Andre Jansen van Rensburg
Project Manager
Kempton Park
Work Preference
Summary
Dedicated project manager with over 10 years of experience driving IT projects across South Africa. Recognized for a keen ability to assess operational needs and develop innovative solutions that reduce costs, increase revenues, and enhance customer satisfaction. Resourceful and exceptionally organized, consistently leading high-performance teams to exceed objectives while fostering a collaborative work environment. Proven expertise in project planning, monitoring, and risk management, with a strong focus on delivering quality results on time and within budget. Tactical team builder with a passion for coaching and mentoring junior staff, committed to achieving excellence in every endeavor.
Overview
37
37
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Education
Bachelor’s - business administration
01.2017
Accredited Assessor / Trainer/Lecturer - undefined
01.2009
Matriculation - undefined
01.1988
Certification
PMP - Project Management Professional
Skills
Project planning and development
Work History
Lecturer
Production Management Institute (PMI Adcorp Group)
02.2020 - Current
- Preparing and delivering lectures, tutorials, workshops, and seminars
- Developing curricula and course material that can be used across several platforms
- Collaborating with other academics and lecturers to improve teaching methods and expand the knowledge base
- Setting and grading assignments, tests, and exams
- Conducting research, and writing papers, proposals, journal articles, and books
- Draft action plans and led meetings with departmental executives to review project status and proposed changes
- Increased process improvement initiatives and troubleshoots problems for corrective action to boost functionality and workflow
- Attending and participating in meetings, conferences, and other events in and outside of the institution
- Executed on-time, under-budget project management on complex issues for senior leadership
- Participating in training opportunities and initiatives at the institution
- Providing support to students and other colleagues
- Staying current by reading widely and producing published work in the field
- Subjects lectured:
- Fundamentals of Project Management
- Project Management Techniques
- Advanced Project Management
- Introduction to Business Management
- General Management
- Marketing
- Human resources
- Basic IT office suite
Project Manager
Resourcegenix (contracted to Future Toyota, FNB and IMAS)
08.2022 - 08.2025
- Identify, plan, and manage the development and implementation stages of assigned projects
- Blend agile and traditional approaches to meet project needs.
- Evaluate the tasks to be completed and identify resource requirements (human, financial and material)
- Align features with business goals, customer value, and strategic initiatives.
- Collaborate with both Agile stakeholders and traditional project managers.
- Monitor project progress, timelines, budgets, as well as deliverables quality standards
- Assist the customers during the project definition period; then collect and summarise the information
- Participate, as required, in the preparation of the preliminary analysis; and coordinate all activities required for project approval
- Plan, monitor and control the scope, the risks, the costs, the change requests, the outstanding issues, the human resources, and the communications for all assigned projects
- Provide project reporting for executives, steering committees, and external stakeholders
- Lead and coordinate the work of the project teams and assist the staff in completing the tasks
- Facilitate Scrum ceremonies: Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Reviews, and Retrospectives.
- Promote interaction and cooperation between the customers (internal/external) and the project teams
- Maintain management indicators records on the progress of the project and control the change requests related to this project
- Coordinate with other teams (legal, procurement, business units) and manage dependencies.
- Embrace both continuous delivery practices and structured phase-based delivery.
- Project(s)
- Implementation of Toyota South Africa (E-Commerce platform)
- FNB New IT project development
- IMAS Financial Institution (Business and new market-related projects)
Project Manager
Tata Consulting Services
02.2019 - 12.2020
- Determine project schedules and maintain timelines with proactive adjustments to project plan workflows
- Enhanced customer relationships by resolving issues efficiently
- Supervised project schedules to meet key milestones in every phase
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to draft project schedules and plans
- Upheld quality standards by monitoring and correcting work
- Drafted action plans and led meetings with departmental executives to review project status and proposed changes
- Increased process improvement initiatives and troubleshooting problems for corrective action to boost functionality and workflow
- Generated reports detailing project information and predictions
- Executed on-time, under-budget project management on complex issues for senior leadership
- Trained and mentored junior team members, leveraging previous experience for optimal project approach and delivery
- Made changes to the project scope and cost, using an effective change management process to keep the project up-to-date
- Projects: South African Airways Revenue Assurance Management
- Integrated Revenue Assurance System (iRAS) (Successful implementation and signed off by SAA)
- Revenue Recovery Solution (RRS) (Successful
- Woolworths (Point of sale implementation)
Training and Development Project Manager
EOH
08.2014 - 02.2019
- Determined project schedules and maintained timelines with proactive adjustments to workflow
- Enhanced customer satisfaction ratings by resolving issues efficiently
- Strategized long-term business needs, driving customer feedback for process improvements
- Supported Senior Project Manager in improving operations and resolving issues to deliver top-notch customer service
- Delivered an exceptional level of service to each project and customer by listening to concerns and answering questions
- EOH SAP Projects
- City of Johannesburg SAP training delivery
- Amatole District Municipality Phase 1 and Phase 2 SAP Delivery
- Municipality in A Box (MIAB) EOH SAP Product development program
- Umgeni Water (Umsunduzi Municipality) SAP Implementation
- City of Tshwane (SAP Accounting implementation)
Training Delivery Manager, Consultant
Topwire Technologies (PTY) Ltd
02.2014 - 07.2014
- Monitored training costs to maintain budget
- Coordinate and manage the User List (compiled from business input and the existing SAP authorizations list)
- Visit training centres country-wide to assist with training analysis & training roll-out strategy
- Schedule Classroom and e-learning interventions - maintaining training calendars; organize and administer registration and enrolment activities
- Track learner progress, per division per training intervention
- Manage daily office administrative operations to create and retain a high-performance, customer service-oriented work environment in alignment with the J2E vision
- Projects:
- Kumba (Anglo Mining)
Client Services/Project Manager, Consultant
BCX (Netcampus division)
08.2011 - 12.2013
- Manage Resources and availability during the project life cycle
- Manage Requirements according to contractual obligations
- Monitoring Internal and external resources to accomplish deliverables and milestones
- Ensure that best practices and procedures are being followed according to company expectations
- Identify Risks and Issues on projects and manage them through processes, escalations and relevant solution avenues
- Manage the project documentation, version control and sign off on final deliverables
- Adhering to formal acceptance and contract close-out specifications of the project
- Manage deliverables according to the project plan
- Managing stake holder’s relations and expectations
- Weekly and monthly progress reporting
- Manage Weekly Project status meetings
- Executed on-time, under-budget project management on complex issues for senior leadership
- Developed a new analytics tool to allow senior management to understand the impact of each project
- Trained and mentored junior team members leveraging previous experiences for optimal project approach
- BCX Projects
- Engen (New Point of sale implementation)
- BP (New Point of sale implementation)
- BXC (Nucleus Multi Facet Training Program Development)
- Sasol (Multi Facet Training Program Development)
- OK Furniture (SETA-accredited training program)
- Auditors General (Systems training development program)
Director
Afrineur Project Consultants
02.2009 - 06.2011
- Participation in the selection of new projects
- Project assessment and functional delivery
- Contracting key personnel for projects
- Training and development
- Procuring required resources
- Scheduling and monitoring workloads
- Designing work processes
- Setting goals for the organization
- Managing the communication team
- Managing the training team
- Managing the recognition and compensation group
- Communication between the workgroup and key groups
- Internal communication and reports
- Afrineur Projects
- Automotive industry internships
- Organizational Internship Selection
Assistant Branch Manager
Italtile / CTM
05.2008 - 11.2008
Corporate Accounts Manager
MTN SP
03.2007 - 04.2008
Corporate Accounts Manager
AutoPage Cellular
07.2006 - 02.2007
Independent financial Broker
ABSA Brokers / Liberty
01.2004 - 06.2006
Regional Manager
Nashua Mobile
08.2000 - 12.2003
Area Manager
GSM. Direct
07.1997 - 07.2000
Customer Services / Area Specialist
Radiospoor
02.1995 - 06.1997
Floor Manager
Timber City
02.1990 - 01.1995
Sergeant
01.1989 - 01.1990
- Military Service
Timeline
Project Manager
Resourcegenix (contracted to Future Toyota, FNB and IMAS)
08.2022 - 08.2025
Lecturer
Production Management Institute (PMI Adcorp Group)
02.2020 - Current
Project Manager
Tata Consulting Services
02.2019 - 12.2020
Training and Development Project Manager
EOH
08.2014 - 02.2019
Training Delivery Manager, Consultant
Topwire Technologies (PTY) Ltd
02.2014 - 07.2014
Client Services/Project Manager, Consultant
BCX (Netcampus division)
08.2011 - 12.2013
Director
Afrineur Project Consultants
02.2009 - 06.2011
Assistant Branch Manager
Italtile / CTM
05.2008 - 11.2008
Corporate Accounts Manager
MTN SP
03.2007 - 04.2008
Corporate Accounts Manager
AutoPage Cellular
07.2006 - 02.2007
Independent financial Broker
ABSA Brokers / Liberty
01.2004 - 06.2006
Regional Manager
Nashua Mobile
08.2000 - 12.2003
Area Manager
GSM. Direct
07.1997 - 07.2000
Customer Services / Area Specialist
Radiospoor
02.1995 - 06.1997
Floor Manager
Timber City
02.1990 - 01.1995
Sergeant
01.1989 - 01.1990
Accredited Assessor / Trainer/Lecturer - undefined
Matriculation - undefined
Bachelor’s - business administration
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