GABRIEL LASTON
Dar Es Salaam
Summary
Supply chain professional with 8+ years of extensive experience within FMCG industry. Creative, good team player, strong analytical and problem-solving professional , seeking to secure a responsible career opportunity to fully utilize experience, knowledge, and skills, while making a significant contribution to the success of the company through optimized operations and resource allocation.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Supply Network Planner
Tanzania Breweries Public Limited Company
02.2021 - Current
- Creation of requirements plans and long-term supply plans for assigned products and locations as input for integrated business planning cycle.
- Setting inventory planning metrics targets, for the assigned product/location, using approved supply plan inputs.
- Developing gap coverage plans during inventory shortages or in preparation of Major Equipment Outage.
- Ensuring generation, agreement, and adherence of weekly & monthly supply plans to fulfill estimated sales volumes.
- Identifying potential risks, implementing mitigation plans to minimize impact on Service level.
- Implementing and maintaining adherence to Logistics Centralized Process (LCP) linked to SNP, S&OP, and Inventory Policy.
- Planning and coordinating importation of high-end brands.
- Driving regular routines to keep master data up to date in the planning tools.
- Tracking and monitoring KPIs.
Supply Chain Planner
Tanzania Cigarette Public Limited Company
02.2018 - 01.2021
- Translating market demand into finished goods, leaf, and raw materials requirements
- Ensuring markets are supplied with products at a right time, quantity, and quality.
- Ensuring supply of leaf grades and raw materials, at a right time, quantity, and quality.
- Planning and coordinating exportation of Semi-Finished Goods to other JTI entities.
- Optimizing inventory, reducing waste, and improving cost efficiency.
- Supporting business initiatives while ensuring no/minimal obsolescence.
- Reporting production, inventory, and purchases projection for budgeting, and decision making.
- Running monthly optimizer for JTI-Tanzania factory to determine leaf requirements for 18 months horizon.
- Negotiating and liaising with suppliers, transporters, warehouse owners, fumigators etc.
- Internal auditor for ISO standards (ISO:9001, ISO:14001 & OHSAS:18001)
Leaf Supply & Blending Planner
Tanzania Cigarette Public Limited Company
07.2017 - 06.2018
- Translating finished goods production requirements into leaf (tobacco) requirements.
- Planning and forecasting leaf sourcing and deliveries with respect to warehousing capacity.
- Timely processing of Purchase Requisitions and Purchase Orders for leaf.
- Tracking leaf and its packing material from ordering, packing, treatment and delivery.
- Obtaining tobacco license and permits on time.
- Optimizing inventory, reducing waste, and improving cost efficiency.
- Reporting purchase plan and inventory projections for budgeting and cash flow monitoring.
- Managing, organizing, and monitoring storage, warehousing, and monthly stock taking.
- Coordinating regular EHS trainings to warehouse personnel and equipment’s operators.
- Maintaining strong relationship with suppliers and 3rd party stakeholders.
Production and Materials Planning Associate
Tanzania Cigarette Public Limited Company
06.2015 - 06.2017
- Translating market demand into finished goods production and raw materials requirements.
- Planning and forecasting raw materials purchase and deliveries.
- Timely processing of Purchase Requisitions and Purchase Orders for raw materials.
- Tracking raw material from ordering, shipping, and delivery at the factory.
- Planning and scheduling manufacturing activities with respect to lines capacity.
- Optimizing inventory, reducing waste and improving cost efficiency.
- Reporting sales, production & inventory projections for decision making.
- Ensuring new products or material changes initiatives occur without/minimal write offs.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
University Of Dar Es Salaam
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania11.2014
High School Diploma -
Kibiti Secondary School
Pwani, Tanzania01.2011
High School Diploma -
Mbeya Secondary School
Mbeya, Tanzania11.2008
Skills
SAP / S/4 HANA Applications (APO & ERP)
S&OP Process
Supply Planning
Forecasting
Materials Management
Warehousing & Inventory management
Logistics Management
Product Life-cycle Management
Project Management
Budget Preparation and Control
Integrated Management Systems (ISO:9001, ISO:14001 & OHSAS:18001)
Occupational Health & Safety
Languages
English
Advanced (C1)
Swahili
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Certification
- Africa Planning Academy 101
- Integrated Management Systems (ISO:9001, ISO:14001 and OHSAS:18001)
- Safety and Health Representative
- Advanced MS Excel
- Customer Service Management
- Personal Management and Service Excellency
- Authentic Leader Manager
Achievements
- Re-organized Supply Route Matrices which resulted into 0.10M$ savings annually from beer transportation.
- Implemented migration from SAP (ERP/APO) to S4 HANA for JTI Tanzania factory in 2019.
- Generated savings of 0.21M$ annually from cigarette raw materials lot sizing and transportation loading optimization.
- Reduced cigarettes finished goods and raw materials write offs from 0.25M$ to 0.06M$ annually.
- Generated 0.07M$ savings seasonally from recycling of leaf packing materials (C48 cartons).
- Nyota Awards (Best employee of the year 2017).
Referees
Mr. Stanley Nelson Mnozya (Director General), Tanzania Tobacco Board, 5 Kihonda Maghorofani - Bima Road, P.O.Box 227, 67128 Kihonda Maghorofani, Morogoro.
Email: dg@tobaccoboard.go.tz
Mobile Tel: +255 769 722 272
Mr. Huruma Ntahena (Company Secretary), Tanzania Breweries Public Limited Company (TBL PLC), P.O Box 9013, Uhuru Street, Plot No. 79, Block AA, Mchikichini, Ilala District, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Email: ntahena@yahoo.com or huruma.ntahena@tz.ab-inbev.com
Mobile Tel: +255 713 354 844 or +255 764 703 919
Mr. Joshua Willy (Factory Finance Manager), Tanzania Cigarette Public Limited Company (TCC PLC), 20 Nyerere Road, P.O Box 40114, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Email: jonsh98@gmail.com or joshua.willy@jti.com
Mobile Tel: +255 689 281 471 or +255 714 786 617
Timeline
Supply Network Planner
Tanzania Breweries Public Limited Company
02.2021 - Current
Supply Chain Planner
Tanzania Cigarette Public Limited Company
02.2018 - 01.2021
Leaf Supply & Blending Planner
Tanzania Cigarette Public Limited Company
07.2017 - 06.2018
Production and Materials Planning Associate
Tanzania Cigarette Public Limited Company
06.2015 - 06.2017
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
University Of Dar Es Salaam
High School Diploma -
Kibiti Secondary School
High School Diploma -
Mbeya Secondary School
- Africa Planning Academy 101
- Integrated Management Systems (ISO:9001, ISO:14001 and OHSAS:18001)
- Safety and Health Representative
- Advanced MS Excel
- Customer Service Management
- Personal Management and Service Excellency
- Authentic Leader Manager
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