Anathi Ralushe

Experience

• 

  Elliotdale Tech School, Eastern Cape Department of Education

  Oct 2004 - Dec 2004

  Temporal Teacher

  • Teaching Economics• Assisting in the Setting Semester Exam papers for Economics• Management of various personalities

• 

  Rainbow Farms (pty) Ltd

  Feb 2005 - Feb 2007

  My main role was to execute the regional outbound supply chain. This included:• Order lead-time target attainment• Functional Strategy into Action Operationalisation • Fresh delivery requirement attainment• Sales, delivery and shipment number (doc) allocation• Stock Rotation & guarding against ageing stock• Primary Transport Requirements Plan Creation• Accuracy and currency of the primary transport requirements plan• Truck Utilisation• Loading Plan compilation and submission • Customer Liaison& customer service monitoring• Accurate record keeping and filing Show less • Ordering production components for the plant• Liaising & Negotiating with suppliers and customers (Procurement issues) • Ensuring that the general stores’ stock is kept at efficient level• Ensuring that stock meets the requirements and specifications of each internal customer• Liaising with various line managers to ascertain the factory’s needs• Ensuring that the right components are bought from the right suppliers at favourable price and delivered to Rainbow Chickens timeously • Taking part in stock counts.• Dealing with a wide variety of clients and adhering to their buying policies and regulations.• Adhering to the JIT principle in order to control inventory levels.• Communicating any system price variances with general stores or regional purchasing manager. Show less

  • Customer Services (Outbound) Coordinator

    May 2005 - Feb 2007

  • Buyer (general stores)

    Feb 2005 - May 2005
• 

  Bridge Personnel

  Mar 2007 - Nov 2007

  Recruitment Consultant

  Duties included:• Marketing the Company’s services to blue-chip companies• Receiving orders (placement requests) from clients• Screening and interviewing potential candidates.• Liaising with clients and placing the most suitable candidate(s)• Generating revenue for the company • Developing & updating the company’s database regularly.• Identifying Clients’ needs and keeping abreast and adapting to the latest trends in the employment market.

• 

  Rainbow Farms (pty) Ltd

  Dec 2007 - Nov 2013

  • As Production Planner, my role was to create a forward production plan that optimally balances the forecasted incoming bird supply with the forward demand plan and national planning priority directives to meet the days cover targets as profitably as possible. My Key responsibilities included:• Strategic Planning• Functional Strategy into Action Operationalization• Agricultural Planning Liaison• Factory Planning (Fresh and Frozen Stock)• Forward Production Planning• New Product and Promotional Launches• Performance Monitoring and Measurement • Information and Data Management• Team Coordination • Administration• Keeping to agreed KPI’sWith the Role of Production Planner I am also expected to:• Make coordination and planning decisions that fall within the ambit of responsibility.• Solve simple and complex inbound and outbound supply chain coordination within the ambit of responsibility.• proactively identify and implement innovations, particularly those that will reduce costs, improve alignment of demand and supply and increase profitability Show less • As Planning Coordinator, my role was to provide assistance to the production planner in monitoring fresh customer orders to maximise customer requirements, as well as provide administrative coordination of and support to the regional planning function of the business.My responsibilities also included:• Production & Customer Demand Planning• Transport Planning• Regular Customer Liaison/ Communication on Customer demand and deliveries• Regular Communication with Production Dept/ Factory Regarding changes in customer or DC’s demand. • Regular interaction with ALL Rainbow Regions [KZN & WC]• Regular interaction/ communication with Logistics/ Transport Manager regarding routes to be used during customer stock delivery.• Daily, Weekly & Monthly Transport invoice Reconciliations.• Capture & execute customer orders [on SAP SYSTEM]• Regularly liaising with customers regarding order status & stock availability• Bringing-in stock from the other Rainbow plants for direct customers and other Distribution Centres (when necessary)• Following up orders to ensure deliveries are made to customers timeously• Following up on the paper trail from purchase orders to the final POD.• Handling Customer Queries on a daily basis• Handling All other Ad Hoc Logistics Admin Tasks Customer portfolio included: Nandos, KFC, the ICC group, UMS group, CBW, Metro, Massmart, Chicken Licken, Checkers Hyper, Shoprite and Pick ‘n Pay Show less

  • Regional Production Planner

    Jun 2012 - Nov 2013

  • Planning/ Cust. Serv. Co-ordinator

    Dec 2007 - May 2012
• 

  McCormick Condiments SA (pty) Ltd

  Feb 2014 - Oct 2014

  Production Planner

  As production planner, my primary role was to ensure that all customer requirements for both South African and overseas customers are transferred onto a 6 weeks rolling plan taking into account effective Up-time management for factory operations and production. My Key responsibilities included:• Production planning on SAP to timeously meet demand management requirements within inventory targets, allergen, colour and efficiency constraints.• Timeous distribution of the SAP extracted production plan.• Effective communication of any constraint impacting customer service.• Measurement and communication of production plan adherence by SKU, and mandatory attendance of all production meetings.• Schedule new product introductions and product discontinuations in the most effective way, with minimal write off exposure.• Clarification and maintenance of the production parameters and production data within SAP.• Maximise the utilization of the SAP within production planning and scheduling. • Produce ad hoc management reports as required.• Comply with all the company regulations and procedures concerning Health and SafetyIn Addition, I played an assisting role to the materials planners in following up on outstanding purchase orders from suppliers and in relation to : • Expediting and rescheduling open purchase orders to suit production planning requirements• Providing input in developing departmental strategies for inventory on existing items, new product introduction and phase outs [SLOB]. • Reporting gathered information within production meeting environment• Executing in the area of stock and demand replenishment providing feedback to the supply chain on risks regarding replenishment levels and demandThe role also involved daily involvement with both the raw materials and finished goods Show less

• 

  Maledu Technologies (PTY) LTD

  Nov 2014 - Mar 2015

  Business Development Consultant

  Freelance Role within the IT/ and Office Supplies Industry : Primarily Tasked with : Identifying New Business Opportunities Attending Tender Briefing Meetings Preparing Tender/ Bidding Documents Preparing & Making Presentations General Admin Management Duties.

• 

  Distell

  Apr 2015 - Sept 2017

  Production Scheduler

  As Production Scheduler at Distell, my primary responsibilities are to : • Manage and optimize the operational and tactical production plans for designated production lines.• Ensure that the Production plan is aligned with National and International demands.• Ensure appropriate stock levels at plant level to meet stock targets.• Ensure effective production capacity planning• Ensure a stable production plan by optimally utilizing production facilities and employees.• Monitor and optimize bottling capacity at production lines.• Support site level production planning personnel in supply chain planning and management.• Assist Sales and Marketing in the planning of NPD launches and promotions from a bottling perspective.• Create and manage production order reservations• Ensure that valid planning information is maintained at all times in the SAP planning system.• Ensure effective production planning administration and reporting• Drive innovation and business improvements in support of operational goals Show less

• 

  Royal Canin

  Sept 2017 - Apr 2019

  Production Planner

  As a Production Planner at Royal Canin my primary responsibility was to ensure an accurate & efficient planning and scheduling of production, management of FG stock and working proactively with procurement, production and warehouse teams.My Principal Accountabilities included, but were not limited to:• Scheduling the production for the factory.• Maintaining the efficiency of the factory (labour & waste)• Monitoring stock levels following the model in place (MTO & MTS)• To closely monitor actual production vs plan and modify when necessary – Plan attainment and right first time, in line with RCLMS.• Integrate maintenance, sanitation, trials and procurement issues within the planning schedule.• Inform relevant parties of the planning• To generate specific reports (KPIs, short dated, @ risk, progress on promotional products etc) Show less

• 

  Mars

  Apr 2019 - now

  Product Supply Planner

  As Supply Planner at Mars my primary responsibility is to ensure product availability with the right volume at the right time for targeted service level (above 94%) and reduced risk of obsoletes, for best quality for customer satisfaction. Product Control is ensuring freshness of product to deliver best quality to customers to keep service, costs & cash in balance. This is the execution process of the prior stage demand planning.Other Key Responsibilities in my current role include:  Maximise product availability to support customer service targets: Drive actions across the supply chain to improve product availability; for example, changes to production plan, faster transit times, efficient booking in, etc. Drive continuous improvement through route cause analysis of low stock incidents  Drive efficient stock management ensuring inventory levels meet target levels: Highlight overstocks, identify root causes and drive changes needed to avoid in the future Regular review of stock policy with factories to ensure aligned targets and create a roadmap for optimising inventory holding  Manage the stock age profile on finished goods to minimise best before date issues Own the product clearance process with sales and customer service Ensure accurate real-time stock picture is available in Atlas: Daily clearance of Atlas Idoc errors with the 3PLs  Drive process improvement to eliminate regular errors Show less