Duane Philander
Humansdorp
Summary
I have more than 15 years experience within the logistics field spanning across various industries. The diverse nature of the experience I have acquired thus far gives me a broad understanding and deep well of knowledge from which to draw. I believe that every company I have worked for has given me the skills and experience that I am privileged to employ wherever I go.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Fleet Controller
Crickley Dairy
04.2022 - 04.2025
- Manage inbound and outbound transportation and related staff.
- Oversee and manage driver performance in relation to fuel consumption and customer service.
- Responsible for overall efficiency of the logistics operation.
- Ensure on-time and full customer deliveries.
- Ensure overall maintenance of fleet related to statutory compliance.
- Ensure departmental KPIs are achieved.
- Manage and maintain relationships with service providers.
- Draft of annual budget.
- Ensure compliance with regards to health and safety.
- Ensure appropriate action is taken with regards to issues of a disciplinary nature.
Regional Logistics Manager
Air Liquide
07.2018 - 12.2021
- Ensure adherence to the operational budget and initiate cost saving measures.
- Oversee and manage the customer invoicing process.
- Present monthly KPIs and financial performance to National Management.
- Manage labor hour and initial cost reduction opportunities.
- Host weekly meetings with VP and staff members. Enforcing company policy.
- Conduct monthly safety work-abouts and BSV to mitigate risk to safety in the workplace.
- Report and investigate all incidents logged on Intelex.
- Responsible for the safe operation of the logistics function involving primary and secondary flows, stock/asset.
- Ensure customer satisfaction for PG and HG by executing deliveries IN FULL and ON TIME.
- Road safety and adherence to IMS, QMS, HSE and SA regulations.
- Oversee mix telematics live tracking and post-delivery analysis.
- Optimize overall operational efficiency of the cylinder distribution.
- Evaluate, identify and give the necessary training as required.
- Organize and develop experience sharing between staff members.
- Manage cylinder transport invoicing data implementation in the system.
- Put controls in place to ensure trip returns are recorded.
- Ensure gaps between planning and execution are investigated and corrected.
- Implement corrective and preventive actions to answer customer and distributors claims.
- Evaluates the performance of carriers and drivers according procurement procedures.
- Ensure all documentation are captured within 1 working day of the dispatched vehicle's return to depot.
- Work closely with CSR to ensure proactive communication to customers regarding short supplies or non-deliveries and subsequent action plan.
- Manage spec gas stock and ensure minimum requirements are maintained.
- Ensure the team communicates timeously to CSR regarding shortages.
- Managee Hard goods and PG stock and reduces losses.
- Ensure regular vehicle inspections are conducted and manage VP to ensure they comply with Air Liquide's operations and safety policies and procedures.
- Manage the replenishment process by ensuring appropriate stock levels are kept at different branches.
Transport and Logistics Planning Manager
Air Liquide
01.2018 - 07.2019
- Organize and develop experience sharing between staff members.
- Manage cylinder transport invoicing data implementation in the system.
- Put controls in place to ensure trip returns are recorded.
- Ensure gaps between planning and execution are investigated and corrected by dispatchers.
- Implement corrective and preventive actions to answer customer and distributors claims.
- Evaluates the performance of carriers and drivers according procurement procedures.
- Ensure all documentation are captured within 1 working day of the dispatched vehicles return to depot.
- Work closely with CSR to ensure proactive communication to customers regarding short supplies or non-deliveries and subsequent action plan.
- Manage spec gas stock and ensure minimum requirements are maintained.
- Ensure the team communicates timeously to CSR regarding shortages.
- Manage the Hard goods and PG stock and reduces losses. Ensure regular vehicle inspections are conducted and manage VP to ensure they comply with Air Liquide operations and safety policies and procedures.
- Manage the replenishment process by ensuring appropriate stock levels are kept at the different branches to prevent run dries.
Norcross SA
04.2016 - 12.2017
- Oversee and manage the Port Elizabeth Distribution Centre operation to ensure optimal inventory management, efficient transport operation and superior customer service.
- Oversee and manage all operations and administration of the distribution warehouse inclusive of receiving, processing, dispatching and delivery of stock through to stores.
- Ensure the right product, quantity and quality are received into the warehouse.
- Monitor inventory y completing regular cycle counts to minim9e stock losses.
- Ensure stock rotation and minim9ing slow moving stock.j
- Minimize stock damages in the warehouse.
- Ensure daily housekeeping is done.
- Ensure picking processes are in line with the dispatching plan.
- Place regular orders with manufacturing to ensure stock availability.
- Identify slow moving stock and communicate to the sales team.
- Full utilization of truck loads to minimize overall transportation cost.
- Ensure the right products quantity and quality are being dispatched.
- Debrief and analyze the driver trip sheet to ensure every hour can be accounted for, this also allows for identifying delays and improvement of truck turnaround time.
- Ensure on-time deliveries to all customers and communicate stock availability to customers.
- Maintain a good relationship with customers to improve truck turnaround time.
MIS Learner
Transnet Port Terminal
02.2015 - 01.2016
- Conduct daily, weekly and monthly performance reports.
- Monitor stock movement and provide daily updates.
- Coordinate all port performance reports.
- Consolidate reports for effective trend analysis and recommendations.
- Development of reporting methodology.
- Analyze and present management with Management Information in a format for strategic decision-making.
Checker/Picker
Spar Distribution Centre
10.2007 - 01.2016
- I started my career at Spar DC and completed my National Diploma in Logistics during my employment period there. I have gained more than 8 years[] in-depth warehousing and distribution experience at Spar DC from receiving through to inventory and procurement.
Education
Grade 12 - undefined
Bertram Secondary School
Port Elizabeth12.2006
National Diploma - Logistics
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth12.2011
Skills
- Effective Time Management
- Customer Service
- Communication Skills
- Ability to Work Under Pressure
- Ability to Multitask
- Microsoft Navision Systems
- MS Package: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
- SAP, CHEP, AS400
References
- John Williams, 0826577517,0622426753, Crickley Dairy
- Shaun, Kloke, shaun.kloke@airliquide.com, 079 7025 895, 087 2881 169, Air Liquide
Timeline
Fleet Controller
Crickley Dairy
04.2022 - 04.2025
Regional Logistics Manager
Air Liquide
07.2018 - 12.2021
Transport and Logistics Planning Manager
Air Liquide
01.2018 - 07.2019
Norcross SA
04.2016 - 12.2017
MIS Learner
Transnet Port Terminal
02.2015 - 01.2016
Checker/Picker
Spar Distribution Centre
10.2007 - 01.2016
Grade 12 - undefined
Bertram Secondary School
National Diploma - Logistics
Nelson Mandela University