FEZILE MFOWETHU MGIJIMA

Address : **** ******* ********, ****** **** Estate, Kosmosdal, 0157

E-Mail : adj7k1@r.postjobfree.com ID No: 681**********

Contact (home): 082-******* / 082-*******

PROFILE

I have a Chemical Engineering diploma, MDP, PGD and more than ten years working experience in the management of manufacturing Organisations. My experience ranges from Production planning, Process engineering, Production management, Procurement management and Supply chain management. In all my previous positions I have been working across organizational boundaries and levels, implementing and maintaining strategies to achieve organizational goals. I am assertive, results focused, very strong in HR and IR management and a very good team player.

OBJECTIVE

To exercise acquired skills and knowledge more effectively to add value to the business that I work for.

WORK EXPERIENCE

July 2017- Current

I have been on the job market since being retrenched by Henkel. I decided to further study post Graduate Diploma in business Management in order to be better prepared for future opportunities.

I have also embarked on starting the following businesses:

1.BMF Group: I’m a director in this entity which seeks for Supply chain and construction tenders.

2.Bafobethu Group: I’m the sole owner in this entity which intends to provide the following services:

Factory Visual Management

5S in Manufacturing Facilities

Minimise Chemical Waste

Hazardous Chemicals / Waste Transpotation

June 2014- July 2017 Manufacturing Manager

Henkel South Africa (Automotive Component Manufacturing)

Lead the safe, cost effective manufacturing and conversion operations within acceptable quality standards for three business units which include automotive underbody sealers and metal surface treatment products.

This within acceptable quality standards and cost. Including scheduling, execution, partner training and the consistent application of Henkel's policies and procedures.

SHEQR: 16.2 appointee.

Adherence to Henkel's safety, health & environmental standards and practices are maintained as a top priority.

Aggressively support the company culture and business mission.

Monitor manufacturing performance in real time

Special projects as assigned by General Manager Operations.

Continuous improvements in cost, safety, productivity, and quality.

Effective communications and training/development for partners and associates in manufacturing.

Ensure a safe, clean workplace, including accident notification, investigation, and implementing corrective action along with follow up.

Investigate all plants related variances including material, machine and labor (idle time, rate, and efficiency).

Cross train manufacturing hourly partners and associates. personnel

Cultivation of Henkel’s culture and values by promoting communication, teamwork, and respectful treatment of all individuals

Purchasing equipment and supplies for the plant.

Manufacturing staffing levels. Hiring/termination of partners and associates.

Implementation of improvement plans.

Achievement: Improved the production cycle time of a BMW PVC product by 24 hours (20%). This increase the plant capacity and subsequently overtime was reduced and healthy stock levels were realised.

Reason for leaving:

Retrenched.

Mar’ 2013 – Sept 2013, Materials and Procurement Manager - Booyco Engineering (Pty) Ltd

Manage the optimisation of the Materials Management operations function

Management of the Procurement function pertaining to outstanding order reports & monitoring of expediting activities

Management of the Stores function - inventory management including; oversee stock replenishment, receiving & packing into stores, picking & issuing, stock take, cycle counts.

Manage and reports on Service Level Agreements and Key Performance indicators

Guide and assist buyers with overseas sourcing.

Deal with escalations from Buyers to resolve queries and decision making

Motivate, morale, communicate, engage, energy and teamwork

Responsible for individual performance management and development

Liaising with Suppliers to negotiations purchase prices

Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders

Achievements:

Improved material on time delivery in full up to 92%.

Improve inventory accuracy to > 95%

Reason for leaving:

Senior management style was unprofessional and disregarded customer specifications without concession.

June’ 2012 – Dec 2012 Consultant, African Emission Trading

Worked as a Consultant with a solar geyser manufacturing company called African Emissions Trading. I did various projects in the business and my initial project was to get the company prepared for the SABS certification. My duties included defining production and admin process from procurement, production and distribution.

This involved/included

Writing of work instructions and specifications

Training of personnel

Reengineering factory lay out

Defining process flow

5s implementation

Achievement: SABS certification was achieved on the preliminary audit.

Reason for leaving:

Contract ended.

Feb 2008 – Jan 2012, Planning & Admin Controller- Coleus Packaging (PTY) LTD SAB, Alberton

To develop schedules establishing sequence and timeframe of manufacturing operations in order to meet sales requirements.

Review orders, dispatch needs, plant capacity and inventory before drawing up schedules

Set up operational series to guide production work

Provide accurate medium and long term forecasts

Ensure the optimal planning of production to ensure correct product availability at all times – manage stock holdings to customer demands

Monitor execution and control of production plans for local and import markets to ensure on time availability of products to fill customer orders and on time shipments.

Optimize stock levels and managing the order process nationally

Manage the close interaction between sales, distribution and production

Manage planning and integration of supply requirements with production planning and operations team

Innovation trials on primary equipment are seamlessly fused in the main production schedules

Establish lead-times, lot sizes and safety stocks with operations, business units and product management team.

Liaise with customers on current and future opportunities

Relationship management with internal stakeholders as well as customers

Collaboration with Operations Team, Production Team, Purchasing, Logistics and customer services teams to achieve sales and service objectives

Support Production in MRP (SYSPRO) and the shop floor system

Achievements:

Implemented and maintaining Business Continuity Management

I eliminated a coating step (re-lacquering) which was traditionally part of running promotional crown in our business. This improved our cycle time on both our printer and coater and brought about 30% (R200 000 PA) saving on material

Reason for leaving:

Retrenched.

March 2006 – 30 September 2007, Senior Procurement Manager - First African Signs, Cape Town

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Ensure accurate planning cycles for, sourcing and buying of materials to meet production schedules.

Budget Planning and department cost management for the procurement function

Planning and controlling: measuring, reporting and controlling of all procurement related figures.

Negotiated with suppliers on issues such as price, on time delivery, quality, special terms and conditions etc

Drives a cost conscious culture

Approving and placing of orders and receiving of components in South Africa

Administration of agreements and contracts to ensure optimal quality and cost in accordance to companies’ policies and guidelines

Help in the logistical planning of daily deliveries and collections.

Manage relationship with current suppliers, development of potential suppliers and approval of new.

Ensuring proper use and maintenance of company delivery vehicles.

Responsible for maintenance of the ISO 9001:2000 quality system.

Managed stores and inventory levels.

Conducts employees’ Performance Development Plans and gives feedback

Achievements:

Improved material on time delivery from about 50% to > 90% in eight months.

Trained my team to be more assertive when handling supplier quality issues.

Reason for leaving:

Relocated to Gauteng with family.

Jan 2005 – Feb 2006, Production Manager - First African Signs, Cape Town

Continued with the managerial duties listed in the previous job and additionally performed the following duties:

Liaised with clients regarding technical and production issues

Maintained regular feedback to technical department regarding product costing

Ensured equipment and tools are maintained and utilized properly

Management of production activities

* Fiberglass molding and preparation.

* Steel and Electric factory.

* Vinyl, Perspex and Routing factory.

* Assembly.

Production planning and budgeting

Handled HR and IR issues in the factory

Conducts employees’ Performance Development Plans and gives feedback

Execute production schedule within cost, time quality parameters whilst ensuring compliance to Quality Management System

Diagnoses plant problems (fault finding) and liaise with Engineering for plant repairs.

Co-ordinates the implementation of TPM & world class principles in the factory

Ensures that Plant is maintained in a high level of engineering, cleaning and Safety standard.

Achievements:

Improved house keeping and safety awareness in the factory.

Successfully implemented Mission Directed Work Teams program in the factory. This brought ownership and high energy level in the whole organization.

Reason for leaving:

Our major problem in production at that time was late delivery of raw material. Procurement and Technical both reported to the Technical Manger. This was not effective so we decided to split the two departments and that created a vacancy of Procurement Manager. As I worked closely with procurement department, I had a better understanding of the problems experienced and was therefore more suitable for the position.

Jun 2000 – Sept 2004, Production Superintendent – Engelhard, Port Elizabeth

Managed production floor and effective utilization of resources

Coordinated communication with other departments to achieve company goals

Administered company policies and procedures to maintain competent, motivated and efficient workforce

Monitored and controlled raw materials in production to provide optimum usage

Fostered an environment for continuous improvement

Ensured compliance to safety policies and procedures

Identified and communicate bottlenecks to the relevant people in the company.

Prepares for quarterly and annual process, quality and safety Audits

Achievements:

Reduced wash water (Precious Metals) inventory from R32m to 17m in three Months

Improved wash water inventory accuracy from 64% to 98% in four Months

Improved Pre-slurry inventory accuracy from 40% to 70% in three Months

Improved slurry First time Trough from 50% to 90% in five Months

Reason for leaving:

Relocated to Cape Town to be with the family.

Oct 1997 – May 2000, Production Supervisor (Rodding Section) – Hillside Aluminium, Richards Bay

Achieved production targets: Productivity, Scrap, reworks and first line maintenance.

Ensured subordinate effectiveness

Facilitated Industrial relations related maters

Facilitated multi-skilling among subordinates

Promoted team building, motivating and empowering them to achieve team objectives

Liaised regularly with service and maintenance departments to ensure communication, co-ordination, maintenance, quality and production

Achievements:

Improved house keeping and teamwork within my Team.

Helped my team to be more results focused and target driven.

Reason for leaving:

I had a job offer with more challenges and greater responsibilities

Nov 1995- Oct 1997, Process Specialist (Carbon Department) –Hillside Aluminium, Richards Bay

Conducted Technical Analysis

Performed equipment efficiency checks

Devised appropriate contingency plans to facilitate action and implement them accordingly

Process optimization and training of the operations staff in the Paste plant and backing furnace.

Responsible for process work orders in the baking furnace and Pitch & heat transfer medium.

Achievements:

I became the process champion of the Pitch and heat transfer medium plant. I developed a training manual and work and inspection instruction for the plant. This saved the company millions of rand as this put an end to numerous spillages and long down time.

Reason for leaving:

Moved into a new position which presented an opportunity to become a leader.

Oct 1994- Oct 1995, Production Technician (Reduction Department) – Hillside Aluminium, Richards Bay

Performed routine and non-routine measurements

Supervised operators in the miscellaneous sections

Responsible for writing and training of operators on standard operating procedures

Feb 1993- Sep 1994, Process Controller – Caltex Oil SA, Cape Town

1992, Student Technician (In-service Training) – Caltex Oil SA, Cape Town

SPECIALIZED TRAINING

Dec 2019, Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGD) - University of South Africa, Pretoria

Dec 1999, Management Development Programme (MDP) - University of South Africa, Pretoria

Dec 1992, National Diploma: Chemical Engineering - Peninsula Technikon, Cape Town

Dec 1989, Matriculation, Fezeka Senior Secondary School – Gugulethu, Cape Town

Skills Acquired

Proven team leadership skills

Outstanding interpersonal and facilitation skills

Visual Workplace and 5S implementation

Lean Manufacturing

Familiarity with manufacturing and maintenance systems (SAP R/3)

Analytical problem solver and customer focused

Enquiring and analytical thinking ability

Ability to implement effective problem solving

Working knowledge of quality, safety, health and environmental standards e.g. ISO14001, ISO 9000:2000, SHE and TS 16949

Computer Literacy, MS Excel, MS Word, PowerPoint, Protean, JDE and OMNIX

PERSONAL DETAILS

Gender Male

Marital Status Married

Nationality South African

Drivers License Code 08

Languages English, Afrikaans, Xhosa and Zulu (read, write and speak)

REFERENCES

Mr. Neremiah Mothata, Henkel SA, Manufacturing Manager

Mobile : +278********.

E-mail : adj7k1@r.postjobfree.com

Mrs. Reshnee Baboolall. Henkel SA, Quality Manager

Mobile : +278********

Landline : +271********

E-mail : adj7k1@r.postjobfree.com

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