William Ward Email & Phone Number

Cape Town, Wc, Za

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

South Africa

As an Industrial Engineer for Safair, I Project Manage process mapping and improvement projects.Key Highlights:Leading improvement projects for both catering and the 90 days documentation processes including Catering Devices Version 10.0, eCFR Feedback Loop, and an EBT ModuleReduced administrative load through process mapping, analysis and redesign, automating the data verification step of the 90 days documents process

City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

As an Industrial Engineer for EasyLife Kitchens, I worked on a variety of projects to improve productivity, inform management and manage stock.Key Highlights:Reduced maximum picking times in the warehouse by 20% by analysing and then redesigning the warehouse layoutRevised the entire stock taking process in the hardware department following my identification and analysis of high financial and stock discrepanciesConducted business analysis on the supply chain and supported the Purchasing Department with the usage and interrogation of availability reportsDesigned an interactive dashboard to display key metrics for warehouse management of both manufacturing plants using Power BI, Excel, and Python

In this role I focussed on ergonomic improvement, process flow and resource allocation in the factory environment of the Heavy Press Shop (employing time studies, process mapping etc).Key Highlights:Reduced waste from approximately 30% to 3% by introducing a new SOP for the oil mixing processLed a project to introduce the new product line “Uni Glide” into production for Indy OilSignificantly increased production speeds and reduced ergonomic risk for employees at Indy Oil through detailed analysis and reconfiguration of equipment layoutReduced water wastage and minimised long-term issues through the design and implementation of a new comprehensive maintenance plan for the inlet pipes of the farm’s hydro electric generator

Mooirivier, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

With Kruisfontein Farming I was wholly responsible for Irrigation, Electrical, and Computer Network Systems.Key Highlights:Reduced perishable wastage by improving the stock layout using ABC analysis principlesIntroduced a digital stock tracking system to warn management of critically diminishing stock levelsRedesigned the stacking process for consumables, not only speeding up the process but also ensuring reliable stock rotation which minimised lossKick started an IoT initiative to enable large-scale remote monitoring through the installation of sensors in the fields to detected both pH and moisture levels and by connecting all digital items to the network that had previously been left as stand-alone devices