Dian Kapp

Experience

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  Le Sel Research

  Oct 2000 - Jun 2012

  Client Service / Planning Manager

  • Allocating work to my team and ensure proper segregation of duties and adherence to deadlines• Managing day to day activities of my team and our contribution to the sales target and company requirements• Monitor the functioning of the department and managing my team in terms of our KPI’s and their respective job descriptions.• Manage “Production Action Schedules” to ensure the planners are meeting the necessary targets in terms of the % of Production Scheduled Per Day as set by the supplier delivery dates relating to the inventory required for the client orders and company target.• Managing of the Daily Production Meeting – This measured Production Planned VS Output VS Cashflow VS Budget VS Target for the Week and Month VS Client Requirement• Partnered with the Financial Director to ensure production numbers are in line with cash flow projection for the month and that completed batches met client delivery date requirements.• Escalation of non-compliance to Target requirements to FD and MD should problems arise from the factory floor, supply chain, or other external/internal factors.• Pro-Active Work in Progress management with Planning Department to ensure that all Work In Progress is actioned and cleared off of the production floor. Directly linking with the Supply Chain department to ensure any shortfall items are procured as priority to allow completion of batches and despatch to Client.• Management of the Bi Monthly Yield validation meeting – Structured to identify bottlenecks as well as ongoing physical and financial waste areas. Implementing of Corrective Actions based on these findings and monitoring those for satisfactory results. • Partnering with In Inbound supply team to optimise supplier deliveries against production requirements to reduce Stock Holding and Cash implications• Responsible for overall management of my clients Production and Sales targets. My client included various multi nationals (Unilever, Proctor and Gamble, Revlon etc ) and Show less

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  Tidy Files SA

  Mar 2016 - Sept 2022

  • Group Risk Officer

    Oct 2018 - Sept 2022

  • Training Officer

    Mar 2016 - Sept 2018
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  BMi Research

  Sept 2022 - now

  Pricing Solutions Manager