Thendo Tseta

• Managed 10 operators in chemical processing plant, maintaining overall product quality.
• Enhanced product quality by conducting thorough analyses and making data-driven improvements
• Prepared standard operating procedures (SOPs) documents for incoming personnel.
• Improved production efficiency by optimizing chemical processes and implementing innovative solutions.
• Increased plant safety by identifying potential hazards and developing risk mitigation strategies.

• Ensuring that the right amount of the right product will be dispatched at the right time to ensure customer order is met.
• Ensuring that all the activities within the Final Storage and Dispatch (FSD) department are running effectively i.e. packing, storing, and allocating final products as per requirement as well as stock control and verification with the ERP system.
• Adhere to regulations as stipulated by the SACAA and EU ACC3.
• SAP Processing
• Stock control completed daily against SAP and physical stock.
• Work overtime, shifts and flexible as per production and Treasury requirements.
• Stock balancing and logistic activities
• Maintain stock levels of packaging materials used for shipment both local and international
• Data capturing of daily shipments for tracking purposes
• Adherence to finished goods and dispatch policies, procedures and operations
• Reporting any relevant issues or concerns to the Fabrication Manager
• Managing all processes associated with exporting locally and international shipments to ensure all customer requirements are met
• Daily, monthly and quarterly reporting to Treasury and Fabrication.
• Support the precious metal dealers, FSD personnel, Security personnel and Logistics function
• Ensure adherence to internal and external controls
• Manages time and attendance of all associates reporting to the role
• Ensures cover in department to meet all orders/shipments on time
• Manages staff overtime ensuring compliance with all acts for health, safety, quality and risk
• Maintains all work instructions and updates as and when required.
• Ensure all staff are trained on work instructions
• Maintains all operational SHE training for internal and external legal requirements
• Identify suitable/necessary training to enable associates to perform their duties
• Supervise inventories for delivery, and assist with loading and unloading, packaging, and labeling.
• Conduct regular performance reviews and provide constructive feedback

• Manage in the successful implementation of the production schedule.
• Manage stock and dispatches.
• Manage stock and non-stock items for purchasing.
• Total responsibility over the gold intake into the vault, to transfer to local and international markets.
• Good housekeeping (responsible for both shifts)
• Report of all breakdowns exceeding 15 minutes to the maintenance coordinator.
• Continuously check the safety aspects of all the machines and areas
• Make decisions regarding breakdown maintenance on all the machineries.
• Decide if product quality is acceptable and make immediate changes when and where bad quality occurs.
• Report all abnormalities to ensure proactive scheduling of jobs
• Determining of breakdown root causes together with maintenance technicians.
• Implement the production plan; discuss with Shift operators and dealers, and maintenance accordingly.
• Adjust the packing schedule in consultation with the front office dealers when targets could not be reached, or the plan must be altered due to whatever reason.
• Ensure that work areas are kept clean and tidy, and that all materials and equipment are stored according to world best practice.
• Responsible for the general condition of the production line
• Constantly check the product quality, rectify deviations relating to maintenance, packaging and processes.
• Constantly check the condition of machines, conveyors and other equipment and report defects.
• Assist in investigations concerning safety, poor quality, and poor performance
• Continuously improving work methods to make-work easier.
• Minimize change over downtime and report prolonged changeovers.
• Listening to grievances and relieving tension between people
• Chairing disciplinary hearings and disciplining subordinates when necessary
• Responsible for new product development projects
• Conduct risk assessments on processes that needs change before implementation
• Manage risks related to the plant equipment to mitigate protection
• Guide the planning, coordination and execution of Local and international shipment with compliance with Civil Aviation Authority and internal processes and procedures.
• Staff development, identifying training needs and analysis and planning for those training (Statutory, personal and organizational)
• Responsible for creating a conducive working environment and culture that unites the team
• Responsible for issuing Permits for non-routine jobs to create a safe working environment
• Issue Lockout for machineries that needs mechanical and / electrical maintenance or troubleshooting

Guide the planning, coordination and execution of Local and international shipment with compliance with Civil Aviation Authority and internal processes and procedures with 100% efficiency

• Provide daily stock balance to relative stakeholders and report back to management, without losses
• Develop and optimize FIFO practices when dispatching and receiving products, allowing the team to keep new batches on the floor.
• Reporting of any health, safety and Environmental deviations that do not comply with Rand Refinery SHE behavior
• Conducted detailed variance analysis, identifying root causes of discrepancies for corrective action plans.

• Guide the planning, coordination and execution of project work with maximum overall efficiency.
• Provide standard operating procedures to new staff and revised SOPs to the subordinates
• Develop and optimize production processing technologies.
• Conduct experiments on packaging adherence and provide feedback on the outcome
• Act as a supervisor and a coach to subordinates on work activities providing them with direction and guidance.
• Oversee manufacturing processes by evaluating technical options of achieving business objectives.
• Troubleshoot equipment problem and procure new process equipment
• Lead new equipment commissioning in the production plants and train the production teams.
• Solve equipment problems working closely with production staff on new or existing operations.
• (Global Organization Specializing in water, hygiene and energy technologies and services)
• Reason for leaving: Non-permanent job, contract expired.
• Formulated industrial risk mitigation strategies, reducing safety violation incidents by 97%.