Hlakanyana Khayalethu
Durban
Summary
Results-driven Logistics and Road Transport Supervisor with a commitment to enhancing departmental performance and team development. Eager to contribute strategic skills to a logistics or transport department while supporting organisational objectives. Open to relocation for a challenging opportunity.
Overview
5
5
Languages
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Driver
Uber & Bolt
07.2021 - Current
- Ensured passenger safety by being polite, courteous, and helpful throughout the journey.
- Drove responsibly, adhering to all traffic laws and regulations. by obeying all traffic laws and regulations
- Maintaining safe and comfortable speeds while avoiding distractions like texting while driving
- Optimised route planning using navigation tools to minimise delays and ensure timely arrivals, accounting for traffic and weather conditions.
- Ensuring that passengers wear seatbelts and avoiding overloading of vehicle
- Handling customer complaints or grievances professionally and efficiently, while being firm
- Using the e-hailing platform's app to receive ride requests, navigate and track earnings to check current goals are still on par
- Conducting regular vehicle safety checks
- Ensuring that everything is in good working order conduct or arrange for necessary repairs to be carried out
- Keeping the vehicle clean and fueled at all times
- Maintaining and presenting all necessary documentation, such as valid licenses, vehicle registration and proof of insurance
- Documented trip details and vehicle maintenance to conduct preventative maintenance and ensure optimal vehicle performance.
- Operating a well-maintained and reliable vehicle that meets the standards set by the e-hailing company
Storeman
Mssl Motherson Group
08.2020 - 02.2022
- Issuing the correct parts to the technicians when the job card is given the maintenance storeman
- Ordering parts on Empro and receiving the goods and taking pictures and sending to maintenance manager’s groups
- Using Empro to purchase the required parts if they are below the minimum required
- Ordering parts for shutdown activities during the shutdown period in December
- Lifted 210L drums using a dolly, reach truck, or forklift to ensure safe transport within the warehouse. using a dolly, reach truck or forklift
- Operating forklift or reach truck to move delivered parts from the receiving bay to the stores
- Stock control records are maintained as per company standard
- Performing daily, weekly and monthly stock takes
- Compiled reports on parts used during maintenance and production runs to inform inventory management and procurement decisions.
- Checking the delivered parts against the invoice supplied by the supplier and printing the purchase order to check if the supplied quantity is the correct quantity
- Taking pictures and sending the received stock to a whatsapp group where the manager can see what has been supplied
- Re-labelling of the racks with the quantities which are on there or have been recently received or issued to warehouse personnel
- Updating weekly the racks in the stores as soon a part is taken during the night shift and what is issued during the day shift
- On a weekly basis give feedback on our meetings as to what is regularly purchased and what moves quickly in the inventory department to try and see if minimum and maximum spares are correct or need to be modified
- Monitor usage of critical spares check if updates need to be actioned
- Updating the critical spares with this information
- Conducted housekeeping duties to ensure cleanliness and organization of the stores department at the beginning and conclusion of each shift.
- Pack and stack the parts in the warehouse to their correct stacking height
- Assisting other departments if they need a forklift operator to move heavy items wherever they are needed
- Checked portable equipment daily for operational efficiency and safety compliance, ensuring proper functioning and adherence to regulations.
- Checked all step ladders daily to ensure they were returned, safe, and compliant with safety regulations. are returned on a daily basis and checking if they are safe and are up to code
- Summarised urgently needed parts and communicated with maintenance planner for timely quotations to facilitate requisitioning on Empro.
- Compiling the necessary reports and giving feedback to the maintenance planner and manager
- Checking in or service providers and lead times of ordered materials, anything above R10 000 needs to sent to India where it will take six weeks to be approved if it is approved
- Assisting with maintenance activities on the machinery on weekends
- Rosslyn Plant
- Rosslyn Plant
Acting Shift Leader
LTG Logistics Transport Globally
11.2019 - 07.2020
- Oversee daily operations during assigned shifts to ensure smooth workflows
- Supervise employees to ensure duties are performed efficiently and effectively
- Supervised and motivated staff to foster teamwork and maintain a positive work environment
- Delegate tasks to team members based on their skills
- Provide training and feedback to new and existing team members
- Train and provide feedback to employees during shifts
- Manage staff attendance, tardiness, and time-off requests
- Coordinated opening and closing responsibilities to maintain operational efficiency and uphold service standards, including shift handovers to the incoming shift leader and inventory checks
- Monitor inventory levels and manage resources and personnel
- Evaluated team productivity to ensure operational goals were met and client needs were addressed and delegate tasks to meet client’s needs
- Address customer concerns, complaints, and service issues
- Handle customer service issues or employee concerns professionally
- Resolve conflicts and handle difficult situations that arise during the shift
- Served as primary contact for addressing issues and questions from staff and upper management
- Communicate effectively with management regarding shift performance and any issues
- Participate in team and management meetings to report progress and discuss goals
- Ensure compliance with company policies and quality standards
- Maintain a clean, organized, and welcoming work environment
- Supported frontline operations by picking materials and offloading trucks and containers.
Dispatch & Receiving Clerk
LTG Logistics Transport Globally
08.2018 - 10.2019
- Check inbound inventory and administer the processing
- Systematically capture all stock received in Cargo Wise software against preloaded inbound tickets
- Ensure all stock is correctly put away in the correct warehouse location
- Entered data into SAP during item issuance and stock takes
- To keep accurate records of stock on software system to ensure efficient reporting on warehouse stock
- Oversaw all assigned duties and protocols, ensuring that shipments were received and processed promptly.
- Inspected items for damage upon receipt to maintain quality control, if they are preparing damage reports
- Compiled and submitted damage reports to management, detailing concerns for items damaged in transit or storage.
- Receiving Containers and docking, undocking them to offload the cargo and binning on the SAP system
- Collate daily orders from customers and liaising with personnel and route items to various suppliers
- Picked items from inventory based on customer orders to fulfil requests and physically checking for boxes incorrectly binned
- Prepare picking slips and verify picking slips with the ordered items before delivering items
- Issue picking slips for the forklift and truck drivers
- Instructing the drivers on which boxing in urgency order
- Created bar codes for packaging to facilitate inventory tracking and placed them on the packaging
Education
Certificate of Higher Education - Mechanical Engineering N4
Durban Coastal College
Durban, KZN01-2003
Certificate of Higher Education - Mechanical Engineering N5
Durban Coastal College
Durban, KZN01-2009
Certificate of Higher Education - Matric
New Forest High School
Durban, KZN01-2003
Skills
- Driving licence
- Professional driving licence
- Defensive driving
- Traffic regulations adherence
- Safety inspections
- Route optimization
- Efficient navigation
- Mobile navigation
- Google maps navigation
- GPS reading and monitoring
- GPS operation
- Knowledge of transport regulations
- Local area knowledge
- Fuel-efficient driving
- Vehicle upkeep
- Preventative maintenance
- Mechanical inspections
- Vehicle and equipment safety
- Passenger safety
- Documentation management
- Inventory management
- Corporate compliance
- Regulatory compliance
- Statutory compliance
- Communication
- Business communication
- Analytical skills
- Priority management
- Negotiation
- Delegation
- Leadership
- Team Management
- Team Player
- Customer service
- Proactive
- Independent
- Initiative
- Works well under pressure
- Multitasking
- Punctuality and reliability
- Professionalism
- Willingness to work nights
- Knowledge of transport regulations
- Local area knowledge
- Fuel-efficient driving
Languages
English
IsiZulu
IsiXhosa
Setswana
bit of Sepedi
Custom
- Poetry
- Motorsports
- Swimming
- Music
- Chess
Personal Information
ID Number: 840612 5475 088
Timeline
Driver
Uber & Bolt
07.2021 - Current
Storeman
Mssl Motherson Group
08.2020 - 02.2022
Acting Shift Leader
LTG Logistics Transport Globally
11.2019 - 07.2020
Dispatch & Receiving Clerk
LTG Logistics Transport Globally
08.2018 - 10.2019
Certificate of Higher Education - Mechanical Engineering N4
Durban Coastal College
Certificate of Higher Education - Mechanical Engineering N5
Durban Coastal College
Certificate of Higher Education - Matric
New Forest High School