Waldo Cilliers

Experienced Logistics Controller skilled in playing a pivotal role in planning, costing, and moving around 600'000mt of material through various ports and countries using different modes of transport to achieve set goals and monthly targets aligned with KPIs. Utilise specialised expertise and comprehensive knowledge in all modes of transportation and logistics to effectively manage and oversee the import process across Africa. Recognised as a key player responsible for traveling to various African Ports and logistics hubs to resolve operational problems and to establish improved systems and procedures to prevent future issues.

Develop relationships of trust across organisations and with stakeholders while managing logistics. Remain risk aware while navigating supply chain processes by remaining informed of political and economic threats and developments across Africa that can impact on trade, clients, and the business. Secure long-term contracts by delivering committed and professional customer service.

Confidently conclude skilled negotiations and manage financing and payment for trade transactions. Entrusted to manage finance and to authorise payments for trade transactions. Optimised and accelerated productivity and reporting through automating tasks.

Proficient in identifying and analysing new markets for products to achieve a competitive advantage for specific products by using existing market information to secure long-term success. Achieve career progression by displaying industry expertise and senior leadership, remaining informed of industry developments, collaborating with team, and efficiently planning and prioritising to meet deadlines. Strengthened global performance through establishing international offices and training new employees.

Track record of quickly adapting to change and swiftly mastering new systems and knowledge. Eagerly leverage newly acquired skills to successfully conclude negotiations resulting in securing an initial trade deal which holds advantage of possibly supporting a career in the future as a Trader and hold a sincere interest in Corridor and Warehouse Development. Perform all duties with honesty and integrity and display respect for confidentiality and diversity in people, cultures, and organisations.

Logistics Controller | Copper Commercial: Marketing & Logistics Division - Glencore South Africa - South Africa

(2024-10)

Play a pivotal role in planning, costing, and moving around 600'000mt of material through various ports and countries while using different modes of transport to achieve set goals and monthly targets aligned with KPIs while acting as current Team & Operational Lead for Merchanting company.

• Meet deadline and pressure driven corporate objectives through efficiently planning, forecasting, and prioritising pipelines of movements to achieve common goal in both import and export functions.
• Established and maintain a valuable support system based on developing solid relationships and forming strategic alliances within the trucking pillar to secure priority services during peak phases.
• Bridged severe challenges as member of operational team responsible for successfully discharging the first ever bulk vessel at Tanga Port with limited infrastructure and equipment resulting in preventing penalties.
• Demonstrate solid understanding of complexity through remaining informed of market developments to ensure timely locking of rates and agreements prior to market turns and collaborating with all stakeholders.
• Optimised and accelerated support to clients and the business by systematizing a wide range of procedures.
• Display a balanced approach to resolve and prevent conflict in pressure and deadline driven environment.
• Achieve communal goals with stakeholders such as suppliers and customers (e.g., Merchanting entity) by establishing and maintaining clear lines of communication and continuously providing stakeholders with updates, progress reports, or delays of deliveries to ensure parties achieve strategic objectives.
• Ongoing performance-based promotion achieved into greater responsibility bearing positions.
• Skilled in managing confidential business operations and tenders in Africa.
• Consistently demonstrate ethics and integrity and respect for confidentiality and diversity in people, cultures, and organisations.
• Display a committed customer service orientation to ensure efficient management and supervision of tasks to meet customer expectations and corporate objectives.
• Plan strategies to develop corridors through implementing bi-directional flow of goods and cost-saving strategies to achieve faster turnaround times and to optimise logistics operations that ensures seamless movement of goods in both directions.
• Apply specialist knowledge of correct storage, transportation, and safety.
• Assert compliance to all regulations and policies relating to reagents and copper mining.
• Mitigate risk through efficiently planning and managing operations and procedures.
• Manage monthly and year-end closing of trading book, report on P&L to traders, and monitor credit line.
• Review new orders to create understanding of end-user requirements and align appropriate administrative procedure to be followed based on bulk commodity, transport, warehousing, and freight requirements.
• Allocate and supervise tasks per work schedule as well as perform regular follow-up and take corrective actions as appropriate should problems arise and to ensure tasks are accomplished to required standard.
• Plan critical paths of logistics projects to move high volumes of material through various ports and countries.
• Apply critical thinking while analysing market research to ensure goods are manufactured and aligned with export markets for specific products.
• Delegate tasks to the strength of individuals to ensure meeting task objectives and deadlines.
• Accommodate wide range of trucking activity monthly relating to managing transport of goods.
• Meet set procedures and all environmental, health, and safety regulations while managing a wide range of tracking activity monthly which includes transporting high risk reagents, and when managing open orders, active trips and when monitoring and tracking operations.
• Create accurate spreadsheets to support administrative and tracking functions and expedite tracking, analysis, and interrogative functions using appropriate systems.
• Initiate truck bookings to transport materials and allocate and manage team as required.
• Review and approve freight invoices per end-user requirements in compliance with tight parameters and controls and initiated administrative procedures associated with the settlement.
• Establish workable procedures to tracking transport activities in compliance with agreements and contracts.
• Investigate and resolve problems and complexity on time to prevent delays or client related challenges.
• Swiftly respond to critical and urgent items and administrative processes by evaluating contracts and process management and communicating feedback to relevant stakeholders.
• Channel work assignments to freight, warehousing, and clearing functions as required to ensure swift action and follow up on administrative execution and submission of documentation and problem resolution as needed.
• Enhance operational efficiency by leading and improving overall productivity, and which includes travelling to field offices to deliver both operational and system training, organising tasks to align with organisational goals and operational workflows, adhering to protocols to support seamless operations which includes ensuring documentation and procedures are followed as per area of responsibility, allocating tasks to team and managing performance to ensure efficient use of resources, monitorin
• Nurture a safe and supportive working environment and create opportunities of learning, recognise performance, and develop strong relationships with team member to retain talent and to create a culture of collaboration, including sharing and demonstrating specialist knowledge and expertise to strengthen team performance, providing direct feedback to report to ensure task accomplishment to required standard, supervising allocated tasks assigned and providing constructive feedback, creating opport
• Comply with company policies and procedures and all environmental, health, and safety regulations.
• Collaborate with, and report to African Trucking Lead, African Commercial Director, and Reagent Traders.

Bulk Shipment and Logistics Coordinator - Glencore South Africa - South Africa

(2022-03 - 2024-10)

Bulk Shipment and Logistics Assistant - Glencore South Africa - South Africa

(2021-12 - 2022-03)

Supply Chain Intern | Professional Internship - South32 SA Coal Holdings (Pty) Ltd - South Africa

(2020-12 - 2020-12)

• Gained exposure to diverse processes and procedures relating to Air- and Sea Freight Logistics.
• Attended daily planning and target meetings and participated in export breakbulk cargo and field visits.
• Participated in a field visit to a contracted Road Haul Supplier and a Third Party Leased Rail Siding.

Trainee - Morgan Cargo: Air & Sea Freight Logistics - South Africa

(2020-10-26 - 2020-10-30)

• Paid attention to detail while receiving and sending cargo and managed associated documentation.
• Coordinated the moving of cargo to allocated spaces in compliance with client instructions.
• Drafted and finalised House Air Waybills (HAWB) and Major Air Waybills (MAWB).
• Completed an official export Certificate and an Export Inspection Addendum for the freight exported.
• Completed a Phytosanitary Certificate for exported goods and SAD500s Customs forms.
• Batched documents.

B. Com (Honors) - International Trade - North-West University (2020 - 2021)

B. Com - Economics (International Trade) - North-West University (2018 - 2020)

National Senior Certificate - Garsfontein High School, Pretoria (2017)