Themba Nhlapo
Warehouse Controller
Centurion,GP
Summary
Diligent Warehouse Controller with strong background in warehouse operations and inventory management. Proven success in optimizing warehouse layout and improving workflow to enhance operational efficiency. Demonstrated ability in utilizing ERP systems and maintaining accurate inventory records
Experienced with warehouse operations, inventory management, and logistics coordination. Utilizes expertise in inventory control and process optimization to ensure efficient and accurate warehouse functions. Track record of fostering teamwork and adapting to dynamic environments to achieve operational excellence.
Meticulous supervisor of warehouse financial controls with expert knowledge of budgetary constraints for FMC industry facilities. Diligent manager of accounting and budget with comprehensive knowledge of warehouse needs. Profit-driven leader to improve efficiency of warehouse operations and boost productivity.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
11
11
Certifications
4
4
Languages
Work History
Warehouse Controller
The Beverage Company Pty Ltd
01.2021 - Current
- Oversee Primary Distribution (Inbound and Outbound) by maintaining, monitoring and executing on the primary distribution plan
- Service Secondary Distribution processes.
- Overseeing inter Depo distribution.
- Streamlined operations for increased productivity by optimizing warehouse space utilization and layout.
- Assisting customer service order fulfilment and adjustment.
- Running daily sales reports stats for the Reginal Sales manager and give input on risk orders and OOS.
- Maintain accurate stock levels at overflow warehouse.
- Ensured compliance with industry regulations, maintaining up-to-date knowledge of relevant policies and procedures.
- Maintain (FIFO) principles across all inventory movements
- Implemented cost-saving measures through the negotiation of favorable contracts with suppliers and transportation partners.
- Adhered to company regulations regarding workplace safety and employee health.
- Ensure Export orders order requirements are met.
- Address all IR related issues within the warehouse and management of Jarrison clocking
- Yard management and compliance to food safety.
- Engage with Manufacturing and Supply chain planning team to minimise the OOS lines.
- Daily checks on in-transit stock and ensure that all trucks received are booked on allocated.
- Undertake Route cause analysis of queries, complaints, incorrect loading and picking conducted to prevent recurrence.
- Ensure Turn around Times in the Warehouse are managed for efficiency
- Ensure Resourcing plans are developed in line with volume forecast.
- Minimise number of claims/ returns by general trade and Key accounts customers.
- Monitor stock movement between storage locations and offsite store.
- Ensure all storage locations are cleared on weekly basis.
- Monitor stock movement between storage locations.
- Ensure compliance with standard operational policies and procedures
- Manage Bevco Drivers and warehouse staff.
- Ensure Maximum Safe Pallet stacking heights comply with Site housekeeping standards maintained.
- Conduct Stock Cycle Counts, Shrinkage and Stock Loss analysis to improve the stock control environment
- Drive continuous improvement through streamlining and optimising relevant operational practices, processes and systems
- Manage cost drivers and take the necessary action to mitigate financial risk and address variances and discrepancies
- Ensure adherence to operational and financial frameworks of practices, processes, standards and controls
- Ensure that the right people capacity is in place and manage employee performance through effective and goal directed people leadership
Shift Manager
DHL South Africa Pty LTD - Contracted to P&G
03.2018 - 12.2020
- Inbound and outbound processing: sort out ASN issues with the control tower.
- Tracked receipts, employee hours, and inventory movements.
- Ensure plant and inter-transfers are booked in before waving.
- Monitored inventory levels closely, maintaining optimal stock availability while minimizing waste and costs.
- Create and send the plan out to all stakeholders, including transport and the client.
- Provide feedback on all customer comments, queries, and suggestions within the service level agreement.
- Ensure stock levels and WHS capacity are communicated to DDS.
- Streamlined inventory management processes, reducing waste and optimizing stock levels.
- Achieved consistent customer satisfaction by addressing concerns promptly and professionally.
- Monitor released orders for picking and resolve picking discrepancies.
- Monitoring on open partially incomplete and stock in transit
- Ensured strict adherence to safety guidelines, reducing workplace accidents and incidents significantly over time.
- Maintain Sales Order Creation within the Regions, ensuring accuracy in order fulfilment.
- Monitor daily variances between WMS and ERP
- Daily MC.1 report for materials
- Do a daily plan for order allocation between 2 warehouses.
- Manage shift order processing, picking, checking and dispatching.
- Receive daily containers and process inbound deliveries.
- Monitor break bulk and bulk picking and inter transfers between warehouses.
- Shuttle stock between plants.
- Ensure that orders meet nominated delivery times.
- Control POD’s and Chep pallets
- Conduct KPAs for subordinates.
- Monitor Trade returns.
- Minimise number of claims/ returns by customers.
- Monitor stock movement between storage locations.
- Ensure all storage locations are cleared on weekly basis.
- Monitor stock movement between storage locations.
- Manage Warehouse to a 5-star NOSA rating.
- Adhered to company standards and compliance requirements for operations and cleanliness of areas.
Warehouse and Distribution Controller
SOVEREIGN FOODS
03.2017 - 02.2019
- Maintain accurate status of finished product levels on the System.
- Ensure that the WMS System is monitored on continuous basis.
- Ensure staff is monitored and rounds are picked and completed.
- Provide assistance on daily basis on T/Rex side with Re-locations
- Ensure stock losses are investigated and reported.
- Manage inbound and Outbound distribution.
- Review schedule received from planners and check it against the IDS system.
- Clearance of stock (receiving, replenishment, picking checking, invoicing control of all material handling equipment
- Answer Distribution Reports Queries
- Minimise number of claims/ returns by customers.
- Check CRM for unprocessed orders.
- Do daily planning and routing on trucks going on trade for deliveries.
- Control POD’s and Chep pallets
- Conduct KPA’s for subordinates.
- Monitor Trade returns.
- Conduct Monthly Stock takes.
Operations Controller
LÓREAL South Africa
12.2015 - 02.2017
- Monitor stock movement between storage locations.
- Ensure all storage locations are cleared on weekly basis.
- Monitor stock movement between storage locations.
- Training new employees on RF- scanners and Troubleshooting issues
- Run daily MB51 on discrepancies between plants.
- Monitor LT22 on open transactions.
- Monitor LX02 on inbound deliveries.
- Ensure all SU’s on LT22 ARE scanned into Bins.
- Ensure MCL1 putaways/stock removals.
- Run daily ZLX23 stock comparison between ERP and WMS
- Maintain Chill and Ambient Warehouse at regulated Temperature.
- Conduct weekly cycle counts and Monthly stock takes.
- Ensure all GRV are processed and completed.
- Monitor stock levels and facilitate replenishment.
- Maintain Material Master Data
- Check open transfers and investigate.
- Monitor VL060 outbound and VL061 inbound.
- Set ship to Date Limits
- Block and Unblock incubation inventory for quality
- Manage Scanners issues on WMS and set user profiles.
- Monitor WHS Capacity LX04 load utilization.
- Monitoring on open partially incomplete PO
- Maintain accurate status of finished product levels on SAP/WMS
- Ensure that the WMS System is monitored on continuous basis.
- Ensure staff is monitored and rounds are picked and completed.
- Provide assistance on daily basis on T/Rex side with Re-locations
- Ensure stock losses are investigated and reported.
- Responsible for Chill Warehouse and Ambient Warehouse
- Conduct KPA’s for subordinates.
- Monitor Trade returns.
- Manage VNA, Forklifts and Scanners
- Manage Cycle of 3 shifts – Saco reports on Overtime/Absenteeism
- Conduct Product Re-calls from market.
- Review schedule received from planners and check it against the IDS system
- Ensure that the WMS System is monitored on continuous basis.
- Clearance of stock (receiving, replenishment, picking checking, invoicing control of all material handling equipment
- Comply with the Company SHE / HACCP policies and procedures.
Acting Warehouse Manager – SAP Super user
Pioneer Foods
09.2012 - 11.2015
- Maintain accurate status of finished product levels on SAP/WMS
- Coordinate monthly cycle counts on finished products in line with prescribed procedure.
- Thorough monitoring of orders on SAP on daily basis to ensure 100% product delivery on time.
- PO/STO Inter transfers between plants.
- Monitor – MDW
- Maintain plant password reset.
- Create Materials Master MM02 for new products.
- Create bins LS01N manually.
- Monitor VL060 outbound and VL061 inbound.
- Set ship to Date Limits
- Maintain Material Master Data
- Block and Unblock incubation inventory for quality.
- Manage Scanners issues on WMS and set user profiles.
- Monitor WHS Capacity LX04 load utilization.
- Monitoring on open partially incomplete PO
- Ensure weekly alignment between ERP/ WMS
- Monitor daily LT22 transfer orders per storage type.
- Ensure MCL1 putaways/stock removals.
- Run daily ZLX23 stock comparison between ERP and
- Manage returns back to stock into pick phases.
- Manage daily Wms damages and stock shelf life LX27
- Assist production with discrepancies on yield report MB51.
- Manage returns to stock into pick phases.
- Manage Local and Export Warehouse to a 4-star NOSA rating.
- Conduct KPA’s for subordinates.
- Manage cycle of 3 shifts – Saco reports on Overtime/Absenteeism
- Conduct Product Re-calls from market.
- Clear System Errors EDI -IDOCS
- Conduct Monthly stock takes and year end stock take.
- Conduct departments Audits.
- Monitor Transfers MIGO within Plants
- Ensure all storage locations are cleared on weekly basis.
- Monitor stock movement between storage locations.
- Comply with the Company SHE / HACCP policies and procedures.
- Daily/ Monthly controls CSA - Controls
- Perform stock control of all product / materials according to FIFO.
- Manage Local and Export Warehouse on daily basis.
- Conduct Trainings on amended company policies and procedures reviews.
- Effective distribution efficiency measurements picking rate & VNA stats
- Go-live Project 2010 WMS Implementation Wadevile Site
Systems Coordinator
Pioneer foods - Sasko Grain (Pty) Ltd
01.2012 - 09.2012
- Inbound and Outbound Logistics
- Monitoring managing system issues EDI – IDOCS
- Monitoring on open partially incomplete PO
- Monitor daily variances between WMS and ERP
- Reset password for plant/site users.
- Daily MC.1 report for materials
- Monitor VL060 and VL061 with plants.
- Maintain Material Master Data
- Coordinate monthly cycle counts on finished products in line with the prescribed procedure.
- Inbound of 11 local Trucks and Outbound of 35 Trucks Daily
- Manage Warehouse Inventory carrying costs of all shifts.
- Monitor Stock Levels
- Conduct Audits
- Thorough monitoring of orders on SAP on daily basis to ensure 100% product delivery on time in full.
- Transfer and posting of TO’s to different Outside storages.
- Maintain accurate status of finished products levels on SAP/WMS
- Answer Distribution Reports Queries
- Minimise number of claims/ returns by customers
- Monitor stock movement between storage locations.
- Ensure all storage locations are cleared on weekly basis.
- Monitor stock movement between storage locations.
- Manage Warehouse to a 5-star NOSA rating
- Adhere to OHS practises.
Coordinator Dispatch/Receiving – Pioneer Foods
The Ceres Beverage Company Cape Town (Pty) Ltd
06.2007 - 12.2011
- Thorough monitoring of orders on SAP on daily basis to ensure 100% product delivery on time in full.
- Transfer and posting of TO’s to different Outside storages.
- Maintain accurate status of finished products levels on SAP/WMS
- Answer Distribution Reports Queries
- Minimise number of claims/ returns by customers
- Monitor stock movement between storage locations.
- Ensure all storage locations are cleared on weekly basis.
- Monitor stock movement between storage locations.
- Monitor stock movement between storage locations.
- Manage Local and Export Warehouse to a 5-star NOSA rating
- Adhere to OHS practises.
- Answer Distribution Reports Queries
- Minimise the number of claims/ returns by customers.
- Monitor stock movement between storage locations.
- Ensure all storage locations are cleared on weekly basis.
- Monitor stock movement between storage locations.
- Monitor stock movement between storage locations.
- Ensure Export Container orders are fulfilled to maximum capacity.
WMS Controller
Clover SA (Pty) Ltd
09.2002 - 05.2007
- Dispatcher
- Manage Warehouse Inventory carrying costs of all shifts.
- Monitor Stock Levels
- Conduct Stock takes.
- Chep Administration
- Assist Distribution with Reports Queries
- Stock Checks
- Lease with checkers with correction of quantity, (SKU) in event TRD'S don’t scan.
- Manage and control all call offs in conjunction with Production on focust.
- Clearing back to stocks when credits completed
- Collaborated with other functional areas to develop integrated solutions for complex business challenges related to finance operations.
Education
Matric -
Graceland Edu Centre
Germiston, South Africa 01.1999 -
Diploma - IT
PC Training Business Collage
Johannesburg, South Africa 01.2000 - 11.2001
Program Logistics Management - Logistics And Supply Chain Management
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa 04.2005 -
Organizational Leadership
University of Free State (FLDP)
Bloemfontein, South Africa 01.2014 -
Skills
Experienced in presenting complex information clearly
Organizational skills
Ability to multitask
Decision making skills as well as resolution of conflict and complaints
Managing, improving and maintaining long-term key stakeholder relationships
Proficient in engaging with multicultural workforces
Ability to work independently and within a team
Ability to work under pressure
Attention to detail
Sound knowledge and application of SAP: ERP, PP, WMS, EWM, MM, SD, MDM, Cargo WISE, Pride, and WMOS Manhattan
Computer skills: MS Office, Advanced Excel, Outlook, Lotus, Innova
Certification
Feb’ 2000 – Nov’ 2001: Diploma IT
References
Linda, Cham, Head of Logistics, 083 399 7160, The Beverage Company
Timeline
Warehouse Controller
The Beverage Company Pty Ltd
01.2021 - Current
Shift Manager
DHL South Africa Pty LTD - Contracted to P&G
03.2018 - 12.2020
Warehouse and Distribution Controller
SOVEREIGN FOODS
03.2017 - 02.2019
Operations Controller
LÓREAL South Africa
12.2015 - 02.2017
Organizational Leadership
University of Free State (FLDP)
01.2014 -
Acting Warehouse Manager – SAP Super user
Pioneer Foods
09.2012 - 11.2015
Systems Coordinator
Pioneer foods - Sasko Grain (Pty) Ltd
01.2012 - 09.2012
Coordinator Dispatch/Receiving – Pioneer Foods
The Ceres Beverage Company Cape Town (Pty) Ltd
06.2007 - 12.2011
Program Logistics Management - Logistics And Supply Chain Management
University of Johannesburg
04.2005 -
WMS Controller
Clover SA (Pty) Ltd
09.2002 - 05.2007
Diploma - IT
PC Training Business Collage
01.2000 - 11.2001
Matric -
Graceland Edu Centre
01.1999 -