Marius van Coller
Operations Manager / Industrial Engineer
Sea Point, Cape Town
Summary
A sharp witted and impact-minded engineer with combined aptitudes for data analytics, creative problem solving and people management that contribute to a robust, cross-functional management style. Graduated M.Eng. (Cum Laude) in Industrial Engineering at Stellenbosch University, supported by over 7 years of work and research experience in process engineering, information system management and operations management across various industries.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Staffing Operations Manager
Superside
Remote
12.2021 - Current
- Oversee the company's internal staffing process to ensure creative teams and project managers have resources and tools to deliver great quality digital content.
- Conduct company wide needs analyses to define key drivers that affect staffing systems and continuously redesigned internal staffing procedures.
- Build models to identify interactions between staff availability, skillsets and time zones to devise optimal account allocations and ensure quality for customers as well as work life balance for creatives.
- Manage a team of associates, guiding them in operational tasks while planning for long term growth.
- Define impactful quarterly OKRs for the staffing division that contribute to the company's strategic goals and align with my teams growth plan.
- Supplied data based input to C-level decisions on hiring plans for core business functions.
- Designed and deployed internal performance surveys that contributed to determining the quarterly bonus amounts for over 400 staff members.
- Solely responsible for staffing key accounts such as Meta, Google, Salesforce, Twitch and GroupM based on models that cross reference staff capacity and skillset match.
Systems Analyst
N1 Restaurant Suppliers
Cape Town
11.2019 - 12.2020
- Worked closely with customers, internal staff and stakeholders to determine planning, implementation and integration of information system oriented projects.
- Maintained core ERP solutions and deployed new systems to branches, trained employees on said systems, and expanded functionalities and business rules as needs arose.
- During Covid-19 lockdown - guided the expansion of sales management software to accommodate an online shop and mobile app. Successfully pivoted a portion of the business from a wholesale model to a public-facing home delivery model.
- Often worked with SQL databases and drew large reports to support business analytics and plan for future sales campaigns.
- Oversaw highly sensitive sales administration tasks, managed price lists for multi-million rand sales accounts, and implemented business rules to maintain consistent gross profit percentages, despite rapidly fluctuating cost prices.
- Supervised installation of live stock management systems to support high sales volumes that accompanied platform expansions.
Industrial Engineer
Amaro Foods
Cape Town
01.2019 - 11.2019
- Solved throughput inefficiencies, supervised installation and adoption of new software systems, and provided general recommendations on production line improvements.
- Developed automated excel models to track input wastes and aggregate figures into periodic reports.
- Supervised production workers to identify process inefficiencies and implement improved workplace protocols.
Research Associate
Stellenbosch Technology Centre & Wits University Carbide Centre Of Excellence
Stellenbosch
01.2017 - 01.2019
- During postgraduate study, joined a material sciences & engineering research group; Primary focus: Development of new methods for processing novel materials with modern manufacturing techniques.
- Learnt to operate complex manufacturing machinery and software suites, collaborated with artisans, and managed projects to fit resource constraints of workshop environments.
- Conducted complex experiments with hazardous materials, which required adept knowledge of laboratory safety protocol.
- Wrote several conference papers, attended science communication workshops and presentations while representing the research group across the world.
Engineering Intern
Distell Group Ltd.
Stellenbosch
05.2016 - 07.2016
- Collaborated with senior engineers on projects and offered insight, primarily focused on analysis and improvement of their highest volume production line.
- Conducted time studies, tested overall equipment efficiency, identified throughput trends and defect causes, and proposed upgrades to line speed profiles and bottleneck processes.
- Upon arrival, line was running at 48000 bottles per hour, which our team managed to increase to 54000 bottles per hour.
Education
Master of Engineering Management - Enterprise Design
01.2021 - 12.2021
- Proposed a bespoke research project based on my experiences in industry; focused on business development frameworks that emphasize employee upskilling in preparation for industry 4.0.
- Completed a 2 month course on data science engineering and passed with distinction. It's contents covered all phases of the CRISP-DM methodology and in depth application of powerful learning algorithms.
- Due to funding constraints chose to postpone the completion of the degree and further pursue a professional career.
Master of Engineering - Manufacturing Engineering
01.2017 - 2018.12
- Graduated Cum Laude in 2019
- Awarded a full scholarship from the National Research Foundation to conduct a novel study on the additive manufacturing of carbide composites.
- Investigated the feasibility of 3D printing carbide coatings onto titanium substrates. A study on materials and machinery that had not yet been combined in operation.
- Successfully determined a process framework that may act as a foundation for future research.
Bachelor of Engineering - Industrial Engineering
01.2013 - 12.2016
- In compliance with my final year dissertation, I successfully manufactured a more sustainable, portable surfboard prototype; produced entirely with additive manufacturing (3D printing) technology. The project was nominated for the Jak van der Merwe innovation prize, which considered only the most innovative 4th year dissertations across all engineering disciplines.
- Member of several university committees - elected as chairperson of the MBAS brewing society and as house representative for Huis Visser mens' residence.
Skills
Project Management
Accomplishments
- 2022: Collaborated in redefining Superside's internal staffing proces; pivoted from a freelance creative model to a centralized account allocation model based on employee capacity and performance data.
- 2021 : Published a research article on workforce upskilling strategies amidst emerging technologies, which was awarded 'Best Research Paper' at the International Conference on Management of Technology hosted in Cairo Egypt.
- 2020: Core team member in the development of the N1@Home online shop and mobile app, a home delivery FMCG platform.
- 2017: Published a research article for the annual Rapid Product Development Association of South Africa (RAPDASA) conference proceedings. Which reviews additive manufacturing technologies currently employed in the production of composite parts.
- 2016: Published an article for the RAPDASA conference proceedings. The study compares traditional labour-intensive value chains with a newly developed process chain that utilizes additive manufacturing technology.
Timeline
Staffing Operations Manager - Superside
12.2021 - Current
Stellenbosch University - Master of Engineering Management, Enterprise Design
01.2021 - 12.2021
Systems Analyst - N1 Restaurant Suppliers
11.2019 - 12.2020
Industrial Engineer - Amaro Foods
01.2019 - 11.2019
Stellenbosch University - Master of Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering
01.2017 - 2018.12
Research Associate - Stellenbosch Technology Centre & Wits University Carbide Centre Of Excellence
01.2017 - 01.2019
Engineering Intern - Distell Group Ltd.
05.2016 - 07.2016
Stellenbosch University - Bachelor of Engineering, Industrial Engineering
01.2013 - 12.2016
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