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Executive Head: Group Sourcing and Transformation at Santam Insurance
Location: City Of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa 11 work roles 10 schools
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Johan Human is listed as Executive Head: Group Sourcing and Transformation at Santam Insurance, a company with 4237 employees, based in City Of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Johan Human.

Johan Human previously worked as Executive Head: Group Sourcing & Transformation at Santam Insurance and Chief Executive Officer (Founder) at Churchill South Africa. Johan Human holds Ca(Sa) from The South African Institute Of Chartered Accountants (Saica).

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I am a seasoned executive with more than 20 years of experience, in diverse roles and industries, I offer a rare blend of experience and expertise. With multiple professional qualifications as a Chartered Accountant CA(SA), ACMA (UK) and CGMA—including an Executive MBA from the London Business School.My professional journey led me to various senior roles in the financial services industry before joining Ogilvy as Financial and Commercial Director and later as the Managing Director of RedWorks. I successfully managed this high-growth business during my tenure, overseeing its expansion from 5 to 155 employees within less than 3 years. Serving clients such as Sun International, Vodacom Retail, Cashbuild, Revlon, KFC, VW, and Audi. Subsequently, founding Churchill, specialising in optimising strategy, business models, and operating models, and improving, automating, and digitising business operations and processes.With experience in various leadership roles across diverse industries, working for multi-national corporates, managing and conducting business in various African and Middle Eastern countries, has equipped me with comprehensive skills. I’ve accumulated a wealth of experience serving in hands-on roles, contributing to executive teams, across different industry sectors such as banking, asset management, insurance, advertising & communications, including professional and consulting services. This included being a member of executive management teams, holding board memberships and involvement on various board sub-committees such as finance, audit, risk, compliance and remuneration.I intimately understand the challenges that leaders and businesses face and recognise what it takes to effectively lead, manage, and grow a successful business in today’s dynamic landscape.My multifaceted exposure equipped me with comprehensive skills that span various domains: from management and finance to strategy, sales, marketing, operations, procurement, HR, commercial negotiations, and contracting. I bring deep IT expertise in software development, ERP, business process mapping, process re-engineering, automation, RPA, workflow and assisting clients with the design and development of AI solutions.I am plain-spoken and tenacious, with strong leadership, ethics, mentoring, and coaching skills. With a can-do attitude and entrepreneurial mindset, I take a holistic view of organisations finding pragmatic solutions equally comfortable delving into the details, connecting the dots, and identifying key drivers, while developing strategies and pragmatic solutions.

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Santam Insurance
Santam Insurance
Executive Head: Group Sourcing and Transformation
Cape Town, WC, ZA
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4237
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Executive Head: Group Sourcing And Transformation

Cape Town, WC, ZA

Executive Head: Group Sourcing & Transformation

Current

City Of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Procurement, Sourcing & Transformation for the Santam & Sanlam Group

Mar 2024 - Present

Chief Executive Officer (Founder)

Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Founded in 2014, Churchill helps people and businesses thrive by providing pragmatic solutions for a rapidly changing world. We offer advisory, consulting, implementation, and coaching services to SMEs, Corporates.
  • Solve strategic and operational challenges,
  • Improve control,
  • Map, optimise and automate processes,
  • Increase productivity,
  • Re-engineer business & financial models,
Aug 2014 - Mar 2024

Managing Director (South Africa)

Cape Town, South Africa

  • Oct 2010 to Aug 2014
  • Member of the Ogilvy South Africa Group Exco;
  • The fastest growing business within the Ogilvy group and in EMEA [from R500k gross profit (5 FTEs) to R155m (150 FTEs) in gross profit in 4 years];
  • Key clients (pitch and won) included: Sun International, Vodacom Retail, Cashbuild, Revlon and PEP Retail aside from supporting other key group clients like KFC, Multichoice, Audi and VW;Reason for change: Seeking new.
Oct 2010 - Aug 2014

Financial & Commercial Director

Cape Town, South Africa

  • Jan 2010 to Sep 2010
  • Handle all commercial negotiations and contracting with national and international clients;
  • Establish central purchasing and group procurement capability;Reason for change: Asked to take over as MD of newly created retail advertising agency.
Jan 2010 - Sep 2010

Financial Director

Cape Town, South Africa

  • Apr 2005 to Dec 2009
  • Working in partnership with COO and local Managing Director to define and implement business strategy;
  • Managing the Finance-, Production Accounting-, HR- and Support functions for the business (10 business units) as well as oversight of the IT department. (50 FTEs);
  • Negotiations/contracting with clients, suppliers and lease contracts for new premises;
  • Design, building and implementation of a data warehouse and MIS reporting system for the whole group;
  • Implementation of digital asset management system and workflow systems for the business;
Apr 2005 - Dec 2009

Strategy Manager

Cape Town, South Africa

  • Apr 2003 to Mar 2005
  • Managing the strategy creation and planning processes for the Old Mutual South Africa group of companies;
  • Implementing new integrated strategy process for OM(SA) including the OM Exco and CEOs of Mutual & Federal and Nedbank;
  • Role included managing the group strategy department and reporting through to the Old Mutual Executive committee – (GM Strategy, Marketing and Communications);
  • Over and above the strategic focus, the role also included managing the Finance and HR functions for the Group Marketing and Communications departments. (20 FTEs);
  • Research and analysis of “Mega Trends” for the financial services industry with impact assessments for Old Mutual;
Apr 2003 - Mar 2005

Divisional Cfo

Cape Town, South Africa

  • At the time the youngest Divisional Manager in Old Mutual history at age of 29;
  • Member of Exco for largest operating unit (+-10,000 FTEs);
  • Rejuvenating and successfully restructuring of finance division (from 300 people down to 75);
  • Successfully re-engineering accounting controls and processes (fixing +- R1bn control accounting issue);
  • Implementation of risk management and treasury functions;
  • Fast close month-end processes (10 days to 3 days);
Jan 2000 - Mar 2003

Group Financial Manager

Board Of Executors Bank Group

Cape Town, South Africa

  • With promotion to AGM Finance became youngest AGM in group history at age 27;
  • Control and supervision of 40 staff (Finance and procurement departments);
  • Simplified the group financial consolidation process from 2 ½ weeks to 4 hours;
  • Tax management for group companies and review/sign-off of all Corporate Finance structures;
  • Drafting the Annual Financial Statements - BoE coming 2nd in the Financial Mail AFS disclosure competition in 1999;
  • Involvement in merger and acquisitions:o Acquisition of Boland Bank and NBS Bank;o Merger of Boland and NBS into NBS Boland Bank;o Creation and listing of the Orion Selections Holding and Orion Selections Financial.
Apr 1996 - Dec 1999

Information Technology Consultant

Pwc

South Africa

  • Implementation of the first point of sale (multi-till networked) installations in the Western Cape;
  • Certified Microsoft trainer;Reason for leaving: Career growth.
Sep 1995 - Mar 1996

Articled Clerk

Pwc

South Africa

  • Responsible for the audits of 2 largest clients in the office;
  • Establishment of IT consulting practice for my office;Reason for leaving: Asked to join PwC Computer Services.
Jan 1993 - Aug 1995
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Johan Human education

Ca(Sa)

The South African Institute Of Chartered Accountants (Saica)

Acma (Uk)

The Chartered Institute Of Management Accountants

Executive And Business Coaching

Master Coach Practitioner Programme
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Johan Human works for Santam Insurance.

What is Johan Human's role at Santam Insurance?

Johan Human is listed as Executive Head: Group Sourcing and Transformation at Santam Insurance.

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Johan Human is based in City Of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa while working with Santam Insurance.

What companies has Johan Human worked for?

Johan Human has worked for Santam Insurance, Churchill South Africa, Redworks, Inc., Ogilvy, and Old Mutual.

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Johan Human's colleagues at Santam Insurance include Andre Joseph, Thembelani Silika, Ntando Hadebe, Lucienne Lawrence, and Sandy Harms.

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Johan Human holds Ca(Sa) from The South African Institute Of Chartered Accountants (Saica).

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