Deon Van Zyl Email & Phone Number

Wallington, GB

London, England, United Kingdom

I am proud to be part of the Farmers Meat family based in Mariental Namibia, processing and exporting Pure Namibian Lamb.

London, England, United Kingdom

After months of researching all the best service related industry opportunities within the UK, I made the exciting decision to utilise my years of Operational Excellence experience and Entrepreneurial skills to create my own specialised Sanitation and Disinfection company. Where better to base such a value add enterprise than in the great city of London.

Various

Established a consultancy (remaining as Supply Chain Operations Manager at I&J via Nippy Logistics part-time) after several approaches from FMCG network contacts to fulfil turnaround and value optimisation roles. Key engagements:05/2018-12/2018: Ecowise (International FMCG factory cleaning company) Worked for the CEO, reviewing/enhancing procurement.

London UK

Woodstock Processing Plant, Cape Town, South Africa

Created start-up company and was contracted by I&J as sole 3PL supplier distributing fresh & frozen produce to I&J’s national retailers; built/co-ordinated a fleet of 12 refrigerated vehicles and oversaw the smooth day-to-day transportation of up to 180 tonnes monthly of fresh produce within retailer SLAs.

I&J Woodstock Processing Plant

Managed 800 employees and the entire production schedule in a 24-hour operation to deliver 100 tonnes of produce; developed/deployed strategies to create incremental revenues and embedded continuous improvement initiatives to improve yield.

I&J Mosselbay (Inshore business)

Managed 280 employees in the factory and introduced Lean and technology initiatives (SAP) to modernise the processing facility, improve yield and eliminate waste.

I&J Woodstock Processing Plant

Selected for a fast-track to Management Program, learning all aspects of the business, spending time at sea on vessels and undertaking value-add consulting projects in the main I&J processing factory.

I&J Walker Bay Canners Pty, Western Cape, South Africa

Transformed the business model, re-engineered processes and drove CAPEX investment innovations which helped the business diversify, access new APAC markets and uplift margins.

Walvis Bay, Namibia

2-year contract as part of the board (SLT) team to help grow top and bottom line growth and project manage the design and build of multi-million CAPEX innovations to enhance this FMCG operation.Responsible for the fleet with 300 employees and factory with a workforce of 850, including multi-million OPEX/CAPEX, production, engineering, H&S and operational.

Nd, Business Management

3 Year National Diploma in Business Management: ✯ Major Retail Business Management, Sales ✯ Business Economics 1 ✯End-user computing I ✯.

Completed Theoretical As Coc Auditor For Asc And Msc, Theoretical Exams Completed

Education record

Activities and Societies: Provincial colour in Rugby and cricket , athleticsVice Head Boy