Edwin Albert

It is with great enthusiasm that I submit my profile for your perusal. As an experienced procurement manager and planner in all areas with over twenty years of experience, I know my diverse skills and qualifications will make me an asset to any team or organisation. As you will see from the résumé, I have built my career in a variety of roles and industries within several recognised companies.

During this time, I have fulfilled various roles and functions, often wearing many hats which are outside the procurement department. I truly enjoy this type of challenge, as I tend to thrive in an environment where no two days are the same. In addition to being flexible and responsive, I am also an accomplished problem solver with a proven track record of being able to apply these skills in multiple industries with great success.

The experience of working in different environments has moulded me into a fairly well-rounded individual. Nonetheless, my preference is for deliberate, universal thinking with a liking for “efficiency and effectiveness”. As a husband and father of two, it is my desire to be able to provide a safe and stable environment for my family.

Coupled with this, I have my own vehicle (Code 8), with no criminal record. I look forward to meeting you to discuss potential synergies between your organisation and myself.

Distribution Site Manager - NEW ERA PACKAGING (GOLDEN ERA GROUP)

(2021 - 2026)

• Plan, Co- ordinate, and and Communicate daily Operational Activities for Distribution.
• Manage and Ensure all Vehicles depart according to the Scheduled Timelines
• Manage loss files, Credit Notes, ensuring performances remains above minimum acceptable Thresholds
• Actively Manage and Utilise the Customers Complaints Register to resolve issues and improve Operational Processes.
• Perform Daily WMS System Management Including:
• Inbound (17 Trucks daily)
• Outbound (18 Trucks Daily)
• Returns
• Inventory Alignment
• Basic Troubleshooting
• Review and Approve Weekly Stock Counts
• Evaluate Inventory Requirements per Customer and Ensure Stock Availability.
• Monitor Stock Holding and Identify Variances, Risks and opportunities.
• Conduct Demand Forecasting, ENSUREING CORRECT Planning is done and Prioritized.
• Planning and Prioritizing of Production, by liaising with the Planning Department based on Demand.
• Liaising and Communicating with the Following Major Customers- 35 Customers
• Unilever
• Simba
• Danone
• RCL Piemans
• DAVITA
• Kelloggs
• McCains
• Daily Update to Sales on Previous Days Deliveries
• Oversee Pallet Management:
• Collections
• Credits
• Repairs
• Supply of Pallets to the Production Site – 2000 pallets per day.
• Oversee Diesel Depot.

Procurement Manager - BLISS BRANDS (MAQ WASHING POWDER)

(2016 - 2019)

• Oversee the entire procurement process
• Oversee planning department (raw materials, packaging material and all general items)
• Oversee inbound and outbound logistics
• Execute effective negotiations
• Implement and monitor purchasing budgets
• Ensure material availability for 7 business units (600 employees)
• Oversee the procuring of 700 different materials (200 raw materials and 500 packaging)
• Procuring of R200 million material on a monthly basis
• Liaise and meet with suppliers on a frequent basis
• Sourcing of new suppliers on a continuous basis
• Optimising of inventory levels as per the business requirement
• Generate monthly commodity reports
• Cut costs of all purchasing by special negotiation skills and rebate structures
• Lead continuous improvement programmers

Senior Materials Demand Planner - BLISS BRANDS (MAQ WASHING POWDER)

(2011 - 2015)

• Use and maintain MRP as a primary planning tool
• Manage manufacturing production processes, by ensuring the resources required to manufacture products are available timeously
• Managing day-to-day increase, or decrease for requirements of materials, through interface with sales and manufacturing
• Creation of purchasing requirements
• Schedule material to meet manufacturing work centre capacity
• Monitor inventory, to keep safety levels as per the business requirement
• Coordinate purchasing, and production via sales demand
• Monitor sales forecast accuracy, to build a database, for future planning
• Compiling of reports for procurement
• Liaise with all departments from research and development to finished goods
• Prepare and work with: MPS – Master Production Schedules; MRP - Materials Requirement Planning; DRP - Distribution Requirement Planning; RRP - Resource Requirement Planning; CRP - Capacity Requirement Planning
• Create statistical commodities reports
• Execute bills of material, for materials planning
• Commodity specialist, for all imported materials
• Monitor supplier delivery accuracy
• Key Projects: Responsible for the backward integration for new production plants.
• New product developments of all new products.
• Ensure that all materials have more than two suppliers locally and internationally.
• 2017: Saving achieved - R25 million (target - R18 million)
• 2018: Saving achieved - R39 million (target - R30 million)
• International and local market pricing knowledge for materials using various tools
• New product development team member
• Availability of materials during the backward integration of raw material production achieved (import and local)
• Safety level kept as per business requirement
• Control of stock intake as per demand
• Effective planning skills to ensure production is ongoing
• Attention and respect

Production Planner and Buyer - MULTOTEC MANUFACTURING

(2007 - 2011)

• Schedule and co-ordinate all production
• Ensure customer delivery dates are met
• Control of all stock items
• Liaise with outside contractors
• Export order co-ordination
• Ensure invoicing targets are met
• Ensures all product specs for NPD is correct
• Daily updates to management
• Purchasing raw material
• Prepare and work with: MPS – Master Production Schedules; MRP - Materials Requirement Planning; DRP - Distribution Requirement Planning; RRP - Resource Requirement Planning; CRP - Capacity Requirement Planning
• Accomplishments at Multotec: Invoicing targets always over-achieved
• Planning for 3 business units (steel department, flotation, and injection moulding)
• Certificate of training in operations management.

Production Planner and Co-ordinator - SA GREETINGS

(1999 - 2006)

• Schedule and co-ordinate all production processes in manufacturing, from raw material to finished product
• Ensure work is scheduled to correct machines
• Ensure all machines are fully utilised
• Continuous quality checks at all production processes
• Review all product specs for new product development
• Execution of bills of material
• Liaise with outside contractors
• Monthly production performance reports
• Prepare and work with: MPS – Master Production Schedules; MRP - Materials Requirement Planning; DRP - Distribution Requirement Planning; RRP - Resource Requirement Planning; CRP - Capacity Requirement Planning
• Accomplishments at S.A Greetings: Promoted twice
• Trained as a printing manager
• Trained as a make up artist via the repro department

Grade 12 - Northmead Secondary School

Introduction to Operations Management and Planning - SAPICS (2009 - 2009)

Navigation Programme: Oracle - Business Systems - J.D. Edwards (2008 - 2008)

Management Development and Leadership - TAG Consultants (2004 - 2005)

Operations Management - Natal Technikon (2002 - 2002)

Microsoft EXCEL, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint - New Horizons Computer College (2001 - 2001)