Kabelo Daniel Komane
Quality Officer
Pretoria
Summary
Dedicated quality assurance professional with extensive expertise across various industries, specializing in the implementation and enhancement of quality management systems. Proven track record of driving continuous improvement initiatives that elevate product standards and customer satisfaction. Committed to fostering a culture of quality through effective training and collaboration, ensuring compliance with industry regulations and best practices. Passionate about leveraging analytical skills to identify opportunities for process optimization and operational excellence.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Quality Control Officer
Centurion Systems
08.2017 - Current
- Industry: Engineering
- Duties includes:
- Responsibilities includes:
- Managing following divisions
- 1. Mechanical Assembly
- 2. Electronic Assembly
- 3. Surface Mount Technology manufacturing
- 4. CNC steel manufacturing
- 5. Incoming Goods and Raw Material store
- 6. Finished Goods and despatch
- System Audits
- Third party Audits (ISO 9001 certification, Intertek Audit and Bereau Veritas)
- IMS maintenance: ISO 9000, ISO 14000 & ISO 45000
- Supplier Audits
- Process Audits
- Product Audits
- Process layout and flow
- Line optimising
- SOP Development
- Quality awareness and visual aids
- FMEA implementation and maintenance
- Inspections
- Injection and plastic moulding process inspection
- Red table management
- Quarantine management
- Daily Quality toolbox talk
- Root Cause Analysis
- ECP/ECR (Engineering change) process
- R&D daily interaction
- Technical drawings reading and improvement
- Conducting staff and team trainings
- Metrology management
- Document control management
- Rework procedure
- Conducting SPCs
- Conducting MSAs
- Coordinating 5s
- Calibrations of measuring intruments
- Management of nonconformances
- CAPA, A3 problem solving, NCR management
- Trend analysis
- Read and interpretation of engineering drawings
- Health and safety coordination.
- Dimensional reports
- Weekly meetings with management
- Continuous improvement
Quality Responsible for JIT Assembly Plant
Grupo Antolin Silverton (Ford Motor Company) JIT plant
06.2016 - 07.2017
- Industry: Automotive tier 1 supplier
- Duties includes:
- Responsible for:
- 1. 2 Quality Inspectors
- 2. 2 Line Monitors
- 3. 2 Incoming Goods Inspectors
- Responsibilities includes:
- Daily meeting with Ford Quality team
- Weekly PIC room Meetings at Ford
- Inspections
- Process Audits
- Product Audits
- Supplier Audits
- Document control management
- Preparations of third party Audits
- Data trending
- Root Cause Analysis
- Completion of G8Ds
- Problem solving tools CAPAs, G8Ds and NCRs
- Preparations of PPAPs
- Preparations of APQPs
- Conducting MSAs
- Process layout
- Plastic/injection moulding process
- Management of Measuring Resources
- Calibration of tools
- Read and interpretation of engineering drawings
- Development of SOPs
- Line sequencing
Quality Engineer
Grupo Antolin
09.2013 - 06.2016
- Industry: Automotive tier 1 supplier
- Duties includes:
- Incharge of 1 Quality technician and 14 Quality Inspectors.
- 1. 3 Manufacturing inspectors
- 2. 6 Assembly inspectors
- 3. 2 Incoming Goods Inspectors
- 4. 3 OEMs line monitors
- 5. 1 Process Quality Technician
- Management of Quality projects, Quality supplier, Quality process, Quality product and Quality Systems.
- Responsible for 3 main OEMs (BMWSA, VWSA, FoMoCo& NissanSA)
- Internal operation includes:
- Internal Process Audits
- Product audit
- Supplier audits
- System Audit
- Document control management
- Preparation of External Audit ISO Audits and IATF 16949 Audits
- IMS Implementation
- ISO 9000 QMS
- ISO 14000 EMS
- ISO 45000 OHS
- DOC Audit
- Red Rabbit
- Development of SOP
- Door trim panel inspection
- Injection moulding process control
- Quality awarenesses and visual aids
- Customer visits
- Maintenance plan coordination
- Calibration of tools and machinery coordination
- Coordination of measuring resources
- Customer complaints and warranty claims
- Supplier management and performance
- Lab and external tests
- Plastic and injection mould process
- Weekly meetings with customers
- Customer line monitoring
- Red table championship
- Hourly SPCs
- Read and interpretation of engineering drawing
- Process start-up verifications
- Management of precision tools (metrology)
- Data trending and analysis
- Preparation of PPAPs
- Preparation of APQPs
- Conducting MSAs
- Completion of G8D and CAPA
- Root Cause Analysis
- Management of Quarantine store
- Daily meetings with production supervisors
- Weekly meeting feedback with Management
Quality Engineer
Chrisnel Consultants
09.2017 - 08.2013
- Industry: QMS Consulting
- Duties includes:
- QMS Implementation
- Intergrated Management System implementation.
- ISO 9000 QMS
- ISO 14000 EMS
- ISO 45000 OHS
- System Audits
- Process Audits
- Document control management
- Development of SOPs
- Preparations of External audits
- Process lay out
- Continuous improvement
- Time studies
- Process improvement
- Lean implementation
Senior Quality Supervisor
Chrisnel Consultants third party inspection at (LEAR Corporations) tier 1 supplier
02.2011 - 09.2012
- Industry: Automotive tier 1 supplier
- Responsible for 28 Quality Inspectors and 4 Supervisors.
- Duties includes:
- Third party Inspection
- Compilation of inspection reports
- Process Auditing
- Product Auditing
- DOC Audits
- Red Rabbit inspections
- Man management
- Weekly feedback to BMW Munich Inspection Zttl
- Continuous Improvement
- Root Cause Analysis
Education
Production Management - Manufacturing Engineering
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Cape Town07.2025
ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor - Incorporating ISO 19011:2018 and ISO/IEC 17021:2015
Training In Quality Management Systems (TIQMS)
01.2024
ISO 9001:2015 QMS - undefined
GRC Link (Business Management System specialist)
01.2024
Fundamentals of Metrology - undefined
Centurion Systems
01.2024
Power BI - undefined
Exodus Experts
01.2024
Total Quality Management - Advance - undefined
Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology
01.2023
PDCA Methodology - undefined
Treinamentos
01.2023
Lean Six Sigma White Belt - undefined
MF Treinamentos
01.2023
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt - undefined
Udemy
01.2023
VDA 6.3 2016 Process Audit - undefined
Udemy
01.2023
Six Sigma White Belt - undefined
2KO
01.2022
ISO 9001:2015 QMS - undefined
SEIFSA
01.2017
Internal Auditing - undefined
NBQ Training and Consulting
01.2014
Community Health Care - undefined
Epignosis Training and Health Care College
01.2010
Skills
Quality core tools:PPAP, APQP, FMEA, CONTROL PLAN, SPC, MSA
ISO 9001:2015/IATF 16949:2016 System administration and coordination, Audit facilitation and training, Document control management, MRP system
Problem solving techniques and tools: CAPA, G8D, A3, 5Whys, 4Ms and Fishbone diagrams
Auditing: Planning and scheduling, conducting Audits: First party and second party, manage and co-ordinate third party
References
Upon request
Awards
SAQI Senior Membership Certified ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor
Timeline
Quality Engineer
Chrisnel Consultants
09.2017 - 08.2013
Quality Control Officer
Centurion Systems
08.2017 - Current
Quality Responsible for JIT Assembly Plant
Grupo Antolin Silverton (Ford Motor Company) JIT plant
06.2016 - 07.2017
Quality Engineer
Grupo Antolin
09.2013 - 06.2016
Senior Quality Supervisor
Chrisnel Consultants third party inspection at (LEAR Corporations) tier 1 supplier
02.2011 - 09.2012
ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor - Incorporating ISO 19011:2018 and ISO/IEC 17021:2015
Training In Quality Management Systems (TIQMS)
ISO 9001:2015 QMS - undefined
GRC Link (Business Management System specialist)
Fundamentals of Metrology - undefined
Centurion Systems
Power BI - undefined
Exodus Experts
Total Quality Management - Advance - undefined
Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology
PDCA Methodology - undefined
Treinamentos
Lean Six Sigma White Belt - undefined
MF Treinamentos
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt - undefined
Udemy
VDA 6.3 2016 Process Audit - undefined
Udemy
Six Sigma White Belt - undefined
2KO
ISO 9001:2015 QMS - undefined
SEIFSA
Internal Auditing - undefined
NBQ Training and Consulting
Community Health Care - undefined
Epignosis Training and Health Care College
Production Management - Manufacturing Engineering
Cape Peninsula University of Technology