Manager, Consultant

Pieter Ras

Pretoria, South Africa • Mobile:+278******** • *********@*****.***

Professional Attributes

• 9 years experience in the supply chain environment, mainly in the automotive industry

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering and a MBA

• Received two special performance awards from Nissan, and was selected for the prestigious Global Overseas Leadership Development (GOLD) program

• Responsible for Nissan's inbound & outbound supply chain for Africa. This includes a vehicle manufacturing plant in South Africa where responsibilities include all Production Planning, Design Change Control, Materials management and Materials handling activities (12 Managers and 460 employees)

• Currently hold position as General Manager, and member of the management committee of Nissan South Africa

• 6 years management experience (3 years at senior/ executive level)

• Strong International business/ trade/ logistics acumen and experience

• Good understanding of the developing world and the challenges of trade between the developing and developed world

• High level of cultural intelligence and diversity management experience

• Balanced mix of operational and strategic management experience

Summary of Qualifications

• Masters of Business Administration (MBA)

• Bachelors degree in Industrial and System Engineering

Professional Experience

Nissan Motor Company, Pretoria, South Africa

General Manager Supply Chain Management & Production Control, 2009 to Present

• Responsible for Nissan’s inbound & outbound supply chain for Africa (including manufacturing plant in South Africa).

• Responsible for supply chain strategy formulation and implementation.

Managing the following departments as GM through a management team of 12 managers:

• Master planning, Supply & Demand planning, Vehicle inventory value: $200m, 3 people

• Production planning, Detail production planning and scheduling, Production achievement, 16 people

• Logistics engineering, Supply chain design and logistics purchasing, Logistics cost Value: $100m pa, 3 people

• Material handling engineering, In-plant logistics design, Capex:

$1.6m pa, 7 people

• In plant logistics, Supplying parts to assembly line, Direct labor

cost: $1.9m pa, 119 people

• Material Control, Component ordering (MRP) and expediting, Parts inventory Value: $80m, 23 people

• Design change control, BOM management, master data and change control, Data accuracy, 27 people

• Vehicle Logistics, Vehicle imports and distribution into Africa,

Middle East and Europe, Logistics budget:$50m pa, 25 people

• Component Logistics, Container imports and exports. Service part distribution into Sub-Saharan Africa, Logistics budget: $50m pa, 6 people

• Various 3rd party LSP’s, Provide logistics services (transport and storage), Logistics cost Value: $100m pa, 230 people

TOTAL 460 people

• Generating the long term (LTP) and medium term (MTP) production, sales and inventory plans.

• Responsible for designing, setting up, managing and continuously improving the supply chain. This includes inbound and outbound logistics for vehicles and components.

• Responsible for all Production Control activities including BOM

management, design change control, parts ordering and in-plant logistics.

Nissan Motor Company, Pretoria, South Africa

Senior Manager Supply Chain Management, 2007 to 2009

• Responsible for the SCM function in NSA.

• Responsible for taking the lead in supply chain strategy formulation and implementation.

Managing the following departments:

• Master planning, Supply & Demand planning, Vehicle inventory value: $200m, 3 people

• Production planning, Detail production planning and scheduling, Production achievement, 16 people

• Logistics engineering, Supply chain design and logistics purchasing, Logistics cost Value: $100m pa, 3 people

• Material handling engineering, In-plant logistics design, Capex: $1.6m pa, 7 people

• Material Control, Component ordering (MRP) and expediting, Parts inventory Value: $80m, 23 people

• Design change control, BOM management, master data and change control, Data accuracy, 27 people

• Various 3rd party LSP’s, Provide logistics services (transport and storage), Logistics cost Value: $100m pa, 180 people

TOTAL 259 people

• Generating the long term (LTP) and medium term (MTP) production, sales and inventory plans.

• Responsible for designing, setting up, managing and continuously improving the NSA supply chain. This includes inbound vehicle and component logistics as well as outbound vehicle logistics.

• Responsible for all Production Control activities including BOM management, design change control, parts ordering and in-plant logistics.

• Taking the lead in many cross functional business improvement projects. These include major IT projects, a warehouse relocation/ optimization project and negotiating business processes to be followed between Nissan and Renault in cross manufacturing.

Nissan Motor Company, Pretoria, South Africa

Manager Planning, 2005 to 2007

High-level sales and operations, production and Materials requirements planning.

• Managing the Master and Production planning departments (16 people).

• Responsible for co-ordinating and controlling all planning related activities.

• Responsible to balance supply and demand in the supply chain.

• Generating the long term (LTP) and medium term (MTP) production, sales and inventory plans.

• Generating the detail short-term production plan (STP).

• Responsible for all inventory ordering and material requirements planning (MRP) activities (components and vehicles).

• Responsible for planning and maintaining sufficient inventory levels throughout the entire supply chain.

Other knowledge and skills obtained:

• Due to the nature of this position, responsibilities were highly cross functional with very frequent executive management interaction. Through this, a very high level of business acumen and a good understanding of the inner workings of a company like Nissan were gained.

Nissan Motor Company, Pretoria, South Africa

Senior Planner (Production Planning and Parts Ordering), 2004 to 2005

• First line manager of the Production Planning and Parts Ordering department (10 people).

• Generating the long term (LTP) and medium term (MTP) production, supply and carflow planning.

• Responsible for the ordering of all local and imported production parts.

• Activities to support Global Inventory Reduction (GIR).

• Responsible for plant optimization using linear programming.

• Enhancing the planning and ordering procedures and systems to support the introduction of new models and project.

• Responsible for the scheduling, parts ordering and production management of Sub-assemblies for parts and accessories.

Nissan Motor Company, Pretoria, South Africa

Logistics & Material Handling Engineer, 2003 to 2004

• Production Control representative at the NAAMSA-NAACAM initiative.

• Designing new local ordering and receiving processes and systems (Functionality to print ID tags at suppliers and receive at line side).

• Fixed line side design for Multi-model line.

• Creating packaging, SNP and supply method specifications for local parts.

Meritec (Pty) Ltd, Pretoria, South Africa

Business Analyst & Project Manager, 2001 to 2003

Meritec is a consulting engineering firm that provides software and system solutions.

• Involved in ERP system implementations where I worked as a Project Manager and Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) consultant.

Wonder-na-weet wiskunde, Pretoria, South Africa

Owner & manager, 1998 to 2002

• Owner of a small business that employed 7 part-time lecturers giving extra classes in maths, science and accounting.

• Also sub-contracted to present short courses to UNISA students.

Education

University of Pretoria, South Africa

M.B.A., Corporate Finance & Business Strategy, 2007

with an average of above 70%,

Subjects: Business management and leadership, Business in context, Information and e-business management, Marketing management, Decision and risk management, Operations and service management, Innovation and entrepreneurship, Corporate finance, Project management, International management, Business simulation.

• Thesis entitled “Strategic opportunities and challenges in the South African low cost vehicle industry”: gained very valuable insight into doing business in and with the developing world.

University of Pretoria, South Africa

Industrial and System Engineering (BEng Industrial), 2001

with an average above 65%

Honors & Awards

• GOLD program, Nissan Motor Company, 2008. Accepted into the prestigious Nissan’s Global Overseas Leadership Development (GOLD) program in 2008. This program is aimed at developing high potential leaders for future executive positions in the company.

• Special performance award, Nissan Motor Company, 2005. Special Performance award from Nissan SA in 2005 for outstanding service.

• Nissan Way award, Nissan Motor Company, 2009. The “Nissan Way” award for leading a CFT responsible for “Cash flow improvements” during the 08/09 financial crises.

• Presidents Verkenner and medals of honor, Die Voortrekkers, 1996 to 2004. In the “Voortrekkers” (an organization similar to the Scouts), I received the “Presidentsverkenner” award and two medals of honor for outstanding leadership and service.

Professional References

Available upon Request

Contact this candidate