Marcel Erasmus

Buying of all Engineering parts, consumables and critical raw materials Expediting and de-expediting of orders Complete Capex's and capture requisitions in Syspro

Plant Buyer at APL Cartons (2022-01 – Present)

• Buying of all Engineering parts, consumables and critical raw materials
• Expediting and de-expediting of orders
• Complete Capex's and capture requisitions in Syspro
• Negotiate best possible prices as well as best quality and favorable terms with various suppliers
• Meet / exceed monthly savings targets
• Contract and supplier take on – based on negotiated contracts
• Monitoring the adherence to group contracts
• Documenting, implementing and maintain best operating practices
• Perform SPA meetings with suppliers
• Perform SLA meetings with contracted suppliers and HOD's
• Management of overdue purchase orders and supplier payment queries
• Replenish SYSPRO stock levels and direct orders in terms of MRP system
• Conduct meetings on open overdue orders / GRNI report / Creditor queries
• Manage Engineering & Consumable stores employees
• Ensure that all financial and ISO internal controls are always adhered to
• Ad-hoc related requests from Commercial Manager and General Manager

Buyer: Packaging & Raw Materials at Clover SA (2012-06 – 2021-08)

• Acted as Department Head in absence of Manager
• MRP Purchasing
• Maintaining and managing of MRP information (Lead times and minimum balance levels of packaging material import and local)
• Running MRP purchasing reports on weekly basis (2 Times weekly)
• Purchasing of all BOM Items
• Sourcing of new and back up suppliers
• Distribution of Purchase Orders to suppliers
• Expediting and de-expediting of all BOM items
• Running and maintaining open PO reports
• Reporting on PPV's (Purchase price Variance)
• Managing inbound material delivery to satisfy Production
• Managing and liasing with suppliers
• Supplying of forecasts to suppliers on request
• Replenishment and Controlling of Stock
• Managing Days stock cover of all Raws and Packs for branch to Budget
• Reporting on stock status (Slow moving, dead stock etc.)
• Optimize Logistics scheduling
• Daily planning on loads - minimizing overtime for offloading
• Daily optimizing of production schedule
• Planning of Packaging material and ingredients for Fresh and UHT Production facilities
• Creating Shop Orders in ERP system
• Back up production consumables, PPE etc
• Sourcing of new Suppliers
• Maintaining of Purchase Orders
• Expediting of Commodity Orders
• Back up for purchasing of Chemicals for production
• Arranging of Inter branch freight transfers

Stores Controller at Volkswagen Motorsport (2008-10 – 2012-05)

• Receiving
• Expedite discrepancies upon request
• Deliver received materials
• Detailed checking of material
• Matching of material to packing slips
• Matching of packing slips to purchase orders
• Tagging and identification of material
• Preparing receiving reports
• Investigating discrepancies
• Filing documents
• Posting of inventory receipts to computer
• Copying documents and distribution of documents to accounting
• Shipping
• Packaging items or material
• Arranging shipping
• Preparing bills of lading and freight waybills
• Forwarding documentation to accounting
• Cyclical counts
• Housekeeping
• Daily cleaning up
• Consistent and periodic cleaning of shelves, racks, floors and bulk storage areas
• Responsible for sales at the various National race meetings (Invoicing & Direct Sales)
• Controlling of Lease Engine database
• Responsible for maintaining stock levels in Main store and parts truck
• Warehouse Management
• Proper binning and palletizing of inventory
• Repackaging of inventory
• Protecting inventory from - damage, corrosion, and deterioration
• Maintaining inventory - i.e. rotation of shafts re-warehousing, restocking shelves
• Any other tasks within scope

Store Manager at Alexander Corner Liquor Store (2007-11 – 2008-06)

Family business

• Day to day managing of store
• Ordering and controlling of stock
• Counter sales
• Opening and closing of store
• Store supervision

Project Buyer at Sentratek Holdings (2007-06 – 2007-10)

• Raising purchase notes on Pastel
• Prepare purchase orders and distributing copies to suppliers and departments originating requests
• Goods receiving and documentation
• Expedite outstanding orders
• Consolidate delivery notes with supplier invoice / purchase orders
• Calculate costs of orders
• Organizing Freight / shipment
• Weekly Stock takes
• Managing of consignment stock
• Health & Safety representative

Industrial Engineering Clerk at Welfit Oddy (Pty) Ltd (2006-10 – 2007-06)

• Check production numbers booked of by production supervisors on daily basis
• Daily updating of Tank unit progress report
• Maintaining production order numbers in BAAN (Company Software Package) of tank units that have been signed off
• Complete final operations on tanker units in BAAN
• Book off tanker units into inventory warehouse
• General enquiries on progress of tank units
• Calculation of production labour input vs. output (Productivity)
• Month end WIP (Work in Progress) calculation

Finance Clerk at Welfit Oddy (Pty) Ltd (2005-05 – 2006-09)

• Maintaining Fixed Assets Register with up to date monthly entries, recons & journals within 3 weeks of month-end
• Ensuring all additions & disposals are transacted as soon as they occur
• Ensuring capital WIP account only consists of incomplete assets expenditure
• Ensuring all assets have numbers, capex numbers & location references
• Maintaining consistently structured formal asset descriptions
• Physically numbering all assets
• Conducting asset cycle counting regularly to ensure all assets counted at least once per annum
• Maintaining effective authorization files for Capex applications
• Formal follow-up on issued numbers weekly
• Filing authorized application forms, purchase orders and supplier invoices
• Maintaining effective authorization files for Disposal applications
• Updating monthly cost summaries for Stannic Fleet Management & reallocating costs to cost centers

Senior Certificate in Grade 12 – Daniel Pienaar Technical High School (1999)

Ndip in Business Management – East Cape Midlands College (2004)

Short Program Certificate in Purchasing and Supply Chain Management – Damelin (Port Elizabeth) (2007)

Workshop Certificate in Food Defence Workshop – ENTECOM (2015)

Workshop Certificate in Hazardous Chemical Substances Workshop – NOSA (2015)

Certificate in Essentials of Management and Leadership – Clover (PeopleWise Business Solutions cc) (2016)