Cornelius Boonzaaier

MOTIVATIONAL LETTER.

DATE: 02nd November 2026 To whom it may concern. Dear Sir/Madam. Re:

• Application for vacancy: ASS. MANAGER. Further to your recent advertised on-line position as an Ass.Manager, do I hereby wish to apply for it in your establishment. In my last position I was employed at CAPE FOODS as a Jnr Production Manager as well as a Nightshift Line Manager, overseeing and supervising a team of +-120-150 employees. I was in charge of production planning, production scheduling and quality control. I was also responsible for overall occupational health & safety and the environment, hygiene and maintenance management. I was also responsible for overseeing customer related issues, complaints, queries, interacting with walk-in-clients, customers as well as service-providers, outside vendors and regulatory authorities. I constantly walking my floor for most hours of the day to ensure visibility of managerial interaction and monitoring the whole operational aspects of the entire manufacturing processes. I also interacting with suppliers of raw materials, labeling, shipping containers, logistics destined for overseas, export destinations. I would in consultation with logistics, buying department issuing directives how to negotiate pricing structures and driving costs down as I have a unique outlook of the whole manufacturing processes regarding the wastage, usage, shrinkage and cost-saving measures from the manufacturing, production, processing until the finished/final product to despatching due for shipping destinations. I was also responsible for the locking up of the factory and it's premises and the activation and de-activation of the alarm system. Also making sure that all supplier, delivery, contract and staff vehicles have left the premises and checking on the compressor-room, before leaving the premises. I was also employed at AEROSOL COSMETICS on a contract basis as a Quality Assurance & Plant Continues Improvement Supervisor as well as a Dispatch Supervisor, overseeing and supervising a team of warehouse/distribution staff. I was also employed at CAPE COOKIES as a Shift Production Packing Supervisor, overseeing and supervising a nightshift team of +-60 food-handlers. Being in my last positions not so long ago I managed to decreased the overheads, increased the turnovers and reduced the labour costs which saw the company delivers on their returns on investments for both shareholders and investors alike. I had also brought down the high absenteeism rate from 11-9% to a low of 3-2% on average respectively. These I had achieved through motivational and positive small quality circle groups discussions on all departments and shifts, to instilling in the workforce and food-handlers a culture of pride and loyalty in their areas of work. Multi-skilling and cross-training were very much part of my job to see that the workforce and team members grew into higher levels of skills, competencies and excellence which were inline of applicable regulat

PRODUCTION MANAGER/LINE SHIFT MANAGER - CAPE FOODS, MONTAGUE GARDENS - Cape Town, Western Cape

(2019-10 - 2023-10)

JOB OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY

• Supervised a team of food-handlers, line-leaders, supervisors and quality controllers, spearheading processes and conceptualizing ideas and action plans.
• Preparing of bills of materials (BOM), budgetting, planning and costing of raw materials.
• Spearheading small tool-box talk meetings in collaboration with supervisors, the effectiveness and outputs of daily targets.
• Receiving and dispatch supervision and timeously output of finished goods and products.
• Overseeing of shipping containers in loading-bays and non-tampering of shipping container-tags.
• Being in charge of the export products destined for our overseas markets and also the certificates of analysis (COA) and certificates of compliances (COC)
• Assisting supervisors with training, checking on line start-up and end-off procedures, checking on sufficiency of raw materials, packaging materials ie. labels etc.
• Chairing of disciplinary hearings and grievance procedures.

QUALITY ASSURANCE & CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PLANT SUPERVISOR. - AEROSOL COSMETICS - PAROW INDUSTRY - Western Cape

(2017-06 - 2019-12)

JOB OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY

• Supervised a team of production and quality assurance members. Navigating quality circles meetings. Supervised the flow of production lines to check for bottle-necks and identify quality non-conformances.
• Checking and verifying of certificates of analysis (COA) and certificates of compliances (COC).
• Spearheading small business units with supervisors, line-leaders, quality controllers, team members, food-handlers etc.
• Checking of incoming raw materials, packaging materials and assigned a quality controller to receiving area and also dispatch area for the final check before leaving in transit. Randomly checking of packaging and labeling of dispatch finished products for final destination.
• Regular monitoring of quality staff to see that they perform duties assigned to them for production line and shifts change-overs.
• PEST CONTROL, WASTE CONTROL, WATER CONTROL, HYGIENE & ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL.

PRODUCTION PACKING SHIFT SUPERVISOR - CAPE COOKIES CC - MAITLAND - Cape Town, Western Cape

(2014-02 - 2016-12)

JOB OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY

• Planning of production and line schedules on a daily basis.
• Direct supervision of team leader, line-leaders, food-handlers, quality controllers etc. Setting of hourly targets and see whether it aligned with hourly efficiencies and outputs.
• Managing of line-speed as per time management. Monitoring the continuous improvement of product flow and the operating manuels to see if team members still perform according to standard operating procedures (SOP's).
• Preform disciplinary processes, time-keeping, workstation neatness etc.

QUALITY ASSURANCE SUPERVISOR - RG COSMETICS/INUKA - Bellville, Western Cape

(2014-06 - 2014-12)

JOB OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY

• Supervision of line-leaders, compounders, quality controllers.
• Enforcement of standard operating procedures (SOP's), certificates of analysis (COA) & certificates of compliances (COC's).
• Adhering to company policies, procedures and regulatory agencies.
• Compliance with the foodstuffs, disinfectant and cosmetics act. Scheduling regular meetings with external service providers, vendors, suppliers, service-level agreements (SLA's).

QUALITY INSPECTOR/SHIFT TEAM LEADER - NGK CERAMICS SA, AIRPORT INDUSTRY - Cape Town, Western Cape

(2008-02 - 2013-12)

JOB OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY

• Supervision of production inspection lines, ceramic components for the aviation aerospace.
• Spearheading of the online visual inspection of honey-combs substracts strenght, ceramic insulators, ceramics insulators, ceramics catalysts, ceramic filters.
• Supervision of team members, analysing and inputting of analytical data on computerized touch-screens, dashboard.
• Team members tool-box talks before starting of shift. Monitoring of standard operating procedures (SOP's) as well as attention-to-detail concepts.
• Health & safety management, environment management and hygiene protocol.
• Attended to absenteeism, wastage, shrinkage and overheads.
• Waste control, Pest control, Water control.

TEXTILES KNITTING SHIFT SUPERVISOR - MAXMORE KNITTING MILLS - Epping, Western Cape

(2004-11 - 2007-12)

JOB OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY

• Supervised a team of knitters, quality controllers, ass.mechanics, mechanics, technicians etc.
• Preparing line set-up with line-leaders. Spearheading shift meetings discussing the previous day's challenges ie. targets, quality issues, line-stoppages, machine down-time, maintenance issues.
• Disciplinary actions/hearings, attendance records, late arrivals at work-stations.
• Reduction of overwork, work-in-progress (WIP), wastage, shrinkage etc.
• Health, Safety, Hygiene and the Environment.
• Dealing with external vendors, regulatory authorities, on-site contractors, Service Level Agreements (SLA's)

DIPLOMA/CERTIFICATES - Human Resources Management & Labour Relations Management - Cape Peninsula University of Technology (2001-11 - 2007-11)