CURRICULUM VITAE OF

VAGHEN BECHOO

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Surname: Bechoo

First Name: Vaghen

Date of Birth: 14th February 1991

Identity Number: 910-***-**** 089

Nationality: South African

Ethnicity: Indian

Drivers license: Code 8

Home Address: 129 Road 729 Montford Chatsworth 4092

Contact Details: 081-***-**** adk40e@r.postjobfree.com

Gender: Male

Marital Status: Married

Dependents: 1

Health: Excellent

Criminal Record: None

Home Language: English

Second language: Afrikaans

Hobbies: Reading Playing the Guitar Gaming

Attributes: Motivated Structured and Efficient Analytical

To whom it may concern

Please find attached the CV of Vaghen Bechoo regarding the advertised position at hand.

I am a young, hard and dedicated worker and have the ability to think outside the box I have attained cold storage experience whilst working at Vector Logistics with regards to receiving, dispatching, quality and freshness of stock (Rainbow chicken products both frozen and fresh, Mc Cain’s, Delite products etc.) pick faces, surge floor and backup freezer (racking system) operations all in conjunction with SAP R/3. I have stores experience with the trucking and earth moving field working for Aqua Transport. Everyday duties include managing of staff, cycle counts, and stock takes, overtime budgeting etc. At Goldfields Logistics as a Warehouse Supervisor, managing a 26000 square meter (30000 pallet places) warehouse handling Sappi Papers contract amongst other commodities. I have vast SAP, warehousing management experience, operations etc. I have Hazardous Chemicals and warehousing experience from Bidvest Panalpina Logistics supervising a 30000 square meter warehouse including bond and flammable stores consisting of 34000 pallet spaces. I am working within the logistics field for almost 10 years and have attained various experiences throughout projects and scenarios.

I am currently employed as a Warehouse Supervisor at Unitrans overseeing 4 independent warehouses along with bagging production line.

Thank you for reviewing my CV.

I hope that you will highly consider my application.

Kind Regards

Vaghen Bechoo

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Secondary Education

School Attended: Orion Technical Collage

Subjects Passed: English Afrikaans Business Studies Travel and Tourism Criminology Ethnology

Extra-Curricular: Member of TADA (Teenagers against Drug

Abuse)

Tertiary Education

Institution: Thekwini College (Incomplete)

Qualification: National Diploma: Electrical Engineering

Subjects: Electrical Trade Theory N1 Electrical Trade Theory N2 Electrical Trade Theory N3

Industrial Electronics N1 Industrial Electronics N2 Industrial Electronics N3

Logic Systems N1 Logic Systems N2 Logic Systems N3

Mathematics N1 Mathematics N2 Mathematics N3

Tertiary Education

Institution: Careers 2000

Qualification: National Certificate: Information Technology & Technical Support. (A+ N+)

Course: End User Computing

Subjects: Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel Microsoft Access Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Publisher Microsoft Office Projects

Computer Research

Information Networks

Microsoft Internet Explorer Microsoft Outlook Express

The use of Numerical bases and measurement units

Analyze and calculate shape and motion in 2 and 3 dimensional contexts

The Application of Mathematics and Logic to investigate the financial aspects of personal and business issues.

Corel WordPerfect Office

IT Technical Support

NQF Level: Level 4

SAQA Qualification: 24293

Graduating Year: 2008

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Name of Company: Unitrans (Safripol/Hosaf)

Position Held: Warehouse Supervisor

Duties:

• Supervision of 4 warehouses and production staff

• Administration & Reporting of production and deliveries

• MHE, labor broker and budget management

• WMS administration daily to ensure design SOP/KPI’s are adhered to by employees

• Remote and hands on monitoring daily activities of 3 different sites and 4 warehouses & employees

• Supervision of inbound and outbound to meet production and dispatch demands

• Ensuring optimal utilization of the warehouse and staff to meet operational targets

• Ensuring MHE is maintained & in the required condition to operate/function optimally.

• Ensuring operations administration is processed accurately and efficiently.

• Implementing, reinforcing SHEQ initiatives and controls according to ISO standards

• Ensure optimal staff structure at all times in terms of recruitment, succession and development.

• Efficiently manage staff working hours, overtime, discipline, IR relations etc.

• Responsible for reporting on production, expenses and similar financial aspects of the business

• Monitoring of All Interfaces for all files being imported or exported from JDE to WMS to TMS and vice versa.

• Receipting of Customer Returns and Collections. NCR reporting and solving with 24 hours

• Stock Adjustments via Negative or Positive Stock Adjustments with reasons

• Monitoring & managing the WMS systems task to ensure optimal production & turnaround times

• Updating the shift overviews daily Inspection and quality control

Period: November 2019- Present

Reference: Sanjay Deenanath-082*******

Name of Company: Swift Worldwide Logistics

Position Held: Warehouse and Fleet Supervisor

Duties:

●Perform daily tasks within the requirements of the warehouse according to customers as set out in their respective SLA's

●Prepare client's KPI reports at the end of each month to show the customers how the facility performed against the SLA

●Monitor WMS's and address any problems/queries (stock control and stock count, checking available space and creating space)

●Attend to customer queries including returns and damages

●Monitor and record authorized overtime.

●Monitor the use of Labor Broker staff

●Ensure that daily planning of incoming cargo is done to ensure that enough space and resources are available to accept the cargo with port and airlines

●Implementation of Health and Safety procedures and standard operating procedures in warehouse (5 S system)

●Tracking and monitoring of fleet and diesel consumptions and querying any vacancies.

●Plan and coordinate loading and offloading of subcontractor’s vehicles with minimum turnaround times. (Super links, Tri-axles, 6 and 12mt containers- Both palletized and loose cargo)

●Performing cycle counting and stock counts weekly and monthly basis

●Procurement of materials and consumables for warehouse and fleet

●Monitoring and booking of National fleet for maintenance, services and breakdowns between Durban, Johannesburg and Cape Town.

●Updating of warehouse manifests for each customer daily

●Procurement of spares, diesel and services for hyster machines and ensuring machine utilization is achieved.

●Carrying out of job observations for staff to ensure SOP’s are followed and to verify is any training is needed.

Period: April 2019- November 2019

Name of Company: Bidvest Panalpina Logistics (BPL)

Position Held: Operations Supervisor

Duties:

●Running and maintaining of warehouse, flammable and bond stores (30000sqm- 34000 pallet places)

●Perform daily tasks within the requirements of the WH customers as set out in their respective SLA's

●Prepare client's KPI reports daily and at the end of each month to show the customers how the facility performed against the SLA

●Monitor WMS's and address any problems/queries (stock control and stock count, checking available space and creating space)

●Attend to customer queries including returns and damages

●Monitor and record authorized overtime and ensure that details are forwarded to the Ops

●Initiate coaching, counselling and disciplinary actions for all subordinates

●Ensure maximum productivity of WH staff and subordinates

●Monitor the use of Labor Broker staff

●Record all authorized overtime for subordinates daily for monthly submission to HR

●Manage departmental costs by ensuring that operational costs are kept to a minimum unless authorized by Facility Manager

●Ensure that all subordinates carry out their daily tasks within the agreed timelines and against

BPL standards.

●Ensure that daily planning of incoming cargo is done to ensure that enough space

●Ensure that Hazardous and compliance inspection checklists have been completed prior to a vehicle/truck entering the premises.

●Ensure that all cargo is received and put-away within the agreed timeframes as per client SLA's

●Ensure that all picking stats are recorded daily for monthly billing and daily KPI reporting

●Ensure that daily and weekly cycle counts are conducted according to client SLA's and requests.

●Ensure that all cycle counts are signed off and stock balances corrected in conjunction with Facility Manager and client where applicable.

●Quarterly, Bi-annual and Annual stock counts conducted in line with client requirements

●Ensure that all pallet transfers and exchanges are recorded on the CHEP Pallet Portfolio system daily for specific clients.

Reference: Veeren Jackerpasad

Contact Details: 083*******

Period: April 2018- March 2019

Name of Company: Rheochem Pty Ltd.

Position Held: Logistics Manager

Duties:

●Oversee all logistics functions within warehouse and fleet.

●Coordination of all drivers and loads going out and being received within company.

●Brief and debriefing of drivers before and after deliveries.

●Keeping warehouse in spec according to SHEQ and Hazchem standards. (ISO 14000:1, 9000:1)

●Sourcing of new business within agreement of BBBEE acts for both raw materials and maintenance for the company.

●Conducting of cycle and stock counts.

●Oversee the dispatching, receiving and blending of chemicals within warehouse.

●Conducting of risk audits within different departments to ensure SOPs, Process flows and SHEQ standards are adhered to.

●Monitoring of driver’s activities, speeding and general behavior whilst on the road along with turnaround times.

●Conducting checks on fleet to identify any problems both physical and mechanical.

●Compiling reports of all non-conformances with company and oversee the discipline of staff through counselling’s and hearings.

●Sourcing of new business of suppliers and transporters within budget and BBBEE policy to ensure max profit on sales and loads.

Period: November 2017 to March 2018

Reference: Jeanette Pillay

Contact Details: 084*******

Name of Company: Goldfields Logistics (Sappi & Imperial)

Position Held: Senior Warehouse Supervisor

Duties:

Managing of staff and Warehouse (26000m2)

Supervising receiving & dispatching of stock: Local, Long-haul, Cross boarder & imports.

Invoicing Deliveries: PODs,Chep documents and Tax Invoices

Checking & processing in transit Stock movement (SAP R/3)

Updating stock movements, Cycle counts and recon (once a week)

Physically checking stock on delivery, upon dispatching. (Quality up to standard)

Coordinating and assisting in Stock takes and audited stock takes by Sappi (once a month)

Maintain storage area by organizing floor space; adhering to storage design principles; recommending improvements. (Stacking heights, special bin allocations etc.)

Cross dock loading and receiving (Boards- PG Bison, Corrugated board and Sodium Bags)

Updating and planning loads: Pre-loads, Local, Long hauls and Cross boarder loads.

Pallet movements: Transfers in and out, Exchanges and pallet stock takes (Chep portfolio plus)

Receiving, checking and bin allocations of Import containers from Sappi Europe and Austria (SAP R/3 & SAP HANA)

Ensuring all imports are receipted with minimum standing time (6mt and 12mt containers)

Consulting with Grinrod on packing lists of stock for containers on route.

Conducting of disciplinary enquiries of employees that don’t comply with company SOPs.

Assist management in establishing warehouse standards and procedures; advise of budget-related needs; assist in the bid process for various supplies as required.

Operations Management of fleet and sub-contractors. (Local and Long haul)

Plan, organize, supervise and participate in daily warehouse operation and activities, including the receipt, documentation, storage, safety and distribution of equipment and supplies and maintenance of inventory.

Level of Employment: Permanent

Period: April 2014 to October 2017

Reference: Ajay Kevaldut- 082*******

Name of Company: Aqua Transport & Plant Hire

Position Held: Stores Supervisor

Duties:

●Receiving inbound stock on SAP (Business One)

●Invoicing Deliveries (GRNs)

●Working with SAP to receive & dispatch stock daily

●Handling PODs, CODs, RFCs and GRNs

●Checking & processing of orders by site leaders according to budgets allocated

●Updating and creating stock codes on system for new stock

●Adding part numbers & prices on SAP

●Processing returns into stock (SAP)

●Physically checking stock on for defects upon arrival

●Delivery reporting on multiple sites within the KZN region and turnaround times

●Negotiating discounts from various suppliers on accounts

●Cycle counting twice a week

●Conduct monthly stock counts

●Working on reconciling cost with accounts department

●Following up on back orders and returns with buying department

●Sourcing of new suppliers

Level of Employment: Permanent

Period: June 2013 to March 2014

Reference: Mervin Krishna (Supervisor)

Contact Details: 074*******

Name of Company: Vector Logistics (RCL Foods/Rainbow)

Position Held: Distribution Clerk/ Assistant Supervisor

Duties:

●Running shift in supervisor’s absence (50 staff)

●Working with SAP to update systems daily

●Confirming shipment loads

●Monitoring of loading and picking times

●Updating & printing trip sheets

●Checking & processing returns into stock (SAP)

●Working with SAP to update systems of stock holdings, receipts, dispatches and movements

●Assist with loading shipments on SAP

●Updating load plan/shipments

●Branch/ Internal transfers on SAP

●Receiving inbound stock

●Invoicing shipments

SAP EXPERIENCE

●Updating load plan.

●Download and print picking slips for Thekwini shipments together with loading documents.

(AM & PM Shipments)

●Download and print picking slips for branch transfers, print loading document and issue for checking and loading.

●Updating shipment headers on system.

●Replenishing PFF slots on request by pickers or loaders.

●Checking stock volumes.

●Printing of loading documents.

●Invoicing of shipments in 2stages.

●Updating of seal register on system.

●Checking and confirming all outbound shipments on system.

GRN EXPERIENCE

●Checking and confirming all shipments coming in.

●Verifying invoices according to physical stock (blind checks)

●Transferring all inbound stock into warehouse stock system.

●Printing SU labels for stock to be racked in proper locations in backup.

●Confirming transfers of stock between departments.

POD FUNCTIONS

●Using POD documents to verify there are no shorts and overs within stock coming in when receiving and going out of department.

●Use of POD when doing drivers recon with regards to stock returns, uplifts, redeliveries.

●Returning all returns, uplifts and redelivers to warehouse stock physically and on system.

●Filling in of delivery report and attaching to POD’s.

●Filling in of non-conformance form if stock quantities do not match POD’s information and shipment numbers.

●Checking and signing off all drivers’ returns, re-deliveries [Re-deliveries to be clearly marked and isolated] and damages.

●Checking and receiving of all night inbound, to ensure pallets are put away and racked before the end of the shift. All documents and checklist to be completed and attached, shorts or damages to be re-ported.

Level of Employment: Permanent

Period: March 2011 to May 2013

Reference: Brian Harina (Supervisor)

Contact Details: 083*******

Name of Company: Afripack

Position Held: Machine Operator

Duties:

Running slitting machine

Admin operations

Datalayser inputs capturing on BAAN system

Assisting on 8 & 10 color printer

Ensuring all specs of job was correct: Width, Diameter, and Color matching, print quality

Filling in non-conformance paperwork

Fault finding & trouble shooting problems on machines both mechanical & electrical

Running 100% production with 0% or minimum wastages

Making and printing of barcoded labels for stock to be racked

Level of Employment: Permanent

Period: March 2009 to February 2011

Reference: Rakesh Hariram (Supervisor)

Contact Details: 081*******

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