underpinned by solid IT systems – Demantra forecasting, MRP, MPS and IO and BI. - Implement full WMS including location and lot control in all warehouses – including raw materials. - Full implementation of Oracle ERP including WMS and planning, working with Accenture to implement Finance, Supply Chain and Manufacturing. Implement full suite of automated BI reports – Sales, Finance, Supply Chain. - Provide weekly Supply Chain updates in Category Exco and quarterly updates in the Main Exco Achievements - Successful implementation of Oracle ERP on first go-live. - Successful implementation of Oracle Warehouse Management System. - First category to implement integrated Demantra Forecasting successfully. - Tiger Stripes Award – Silver - Pork procurement model using scenario planning that contributed to record sales of Gammon’s over the festive season.
Cquential Solutions is a Software development company specializing in Warehouse Management software, but also consulting across various segments of the Supply Chain. They spread across various industries including pharmaceutical, FMCG, Fashion, Engineering, automotive and retail. Work Description and Key Responsibilities - Explore feasibility and fit to recommend solution. - Based on Best Practice and international standards, decide on processes and possible innovation needed. - Defining communication guides, risk management and finalizations of membership responsibilities - Full project management and close out. Define and manage implementation plans. - Manage and develop system supports and infrastructure changes. - Manage customer expectations and relations to ensure project is completed within its boundaries. - Develop a full set of documentation – business processes, specifications, project documentation and training manuals. - Evaluate and improve data systems, improve, and monitor. - Work with the development team to ensure changes are made within specifications supplied in the documentation. - Build training and technical assistance, capacity, and capability. - Implementation and hand holding to ensure a smooth transition. - Monitoring and evaluation of implementation objectives - Consulting and training for various systems – Pastel accounting, Planning processes and concepts (including Infor Planning and forecasting). Provide support and on-going sustainability of structures and practices. - Facilitating business process changes and improvements in various sectors of the business. Achievements - Successful Implementations / Consulting. Plascon – Manufacturing. Famous Brands – Hospitality. - Prominent Paints – Manufacturing. Cipla – Pharmaceutical. Nativa and Co-Med – Pharmaceutical. - KNR Flatrock – Fashion. ABB – Engineering. Moresport – Retail. Fairfields Dairy – FMCG. - Darling Chickens – FMCG. Plumblink – Hardware. Sensory FX
Work Description and Key Responsibilities - Identify gaps in the business where systems could add significant value, evaluate the current processes, map a changed process flow, source or develop a “best fit” system, implement, train and support. - Manage all Supply Chain Projects – including S&OP processes, Warehouse management systems, manufacturing modelling. Manage the Central Distribution Warehouse operations and budgets. - Calculate a statistical forecast, maintain adjusted regional forecasts and measure forecast accuracy. - Create and maintain the Supply Chain Management reporting systems and Scorecards, Warehouse Management reports and Transport reporting. Facilitate weekly transport planning and optimization. - Manage the National ordering process, providing deports with planning sheets and order models. - Manage the Warehouse Replenishment Order process through an automated Excel model. - Assist all other departments with data required on an ad-hoc basis by creating an Access database, with data collected from various sources. Assist in all Logistical operations and queries. Achievements - Winning CEO award for implementation of a streamlined logistics model, cutting transport cost by more than 20%. - Achieved a first time 99% service level the first December (Peak) the ordering model was implemented in the various regions.
A national meat manufacturer including leading brands Enterprise and Renown. Enterprise was fully aquired by Tiger Brands in 2004. Work Description and Key Responsibilities - Compile and consolidate annual volume budgets. Compile monthly sales and value chain reports – for Exco. - Assist in financial management by providing data and reports. - Implemented Warehouse Management System. Customized and Implemented MRP & MPS in BAAN (ERP). - Weekly planning of raw materials and meat requirements. - Developing and implementing a planning and forecasting system using TM1. - As part of the ERP (BAAN) implementation team – facilitate change, identify possible Gaps and implement enhancements, test system set-up and implement changes. Key Achievements - Successful implementation of TM1 for collaborative forecasting and planning - Successful implementation of TM1 for financial consolidation and budgeting - Successful implementation of ERP (BAAN) as part of a dedicated implementation team.