SHAUN BLACK
Supply Chain and Procurement Professional
Cape Town,WC
Summary
Knowledgeable supply chain professional with proven background in founding and leading successful ventures. Demonstrated ability to innovate and drive business growth through strategic planning and effective execution. Leveraged entrepreneurial mindset and leadership skills to build cohesive teams and navigate dynamic market challenges.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages
Work History
Director
Beyond Exection
12.2022 - Current
- Company Overview: Beyond Execution is a management consultancy company that focuses on implementing and execution on procurement, sourcing and supply chain best practices into medium to large organizations to assist with their growth plans.
- Signal Hill Products: 18-month contract - successfully developed and executed a procurement strategy and plan for entire group of companies for two large brewing sites. Involved in the strategic growth and planning from sourcing, logistics, planning and procurement.
- Maltento: 12-month contract - executed a sourcing strategy as well as building a robust procurement team to support the companies growth
- Woolworths Food Services: 1-month contract - Financial modelling best practice within the restaurant industry
- Signal Hill Products: 18 month contract implementing best practice procurement strategies and execution plans. Negotiating procurement spend of R800mil with 8% savings to budget
Head of Supply Chain and Procurement
Real Foods
04.2015 - 10.2022
- Company Overview: Real Foods is a multi brand food group who are dedicated to natural food, innovation, social responsibility and integrity. Real Foods is at the forefront of the global trend towards health & wellness, and aims to be the leader in natural food. Real Foods is a privately owned group with 185 restaurants operating in 5 countries. Real Foods owns and operates three food manufacturing sites in South Africa.
- Real Foods is a multi brand food group dedicated to natural food, innovation, social responsibility and integrity
- At the forefront of the global trend towards health & wellness, aims to be the leader in natural food
- Privately owned group with 185 restaurants operating in 5 countries
- Owns and operates three food manufacturing sites in South Africa
- Successfully implemented a revised sourcing and procurement strategy that provides upstream visibility to the origin of all products
- Negotiation and a strategic sourcing program helped decrease COGS in restaurants by 8-10%
- Sustainability projects have decreased plastic usage by 80% with a positive impact to bottom line earnings
- Decreased store build costs by 15% through negotiation and strategic sourcing
- Involved in the acquisition and integration of three manufacturing facilities (Snack Bar Manufacturer, Bakery and food manufacturer)
- Redesigned supply chains in manufacturing sites to decrease operational costs in facilities by between 4-8%
- Implemented new ERP system (SAGE x 3) in a food manufacturing site
- Implemented business development strategies to grow sales in each facility using digital channels, resulting in 12% digital sales growth
- Started FMCG division for one of the restaurant brands by successfully listing over 37 products in over 80 grocery stores in South Africa
- Negotiated the outsourcing of all production, merchandising and sales to third parties
- Exporting products into five countries in Africa and Asia
- Managing the budgets and growth strategy for the entire FMCG division
- Successfully tendered a multi temp distribution contract for Real Foods valued at +$30mil, saving an additional 9% COGS
- Implemented an Omni Channel strategy in the biggest restaurant brand by introducing click and collect, own delivery, and fully integrated App ordering
Supply Chain Manager
Mr Price Group Limited
04.2009 - 04.2015
- Company Overview: Mr Price GroupLimited, is a publicly traded retail company based in South Africa. Founded in 1985, the current trading divisions are, Mr Price Home, Mr Price sport, Miladys and Sheet Street. Mr Price group has a market cap of ± $4Bil.
- Negotiate bulk contracts by outsourcing supply to larger mills in Pakistan, India and China
- Implement a multi currency costing methodology that was used across the group to procure at a contractual level, as well as managing the forex requirements for importing
- Coached the merchandise teams on INCOTerms and changing the way replenishment and allocations were to be done.
- Implemented the outsourcing of a multinational quality management company to check and approve quality of products bought from the East.
- Set up consolidation centres in Hong Kong to decrease international shipping costs by 16%
- Successfully negotiated distribution and warehouse contracts and rates in Australia to increase store growth in the region
- Implemented “fast fashion” model in South Africa for Miladys division that increased the replenishment model by 60%. This model was later adopted by all divisions in the Group.
- Changed methodology of a supply grading tool, that was later implemented into the groups ERP system. The tool categorized suppliers based on risk by accurately measuring OTIF.
- Changed and implemented QA grading system (TQM) that halved the number of recalls within a year
- Successfully implemented distribution models in South Africa and Australia that supported an Omni Channel strategy.
- Amended the groups ERP to accommodate, click and collect, app collections as well as in store picking.
Manager account Solutions
UTi Freight Forwarders
01.2005 - 04.2009
- I began by selling standard logistics products such as freight forwarding, clearing and warehousing
- After a year I was promoted into the solutions team to add more value to blue chip customers by solving more complex supply chain problems
- Solutions that I was involved in selling and implementing:
- Track and trace integration from UTi freight forwarding portal to a customers front end ERP system
- Successfully negotiating specific freight rates for retailers by working closely with dedicated shipping lines from Asia
- Successfully implementing a Retail Control Tower to enable quicker turn around times in clearances for retail customers
- Negotiated bonded warehousing and lead the setup of the first retail only bonded warehouse at UTi
- Successfully coached and assisted customers in duty drawback legislation for clothing importers
Education
MBA -
The Open University UK
01.2013
B.Com Honours - undefined
University of Natal
01.2004
B.Com - Supply Chain Management and Economics
University of Natal
01.2003
Project Management - undefined
Gordon Institute of Business
01.2014
Skills
Team leadership
Strategic planning
Project management
Negotiation
Consulting
Client engagement
Start-up operations
Process improvements
Industry expertise
Entrepreneurial leadership
Problem-solving
Budget control
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
- Cost Reduction Success Saved additional 9% on COGS through tendering.
- Digital Sales Expansion Facilitated digital sales growth by 12% for facilities.
- Cost Efficient Logistics Decreased supply chain costs by 16% via Hong Kong consolidation.
- Replenishment Model Improvement Boosted replenishment speed by 60% with fast fashion implementation.
- 15% savings on contract negotiations
Trail running
Enjoy running ultra trail marathons
Timeline
Director
Beyond Exection
12.2022 - Current
Head of Supply Chain and Procurement
Real Foods
04.2015 - 10.2022
Supply Chain Manager
Mr Price Group Limited
04.2009 - 04.2015
Manager account Solutions
UTi Freight Forwarders
01.2005 - 04.2009
B.Com Honours - undefined
University of Natal
B.Com - Supply Chain Management and Economics
University of Natal
Project Management - undefined
Gordon Institute of Business
MBA -
The Open University UK