Duncan Jacobs

Experience

• 

  Gilcraft Centre

  Jul 1985 - Jan 1988

  Sales consultant

  Sales and spares consultant in Yamaha motorcycle, boating and power products franchisePurchasing of spares and productsControl of stock levels

• 

  Assa Abloy South Africa

  Feb 1988 - Oct 2009

  Purchasing, Planning, Production, Warehouse Manager

  Positions held separately having started as goods receiving clerk.Purchasing Manager :Purchasing of finished products, packaging materials and raw materials locally and overseasControl of budgetsEvaluation and selection and of suppliersReporting to senior managementPlanning Manager :Loading of factory business units to ensure optimum utilisation of resources, reaching of efficiency targets, timeously meeting customer requirementsDevelopment of forecastsReporting to senior managementProduction Manager :Light engineering Business Unit manufacturing door furniture door accessories and locks eg, lever handles, pull handles, backplates, safe locks, garage locks, cabinet locksProcesses - Press work, CNC machining, turning, polishing, anodising, engraving, blisterpackingOptimum utilisation of resources - men, machines, materials, moneyLiaison with customers on promised dates from manufacturing unit and availability of products to meet requirements for building projects and stockManaging workforce with regards efficiency, on time deliveries, disciplinary mattersAderence to and maintenence of standards eg ISO 9001Internal Auditor SABSReporting to senior managementWarehouse Manager:Optimum utilisation of fleet of delivery vehiclesDevelopment of delivery schedulesMonitoring of delivery fleet via tracking systemSelection, monitoring and development of third party delivery contractorsMaintenance and upkeep of delivery vehicles Show less

• 

  Isikhova Kelniksher Trading cc

  Nov 2009 - Dec 2014

  Director

  Supply of containers for medical waste, collection from generators of health care risk waste and transport to registered incineration/treatment facilities.Areas currently covered are Pretoria in the north to Poortjie in the south and West Rand to Trichardt/Secunda in the east.The main focus is on providing excellent service at competitive rates.

• 

  ASSA ABLOY in South Africa

  Jul 2016 - Nov 2019

  Procurement Manager
• 

  Scimprocon Services

  Nov 2019 - now

  Production Management Consultant

  Consult on Production and Operations Management which includes cost reduction, waste reduction, 5s, lean, value stream mapping, kanban, kaizen, production costing, bill of materials, conduct/misconduct, disciplinary matters, internal auditing, quality management, reporting, planning, scheduling, purchasing, procurement, inventory management, materials handling, worker self improvement.Sustainability AuditingProject Management

• 

  Self-employed

  Mar 2021 - now

  Introduction to Wealth Creation