Dillon Laubscher

Negotiations: All contract negotiations, contract management, market research and monitoring. Cost savings: Inventory, expenses and consumables. Materials management: New suppliers, alternate manufacturers, RM grades, reformulations in conjunction with R&D.

STRATEGIC PROCUREMENT TEAM LEADER at KEMIN INDUSTRIES (2021-10 – Present)

• Negotiations: All contract negotiations, contract management, market research and monitoring.
• Cost savings: Inventory, expenses and consumables.
• Materials management: New suppliers, alternate manufacturers, RM grades, reformulations in conjunction with R&D.
• Inventory management – CCC and stock days, all Kemin BUs had to drop inventory and had to turn it faster. Dropped stock holding from R30mil to R12mil and continuing to supply production
• International and local procuring (Importing own raw material and know Incoterms)
• Budgeting: Quarterly and Yearly
• Sourcing
• Reporting: PPV, Savings, Cost avoidance
• Doing material planning for production weekly
• Buyer of all raw materials, bulk chemicals, and packaging for production
• SA Raw Chemical
• Protea Chemicals
• AECI
• Southern Oil
• Mandoval

PROCUREMENT MANAGER at SLO JO (2021-01 – 2021-09)

• Forecasting
• Placing of orders with suppliers both locally and internationally
• Doing landing and clearing of shipments

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER at POWDERMIX TECHNOLOGIES (2014-07 – 2021-01)

BUYER - Ordering in all raw materials and packaging for production from top traders and manufacturers

• Brenntag
• Lake
• Savannah
• Multifine
• Chempure
• Tranarc
• Crest
• Tongaat
• Kirsch
• United Foods
• Tabtainer
• T3
• PBMS
• Negotiating prices with suppliers, and the quality of products are always priority
• Doing RFP's to get best pricing in market from different traders
• Building relationships with suppliers, have most off my account managers on speed dial
• Implemented a strategy to import own materials to get better pricing through one of my closest suppliers directly from China, and can do Europe as well
• Sourcing of new raw materials and quality materials together with R&D team
• Making sure stock arrives in time for production planned for the week
• To make sure we do not have any stock outs
• Doing forecasts if received from clients, if not, working of history on reports from Power Bi
• Keeping stock levels lean to keep total inventory cost low, unless high demand, low value ingredient
• Managing transfers between storage warehouse and production warehouse which is two different plants
• Managing of our 4 storage warehouses in Pomona together with 2 supervisors under me and 13 other staff members
• Manage the receiving of packaging and raw materials, making sure batch numbers match COA and then gets QC'd before releasing for production
• Inventory controlling, cycle counts and managing yearly stock takes
• Doing production planning to make sure the factory is running daily
• Doing planning for more than 63 clients which include the following big names:
• USN
• Biogen
• NPL
• Slender Wonder
• Evox
• Integrating MRP with Production Planning to make sure I do not put anything in production that would delay production
• Managing two trucks daily for deliveries of client's orders
• Doing delivery planning for more than 63 clients which includes deliveries to the following
• Imperial
• Dischem DC Midrand
• Laser
• 1 x dispatch clerk
• 2 x inventory controllers
• 1 x production assistant
• 7 x factory workers

GLG Operations-Golf operations at SERENGETI GOLF AND WILDLIFE ESTATE (2014-04 – 2014-06)

• Outside Operations Supervisor

Multiple Roles at KESTREL INSURANCE BROKERS (2012-02 – 2013-02)

• Did marketing for a product we have called In4Sport (Medical Product for sportsman).
• Did Short term insurance for 6 months
• Did a short course in Life Insurance.
• Obtained Regulatory Exam level 1.
• Promoted to Junior Sales Manager; worked in the Florida office, interviewing new representatives, opening new markets, setting up sales plan.
• Did companies commission for a month.
• Worked in Client Service Centre as an administrator

Professional Rugby Player at FALCONS RUGBY UNION (2010-12 – 2011-11)

• Employed to play in major competitions such as Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup.

PERSONNEL OFFICER GRII at SUNNYSIDE SAPS (2009-02 – 2010-12)

• Worked in HR department, doing Job descriptions, incentives, Promotions, Employment Equity report, Discipline, Grievances

Matric – Hoërskool Kempton Park (2007)

BTECH in Operations Management – UNISA (2018)

Short course in Supply Chain Management – University of Cape Town (2018)