CURRICULUM VITAE.

BRIAN COOPER

11 Ernest Road Kensington SouthJohannesburg2019South Africa

+27 11 6161423 Home+27 083 5011147 Mobile / Cell11ernestrd@gmail.com E-Mail

I have within my working career had extensive senior management, project experience and company / division start-ups, in manufacturing, logistics, supply chain, fleet and purchasing procurement divisions of industry. These positions have given me the opportunity to pass on training though experience, that I have gained over the years, and different industry types for the mentoring of up and coming supervisors and junior managers which benefitted within these companies towards a competent future generation of control and supervision to high quality, efficient response with a knowledge of cost control.

I am said to be a people’s manager being able to communicate, encourage, mentor and teach while getting the required return on total assets

I have had responsibilities within the scopes of work to be involved in most products including textiles, plastics, timber, chemical, recycling, and lead acid batteries in the manufacturing, logistics end to end supply chain, and planning divisions.

I being driven by personal satisfaction of the successes have continued to look for the opportunity of a new challenges

I also have had an early exposure to Supply Chain, Warehousing, Manufacturing, and Logistics etc. and I worked my way up through the years from having hands on experience from basic on floor and store techniques to middle and then senior management of large scale movement of materials within the branch and franchise supply chain. I have also had the opportunity of starting from scratch through project development the successful installation, control and operational methods of large planned and controlled stores with turn overs in excess of R1bill per year the experience which I have always been grateful off.

Employment Experience Duties and Responsibilities within the Supply Chain and Operational Control Systems

First National Batteries - Manufacturer of Lead Acid Batteries 1988 to 2015Product identification – Chloride, Exide, Bartlite, and Raylite and the new range of Gel Batteries for the automotive companies, Miners Cap lamp and Industrial cells

FNB are a large battery manufacturer and distributer of over 3 million automotive batteries to all of the OE vehicle manufacturers in South Africa, plus 300000 miners cap lamps and 30000 mine and forklift batteries per year to mines and industry

During the positions I headed up I was in charge of the movement of the materials required to manufacture stock sell and distribute through raw material, WIP, and Finished goods stores covering the responsibility of all controls required to ensure accurate stock measurement and on time delivery internal and external.My team also supplied 140 + franchises country wide, specialised and intercompany branches by picking packing quality checking volume to invoice and type to request on a fleet of 35 trucks and 4 fleet sub-contractors.Within this group I was happy to train many of my staff from floor level to accomplished positions as buyers, line supervisors, planners, stock controllers, material handlers, dispatch clerks , loaders and quality controllers many of which have full qualification some with degrees in their selected fields List of duties pertaining to the positions held

Manager New Project MRP (Material Requirements Planning) BenoniDuties & Responsibilities

The communication and control of the company’s national stock in conjunction with the services of the consultant team of CLX

The introduction of live control systems which covered stock max and min coverage to actual and forecasted sales

Staff selection in all levels to meet the need for the introduction of the program Linking the fleet transportation and delivery of raw materials, semi-finished and

finished goods through the supply chain and the live control system based on

collective sales actual, and forecast units varying from 8000 to 14000 units per day per branch

Design and layout of the new warehousing New methods of storage equipment Scanning systems to bar coded bins Staff and floor staff training on the new operation principals

Divisional Head new project “Scrap Battery”Duties and Responsibilities

Full start-up from scratch of a division which arranged for cold contacted suppliers and controlled franchise members to sell on at fixed rate per moth their scrap battery returns.

Marketing through the media which was commended through various newspapers, mention on Carte Blanche and Creamers Engineering News.

Eco friendly education to ensure that contaminated old batteries could be returned at a value per kg to the customer instead of polluting the land.

Introduce a scrap battery web site with animation for the training of collection of scrap to the schools

Reduced the cost of raw material through the lower priced raw material which aided in the controlled cost of the finished battery product to the public in the face of low cost imported products.

Trained purchasers, franchises and branches on the recovery system Installed a trained stock and customer liaison person the control the type and

volume purchased at competitive pricing. Trained a manager to take over my position at the end of the project Work to a target of 1500ton of scrap batteries per month Achieving and setting permanent within the 1 year board target

National Purchasing / Logistics / Distribution and Fleet Manager Duties and responsibilities

Overseeing design and control of the supply chain end to end Introduction of MRP (Material Requirements Planning) and (Manufacturing

Resource Planning) Raw material purchasing and procurement local and import Raw material planning through stock control methods based on max min plus

delivery lag supplier to stock Manufacturing supply from stock to branches Finished goods stock holding national, based on live sales movement. Picking packing and invoicing of stock into holding for dispatch Dispatch quality, quantity, packing and distribution by internal fleet and

subcontracted fleet Measure design and purchase of fleet by size and efficiency to meet the need.

Reduce stock losses Train managers Reduce transport costs Upgrade fleet Control stock to Kanban methods and complete rotational manufacturing plans

to meet average sales target per item.

This was operated until with the aid of external consultants updated into JDE

Recorded bin controls to utilise full stores bin spacing with FIFO and addresses Cycle counts for accurate stock control Stock take on demand to ensure low losses and clear availability for sales in the

country.

Group Purchasing Manager - Duties and responsibilities

Annual purchases amounting to R600 mill To set up a purchasing chain of 9 buyers including myself as bulk purchasing

international with a controlled central website for communicative price control Negotiate contracts for bulk raw materials annual and quarterly to fixed budgets Negotiate contracts for services such as Gas, Fleet transport, Security etc. Measure monthly savings to the board and its control target (maximum success

achieved through 9 buyers a saving of R25mill in one year) Set agreements for suppliers to comply to ISO 9001/2000 – 14000 – 18000 and TS

16949:2009 Automotive standards as a requirement for OE supply chains Install agreements that only suppliers from a rating of level 4 and upwards could

supply to meet the BBBEE standards set by government By setting these standards achieved a level 3 BBBEE in purchasing procurement

for the group

Plant / Factory Manager Duties and responsibilities

Total responsibility of the plant staff and operations at the Benoni plant Manufacturing planning of lead and finished industrial and automotive products Engineering maintenance and civil upkeep and upgrade of the plant Safety of the plant and on-route control for staff, contractors, and visitors Stock planning and stock control of the on-site stores Sales control to stock planning controls and target of stock control settings

Quality of operational, manufacturing, product and on time delivery to customer internal and external.

Fleet costing and higher movement with same fleet size and costs Higher target volumes of lead manufacture increased from 16 ton to 42 ton per

day giving an additional recovery of R154 mill per year Capex and expense budgeting Monthly finance output and stock rotation reports Reducing scrap percentage by designing out flaws and training staff Reducing theft and shortage counts with implemented upgraded security

systems

Manufacturing Division Manager –Duties and responsibilities

Standard managerial responsibilities to legislation and company rules and targets Machine line planning per type to volume of requested stock from planning Efficient operational planning to prevent under and over runs Training on floor supervisors and staff on the quality manufacturing methods to

prevent high scrap and to ensure on time supply Work with design division for the updates on the product build plan and material

item listings Control part and raw material deliveries to manufacturing Control in house builds of parts required to manufacture the finished product by

stock movement of sales and forecasts on finished product Inspect pack and control in and out stock records from manufacturing to finished

goods stores. Quality measures of acid , lead oxides mechanical joints and machine casting Material handling equipment selection , contracts and maintenance rotation Safety as required of dangerous hazardous materials as used in the lead industry Implementation of the Toyota principals of material movement Kaisen and Kanban utilisation Introduction and implementation throughout the division of the customer driven

system of SQR (Service Quality and Response). Implementation of efficient minimum batch manufacturing quantities based on

tool and line and shift changes

Executive Technical / Manufacturing Manager

Duties and responsibilities Start-up from scratch a previous derelict timber mill and manufacturing plant

capable of a put through of 800 ton per month Design setting up and demarcation of Stores covering - Raw – WIP - Finished

product plus the requirement of maintenance and spares stores

Distribution control to invoice Picking and packing of containers and trucks for local and export sales. Material flow and handling controls DZ to finished heavy finished product 5 mtr

by 2,4 mtr 13 ply block board for construction and shipping industry Material handling of made to request of interlocked straight and curved beams 1

to 5 ton 3 to 15 mtr span Manufacturing Services, and maintenance including generated electricity, steam. Machinery design pneumatic hydraulic electric and mechanical Knockdown furniture design Operation and plant improvement Scrap to energy production for steam plant Steam to electrical generation Trained in various mechanical trades pneumatics and hydraulics from Festo ,

Steam design electrical generation and step grate operations from John Thompson Boilers SA

Timber purchasing and selection from the local mills and forests run by the Transkei Development Corporation a division of government

Types of industry I have been involved inTextiles Plastics operation and machine designElectronic ManufacturingEngineering shopsTimber productsLead acid batteriesLead recycling

Education, Skills and Training background

Dundee technical college where I gained my City of Guilds Electrical with merit

The J.I Group where I was given government approval with the Joint Apprenticeship Council of Scotland Craftsman’s Certification

Cross training scheme developed me as a Qualified Installation and Commissioning Electrician / Technician

In house cross training to become an installation and commissioning technician through the J I Group in Dundee Scotland was to provide service to the installation within the

group of 17 companies and in conjunction with engineering companies such as Thies of Germany, Sulzer of Switzerland, Mackie’s of Belfast, Cremona of Italy.

Cross Trained in

Basic electronics - Operation fault finding and machine building Intermediate Pneumatics and Hydraulics - Fault finding and machine building Industrial mechanics, machining and engineering principals, -Fault finding and

machine design and building Industrial civil works including reading and interpretation of civil drawing

engineering principals. Technician of these principals and employed as part of the installation and

commissioning division as one of the eight commissioning technicians for the seventeen companies within the group rom textiles to plastics and other manmade fibres

Additional Education

General Computer Software Courses Basic Computer SkillsMicrosoft XLMicrosoft WordJDE - BasicIntranet - CommunicationInternet - Researching methods and utilisation Email - Communication Power point - Training and presentationMicrosoft planner – Project control Floor plan layout design – Machinery placement and stores design

In-house Training

SQR – (Service Quality Response) internal and external customer service

TPS - (Toyota principal systems for end to end material movement) JIT – (just in time) material movement principals Kanban (controlled logistics end to end supply chain)

Kaisen (continuous stepped measured improvements within the full supply chain)

Mini Business Concept (on the floor staff controlled measurement and identification of safety, bottlenecks, minor operation changes and machinery flaws, with the intention of finding and fixing with a solution based on effort and costs then re-measured to show result)

Train the Trainer (facilitator course to improve training capabilities to trainees)

6 Sigma ( a full business program which identifies the six levels of business methodology that need to be measured and implemented to ensure efficient, smooth, safe and controlled operational flow within a company to improve return on total assets by reducing overall identified waste costs )

External Training

F.M.E.A (Failure Mode Effects Analysis) the investigation and optimising of assets based on measured methods to ensure efficient, safe and sustainable returns

ISO 9001 / 2000 (an international quality management standard of compliance) ISO 14000 management (an international environmental standard of compliance) TUV Rhineland Controls (international measurement of operation and product to meet the OE (Original Equipment) company standards such as the automotive industry BMW, Mercedes, MAN diesel etc.)

World Class Procurement (negotiating skills for purchase and procurement outside the country to meet legislation and legal requirement by contract from the suppliers)

Finance for Non-financial Managers (expense, budgeting, man hours, manufacturing and services costs measurement of a product for managers outside the accountancy skill posts) Professional Writing Skills (effective report and article writing skills)

Steam Plant and Ancillary Equipment /John Thompson (external course by JT in the installation operation and efficient optimisation of steam equipment including steam electrical generation and step grate burner designs) Operational Procurement for BBBEE (the government controlled course on the optimisation and implementation of BBBEE)

Negotiation international Purchasing and Procurement (a course developed for purchase and procurement from worldwide suppliers which covered international contracts , supply methods , freight and cost controls , short and long term volumes or value agreements)

General CommentI enjoy the driven personal challenge of making things run smoother, safer using methods of efficient controls, reducing cost, developing a higher staff capability and skill plus saving bottom line profits while doing it.