Elzette Du Toit

Experience

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  Sasol

  Jan 2011 - Dec 2014

  Chemical Process Engineer

  Duties:- Plant operational support and troubleshooting;- Tutoring of candidate engineers on the graduate development program;- Assisting production, mechanical and maintenance colleagues providing the process input into investigations, changes made, shut downs etc.;- Understand equipment, processes, business drivers and value chains to maintain stakeholder focus and solve plant upsets and therefore achieve production targets;- Develop plant monitoring and mass balance tools and do daily plant monitoring to ensure safe and predictable operation;- Interpret deviations as well as share, influence and manage deviations to minimise losses;- Coordinate the running plant’s operation and maintenance strategies;- Work within multiple engineering discipline teams;- Do technical standby over weekends and holidays;- Manage and implement projects and initiatives;- Develop/review operating envelopes;- Investigation of equipment failures and implementation of solutions - Coordination of root cause analysis (RCA);- Execute changes as per management of change procedure (MOC);- Re-rating of equipment;- Build hydraulic models;- Support equipment replacements;- Develop equipment datasheets Show less

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  FNB South Africa

  Jan 2015 - Nov 2022

  • Created a structure for identifying ideal process automation candidates with either Robotics Process Automation software, workflow or using lean and other process improvement methodologies.• Created a streamlined Robotics Process Automation Delivery Lifecycle and ensured Robotics Operating Model is optimised for maximum delivery.• Implemented the actual infrastructure setup to support the RPA start up (including acquiring VM’s, configuring servers, obtaining Policy exceptions, installing Blue Prism, raising firewall rules, etc.).• Responsible for delivering multiple RPA projects across various functions. Helped customers define and implement other automation options (i.e. API’s, .BAT or PS1 scripts) where RPA was not suitable.• Conducting feasibility studies for RPA opportunities, evaluating, and validating candidate processes against the business case, business strategy and suitability for RPA.• Lead 2 RPA marketing/lead generation campaigns to source good automation candidates and generate the RPA project pipeline.• Primary technical & business point of contact for customers on any new and existing work in the pipeline.• Managed and tracked the progress of development across various projects including performing all the Project Management work to ensure the project timelines and budgets are met.• Instilled agile practices to track progress and identify and resolve blockers quickly (stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, etc.).• Created the governance structure and change management processes for the deployment of Robotics Process Automation processes within a typical SDLC landscape.• Implemented a Design Authority to ensure code quality and standards are followed by means of code reviews and by creating an RPA “wiki”.• Worked with IT, Business and Risk teams to ensure compliance of data security and privacy for onboarding the BOTs. • Providing demos of RPA for both customers and broader teams to evangelise and demystify myths about RPA. Show less - Assessing, analysing and optimising business processes - Identifying business process improvements (cost savings/ efficiency improvements/ process automation)- Facilitating workshops with business users to gather requirements, generate ideas and validate designs- Analysis and documentation of business requirements for products, processes, procedures and/or systems- Designing new and existing business processes, in conjunction with business partners- Project managing process improvement/enhancement projects Show less

  • Robotics Process Automation Practice Lead at FNB South Africa

    Nov 2020 - Nov 2022

  • Automation & Process Engineering Lead

    Jul 2019 - Nov 2020

  • Business Process Engineer

    Jan 2015 - Jul 2019
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  CGI Nederland

  Nov 2022 - Sept 2023

  Continuous Improvement Business Consultant
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  ASML

  Sept 2023 - now

  Business Process Expertise Manager