Updated on 24 July 2023
Summary
Proactive, results-driven engineer with 5+ years of hands-on experience in manufacturing industry of FMCG, overseeing and optimising production processes to deliver business KPIs. Key Skills & Achievements: Data Analysis: Delivered 98% quality efficiency through statistical analysis & data analysis in Excel, Power BI & SPC to identify losses and helping organisations to make informed-decisions. Project Management: Independent, with strong project, change and program management skills. Masters complex projects and plans by setting objectives, meeting budgets, time constraints and quality standards. Quality Systems: Reduced production losses from 45% to 3.8% and effectively managed reoccurring processes deviations by auditing routine practises, mitigating $2.3M of write-offs and increased cash flow. Process Improvement: Delivered >98% quality yield for +52 weeks’ plan months (by embedding quality and source strategy at the plant start-up). Saved nearly $100k annually via repack station rollout. Process Engineering: Commissioned new plant and main laboratory start-up to perform 96% certified testing. Optimized operations & slashed 65% trade budget, reducing 1.5% costs of quality defects/losses. Adaptability and Innovation: Researched tech trends and consumer insights that led the use of power BI to generate reports, dashboards and monitor production. Awarded as Best Idea Generator for leading digital migration and automate data & workflow, which improved the information collection Communication: Can communicate the right message to the right audiences, thrives in fast-paced multinational environments. Fluent in English, Portuguese, Zulu, basics of Chinese and Spanish. Versatility: Production Management, Quality Management, Team Management, Competitor Analysis. Led Best Performing Department for 2 years, resulting in 10% growth via solid planning and VPO. Tech/IT Skills: SAP, Infinity, MMIS, MES, Flow, Flowcentric,