DONOVAN MILWARD
Logistics Operations Manager
Cape Town
Overview
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18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
TRANSPORT BROKER
CODA LOGISTICS
10.2025 - 12.2025
- LATEST
DIRECTOR
THUNDERBOLT COMMUNICATION PTY LTD
01.2021 - 11.2023
- Sales, Logistics, Operations
LOGISTICS COORDINATOR
OMNI ENERGY
02.2020 - 10.2020
- Logistics and transport
- Sourced new clients
- 3PL
TRANSPORT MANAGER
MACDONALDS TRANSPORT
10.2018 - 12.2018
- Managed operations and admin functions for local and long-distance distribution vehicles
- Oversee subcontractor relationships
- Ensured compliance with client SOP agreements
- Coordinated service delivery to clients
- Sourced loads and manage warehousing
- Facilitated import/export processes
- Supervised distribution and collections
- Enforced company health and safety policies
- Optimized operations for cost-effectiveness
- Supervised and managed staff responsibilities
- Continued...
OPERATIONS MANAGER: WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT
SSB TRANSPORT
04.2017 - 03.2018
- Handled warehousing system and overseeing operational functions and records
- Provided leadership, direction, and extensive experience in handling inbound and outbound shipments via air, sea, and road
- Controlled pickers and packers, ensuring warehouse resource allocations meet customer contract requirements
- Assisted in creating and maintaining client route planning and scope work and KPI
- Maintained responsibility for department P&L, reporting into operations with monthly performance updates
- Managed receiving, shipping, handling, distribution, processing, and storage of freight, products, and supplies
- Enforced corporate policies, OHS Act standards, security, and safety protocols
- Developed and reported to Branch Manager, managing accounting functions related to department operations
- Directed activities related to dispatching, routing, and tracking transportation vehicles
- Planned, organised and managed subordinate staff's work consistent with organisational requirements
- Investigated and resolved customer complaints, serving as a contact person for workers
- Implemented schedule and policy changes, collaborating with other managers to formulate and implement policies and procedures
- Monitored operations to ensure staff compliance with administrative policies, safety rules, union contracts, and regulations
- Promoted safe work activities through safety audits, meetings, and individual staff interactions
- Developed criteria, manuals, and contracts for transportation programs, made decisions, and solved problems
OPERATIONS MANAGER
LEBEN LOGISTICS
03.2014 - 03.2017
- Ensured the warehouse management system operated effectively
- Equipped users with necessary tools for efficient job performance and established system processes
- Taken accountability for delegating system procedures, system administration, and managing IT infrastructure and computer equipment
- Planned operational work, set priorities, and scheduled performance monitoring
- Managed interfaces with operations, labor brokers, and buyers, resolving escalated issues
- Provided leadership and made staffing decisions up to the supervisory level
- Developed team members' functional skills, identified needs, and sourced solutions
- Managed individual performance, motivated the team, and handled talent management and succession planning
DISPATCH/FLEET MANAGER: WAREHOUSING
FIRST CAR RENTAL
04.2008 - 02.2014
- Ensured the warehouse vehicle management system operated effectively
- Equipped users with necessary tools for efficient job performance and established system processes
- Taken accountability for delegating system procedures, system administration, and managing IT infrastructure and computer equipment
- Planned operational work, set priorities, and scheduled performance monitoring
- Managed interfaces with operations, labor brokers, and buyers, resolving escalated issues
- Provided leadership and made staffing decisions up to the supervisory level
- Developed team members' functional skills, identified needs, and sourced solutions
- Managed individual performance, motivated the team, and handled talent management and succession planning
Education
Diploma - Marketing Management
SOUTH PENINSULA COLLEGE
01.1988
Skills
MS Word
MS Excel
MS Outlook
MS PowerPoint
Pastel
SAP
LMS
DoveCore
Freight Care
Omnics
Digicore
C-Track
Freight Care
References
REFERENCES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
COURSES
- 2008 - 2014
- FIRST CAR RENTAL
- H&S Training, SHEQ for Western Cape Region
- 1996 - 2001
- SAA TRAINING SERVICE PROVIDER
- Dangerous Goods
Timeline
TRANSPORT BROKER
CODA LOGISTICS
10.2025 - 12.2025
DIRECTOR
THUNDERBOLT COMMUNICATION PTY LTD
01.2021 - 11.2023
LOGISTICS COORDINATOR
OMNI ENERGY
02.2020 - 10.2020
TRANSPORT MANAGER
MACDONALDS TRANSPORT
10.2018 - 12.2018
OPERATIONS MANAGER: WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT
SSB TRANSPORT
04.2017 - 03.2018
OPERATIONS MANAGER
LEBEN LOGISTICS
03.2014 - 03.2017
DISPATCH/FLEET MANAGER: WAREHOUSING
FIRST CAR RENTAL
04.2008 - 02.2014
Diploma - Marketing Management
SOUTH PENINSULA COLLEGE