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Devandan Perumal

Devandan Perumal

Senior Ops Controller

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Durban, eThekwini Metropolitan MunicipalityMember since October 15, 2025
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Presently working at Nebula logistics Africa

Experience

  • Name of employer : Nebular Logistics

Period of employment : Presently Working

Position : Senior Operation Controller

Duties1. Management of Raw & Packaging material (Receipts and Dispatches) 

  • Final receipt and inspection of Raw and Packaging materials from suppliers and RPM Warehouse.
  • Final dispatch and inspection of Raw and Packaging from the warehouse to Factory Line side Operations
 2. Document and Data Control

  • Process invoices and GKN Chep documentation
 4. Inventory Management
  • Accurate data capturing - receipts and dispatch of stocks.
  • Stock returns and quarantine back to production.
  • Conducts physical stock count of the warehouse on an ongoing basis.
 5. Staff Supervision
  • Ensures that all SHEQ (Safety, Health, and Environment & Quality) procedures and policies are adhered to at all times. 
  • Ensure adherence to Quality Work Instructions.
  • Ensure effective turnaround of vehicles and time management.
  • Ensure compliance with Service Level Agreements by the team. 
  • Ensure that all stacking safety regulations are adhered to at all times, providing a safe working environment.
  • Advise subordinates of any special operational requirements / instructions
  • Ensure Hyster equipment is maintained and daily check sheets documented.
  • Management of own team performance
  • Attend daily Smartcoms and highlight issues of concern.
  • Compile regular reports with recommendations and Implement changes. 
  • Mentor, guide and supervise subordinates. Perform any other duties as delegated by management.
 6. Communication
  • Identify areas of non-conformance and report to senior manager
  • Communicate work instruction to staff and work effectively to enhance team performance
2. Name of employer : Barloworld Logistics

Period of employment : 2012 to 2013

Position : Promoted DC Planner

Duties

  1. 1. Adherence to daily planning disciplines
    1. Plans published out on time
    2. Produce realistic and achievable plans.
    3. All orders planned for the day
    4. Orders accepted by the transporters before 16:00 every day
    5. Ibis - Quarantine management
 
  1.  Day to day adherence to Service levels
    1. Daily evaluation of the plans to identify if corrective action needs to be implemented to achieve KPIs.
    2. Planning Administration – Clears C3, T5, T4 reports to ensure all orders reach Freight Pay status.
 
  1.  Execution of Plans
    1. Develop contingency plans where transporters do not perform to ensure customer receives order on- time.
    2. Involve the bigger planning team to resolve these issues
 
  1. Management of the most economical delivered cost
    1. Fleet utilization
    2. Maximize payload
 
  1.  Transporter interaction
    1. Address transporter queries related to planning errors.
    2. Ensure all carriers receive fair allocation of loads, based on their service levels.
 6. Internal Suppliers

  1. Interaction with Internal departments (Warehouse, Execution Agents, Systems Administrator and Finance)
 
  1.  Reporting
    1. KPI reports – To be reviewed and to implement measures to improve KPIs
    2. Daily Plan Analysis – To be reviewed on a daily basis 
3. Name of employer : Barloworld Logistics

Period of employment : 2008 to 2012

Position : Planner 2008 to 2010

Duties1.Daily Reconciliation of Physical Stock for Transit Bays Regional 2. Dashboard reporting for Stock Volumes. 3.

Direct Vehicle

Booking from Transporters.

4. Ensuring vehicles are maximum utilized, B1 / B4 and Shuttle. 5.Reporting daily on OTL 6.Management of 5 Third Party Deports wrt to vehicle planning and stock volumes 7.Pre-Planning for Preloads 8.Pre-Planning for next day loads, and communication to the business 9.

Ensuring

Transit bays are clear on a regular basis to hold current stock off production lines.

10. Communication with Ndlovu and BLA Gatehouse. 11.Weekend Planning and distribution 12.Vehicle Planning on Manugistics for Transit Bay dispatches including B1 / B4 13.EA Function of Track and Trace of Shuttle, B1 / B4 vehicles 14.Communication with Factory Planners wrt to PVA reports 15.Ensuring Transporters comply with Site SHEQ 16.Ensuring Transporters comply with Site SHEQ HAZCHEM 17. Ensure housekeeping standards are maintained 18. Cost effective operations management 4.

Name of employer : CHC Group

Period of employment : 07 July 2007 to 30 November 2008

Position : Logistic and Warehouse Co- ordinator

Duties1. Opening and closing of warehouse. 2. Planning of deliveries. 3. Distributing and loading of vehicles. 4. Lasing with transport for deliveries. 5. Working transport cost for out bound deliveries. 6. Invoicing, Generating Purchase order on

Syspro and SAP.

  • Receiving and booking in stock on Syspro 8. Supervising warehouse staff. 9. Customer Queries. 10. General Admin duties5. Name of employer : Super Group (FMCG Distribution)

Period of employment : 15 October 2005 to 06 July 2007

Position : Distribution Planner

Reason for leaving : Better Prospect

Duties1.Planning of deliveries in KZN areas and 2. Executing delivery plans. 3. Allocating of NDD’s for customers. 4. Planning program used – Roadshow. 5. Achieving distribution standards and service levels. 6. Tracking and monitoring vehicles 7. Managing of drivers and crews. 8. General Admin duties 9. Performing of KPI’s.6. Name of employer : Super Group (Warehouse)

Period of employment : 01 August 2005 to 15 October 2005

Position : Warehouses Controller

Reason for leaving : Promoted to Distribution Planner

Duties : Warehouse Supervisor

  • Name of employer : Pack ‘n Stack

Period of employment : 01/08/03 to 31/08/05

Position : Operation Assistant (SAB Account) and Admin Assistant

Reason for leaving : Better Prospect

  • Name of employer : PC Training & Business College

Period of employment : 29/12/2001 to 31/05/2002

Position : Computer Lecture

Other Duties : Banking, Invoicing, Marketing, Receipting

Reason for leaving : Better Prospect

  • Name of employer : Pick N Pay

Period of employment : 19/12/1999 to 19/12/2001

Position : Merchandiser

Reason for leaving : Looking for better opportunities

  • Name of employer : Anchor Sales

Period of employment : 05/08/2002 to 05/02/2003

Position : Field Marketer

Reason for leaving : Looking for better opportunities

Education

SECONDARY EDUCATION

Last school attended : Clairwood Secondary

Highest standard passed : Matric

Course : S2

Subjects passed : English (HG)

: Afrikaans (HG)

: Physics (SG)

: Biology (HG)

: Mathematics (HG)

: Geography (HG)

TERTIARY QUALIFICATION

Institution : PC Training & BusinessCollege (2000)

Course : Advanced Diploma in Information

Technology

Semester OneSemester TwoModule 1Self improvement techniquesIntroduction To programmingModule 2Information ManagementPC PeripheralsModule 3Pc Operation SystemDatabase ManagementModule 4Pc architectureSystem developmentModule 5Lotus SmartSuitePc SupportModule 6Ms Office 2000Corel WordPerfectInstitution : PC Training & Business College (2001)

Course : Basic Computer Skills & System

Development

Module 1Business CommunicationModule 2Visual Basic Desktop ApplicationModule 3Access 2000Module 4Programming Principals

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