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Vancouver, Bc, Ca

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Responsibilities:• Maintain and update the strategy for the Company's supply chain network and regularly adapt the roadmap• Challenge the status quo by consistently identifying areas for improvement• Spearhead the short and long-term strategic initiatives• Support the Chief Supply Chain officer with key cross functional initiatives• Create materials for Executive Leadership and Board of Directors meetings• Manage and own the value chain optimization opportunities• Drive benefits realization

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

The delivery of value to the Foods business, suppliers and customers by identifying, developing and implementing value chain improvements. Manage and own the value chain optimisation opportunities for the business and ensuring operational delivery of the strategy.Management of Value Delivery Process• To scope, co-create and operationalise the appropriate value delivery process and methodology before implementing it to the Foods teams and the broader matrix teams • Assist in developing a value chain steering structure to execute the stage gate decision process which is central to the overall Value Chain delivery process• Accountable for managing a risk and issues log that is communicated within the respective value chain steering structures and FLT• Leading collaboration and communication across the multiple functions in order to deploy Value Chain improvements and develop best practices across the business• Monitor and support the teams in documenting processes and deploying their Value Chain initiatives within agreed timelines • Build and manage relationships with stakeholders to ensure the initiatives are delivered Reporting, Analytics and Value Optimisation• Analyse monthly results and identify improvements to ensure the benefits are delivered to the Food Group’s P&L liaising with Foods Finance to ensure appropriate compliance and sign offs • Analyse margin and value chain performance based on defined goals/initiatives and track key milestones• Provide analytical support and tools for pricing decisions to achieve the Value Chain Strategy• To ensure the Value Chain trackers are accurate and reflect the latest information• To create weekly management information which provides visibility of progress and issues/risks to the Food Leadership Team and various Leadership teams and forums.• Help facilitate workshops with both internal and external stakeholders to identify new initiatives and value chain improvements

Cape Town Area, South Africa

To align, integrate and optimise the Fashion, Beauty and Home Supply Chain (FBH) while reducing cost and improving service. Scope includes: • All the Supply Chain stakeholders from Supplier to On-shelf in stores• From Purchase Order creation on the Supplier to On-shelf Store delivery• Local and Imported merchandise Supply Chains• All Supply Chain Models – Warehouse, Flow Through, Cross Dock & DSD (direct store delivery)• Using big data to make informed decisions in terms of strategy, projects and continuous improvement Key Responsibilities:• To give input into and understand the FBH Supply Chain Strategy• Develop and Implement an Operating Plan for FBH Supply Chain optimisation• Develop, align and agree the FBH Supply Chain Scorecard and set annual budgets & targets• Continuously review and analyse the Supply Chain Scorecard performance (service and cost), to ensure scorecard targets are delivered and improved on• Identify areas for improvement and optimisation and implement initiatives with stakeholders (Suppliers, HO, Logistics and Stores) to improve Supply Chain performance – reducing cost and improving service• Implement initiatives through Operations or escalate to the Supply Chain Development team where process, system, materials handling, logistics packaging or infrastructure changes are required• Participation, integration and implementation support of new Supply Chain Development initiatives and business projects• Develop, maintain, optimise and communicate Logistics packaging specifications and put into a central repository• Maintain Supply Chain cost allocation Matrix and ensure proper Allocation of Supply Chain costs to relevant stakeholders• Plan Inbound & Outbound volume and capacity (annual, monthly, weekly & seasonal)• Analyse, Monitor and Manage Supply Chain capacity and stock flow and ageing with recommendations.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Scope of work• Identify operational inefficiencies and create formal business cases using root cause analysis and analytical insights• Present different business cases to the Steering Committee for investment into projects• Acting as the Project Manager with project roll-outs• Improve supply chain reporting functions at a strategical and operational level (New KPIs, dashboards, etc.)• Engage with suppliers and business units with regards to new supply chain projects• Create peak trade forecasts across the four distribution areas to assist with operations and resource planning• Assist the Commercial teams to create a detailed end-to-end cost calculator that can be used in cost price negotiations• Continue to support the Supply Chain Manager with operational issues relating to the supply chain, by using data gain insights

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Worked at Woolworths as Supply Chain Analyst in their foods supply chain. An important function is to help reduce food waste, through better supply chain management.The scope of my work at Woolworths are as follows:• Support the project manager with project roll-outs, supplier/DC visits, engagements with the different stakeholders/department• Support the Supply Chain Manager with daily concerns and issues within thesupply chain• Use data to analyse issues or areas for improvement• Track benefits and reporting across all departments• Identify supply chain inefficiencies and create formal business cases• Use of Qlikview for weekly reporting• On-board and engage with suppliers with regards to new supply chain projects• Engagement with IT regarding large data extracts using SQL• Use multiple sets of big data to analyse and gain insights into the current supplychain (Excel, VBA, RStudio, Qlikview, SQL)• Assist in the development of a new equipment type to minimize transportation costs• Automate Qlikview reporting and engage as per requirements• Finalize and support supplier financial model discussions regarding rebates• Help the buying team to create a detailed supply chain cost calculator that canbe used in cost price negotiations

Stellenbosch

Agriculture sector implications of a green economy transition in the Western Cape Province of South Africa: A system dynamics modelling approach to food crop production

Master Of Engineering (Meng) (Cum Laude), Engineering Management (Industrial Engineering), 83%

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng), Industrial Engineering