Lean Six Sigma Continuous Improvement Engineer
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Curriculum Vitae
Personal Details
First Name : Dakalo
Surname : Kumbani
Gender : Male
Date of Birth : 03 August 1989
Nationality : South Africa
Race : Black
Driver’s License : Code 10
Criminal Record : None
Languages : English, Zulu, Sotho, Venda,Tsonga,Pedi Residential Address : 255 Jean Avenue
Centurion
Pretoria
0157
Cell Phone : 074-****-***
Email : ********@*****.***
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Education
High School : Mpandeli Secondary School
Qualifications : Senior Certificate
Year : 2008
University : Vaal University of Technology
Qualification : National Diploma in Industrial Engineering Year : 2014
Computer Skills
Microsoft Office Suite, SAP, Rascal, Syspro, Shop Ware, OPPS, SFDC, HURIS, Smart Team Notes
I have experience in service and manufacturing industry. I have been involved in running continuous improvement projects to reduce defects rate, improve productivity, reduce manufacturing costs.
I have been committed in improving product quality using lean six sigma “DMAIC’’ methods, and designing standardized work instructions and operating procedures (SOP’s), material handling, buffer systems and layouts, to ensures systems remain effective as plant conditions and customer requirements change.
My skills are set in updating and revising Control Plans and FMEA, for implementing countermeasures and quality management systems.
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Areas of expertise:
• Floor Supervision.
• Project Management.
• Quality Management.
• Value Stream Mapping.
• Operations Management.
• Implementation of Standards.
• Operations and Process Optimisation.
• 5S and Continuous Improvement Projects.
• Elimination of Waste- Lean Manufacturing.
• Six Sigma –Application of DMAIC methods.
• Production Planning and Production Management.
• Time Studies and Operations Cycle Time Improvement Projects.
• Facility Layouts and Material Handling (simulation and process-flow documentation).
• Error Proofing, Root-Cause–Analysis and Corrective Action Implementation Projects. Employment History
Company : Pick ‘n Pay
Position : Administrative Officer
Period : 01-December 2012 to 30-June-2014
Key Performance Experience:
• Analysing sales reports.
• Performance reporting.
• Forecasting and order management.
• Goods receiving and inventory management.
• Pricing and purchasing management.
• Floor replenish management.
• Merchandising management.
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Employment History
Company : Evraz Highveld Steel and Vanadium
Position : Production Planner
Period : 01-July-2014 to 31-January-2018
Key Performance Experience:
• Creating daily production plans for continuous process.
• Planning and contracting for raw materials and WIP (work-in-process), based on production lead time.
• Generating master production schedules and planning of production/manufacturing orders (steel order/programme).
• Preparing weekly and monthly production reports.
• Maintaining BOM (bill-of-materials) for production processes.
• Planning and scheduling worker’s shift (engineers, operators, drivers, technicians, shift managers and artisans).
• Planning and drafting material timetable in accordance of casts.
• Planning and scheduling production process based on order load.
• Responsible for OTIF (on-time-in-full) analysis and reporting.
• Liaise with Quality Assurance Department to ensure production fall-outs are duly reported.
• Responsible for planning, specification and coordination of the use of resources. RESTRICTED
Company : Fuchs Lubricants
Position : Production Engineer
Period : 01-February-2018 to 31 October 2019
Key Performance Experience:
• Delivering high quality process, SOPs and work instructions in all areas of the production environment.
• Continuous improvement activities related to efficiency and cost reductions.
• Production tooling, design, development, purchasing and implementation.
• Performs equipment engineering design evaluations and documents results, recommends alterations to development and design to improve quality of products and procedures.
• Working closely with functional area management to ensure awareness of ongoing quality control issues, supply base, design considerations and other supplier influenced considerations.
• Responsible for KPIs measurements.
Company : New Way Power
Position : Production Planner
Period : 01 November 2019 to 31 March 2021
Key Performance Experience:
• Creating job number from Job Opening Instruction (JOI) received from Sales Consultants.
• Distributing the JOI to all supporting functions and ensure attainment of the Production Planning.
• Generating the Production Schedule and communicate daily.
• Conducting Demand Forecasting to ensure all components and materials are ordered and delivered on time.
• Ensure that all the shop floor sections are scheduled to meet the requirement dates.
• Optimising production sequence by ensuring full capacity loading per section.
• Ensure all orders are met.
• Working with the production manager to create a bill of materials for each generator.
• Ensure that test bay schedule is clearly communicated and final preparation is done on time.
• Drafting Bill of Materials.
• Monitoring Schedule Execution.
• Floor supervision and Process Control.
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Company : Flexible Packages Convertors
Position : Planning Manager
Period : 01 April 2021 to 31 January 2023
Key Performance Experience:
• Managing the high complex planning and scheduling activities through the plant, utilising maximum machines (equipment), manpower (human resources) and material efficiencies to meet OTIF targets.
• Developing and implementing departmental systems, policies, goals, objectives and procedures.
• Working hand in hand with the Quality Control Team to ensure the consistency and conformance of products.
• Preparing action plans for targeted figures for OEE and waste via daily operational meeting and monthly reviews to monitor the progress on setting KPI’s.
• Planning assets maintenance, without exception.
• Working hand in hand with the Logistic Manager to achieve optimum OTIF.
• Responsible for minimal level of waste (Reduction of Waste, Process Optimization and High Level of Production Efficiency.
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Company : Gibela Rail Consortium
Position : Depot Planner
Period : 01 February 2023 to date
Key Performance Experience:
• Managing the depot workload.
• Managing train availability scope.
• Coordinating with the client about train availability demand.
• Requesting planned and ADHoCs trains to be shunted.
• Monitoring recovered and lost trains, coordinating with the client
• Tracking issues blocking the recovery plan (material, train movement, etc).
• Coordinating with team leaders about planned activities and in-progress scope.
• Tracking shunting execution.
• Planning, scheduling and giving maximum priority to depot maintenance activities .
• Attend and lead at the planning and close of shift meetings.
• Manage the whiteboards in the workshop of the maintenance slots scheduled during the planning meetings.
• Updating and Reporting on all depot maintenance activities.
• Ensuring that all updated planning information is spread out within workshop in real time mode.
• Weekly and Monthly reporting of plan vs actuals for both Gibela’s and PRASA’s scope.
• Sharing of Preventive maintenance Service Orders with all relevant stakeholders.
• Reporting all cumulated delays and root cause of them. Analyzing delaying issues to better perform in similar future circumstances.
• Track and escalate production and commercial service issue to the depot manager. RESTRICTED
Employment Reference
Company : Evraz Highveld Steel and Vanadium
Name : Makhado Fulufhelo
Position : Unit Manager
Contacts : 081-***-****/ +968********
: *********.*******@****.**.**
Company : Fuchs Lubricants
Name : Thabang Moumakoe
Position : Production Manager
Contacts : 011-***-****/ 071-***-****
: *******.********@*****.***
Company : New Way Power
Name : Lesego Mosime
Position : Production Manager
Contacts : 010-***-****/ 079-***-****
Company : Gibela Rail Consortium
Name : Kekeleng Letsie
Position : Depot Manager
Contacts : 082-***-****/ 084-***-****
Company : Flexible Packages Convertors
Name : Tinus Fourie
Position : General Manager
Contacts : 012-***-****/ 083-***-****
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