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City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Strategic leadership of the business under new ownership of the Commercial Cold Holdings group including Customer management, Operations management and Financial management.

City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Management of sales, warehousing and distribution operations at our 12 branches throughout Southern Africa (approximately 800 permanent staff, 50 000 SKU's, 120 distribution vehicles and servicing around 4000 customers)Strategic management of sales and marketing functions in the businessStrategic and tactical management of approximately 4000 customers nationallyManagement of the call center operations nationallyTactical alignment of the planning, sales and distribution processes to the supply chain strategy in the businessImplementation of Business Intelligence solutions to align sales and supply chain operations with customer service experience

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Strategic management of the business focusing on temperature controlled warehousing, transportation and supply chain servicesImplementation of an accelerated growth strategy by securing long term secondary distribution contracts and optimising capacity utilisation with primary storage spot market opportunities and fixed term storage contractsManagement of primary and secondary distribution operations, and implementation of a Transport Management and Optimisation SystemDevelopment, construction and implementation of 2 new cold storage warehousesImplementation of Business Intelligence solutions to align operational service levels and capacity planning with customer service experience

South Africa

Strategic management of the customers in a multi-temperature FMCG logistics business spanning over several verticals including ambient consumer goods, temperature controlled confectionery products, consumer health products, liquor and chilled and frozen productsCombining and restructuring the customer facing teams of three business units within Imperial Logistics to service the needs of the customer base in the newly formed Consumer Packaged Goods businessRecruitment of a team of Client Services Executives, Managers, Analysts and AdministratorsCustomer management including- Business reviews with customers and retail buyers- Renegotiation of service agreements with key clients- Business development including contract renewals, RFP and RFQ processes- Management of new customer take-on processes- Contract management including new agreements, contract renegotiation and revision, contract terminations, and litigation processes- Organic growth within the existing customer base via the implementation of new services and continuous improvement projects- Revenue budgeting and forecasting

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Restructuring and re-launching of Imperial Cold LogisticsImplementation of centralised demand planning and key account management functionsCommunication of key operational restructuring initiatives to PrincipalsImplementation of new commercial models in the businessBusiness developmentCustomer management- Business reviews with major customers including Astral Foods, McCain, Lancewood, Goosebumps- Reviews with retail buyersRenegotiation, drafting and management of commercial contracts and service level agreements Annual rate negotiations with customersPlayed a key role during the implementation of SAP throughout the business by interfacing with key Principals, staff members, shareholders and the system implementation expertsDevelopment of business cases for new facilities and new business opportunities such as commercial cold storage services Management of litigation processesActing Managing Director between March and September 2016- Stabilisation of the business after the implementation of SAP- Introduction of a new commercial cold storage service to existing and new clients- Management of the team of Executives

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Member of the Divisional Executive CommitteeDevelopment of business cases:- New supply chain facilities in the group- Consolidation of businesses- Mergers between companies- New businesses and service offeringsManagement of Mergers and Acquisitions in the Division- Investment assessments of M&A opportunities- Due diligence investigations as part of M&A process- Investment motivations to the Divisional Executive CommitteeContract managementClosure of Employee Trusts Member of Imperial Logistics IT Steering Committee

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Customer managementCommercial management:- Drafting and management of commercial contracts and service level agreements - Quarterly business reviews with major customers including Astral Foods, Tiger Brands, DairyBelle, Sea Harvest, Heinz Foods, Piemans Pantry, Famous Brands, Epic Foods, Natures Choice Products, and Fry Group Foods.- Reviews with retail buyers at Shoprite, Pick ‘n Pay and SPAR.- Annual rate negotiations with customers- Management of customer complaints- Development of customer focussed supply chain service level reportsProject managementCorporate communications with external stakeholdersBusiness developmentDevelopment of commercial costing modelsDevelopment of business cases- Restructuring of the distribution network- Take-on of new customers and rationalisation of existing customers- Joint Venture with businesses in NamibiaImplementation of distributorship service offeringManagement of litigation processes

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Development and implementation of a long term strategy for the bespoke IT systems in the businessManagement of a team of 20 Software developers, IT Technicians, and AnalystsProject managementMarketing of the technology service offering to existing and new customersDevelopment and implementation of supply chain IT Systems to support new and existing business service offerings

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Establishment of a new supply chain consulting and technology companyStrategic planning regarding the positioning of the business in the Imperial Logistics GroupBusiness developmentMarketing consulting and technology services to the customers of Imperial LogisticsCosting models for commercial service offeringsConsulting ServicesContract managementLogistics ConsultingSupply Chain network analysis, modelling and designRecruitment and management of a team of 5 supply chain consultantsRecruitment and management of a team of 10 software developers and IT specialists.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Engineering Research and DevelopmentBench scale and Pilot scale experimental testing Process Design and CostingEngineering Consulting workMathematical Modelling of processesBusiness DevelopmentHead of a research group which involved the management of a team of 30 engineers, technicians, operators and general workers

B.Eng

Master Of Business Leadership (Mbl)

Education record

Completed Level 1 of the CFA curriculum

Imperial Executive Development Programme