Testimonials
"Liezl is an excellent presenter that can deliver key concepts very clearly for easy understanding. Course content is relevant, to the point and well written. An overall well presented very educational course that speaks to the key issues of demand planning and the management of the process"
Warehouse Manager, Cipla Medpro
Training workshops (2005 - current)
Project Objectives: To train and mentor employees to understand and improve the supply chain management space.
Project Description
My training includes regular short (2-3 day) workshops on various topics. The most frequently presented material is on demand management, Demand Driven Planning, S&OP and forecasting. A project like this usually includes some sort of analysis of the issues and then a customized program to address the needs. My bigger clients for this type of intervention include Fuchs, McCain, Cadbury Schweppes, Saint Gobain, IMS Engineering, Nampak, Omnia, Bateman and JD Group. I also assisted some of these companies with implementation of more efficient processes, like S&OP.
Role Description
My role in these projects was that of facilitator to guide and lead employees to understand and buy into supply chain best practices.
Reporting to: Client management and HR
Achievements: Hundreds of people attended my classes with fantastic testimonials of results achieved. Some people’s lives and careers were changed forever.
Project Duration: Varied between clients. Some were over in a week, others lasted more than a year.
Project Value: Various
Project Size: Multiple sites
Stakeholders: Company management and HR
Projects and engagements
Distribution model re-design (2013)
Project Objectives: To re-design the distribution model of the company in order to streamline operations and save costs
Project Description:
I was contracted to help set up a new model for distribution as well as formulate a tender to put out to market. They needed to test the market to see if the rates and service they were getting from their then current provider were still competitive.
Role Description
My role in this project was that of sounding board and guidance to consider all angles of the distribution problem.
Reporting to the Financial Director
Achievements: A Satisfactory result was achieved
Project Duration: 3 months
Project Value:R100 000
Project Size: Whole company distribution network
Stakeholders: Outbound distribution management and staff
Experience
Below is a list of projects that I have been involved in. This list is not comprehensive, but illustrates the type of projects I am capable of performing
WMS Pre-sales support (2011 - 2012)
Project Objective: To analyse and build business cases in support of the sales process
Project Description:
For a year, I was involved with a company who sells and implements warehouse management software. During this time, I was extensively involved in assisting sales with business cases for the software. A typical engagement would be to visit a site, get some key statistics on the business and calculate some savings that would be possible by implementing more effective systems. I was not very involved in the system side, but assisted on the business principles and efficiency of operations and marrying the system specifications with the business requirements. This was as very challenging role, as each site was different and I really had to use my integrated knowledge of efficiency and processes to find the savings in these situations. I had to draw process diagrams and suggest actions for business process re-engineering as well as cost savings derived from those changes. Some clients that I was involved with, were Avroy Shlain, Lancewood Cheese, Vermont Sales, Sensory FX and USABCO.
Role Description
My role in this project was that of data gathering and analysis. I visited sites and built business cases to identify savings for potential clients. I was involved in some of the initial stages of implementation too, in order to hand over to the implementation team
Reporting to: Pre-sales manager
Achievements: A number of these projects went ahead because of the justification provided.
Project Duration: 1 Year
Project Value: R360 000
Project Size: Multiple sites
Stakeholders: CQuential Management and sales team
“Advance knowledge, solid experience and thorough understanding of the subject matter. Valuable information helped me a lot to understand the function better and gave a good perspective. She knows her craft. Excellent”
National Planner, SBV Services
Omnia Demand Management improvement project (2009-2011)
Project Objectives
To educate the demand management side of the business
To help decide on the most appropriate demand management software
To facilitate the implementation of S&OP in Protea Chemicals and BME businesses.
Project Description
This was a long engagement that stretched over two years. It started off as a company-wide drive to get everyone speaking the same language through workshops and upskilling of employees in the areas of demand planning and S&OP. I then continued to guide and mentor some of the key employees into getting the processes embedded. Unfortunately, as it goes when you empower and train people, they get offers of new positions and promotions and we ended up with quite a few people leaving and new ones starting in this time. The planning system was also reviewed in this time and proposals from new vendors assessed.
Role Description
My role in this project was that of advisor and facilitator.
Reporting to Omnia Supply Chain department
Achievements: Results varied. Many people left and were replaced by new people who had to be brought on board again.
Project Duration: 2 years
Project Value: R220 000
Project Size: Multiple sites and locations
Stakeholders
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Omnia Central Supply Chain department
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Protea Chemicals head office and site management
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BME head office and site management
