Lohan Pieterse

Experience

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  Imperial Logistics

  Feb 2010 - Nov 2010

  Student Intern

  Completing required final year project as Industrial Engineering student at the University of Pretoria in collaboration with Imperial Distribution (that formed part of the Consumer Products Division of Imperial Logistics). Project title: Customizing Route-to-Consumer Strategies to Cost Effectively Improve Service Levels to Various Customer Channels.

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  South African Breweries

  Mar 2010 - Apr 2010

  Time Study Analyst

  Contracted to conduct time motion studies at the SAB (Central Office) Primary Distribution Control Room; to better understand operator/controller activity durations and to generate recommendations for improvement areas.

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  Imperial Logistics

  Jan 2011 - Mar 2012

  Business Analyst

  Management Consulting:Business Efficiency Index; development and proposal of a resource anticipation model to establish the accurate amount of employees/equipment for current operations.Business Intelligence:Fuel Management Model; implementation and maintenance of a web-based monitoring platform – accessed by management and operations to control fuel consumption more effectively/efficiently (evaluated against pre-determined fuel targets).Time Utilization Model; development and proposal of a resource monitoring model in order to track vehicle activities – consolidated monthly and differentiated per client contract. Reports are generated and will be accessed by management/operations via a web-based platform.Financial Analysis Model; implementation and maintenance of a web-based monitoring platform; accessed by management and operations to view finance structures visually per contract, consolidated by business unit for monthly actual expenditures and budget purposes (evaluating potential revenue and projected operating expenses).Corporate Finance:Annual Budget Process; assisting the national finance manager with the annual budget process – entailing the distribution of pre-populated workbooks (required development of an automated approach) and the collection of budgets from over 90 operating contracts. The budget distribution process was streamlined through integrating information from numerous system sources that enabled operation managers to efficiently complete their individual budget workbooks. Further tasks around this project included:• Documentation of a standard operating procedure (SOP) for the budget process and time management of project deadlines• Facilitating workshops for area and customer service managers in order to assist with requirements of the budget process• Collaborating with all relevant parties in order to collect budget workbooks for the consolidated upload to the firm’s financial management system Show less

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  Value Logistics

  Apr 2012 - Sept 2014

  Logistics Analyst & Transport Modeler

  Business Intelligence; implementing resource monitoring models in order to track vehicle activities. Pre-emptive reports are generated and accessed by client management or operations via a web-based platform and includes the following features:• Detailed key performance indicator (KPI) reporting per vehicle registration number• Fleet summary reports that show a holistic view of space/time utilization, customers standing times, volumes delivered, distances traveled and driver behavior• A month-to-month scorecard then compares operational performanceBusiness Process Mapping; high-level transportation and warehouse activities for client contracts in order to illustrate business process flows graphically. Business Process Modelling Notation (BPMN) is used and provides a common notation so that the people related to the processes can express them graphically in a clear, standardized and complete manner.Client Consulting; performing special distribution projects for clients that entail requirements analysis and establishing costs for operational proceedings.OPSI Fleet Logistics Optimizer (FLO); software used to conduct fleet configuration studies – network optimization and distribution analysis provides an effective contract costing approach for a range of clients. All of the necessary historical data is gathered to create a model that will properly represent the cost benefits over a short, medium and long term period. Key advantages of this method include:• Accurate costing models based on the real expenditures of a fleet and operations• The ability to adjust and test different scenarios allows the client to select between various optionsSenior Analyst Responsibilities; on occasion being left in charge as acting senior analyst while management is away during business or absent on leave. Responsibilities include overseeing logistics analysis and client consulting duties as well as delegating tasks to other junior analysts and graduate trainees. Show less

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  York Timbers

  Feb 2015 - Jan 2020

  Senior Business Analyst
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  AB InBev

  Sept 2021 - now

  • Business Analyst Team Lead

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Product Owner

    Mar 2022 - Dec 2022

  • Data Analyst

    Sept 2021 - Feb 2022