Mahlatse Malesa

o Evaluated client needs and expectations, establishing clear goals for each consulting engagement.

• o Liaised with customers, management, and sales team to better understand customer needs and recommend appropriate solutions.
• o Collaborated with cross-functional teams to successfully deliver comprehensive solutions for clients.
• o Managed client relationships through regular check-ins and updates on project progress.
• o Assisted clients in navigating complex industry challenges, offering expert guidance and strategic recommendations.
• o Delivered high-quality presentations to stakeholders, effectively communicating project objectives and results.
• o Onboarded and managed new client accounts to boost retention rates.
• o Analyzed data sets to identify trends and opportunities for process improvements within client organizations.
• o Supported creation of detailed, technical financial models to value potential acquisition targets.

o Mining as well as Supply Chain subject matter advisor, adding value through strategic thinking and co-creation of cross functional solutions.

o Board / Exco strategy development, with short, medium and long term implementation plan to realisation.

o M&A, divesture and separation programmes, planning, supporting and driving organisational and technology value through transition management.

o End to end mining operating model assessment, design, establishment, implementation and incorporation of enabling technology for continuous improvement and benefits realisation.

o Deep minerals and resource experience, leveraging cross functional interfaces to deliver tangible client value across key touch points both functionally and at strategic level, including cost rationalisation, productivity improvement and operational excellence.

o Global shared services implementation and optimisation as well as global and localised supply chain analysis and optimisation, cost rationalisation, strategic sourcing, transactional outsourcing.

o Technology solutions including GenAI, MDM, ERP, efficiencies and streamlining.

o Sustainability across the mining industry value chain, strategic direction to collaborative implementation

o Ability to apply all knowledge areas of the PMBOK® in projects in order to manage the time, scope and budget associated with the project

o Conduct project and portfolio risk management to respective projects and portfolio to assist in mitigation of risks

o Implementation of capital management systems project that assist in the both performance monitoring and portfolio management

o Strong stakeholder engagement management skills across the project life

o Ability to maintain a bottom-down and bottom-up communication relationship in the project team

o Gained comprehensive training as operational leader through the in-house operational leadership programme in Gold Fields Ltd.

o Assist assessing a mine’s maturity level in technology, people and processes and recommend smoothing steps

o Able to apply the PMBOK® approach to any project

o Strong analytical skills

Project Experiences

o Requisition of materials to sustain section’s operation

o Ensure costs are within budget

o Perform budget reviews with management

o Ensure contractors in the section deliver as per agreed budget and quality

o Ensure optimum use of consumables

Implement cost saving strategies without compromising any of operation’s aspects of performance

o Ensuring procedures are incorporated in terms of learning units

o Evaluate procedural compliance

o Communicate non-compliances to line management for correction

o Integrate SHEQ requirements into business systems

o Learning programmes to include SHEQ requirements

Measure knowledge and adherence of business to SHEQ policy

o Using PCBC/CMS software for short-to-medium planning and scheduling

o Using Mine 2-4D to design, plan and schedule mining projects using CCPM and TOC-based approach on planning, scheduling and execution of mining projects

o Identify continuous process improvement opportunities

o Use of SAP – for costs, HR and production purposes

o Monitoring and optimising of the production process as supervisor

o Ensure and re-align compliance in work organisation

o Liaise with the maintenance team, persuade proactive approach on service provided and monitor service provided.

o Requisition of materials to sustain section’s operation

o Ensure costs are within budget

o Integrate SHEQ requirements into business systems

o Learning programmes to include SHEQ requirements

o Measure knowledge and adherence of business to SHEQ policy.

o A mine environment value chain and full exposure to the core components within the system.

o Being involved in all support/technical services departments, i.e. Survey, Geology, Ventilation, Rock Engineering and planning.

o Appointed Miner for ground handling, drill and blast and production sections

o Appointed Shift Supervisor for secondary breaking unit