Raymond Lesley Matthews
Port Elizabeth
Summary
Detail-oriented logistics professional with expertise in inventory management, temperature monitoring, and supply chain coordination. Proven ability to ensure timely deliveries and optimal storage conditions for temperature-sensitive products.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Scanner, Temperature ControllerLogistics Assistant
CCH Greenbushes
Port Elizabeth
05.2025 - 09.2025
- Ensure coldrooms runs at optimal tempature
- Monitor airflow throughout the cold rooms
- Assist in planning and executing instructions from client for special markets.
- Assisting to ensure pallets are staged and ready for inspection, and samples are pulled.
- Ensure all necessary documentations accompanied the order.
- Ensure fruit are stack into steri rooms and are probed with specialized equipment.
- Coordinated shipment schedules for temperature-sensitive products across logistics network.
- Managed inventory records using warehouse management software systems effectively.
- Collaborated with team members to resolve shipping discrepancies promptly.
- Monitored delivery status to ensure timely deliveries were made on schedule.
- Supported team in implementing safety protocols within logistics operations.
- Communicated with carriers to arrange timely deliveries of goods.
- Organized storage areas to optimize space and accessibility of materials.
Dispatch Clerk
Zikithele Terminal Services (ZTS)
Port Elizabeth
07.2021 - 09.2024
- Planning, Assist Dispatch department
- Uploading supporting documents, monitoring outstanding info for reporting to Operations Managers
- Coordinating transport providers to ensure prompt and proper movement of shipments.
- Reviewing purchase orders and shipping documents to ensure accuracy
- Making special shipping arrangements as necessary.
- Responding to customer inquiries.
- Processed incoming and outgoing freight documentation efficiently.
- Coordinated shipment schedules with transportation providers daily.
- Maintained accurate inventory records for dispatch operations.
- Monitored cargo handling to ensure compliance with safety standards.
- Collaborated with team members to streamline dispatch workflows.
- Trained new staff on dispatch procedures and systems effectively.
- Directed and monitored cargo loading and unloading, verifying good condition and proper storage destination.
Sales representative for Orango
Self Employed
01.2017 - 01.2021
- Selling and Promoting Coffee and Tea Beverages (Weight loss supplements)
- Petty Cash
- Reasons for leaving: Covid 19 Layoff
Theatre Stock Controller
Medical Forum Theatre Day Hospital
Port Elizabeth
05.2013 - 09.2017
- Managed inventory control processes for medical supplies and equipment.
- Maintained accurate records using inventory management software.
- Collaborated with procurement team for supply replenishment and vendor management.
- Implemented best practices for waste reduction and cost efficiency in stock management.
- Communicated with clinical staff regarding supply needs and urgent requests.
- Monitored stock levels to ensure adequate supply for patients needs.
- Verified invoices against purchase orders to ensure accuracy of deliveries received from suppliers.
- Prepared reports on inventory levels, price changes and stock movements.
- Worked closely with sales team to provide information regarding product availability.
- Ensured all goods were stored safely and securely according to Health and Safety regulations.
- Maintained inventory records and updated them regularly in the company's database.
- Analyzed inventory requirements based on customer demand forecasts.
- Identified opportunities for cost savings across purchasing processes.
- Managed returns process with customers, ensuring all relevant documentation was completed accurately.
- Filled out paperwork and filed documents for new stock orders and damage claims.
- Implemented systems to improve tracking of materials throughout the supply chain.
Theatre Stock Controller
Netcare Greenacres Hospital
Port Elizabeth
01.2009 - 05.2017
- Studying sales records and inventory levels of current stock.
- Handling special orders from customers.
- Overseeing inventory counts and investigating these reports.
- Checking the supplier documentation against physical items.
- Managed inventory control processes for medical supplies and equipment.
- Coordinated stock levels to ensure timely availability for surgical procedures.
- Maintained accurate records using inventory management software.
- Managed the accurate ordering, receiving and issuing of stock items.
- Counted inventory with daily cycles and periodic full-scale audits.
- Ensured all goods were stored safely and securely according to Health and Safety regulations.
- Worked closely with sales team to provide information regarding product availability.
- Performed regular cycle counts to verify actual stock against system records.
- Analyzed inventory requirements based on customer demand forecasts.
- Identified opportunities for cost savings across purchasing processes.
- Investigated discrepancies between physical count and computer system data.
Education
Some College (No Degree) - Short Course Ms Exel Intermediate
Addskills Training College
Port ElizabethSome College (No Degree) - Short Course Storekeeping and Stock Control
Damelin College
Port ElzabethiSome College (No Degree) - Grade 12
Morester S.S.S
OudtshoornSome College (No Degree) - Short Course Logistics And Supply Chain Management
Varsity College
Port ElizabethSkills
- Document control
- Software proficiency
- Shipping organization
- Temperature monitoring
- Inventory management
- Supply chain coordination
- Effective communication
- Problem solving
- Team collaboration
- Time management
- Workflow management
- Decision-making
- Recordkeeping skills
- Document scanning
- Attention to detail
- Process improvement
Languages
- English, Excellent, Excellent, Excellent
- Afrikaans, Excellent, Excellent, Excellent
References
- Lucious Mclean, CCH Greenbushes, Logistics Co-ordinator, 079 456 1036
- Paul Samboramsy, ZTS Operations, HR Officer, 081 398 8841
- Claudette Middlecamp, Medical Forum Theatre Day Hospital, Hospital Manager, 041 373 0682
- Gareth Heuff, Greenacres Hospital, Pharmacy Manager, 041 390 7000
Education
Grade 12, Morester S.S.S, Full Time, 12/01/96, Short Course in Supply Chain and Logistics Management, Varsity College, Full Time, 03/2017 – 06/2017, Short Course MS Excel Intermediate, Addskills Training College, Full Time, 01/2017, Short Course Store Keeping and Stock Control, Damelin College, Full time, 03/2015 – 07/2015
Timeline
Scanner, Temperature ControllerLogistics Assistant
CCH Greenbushes
05.2025 - 09.2025
Dispatch Clerk
Zikithele Terminal Services (ZTS)
07.2021 - 09.2024
Sales representative for Orango
Self Employed
01.2017 - 01.2021
Theatre Stock Controller
Medical Forum Theatre Day Hospital
05.2013 - 09.2017
Theatre Stock Controller
Netcare Greenacres Hospital
01.2009 - 05.2017
Some College (No Degree) - Short Course Ms Exel Intermediate
Addskills Training College
Some College (No Degree) - Short Course Storekeeping and Stock Control
Damelin College
Some College (No Degree) - Grade 12
Morester S.S.S
Some College (No Degree) - Short Course Logistics And Supply Chain Management
Varsity College
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