Lesego Kgatuke
Logistics Professional
Germiston
Summary
Competent Logistics Professional offering wealth of experience in maintaining proper product rotations. Background in business management with additional training in distribution/ materials / logistics management and team building. Proficient at monitoring operational pulse to deliver relevant information to all major internal customers and stakeholders. Accustomed to working with multiple entities to achieve business goals for logistics efficiency, cost containment and contract integrity. Works quickly and maintains focus while providing top-notch customer service.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Site Logistics Manager/Coordinator
Tigerbrands Beverages
8 2018 - Current
- Stock Management: Responsible for organising the safe, efficient and accurate receipt, storage and issue of warehouse goods; ensure effective stock control; performs a total stock management function; maintains the ERP stock system; manages all inbound logistics
- Stock Replenishment: Ensure availability of all stock items by managing minimum reorder levels as per ERP and replenishing through direct reporting to central procurement function
- Stock Control: Control inventory levels through regular physical stock counts; managing data capturing and reconciling with data on Oracle (inventory system)
- Stores Management: Maintains physical condition of a model store by planning and implementing new design layouts; inspecting equipment; reporting items for repair and requisitions for replacement in the warehouse
- Stores Housekeeping: Maintains good housekeeping by daily checks; implements and maintains appropriate controls
- Operations: Completes operational requirements by scheduling and assigning staff; following up on work results
- Resourcing: Maintains staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees
- Team Performance: Manages staff performance by coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results
- Personal and Team development: Implement and manage workplace development programs for team; Maintain personal professional and technical knowledge through attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies
- Safety and Security: Manage risk in protecting warehouse staff, operations and stocks by establishing and monitoring security and safety procedures and protocols
- Environmental Health and Safety: Ensure compliance to Health and Environmental regulations; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising management on risks and needed actions to mitigate such risk, manage CoA's; CoC's and MSDS
Regional Planning Manager - Agric
RCL Foods
03.2015 - 01.2017
- Strategic Long Term Planning (> 4 months to 18 months): Compile and test reasonability of the quarterly forecasted and yearly budgeted KPI's in conjunction with the Regional Agricultural Manager for final submission to head office
- Hatcheries: Balance and manage the egg bank on a daily basis to ensure a sufficient egg supply
- This will include balancing the egg forecast, egg production and egg stock
- Broilers: Compile, manage and balance the daily, weekly and 5 week slaughter plan to ensure that the required slaughter volumes are delivered
- Inventory and Transactional Balancing: Manage daily, weekly, cycle and monthly balancing of data captured by Agricultural Administrators on all M-tech modules to ensure the accuracy of data
- Compile and authorize weekly reconciliations between M-tech modules (BIM, HIM & BRIM) to physical stock sheets from operations
- Completing, and balancing and submitting the Supply Chain Report to the Central Planning Co - Coordinator on a weekly basis
Logistics Manager
South African Breweries
06.2014 - 02.2015
- Generates Raw Material and Production Plan
- Interacts and liaises with Production Planner to determine beer availability, and reviews daily production plan to determine raw material requirements for Brewing and Packaging production
- Resolves any problems relating to raw materials availability
- Communicates with key stakeholders to ensure materials availability at the right cost and the right time
- Waste Management
- Ensures implementation of 5S, WCM and GMP in the Logistics team
- Manages Supply chain team with warehouse to determine daily warehouse materials issued
- Generates daily warehouse reconciliation reports
- Supports NPD Initiatives ensuring that materials are available for the trials that are conducted
- Communicates short and medium term plans and ramp-up for new projects to suppliers
- Leads the Supply chain team in a manner that engenders ownership, empowerment and team interaction
- Supports employee development and training
External Supply Planner
ABI Central Office
01.2012 - 05.2014
- Determine and plan stock requirements from CCCSA manufacturing site to ABI depots, MLP's and pre - selected customers based on stock requirements
- Manage Canners (supplier) and warehouse capacities related to relevant SKU's
- Plan and create purchase orders on a daily basis and reconcile route settlement on daily and weekly basis
- Conduct monthly meetings with the supplier (promotions, supply constraints, production plan, demand forecast)
- Maintain and update master data on the planning software (Outperform Planning Software)
- Conduct monthly/ weekly meetings with the transporter to (transport requirements, constraints, contingency plans), etc
- Attend ad hoc meetings with Marketing team, New Products Introductions, discontinuations
- Provide the manager with information for monthly reporting purposes (KPI reporting)
- Participate on a daily teleconference with other planners to discuss prior days planned activity execution
- Monthly Review of supply planning processes and constraints
- Manage the prioritisation of order/ load with Primary Distribution Department (3 indirect subordinates)
- Keeping Clients (depots/ plants) informed regarding status ETA of loads/ orders
- Manage stock age as per TPM standards
Warehouse Controller
ABI Rustenburg Depot/ Pretoria Manufacturing Plant
11.2009 - 12.2011
- Reason for leaving: Internal Promotion
Load Planner
Everite Pty Ltd
01.2007 - 10.2009
- Company Overview: a subsidiary of Group 5
- A subsidiary of Group 5
- Reason for leaving: Exposure and growth in the industry
Education
B Com - Logistics Management
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa01-2006
Bcom Honours - Logistics And Supply Chain Management
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa 04.2001 -
High School Diploma -
Pres. Mangope Technical High School
Rustenburg, South Africa 04.2001 -
Skills
Inventory Management
SAP ERP/ Oracle SCM
Excel Proficiency
Supply Planning
Logistics / Operational Management
Storage Oversight
Mentoring and Training
Shipping and Receiving Operations
Material Handling
Planning production
Manage storage operations
Accomplishments
- Reduction in stock losses over a 3 year period
- Reduction of material losses due to expiration
- Improved CSL due to improved material availability factor, more than 50%
- Instrumental in material usage variance projects, through adjustment of BOMs, processing of transactions, etc.
- Passed KPMG internal audit, had no medium/high findings, no repeat findings from 2019 to 2022
- Managed 3rd party logistics portfolio, from 2021 to date successfully, achieving on CSL, ATP, CTP KPIs
References
Available on Request
Personal Information
- Ethnicity: African
- Date of Birth: 05/27/84
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: South African
- Driving License: Code 8
Certification
CPIM - Certified in Planning and Inventory Management
Timeline
Regional Planning Manager - Agric
RCL Foods
03.2015 - 01.2017
Logistics Manager
South African Breweries
06.2014 - 02.2015
External Supply Planner
ABI Central Office
01.2012 - 05.2014
Warehouse Controller
ABI Rustenburg Depot/ Pretoria Manufacturing Plant
11.2009 - 12.2011
Load Planner
Everite Pty Ltd
01.2007 - 10.2009
Bcom Honours - Logistics And Supply Chain Management
University of Johannesburg
04.2001 -
High School Diploma -
Pres. Mangope Technical High School
04.2001 -
CPIM - Certified in Planning and Inventory Management
Site Logistics Manager/Coordinator
Tigerbrands Beverages
8 2018 - Current
B Com - Logistics Management
University of Johannesburg
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