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Rucphen, North Brabant, Netherlands

I am a results-oriented Plant Manager with a proven track record of leading high-performing teams and optimising operations for efficiency, safety, and profitability.Key Responsibilities:- Manage all aspects of plant operations, including planning, quality, maintenance and logistics.- Ensure a safe and compliant work environment, adhering to HSE regulations and company guidelines.- Lead and develop a team of production personnel through hiring, training, and performance management.- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance production efficiency, reduce costs, and meet KPI targets.- Monitor and control production costs, including raw materials, labor, and energy usage.- Oversee capital and operational expenses.- Foster strong relationships with suppliers, customers, and other stakeholders.- Stay up-to-date on best practices and technologies through continuous learning and professional development.

Kraaifontein, Western Cape, South Africa

As part of the senior management team I am responsible to ensure that the supply chain operations are aligned with strategic business objectives. I have restructured the department into six high performance and cohesive teams to ensure efficient and effective operations.Planning: Drive sales and operations planning with commercial, finance and operations to forecast and optimise inventories, scheduling and lead times.Customer Service: Maintain customer relations, analyse late lines, improve transparencyand communication to customers. Responsible for portal to streamline sales order process.Global Procurement: Evaluate suppliers, modes of transport, routes and orders to optimise sea and air freight expenses. Analyse lead times, open orders, import and export activities.Logistics: Drive digital integration of activities to ensure accurate picking and transparency of customer orders. Evaluate and plan transporters to optimise freight expenses to customers.Warehouse: Manage inventory through safe and optimised storage. Drive reduction of slow and obsolete inventories and the digitalisation of warehouse operations.Projects: Manage the logistics of turnkey irrigation projects in Southern African Development Community.

Kraaifontein, South Africa

*Netafim Employee of the Year 2021 Winner*Netafim Employee of the Year 2020 Finalist (3rd place)*Netafim Employee of the Year 2018 FinalistResponsible to manage and coordinate all production floor activities in terms of people, planning, setups, raw material, technical actions, logistics, quality, continuous improvement implementation, and strategic & operational target achievement.Main responsibilities include:- Manage and lead five teams of 35+ personnel in extrusion and assembly departments- Ensure target achievement in terms of OEE (availability; performance; quality), costs and safety- Training, coaching and implementation of a lean continuous improvement culture- Analyse job requirements and update job descriptions for recruitment of new personnel- Execute performance review processes to evaluate and improve personnel performance- Communicate with suppliers and coordination of PPE, raw material and consumables- Monitor and analyse production results on MES, QlikView and SAP- Report on labour utilisation, P&L, OEE, projects, OTD, DOS and other production results- Developed and drive a database for all quality and maintenance related events- Plan and coordinate all other activities related to personnel and production- Create, update and enforce standard work instructions and best practice procedures

Responsible for the implementation of continuous operations improvement through the 20 Keys methodology and coaching of different managerial levels in various industries. These industries include manufacturing, agriculture, FMCG, finance, IT, and the service sector.Main responsibilities include:- Training, coaching and implementation of operations improvement best practices.- Continuous improvement through coordination of people, materials, information, and technology.- Visual management systems in terms of demarcation, controls, and measurements.- Development of production schedules, quality control and shopfloor management systems.- Problem solving (root cause analysis) through systems thinking and statistical analysis.- Development of performance dashboards to monitor trends and improve decision making.- Facilitation and assessment of NQF generic management learnerships.- Building and maintaining of customer relations and managing their expectations.- Proper time management to coordinate and implement several projects at the same time.

Type of work exposed to:- Quality and safety control- Equipment utilisation- Production flow and line balancing- Facility layout and warehouse optimisation- Time studies and work standards- Feasibility study for wind power

Master'S Degree, Industrial Engineering

Thesis Topic: Theory of Perspective "A continuous and sustainable process improvement roadmap for small business managers" My research.

Bachelor'S Degree, Industrial Engineering

Senior Certificate

Activities and Societies: Student Council RepresentativePassed with distinction