A presentable good all-around performer who is highly competent and looking for a reputable company that encourages growth and has a great work culture. I am much more eager to become a Supply Chain Lead hence I would love to learn a lot more about this industry and gain extensive experience while doing it.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
Work History
GRN Clerk
Xylem
1 2023 - Current
Managed inbound shipments by overseeing receipt and documentation signing.
Conducted thorough verification of received packages in alignment with orders and invoices, ensuring accuracy in quantity, quality, and pricing.
Facilitated invoice processing for successful deliveries, maintaining meticulous records and contributing to inventory management within SAP system.
Proactively investigated discrepancies and performed various administrative tasks.
Collaborated effectively with procurement team to forecast and track expected deliveries, while also handling Goods Receive Notes processing.
Maintained filing system and organized customer documents for easy retrieval of information.
Enhanced office organization with regular maintenance of files, records, and supplies inventory.
Trainee Buyer
North Safety Products Africa
11.2021 - 12.2022
Build, maintain and manage supplier relationships and keep up good communication
Negotiate contracts, improve and prices and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilizing negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods
Planning, selecting and buying of merchandise for retail establishment
Ensure professional and constituent approach in relation to supplier relationship
Purchase goods, materials, components or services in line with specified costs, quality or targets
Monitor market trends, competitor strategies and market suppliers
Provide analysis on costs, new existing and review cost reduction activities
Overall duties include but not limited to; market research, competitor analysis, product evaluations and testing, monitoring orders while creating reports for management
Monitor and advise on any issue which presents risk or opportunity to the organization
Act as an interface between suppliers and other relevant departments on purchasing processes and new project activities
The primary focus of the day performance is on the great length and extensive industry knowledge with the ability to forecast market trends, perform customer research & strong understanding of supply chain management concepts
My day responsibilities further include processing purchase orders, creating purchase order tracking systems, alerting management when orders have been filled and making sure that invoices are correctly issued, communicate with vendors and provide support where necessary
While Working on SYSPRO.
Improved inventory turnover by implementing data-driven purchasing strategies and optimizing order quantities.
Maintained accurate records of purchases, returns, transfers, markdowns, and other relevant documentation for auditing purposes.
Warehouse Area Champion
On The Dot
Sorting Counts (creation, tracking execution and admin)
Take accountability to ensure that proper levels of stock are maintained, merchandise is appropriately situated in correct locations and locations are adequately utilized
Ensure that shelve space is optimized
Ensure that products / SKUs are consolidated where possible per location to enable product specific shelve decisions
Ensure that put-away is being done to correct storage solution types per category
Picking optimization to be considered in all stock placement decisions
Perform audits (put-away and picking) regularly, escalate and resolve issues that may arise as a result of these audits.