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Risel Govender is listed as Operations Transformation | Supply Chain Development, Design & Optimisation | Manufacturing Excellence | Business Improvement | Organisational Effectiveness | Industry 4.0 | Consumer Goods at innocent drinks, a with 784 employees, based in Greater Southampton Area, United Kingdom. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Risel Govender.
Risel Govender previously worked as Head of Supply Optimisation at Innocent Drinks and Operations Advisor at Nrg Partnership. Risel Govender holds Artificial Intelligence Programme from Saïd Business School, University Of Oxford.
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I specialise in helping consumer goods supply chain operations overcome strategic challenges, build operational excellence, unlock profitable sustainability, optimise supply networks, and setup future-fit operating models. I'm an exponent of servant leadership philosophy, and bring a strategic systems-thinking and people-centric approach to build capabilities for sustainable competitive advantage.My experience stems from a rapid career progression within multinational FMCG industries. I've reached a global leadership level in operations by delivering a series of transformation programmes and leading business functions, both domestically and internationally, across Supply Chain and Factory Operations.
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London Area, United Kingdom
Driving end-to-end supply chain maturity, from technology / processes / people to optimisation of the physical supply network, as Innocent grows into a major consumer goods manufacturer.
United Kingdom
Specialisation in delivering high-impact transformation for manufacturing and supply chain clients seeking break-through performance, cost reduction, scale up, future-fit operating models, and operations excellence.
Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Leading a team of senior managers as an internal supply chain strategy house, responsible for creating new and optimising existing supply chains, for maximum efficiency, effectiveness, resilience, and sustainability. Includes the manufacturing footprint strategy and network design across all product categories and geographies in the group.
Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Ideation to delivery of supply chain solutions for new category products (e.g. Vapour), which was rapidly growing with highly volatile customer demand and long lead times from new external manufacturing partners.
Southampton, United Kingdom
Led a team of mid-level managers, delivering the end-to-end supply process for multiple geographic business units including 4 factories, 4 supply models, 30+ markets and +250 NPIs per year.
Southampton, United Kingdom
Designed and implemented the above-market SFG planning capability for the EEMEA region, including organisational, process and system design, recruitment and BAU capability establishment. Included close relationship and integration management with Africa, Turkey, Ukraine and Russia.
Southern African Area
Managed S&OP, and the team executing end-to-end planning and customer fulfilment for Southern Africa. Successfully led the transition from local (SA) to centralised planning (UK), including change management, skills, and knowledge transfer. Also led the OneSAP digital transformation for Supply Chain Operations.
South Africa
Led a team of 70 people over a 24/7 operation, with a complex mix of technologies and premium brands, improving health and safety, quality, and productivity KPIs.
South Africa
Managing a team of 35, including the QA/QC lab and supplier quality. Reduced consumer complaints with an internal quality campaign to foster TQM culture. Coached numerous six-sigma green-belt candidates.
Development projects to gain exposure of the entire value-chain from product design to sales.
City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Educating 3rd and 4th year Industrial Engineering students on Operations Management and Strategy including Quality, Manufacturing and Supply Chain from an industry perspective.
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Anja Riis Rosenquist
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Gordan Kvesić
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Lotte De Graaff
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Loredana Franse
Colleague at Innocent DrinksJüchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Gina De Sloothaak
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Activities and Societies: Operations & Business Management coursework Thesis on Improving Labour Productivity without heavy capital.
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Risel Govender works for innocent drinks.
Risel Govender is listed as Operations Transformation | Supply Chain Development, Design & Optimisation | Manufacturing Excellence | Business Improvement | Organisational Effectiveness | Industry 4.0 | Consumer Goods at innocent drinks.
Risel Govender is based in Greater Southampton Area, United Kingdom while working with innocent drinks.
Risel Govender has worked for Innocent Drinks, Nrg Partnership, Bat, British American Tobacco, and University Of The Witwatersrand.
Risel Govender's colleagues at innocent drinks include Lesley Peng, Jose Juan Gallardo Montero, Lucy Hutchinson, Anja Riis Rosenquist, and Gordan Kvesić.
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Risel Govender holds Artificial Intelligence Programme from Saïd Business School, University Of Oxford.
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