CV, Business Solution Specialist Targeting Germany

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Serial No: 48267

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Skills keywords: business analyst, project management, supply chain

Short Bio:

I have 21 years’ experience in the supply chain industry and been involved in and sometimes even taken the role as project manager in multiple projects.

I qualified with one of the highest marks through APICS as a Certified Supply Chain Professional which is one of the most difficult supply chain exams in the industry.

I also have extensive knowledge with Microsoft office and have excellent communication skills . I designed, setup and implemented fully integrated supply chain solution.

Current location:  Eastern Cape, South Africa - View on map

Nationality: South African

Preferred Sector of Employment:  Transport and Logistics, IT and Technology

Spoken languages: Afrikaans (dutch), english, german

Location I am interested in working: Anywhere

TERTIARY EDUCATION

Damlin Management School
April 1994 – August 1994

Bookkeeping course Distinction 99%

Basic Bookkeeping up to Trial Balance
Vat and Vat Returns
Bank Reconciliations
Salary and Wage statutory records

New Horizons Computer School
January 1995
Microsoft access programming course

Microsoft workgroups
July 1995
SQL query programming course

ITI Integrated Technologies Institute
Windows NT 4 Core Technologies
Windows SQL 6 Database Implementation and design
Windows NT Enterprise Technologies
Administering Windows NT

Ronick Personnel
 Supervisory Course -Distinction – 2nd highest in country
Management Course – Distinction – 3rd highest in country

Simplify IT

Windows 2000 Server & Workstation
Supporting a Network Infrastructure
Designing a Directory Service
Administering Directory Service
Network and Operating System essentials
Administering SQL 2000 Database
Programming a SQL 2000 Database

Achieve Global

Professional Selling Skills

Centre for Applied Leadership

Leadership Conversations

Gijima-AST

MS Office Project 2003 for Project Managers
Collaboration for Project Managers
Setup & Configuring Enterprise Project Management

Business Process Education Centre

Diploma in Business Analysis – 86%

Bidvest Academy

Academy 6 – Year MBA Course

APICS

CSCP – Certified Supply Chain Professional

SAPICS

2014 – Supply Chain Conference

2015 – Supply Chain Conference

WORKING EXPERIENCE

Safcor Panalpina Changed to Bidvest Panalpina Logistics, Port Elizabeth
September 2008 – present
Business Analyst / Integration Specialist/ Business Solutions Specialist

Duties:  To investigate, identify and to generate functional specification to enhance our Supply chain offering to clients.

To assist sales in analyzing clients requirements and to produce solutions for client proposals.

To analyze regional business trends and requirements.

To work with clients to implement integration solutions that enhance both the clients and Safcor Panalpina forwarding and clearing processes.

To document, design, setup and implement all clients interface specification and to monitor them on an on-going bases.

To monitor, control and balance the warehouse reports and bond store reports for 4 OEM clients.

To look at future trends in the supply chain industry and to prepare future prospects for BPL.

To configure and to monitor the systems application

Responsible for all projects and project management for the South Africa

To create and write all SQL reports for both eastern and western cape – operational, statistical and financial reporting

August 2007 – August 2008
Appointed subject matter expert for the clearing and forwarding system national implementation

Duties: Training all operational staff in all aspects of the standard shipping processes for air and sea imports and exports.

Setting up and configuring of the servers centrally and regionally

Training all staff of Safcor Panalpina on the clearing and forwarding system

Supporting the staff after going live for any queries or problems

Specifying any changes and then detailing them to the different service providers

Travelled around the country training and supporting all staff in all

Products ie. Sea Imports, Sea Exports, Air Imports and Air Exports

Renfreight merged with Safcor Panalpina

Business Integration Manager (Eastern Cape)
October 2001 to July 2007

Duties In charge of 116 users in East London and Port Elizabeth

Responsible for all it related projects in the region

Responsible for all EDI interfaces and the initials specification, functional Specs and then programming and implementation of the solution to the Users with user buy-in and follow up to final sign-off

Senior systems administrator reporting to me and he is now responsible for All the day to day it related problems

Position Regional IT Manager (Eastern Cape)
1998 to October 2001

Duties In charge of a 72 user region with 2 servers and SQL

The setting up and planning of all future expansion

and using Xpert Methodology to project plan and implement all it changes in the region

Was in charge of the local Y2K (year 2000) projects on operating software and in-house developed software

The full networking responsibility of 2 branches in the region

The implementing of change control and network standards for the region based on the national standards

Participate in all regional management decisions

Assist and participate in the national it strategic planning and direction of the companies it department

PREVIOUS WORKING EXPERIENCE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST

HOBBIES

Computers, Windsurfing, DIY, Woodwork