ABIManufacturing Development Specialist
May. 2010 - Aug. 2011Pretoria Area, South AfricaMy work focused mainly on implementing World Class Manufacturing strategies, processes and tools in an FMCG environment. Most of this work is based on best practices from the Toyota Company, plus best practice across the SABMiller group and the Coca Cola Network. It includes teamwork, 5S, Visual Performance Management, Root cause Analysis, Supply Chain Flexibility, Asset care systems and Operator based Maintenance. I was actively involved in changing our organizations culture to that of a Lean Supply Chain, working with shopfloor employees, junior, middle and senior management. I served as a member of the site executive committee with my role being to consult on best practice during strategic goal setting and during routine execution thereof.
During this time we made considerable progress in establishing a stable and mature packaging team environment, which laid the platform for the significant productivity improvement that followed thereafter.
My self awareness and ability to adapt/manage to different personalities was grown through formal EQ [emotional intelligence] awareness training and 'Insights' workshops.