Novus Holdings Ltd (previously Paarl Media Group)Industrial Engineer
May. 2015 - Aug. 2017Johannesburg Area, South Africa• Managed and implemented a project that reduced a downtime category by 25%. Achieved this through process redesign, data analysis, RCA & implementation of SOPs.
• Project Management and implementation (R 20 million project) – Installing new equipment, conducting market analysis and product spec. Lead project from inception to commissioning.
• Reduced supplier costs by 20% through effective tendering, procurement and drafting legal documents. • Eliminated production mistakes by designing and implementing poka-yoke systems to reduce operational mistakes and inefficiencies.
• Systems and IT – Data management and data validation, building of reports for data analysis, debugging and creating solutions for production and business related problems.
• Continuous improvement – Data analysis to identify root causes and create and implement solutions.
• Process flows – mapping the business value chain for the group, to better understand and improve processes and employee performance.
• SOPs – Standardising of procedures across the group. Including the management of the project and people assigned to assist in the project.
• Decosting – Analysing the financial impact of operations against set targets and identifying crucial improvement areas.
• Group responsibilities (across 4 plants) include; procedure and best operating practices alignment across all 4 plants. Data and information monitoring and improving across all 4 plants. Helping the various plants align to the group operations framework and strategy.
• Drafting of tender documents worth R500 million.
• Conducting training on the systems and reports introduced to the business
• Reduce year on year waste by 1.5%
• Attain 99% data accuracy.