Warehouse Superintendent - Anglo American Corporation of South Africa - Johannesburg, South Africa
(2023-04 - 2025-08)
Lead and manage inventory operations across multiple warehouses with a team of 40 excluding service providers.
- Lead, coach, and support a team of Inventory Controllers to achieve consistent, accurate inventory outcomes
- Track daily stock levels, identify shortages or risks, and initiate corrective actions (expediting, follow-ups, transfers, replenishment requests)
- Manage inventory across multiple warehouses and storage locations
- Monitor consumption patterns, lead times, and replenishment triggers (safety stock, ROP/Max, MRP Type)
- Drive accuracy through cycle counts, adjustments, investigations, and management of obsolete/blocked stock
- Coordinate inter-site stock transfers, ensuring timely dispatch, tracking, and receipting
- Resolve issues related to expired, surplus, damaged, or incorrect part numbers
- Maintain accuracy of SAP Material Master data (UoM, conversion factors, lead times, MRP parameters)
- Support vendor lead time updates, PO expediting, and escalate non-supply situations
- Analyse usage trends, slow movers, shortages, and anomalies to provide actionable insights
- Contribute to process improvement initiatives within the inventory function
- Ensure adherence to Anglo American's Inventory Policy, standards, governance, and safety expectations
- Identify hazards and manage workplace safety
- Ensure regulatory compliance and incident reporting
- Create goals and objectives for self and team to support and improve job performance
- Ensure all recruitment and employment is carried out in accordance with company procedures
Warehouse Lead - Seriti Resources
(2019-09 - 2023-03)
Managed inbound and outbound warehouse operations, inventory control, and led warehouse teams.
- Coordinate inbound shipments from suppliers and outbound deliveries to customers, ensuring OTIF performance
- Verify accuracy of import/export documentation (Bills of Lading, Sea Waybills, Certificates of Origin, Certificates of Analysis)
- Monitor freight costs and resolve claims for shortages, damages, or overcharges
- Optimize transport routes and scheduling to reduce costs and improve service levels
- Conduct cycle counts to ensure inventory accuracy and reconcile discrepancies
- Manage stock receipts, binning, and timely issuance to production or customers
- Maintain warehouse records in SAP for real-time visibility of stock levels
- Support month-end stock reconciliation and reporting activities
- Maintain structured electronic documentation for audit readiness
- Ensure compliance with SHE (Safety, Health, Environment) standards in warehouse operations
- Prepare and review documentation for customs, regulatory, and internal audits
- Support digital transformation and paperless initiatives
- Lead and supervise warehouse team, delegating responsibilities and monitoring performance
- Provide training, coaching, and support to staff to ensure operational excellence
- Review team KPIs and implement corrective actions to improve efficiency
- Foster a culture of accountability, safety, and continuous improvement
- Verify and approve transport invoices against contractual rates
- Capture inbound and outbound logistics transactions accurately in SAP
- Support budgeting processes by tracking freight costs and warehouse expenses
- Perform month-end activities to ensure all receipts and accruals are recorded
- Assist in logistics cost reporting and financial analysis
- Drive freight cost reduction initiatives aligned to KPIs
- Identify process inefficiencies and implement corrective actions
- Participate in cross-functional supply chain projects
- Demonstrate leadership capability and readiness for future management responsibilities
Warehouse Superintendent - Nkomati Mines (ARM) - Johannesburg, South Africa
(2017-01)
Managed inventory operations including rotables management and salvage yard coordination.
- Lead and coach a team of Inventory Controllers to deliver accurate inventory outcomes
- Monitor daily stock levels, identify shortages, and initiate corrective actions (expediting, transfers, replenishment)
- Oversee inventory across multiple warehouses and storage locations
- Drive stock accuracy through cycle counts, adjustments, and investigations
- Maintain SAP Material Master data integrity (UoM, conversion factors, lead times, MRP parameters)
- Coordinate stock transfers between sites, ensuring timely dispatch and receipting
- Resolve issues relating to expired, surplus, or damaged stock
- Support vendor lead time updates, PO expediting, and escalate non-supply situations
- Analyse usage trends, slow movers, and anomalies, providing actionable insights
- Ensure compliance with corporate inventory policy, governance, and safety standards
- Ensure rotables and reusable components are properly managed, tracked, and recorded in ERP systems
- Support optimisation of asset utilisation by reducing unnecessary procurement of new materials
- Ensure removed materials are correctly accounted for, repaired, returned to stores, or scrapped in line with procedures
- Coordinate with salvage yard teams to recover usable materials and components
- Integrate recovered materials into warehouse inventory systems for reuse
- Ensure salvage operations comply with company standards and safety regulations
- Capture and update rotable movements in SAP or similar ERP systems
- Assist in streamlining salvage and rotable workflows to improve turnaround times
- Generate reports on recovered materials, repairs, and scrapped items to support decision-making
- Reduce unnecessary procurement spend by maximising reuse of recovered components
- Identify risks related to salvage yard inefficiencies or mismanagement of rotables
- Maintain full documentation and audit trails for all salvage and rotable transactions
Superintendent Inventory - Palabora Mining - Phalaborwa, Limpopo
(2013-04 - 2016-12)
Directed warehouse utilization and managed inventory control operations.
- Direct warehouse utilization, ensuring efficient loading, unloading, stocking, and safekeeping of inventories
- Implement FIFO rotation to optimize material usage and dispatch, preventing product damage and pilferage
- Coordinate with purchasing teams on incoming deliveries to align supply chain operations
- Conduct inventory parameter reviews (Min/Max) based on demand forecasts
- Ensure inventory accuracy against SAP records through scheduled cycle counts and audit compliance
- Analyse inventory variances, implement preventive countermeasures, and resolve discrepancies with accounting teams
- Develop and implement warehouse monitoring systems and procedures for operational efficiency
- Maintain production plans and inventory control records
