Harold Stevens Email & Phone Number

Johannesburg, GP, ZA

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

• Analytics, Design, Prototyping, Development, Implementation & Testing to deliver turn-key integration & automation Solutions to SC industry (Warehouse, DC & Logistics Operations) – My key focuses: Integration
• Physical & functional integration & linking component sub-systems ensuring it functions together as cooperative unit delivering overarching functionality
• Design Solutions connecting to systems under development & already deployed Automation
• Design and deliver automated processing systems & labour-saving technology
• Expert systems accelerating & integrating processes & systems interoperability
• Robotic Process Automation to eliminate tedious actions, freeing workers to focus on higher value tasks - Control systems that improve telemetry and communications Digital Transformation

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

• EWM Solution Architect & ABAP Development
• Client Procedural Expertise: Business Processes and Supply Chain Collaboration
• Improve overall system visibility & accuracy as well as interdependent skills
• Solution design with functionality to meet needs of various Supply Chain partners
• Requirements gathering, develop scope of work & draft technical specification documentation
• Project management: Coordinate Technical skills and Facilitate & control functional resources

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa - Long-meadow Distribution Center

• Manage operations process, embracing design, planning, control, performance improvement & SC strategy & interact with managers in other functional areas impacting operations
• Drive growth strategy & balance global needs; ensure operations performs at best potential
• Align DC Execution to SC strategic intent; Ensure operational inputs yield strategy linked KPI’s
• Achieve company-wide goals: Manage key people across divisions; Guide teams to complete individual tasks
• Operationalize Supply Chain strategy thru integration, improved planning & tactical execution
• Supervise operational systems, processes & infrastructure while looking for improvement opportunities; Anticipate and track operational & tactical risks; Providing strategic solutions

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Client Operational Execution management and WMS System Admin
• Ensure Strategic capacity via innovation, continuous improvement & developing exceptional human platforms
• Sustainable milieu for performance excellence based on people, systems & processes
• Analytic preparation of potential growth and improvement opportunities
• Tactical plan development and implementation to ensure Strategy is Operationalized
• Intent – business objectives – functional goals – Tactical plans - individual ops focus areas

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

• General Management of the Africa Distribution Centre and Supply Chain Operations:
• Aligning Africa HQ strategy and SC Operations- integration, planning & tactical execution
• Ensuring operational inputs will yield achievement of strategic KPI’s
• In charge of planning operations and activities with the division & company’s budget in mind
• Financial management & Profit & Loss Statements – budgeting, profitability, and cost saving
• Stakeholder Management and Leadership - SLA & scorecard development and management

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• General Management of Perishables DC at Longmeadow. Responsibilities include managing warehouse budget, coordinating DC activities & staff schedules, and ensuring adherence to all safety protocols and company policies
• Service Provider Leadership towards Operational and Service excellence
• Human Resource & Internal Relations Management - liaising with and managing staff and shifts
• Operationalize Supply Chain Strategy at daily Distribution Logistics execution level
• Operational growth and Continues Improvement thru integrated planning & tactical execution
• Develop, implement, and maintain quality assurance protocols - Waste Management and Sustainability

National

• General Management of the division in its entirety, ultimately responsible for maintaining effectiveness & increasing its efficiency by managing multiple contracts & departments toward maximum productivity
• Member of EXCO and providing leadership to MANCO to help drive Operational and service excellence
• Involved with important policy & strategic decisions, and to develop & implement operational procedures
• HR and IR management – People and the way they are managed are a key resource
• Help promote a company culture that encourages top performance and high morale
• Financial management – Achieve objectives by preparing monthly & annual budgets; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances & initiating corrective actions

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Operational management of manufacturing and distribution functions:
• Forecasting, Purchasing, Capacity Planning, Inventory Control, Bills-of-Materials, DDMRP, Stock holding (component leads, transfers & routing) and Production scheduling & monitoring
• Optimize Distribution logistics & Operational processes and Re-engineer manufacturing lines
• Reduce labour & manufacturing costs and increase production throughput
• Budgeting & Cost accounting: Tracking and ensuring adherence in terms of Labour & Materials
• Systemization, turnaround management & improvement interventions

Pretoria Area, South Africa

• Operational management of manufacturing and distribution functions
• Forecasting, Purchasing, Capacity Planning, Inventory Control, Bills-of-Materials, DDMRP, Stock holding (component leads, transfers & routing) and Production scheduling & monitoring
• Optimize Distribution logistics & Operational processes and Re-engineer manufacturing lines
• Reduce labour & manufacturing costs and increase production throughput
• Budgeting & Cost accounting: Tracking and ensuring adherence in terms of Labour & Materials
• Systemization, turnaround management & improvement interventions

Gauteng, South Africa

General Manager of the business Developing custom turn-key integrated management systems and implementation tools for these systems as well as measurement matrices to gauge performance and improvement.

Advanced Executive Certificate (Aec), Innovation & Technology, Certificate

• Supply Chain Strategy and Management (Completed) • Leading Edge Operations Strategy (Completed) • Business Process Design for Strategic.

Qlikview Designer Certification, Business Intelligence & Performance Management, Certificate

Activities and Societies: Business Intelligence Design & Development Performance Management• Business Intelligence via Analysis &.

Masters Of Management Program, Business Administration And Management, General

• Managerial competence: Develop cognitive capacity and thought process • Acquire essential behavior, methods and practices for realizing.

Advanced Negotiation Skills Program, Negotiation

• Generate creative alternatives - Positively frame/reframe difficult problems • Promote credibility - Recognise and deal with perceptions.

Bcomm., Business Administration, Degree

• Production and Operations management • Strategic management • Financial & Investment management • Risk management • HR planning and.