Business Analyst at Martin Engineering (2024-03 – Present)
Analyzed supplier pricing trends, reviewed and improved company processes, led cost-saving projects, identified process gaps, built data governance frameworks, and utilized data analytics to support strategic decision-making.
- Analyzed supplier pricing trends and collaborated with the procurement department to evaluate and source new suppliers, ensuring competitive pricing and quality.
- Reviewed and improved company processes, leading to implementing a delivery fee on invoices, which generated additional income and covered vehicle overheads (implemented September 2024).
- Led a project focused on identifying cost-saving opportunities related to raw materials, these savings enhanced the profit margins.
- Identified gaps in existing processes and proposed improvements to enhance operational efficiency.
- Contributed to building data governance frameworks to ensure data accuracy and integrity across the organization.
- Prepared a comprehensive proposal for a new laser machine, engaging multiple stakeholders to secure approval from the US-based parent company.
- Collaborated with production and operations teams to evaluate products in the company catalog, identifying cost-reduction opportunities that positively impacted overall gross profit margins.
- Conducted detailed cost analysis to identify areas of margin leakage, providing financial insights in collaboration with the financial manager to support strategic decision-making.
- Analyzed Margins and Costing of Products and investigates product categories and product mix.
- Manage business risk.
- Prioritizing initiatives based on business needs and requirements.
- Works in close conjunction with the IT department & IT Management.
- Evaluating business processes, anticipating requirements, uncovering areas of improvement, and developing and implementing solutions.
- Piloted a project to reduce waste, by creating a system/method that made precise polyurethane blades.
- Utilized Microsoft SQL to extract, clean, and manage production and sales datasets, ensuring high data accuracy and reliability.
- Performed data cleaning, transformation, and validation to prepare structured datasets for analysis and reporting.
- Analyzed production efficiency, sales performance, and operational trends to support strategic and operational decision-making.
- Designed and developed interactive Power BI dashboards and reports, presenting key KPIs and actionable insights to management.
- Automated recurring reports and data processes, improving efficiency and enabling timely access to business insights.
- Collaborated with operations, sales, finance, and management teams to identify data needs and provide data-driven recommendations.
- Ensured data integrity, consistency, and accuracy through continuous quality checks and documentation.
- Translated business requirements into technical reporting specifications to support analytic and reporting solutions.
Field Sale Specialist at Simba PTY LTD/PepsiCo (2020-04 – 2021-11)
Created and uploaded journal entries into SAP ERP for South Africa and Nigeria markets, reconciled petty cash, resolved banking errors, oversaw key controls, and finalized branch expenses.
- Creating, checking accuracy and uploading journal into SAP ERP for south Africa and Nigeria market.
- Review and reconciling petty cash expense account.
- Resolving banking errors.
- Oversee key control, and preparing monthly reports for audit review.
- Finalizing branch expenses ensuring that expenses are accounted for and processed into SAP correctly for 10 branches.
- Finalizing commissions payable to salesman.
Commercial Finance Clerk at Simba PTY LTD/PepsiCo (2016-09 – 2020-03)
Processed and finalized commissions payable to salesman, managed branch expenses, allocated cash deposits, and created journal entries in SAP ERP.
- Processing & Finalizing commissions payable to salesman by assessing and reviewing KPIs.
- Finalizing branch expenses ensuring that expenses are accounted and processed into SAP correctly.
- Allocating cash deposits to correct driver accounts insuring that the deposit ledger is at an appropriate balance.
- Creating, checking accuracy and uploading journal into SAP ERP.
