I am a hardworking, self-motivated individual that is always willing to go the extra mile to ensure all tasks provided to me as well as my team is completed to the best of my ability.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
Work History
Production Shift Lead
Kimberly-Clark of South Africa
1 2016 - Current
Ensuring high housekeeping standards/ 5S is achieved on each production line
Facilitate trouble shooting, maintenance and lean manufacturing to prevent process delays
Leading the crew that runs the machine to achieve the target throughput, Yield and uptime without compromising safety and quality
Waste reduction and increase efficiency
Ensures that preventative maintenance work is carried out in accordance with schedules
Documenting delays in production line and waste/defects
Facilitate production meetings, to report performance and problems affecting production
Implement problem solving Techniques
Monitor and evaluate Overall Quality Management and compliance to ISO 9001:2015
Interpret and Evaluate QA data and the Effectiveness of Continuous Improvement
Ensuring all quality related issues are reported and documented
Ensuring that all KPI’s (zero reportable incidents, Quality targets, waste targets, rate of operation targets and housekeeping standards), are met
Continuous monitoring of PASS/ SPC chart results and coordinating relevant corrective action using CAPA philosophy
Performing internal audits and supplier audits using Process Based Auditing Tool
Shift Manager
Kimberly-Clark of South Africa
09.2021 - Current
Responsible for incident investigation on site and leading evacuation
Encourage safety culture through completion on PCS
Ensure Unified Risk Assessment is done onsite
Ensure QMS requirements are implemented on shift
Ensure QMS deviations are investigated on shift
Support in achieving Quality objective (less 276 non-conforming pallets)
Ensure conformance with the production plan through proper planning and adherence to ATS
Continuously monitoring of mill performance on all assets and update all stakeholders
Manage shift resource to achieve production targets for ROO and Waste
Provide first line support through utilization of the shift support team and escalation
Controlling of labour to budget levels through proper management of gap cover
Manage consumption of operating supplies on shift to budget levels or better, through proper utilisation of consumables and thorough execution of RCA to prevent unnecessary replacements of good parts
Communicating important matters from management and raise matters from the operator level to senior management
Ensure high level of standardized and effective visual management
Lead morning meeting with cross functional team
Coordinating corrective action plans as issues raises from morning meeting
Coaching and Mentoring Shift team, conduct gap analysis to ensure teams have required skills
Accountable for team engagement and D&I
Brewing Technician & Acting Team Leader
South African Breweries (SAB)
01.2008 - 01.2016
Operating the brewing processes (Brew-house, Racking, Wort cooling, fermentation, and Filtration) according to work instructions
Perform quality Control Checks at Critical Production Points
Develop Interpret Quality Control Data on LIMS
Review and investigate waste trends and present the findings on MDT (Multi-Disciplinary Team)
Technical Maintenance of all Process Equipment and machinery (e.g., replacement of valves, cleaning, lubrication and inspection)
Use short stops and Pareto Analysis to identify opportunities to simplify activities
Perform problem solving on process and equipment using quality tools 5Y, fish bone, Quick fix routines, FFA (formal failure analysis) etc
Trainee Process Technician
Denel Land Systems
01.2005 - 01.2006
Providing support to the design and development of pyrotechnics and double base propellants
Assisting on operation of double base propellant plants
Conducting loss and waste analysis as focus improvement project(s)