NELISIWE ZWANE
Supply Chain And Industrial Engineering Professional
Boksburg
Summary
An accomplished and qualified Industrial Engineer and Supply Chain professional with successful track record in Planning and Scheduling, Process Mapping, Production and Operations, Quality and various other fields in Industrial Engineering and operations. Thorough and systematic Supply Chain Specialist talented in managing supplier relations, production schedules and inventory levels. Talented communicator and strategic planner with 14+ years in the field. Seeking dynamic, growth-oriented position. Motivated and resourceful with expertise in inventory control and transportation logistics. Meticulous team player focused on developing and implementing process controls and quality improvement initiatives that reduce costs and increase company revenue. Reliable and dedicated leader seeking to leverage strong background into a buyer, planner or supply chain role with progressive organisation. Planner with exceptional organisation and time-management skills. Optimises schedules and workflows to achieve maximum efficiency. Skilled in budget controls, staff management and liaising with customers and stakeholders. History implementing new technologies to enhance operations and enable production success. Utilises superior communication skills to build meaningful, trusting relationships that exceed client demands. Highly skilled project manager with outstanding team leadership abilities to meet targets consistently.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
20
20
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Supply Chain Specialist
Enaex Africa
Johannesburg
03.2023 - Current
- Track inventory levels and optimise ordering strategies to meet availability needs whilst maintaining budget goals
- Maintain required inventory levels at minimal cost
- Formulate operational and administrative procedures to streamline processes
- Record purchases and supply movements to maintain accurate records
- Develop strategies to maintain required stock levels at minimum cost
- Plan implementation of new policies and policy updates for smooth change management
- Develop and update standard operating procedures for logistics operations, maintaining quality of service and positive brand image
- Examine statistical data to pinpoint methods of streamlining logistics and maximising company profits
Sourcing and Procurement Specialist
Enaex
02.2021 - 03.2023
- Managing transportation service level agreements, ensuring adherence and fulfilment of contractual agreements
- Liaised with suppliers and customers on distribution of outward goods
- Negotiated contracts with suppliers to establish quality, cost and delivery requirements
- Actively participate in meetings with supply chain senior leadership to discuss service level, root cause analysis and initiatives/process improvement
- Drive corporate vision of maximizing value to the consumer and providing outstanding service levels to our trading partners through effective, efficient, and responsive supply chain processes
- Establishing and managing a structure of direct reports as the role grows and calls for specific skills and capacity requirements to improve or sustain supply chain performance in achieving business objectives
- Translating sourcing strategies into contract terms and conditions to realize the identified benefits
- Leading and executing all aspects related to the establishment of contracts in the contracting department, including: Created RFI and RFP documents with meticulous accuracy, maintaining thorough, precise supply-chain records
- Handled bid support and contract mobilisation, ensuring positive business outcomes across business supply chains
- Carried out diligent spend analysis and supplier analysis, ensuring optimised cost efficiency throughout project pipelines
Process Engineer
Metso Minerals SA
01.2017 - 09.2020
- Analyze workflows within and across all departments to determine how the entire company can work better together
- Established strict standards and policies for testing, quality control and maintenance, determining thorough implementation by staff members
- Researched industry advancements to stay abreast with best practices in processing and technology, promoting innovative strategies
- Rectified errors and provided engineering solutions for designing and manufacturing processes, minimising delays
- Enforced safety procedures and protocols to support wellbeing of workers and minimise carbon footprint
- Oversaw and managed delivery of raw materials and equipment to minimise human error and practise quality measures
- Scheduled meetings with designated departments to discuss progress and developments, delivering targeted objectives
- Collaborated with engineers to develop cost-friendly and improved plans, aligning with budget and maintaining quality standards
- Developed routine checks to examine product quality and gauge performance, adhering to best practices
- Drafted process to illustrated ideas in industry standard forms, minimising costs and improving production rates
Process/Production Engineer
Uniplate
11.2015 - 12.2016
- Develop, configure and optimize industrial processes from inception through to start up and certification
- Assess processes, take measurements and interpret data
- Design, run, test and upgrade systems and processes
- Perform a full life-cycle product development (design, develop, test prototypes, manufacture and implement)
- Design systems and components that meet needs and requirements
- Identify, formulate and produce effective solutions to emerging problems
- Produced outline designs, conducted experiments methodically, analyzed data and interpreted results
- Test and evaluate theoretical designs
- Evaluate final product's overall performance, reliability and safety
- Alter and modify design to meet requirements and to eliminate malfunctions
Process Engineer
Product One
11.2014 - 11.2015
- Investigating, analyzing & mapping customers' core business processes including:
- Researched industry advancements to stay abreast with best practices in processing and technology, promoting innovative strategies
- Rectified errors and provided engineering solutions for designing and manufacturing processes, minimising delays
- Enforced safety procedures and protocols to support wellbeing of workers and minimise carbon footprint
- Collaborated with engineers to develop cost-friendly and improved plans, aligning with budget and maintaining quality standards
- Developed routine checks to examine product quality and gauge performance, adhering to best practices
- Drafted process to illustrated ideas in industry standard forms, minimising costs and improving production rates
- Inspected facility layouts and operating information to assess and plan equipment and ideal work station locations
- Scheduled meetings with production managers to discuss and assess existing processes, determining risks of malfunctions and failures
Industrial Engineer
Jurgens Steelworx
04.2012 - 11.2014
- Examined processes and specifications to identify technical capacity and management of projects
- Monitored plant performance against operating budgets to identify methods in reducing expenses
- Applied comprehensive set of industrial engineering techniques, statistics and simulation to solve highly complex business analysis
- Designed and executed process improvements and technological upgrades to amplify power and performance
- Implemented control systems to reduce production issues, optimising workflow
- Gathered and modelled information for use by project leaders
- Devised new equipment to meet worker and company requirements
- Specified layout of facilities to maintain orderliness and determine personnel requirements
- Provided instructions and manuals to offer accessibility, resources and direction to staff
- Trained and supervised staff to adhere to new processes and deliver quality standards
Industrial Engineering Intern
Jurgens CI
04.2011 - 04.2012
- Prepared reports detailing data analysis and prospective solutions, benefits and costs
- Advised on strategies for optimised inventory purchase, storage, or control
- Inspected operating plants to uncover strategies for improving and maintaining performance
- Evaluated current work to understand strategies and help optimise labour utilisation
- Conducted thorough risk assessments and evaluations to determine safest and most efficient way to complete tasks
- Standardised processes for installing, commissioning and maintaining industrial equipment
- Organised production timetables to maximise efficiency and minimise loss of production time
- Delivered continuous improvement strategies, process optimisation approaches and operational engineering support to management team
Education
Bachelor of Commerce - Supply Chain and Operations Management
UNISA
Pretoria, GP 04.2001 - 01.2021
Change Management Level 1 - 6 - Change Management
ConfigOnline
Sunninghill, GPBachelor of Technology - Industrial Engineering
Vaal University of Technology
Vanderbijlpark, GPNational Diploma - Industrial Engineering
Vaal University of Technology
Senior Certificate - undefined
Sisekelo High School
Skills
- Budget analysis
- Logical reasoning
- Coordination
- Compliance standards
- Knowledge of SAP
- Multilingual
- Google Workspace
- Problem-solving
- Schedule development
- Communication skills
- Ergonomics
- Creative and critical thinking
- Safety considerations
- Team leadership
- Process improvement
- Document management
- Utilisation expertise
- Business process management
- Waste reduction
- Decision-making
- Design layouts
- Interpersonal strengths
- Mathematical calculations
- Safety protocol development
- AutoCAD
- Project risk assessments
- Production planning
- Cost-reduction strategy development
- Production budget management
- Safety assessments
- Subcontractor management
- Project planning
- Project management
- Design specifications
- Risk management and monitoring
- Risk identification
- Contract analysis
- Negotiation and persuasion techniques
- Legal documentation knowledge
- Budget estimations
- Contact reviews and renewal
- Business management
- Efficient problem solver
- Change management
- On-site observations
- Quality control
- Process efficiency improvement
- Process audits
- Process reviews
- Process development
- Data interpretation
- KPI management
- Risk assessment
- Quality Assurance (QA)
- Production target management
- Inventory coordination
- Health and safety compliance
- Workflow optimisation
- Schedule oversight
- Compliance understanding
- Production oversight
- Continuous improvement
- Value stream mapping
- Quality assurance standards
- Strategic execution
- Product design process, throughout product life cycle
- Change management
- Engineering Change Process (ECP, ECN, ECR, etc)
- Product lifecycle management
- Operations management
- Supply chain analytics
- Supply chain optimization
Accomplishments
- Successful inventory track and trace project
- Successful contracts management to the value of R600 million
- Savings through supplier negotiations to the value of R1.2 million annually
- Successful implementation of barcoding and scanning technology to track and trace stock movement in the warehouse.
- Optimisation project in our warehousing to reduce redundant stock piling, to distribute products according and maintain cost efficient stock levels in warehouses
- Several cost reduction projects in various organisation as a process engineer in the continuous improvement field
Timeline
Supply Chain Specialist
Enaex Africa
03.2023 - Current
Sourcing and Procurement Specialist
Enaex
02.2021 - 03.2023
Process Engineer
Metso Minerals SA
01.2017 - 09.2020
Process/Production Engineer
Uniplate
11.2015 - 12.2016
Process Engineer
Product One
11.2014 - 11.2015
Industrial Engineer
Jurgens Steelworx
04.2012 - 11.2014
Industrial Engineering Intern
Jurgens CI
04.2011 - 04.2012
Bachelor of Commerce - Supply Chain and Operations Management
UNISA
04.2001 - 01.2021
Change Management Level 1 - 6 - Change Management
ConfigOnline
Bachelor of Technology - Industrial Engineering
Vaal University of Technology
National Diploma - Industrial Engineering
Vaal University of Technology
Senior Certificate - undefined
Sisekelo High School
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