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Fortunate Mangena

Chiredzi

Summary

Reliable Inventory Manager bringing expertise in receiving, storage and document management. Natural leader, communicator and problem-solver experienced in completing audits and submitting reports. Focused on keeping inventory current and at optimal levels.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Inventory Manager

Hippo Valley Estates Ltd
01.2015 - Current
  • Developing the company’s inventory management strategy with the aim of controlling costs within budgetary limits, generating savings, rationalising inventory and maximising available working capital
  • Managing and maintaining the company’s material and stocked product inventory including stock profiles and stock locations
  • Managing and controlling perpetual inventory counting and/or inventory accuracy checks
  • Minimising overstocking and removal of obsolete/redundant materials to maximise availability of working capital
  • Ensuring that goods inward/stock control department is well organised and controlled to sufficiently support production and the goals of the business
  • Ensuring incoming product is receipted and managed appropriately according to company procedure
  • Ensuring that any materials that are late or holding up production for whatever reason are chased and followed up until received
  • Releasing of purchase requisitions and purchase orders in SAP
  • Adherence to SHE standards to avoid injuries and fatality on the work place.

Inventory Controller

Hippo Valley Estates Ltd
01.2009 - 12.2014
  • Oversee inventory and supply chain management according to company guidelines
  • Planning the stocking and re-stocking of spares, raw materials and operating supplies required by the Estate for both normal operations and off crop repairs
  • Planning and effecting the changes in Materials Master data as required by end user departments
  • Analysis of stock movements to determine optimum reorder levels, identification of redundant and obsolete material and recommending for write offs
  • Review operations schedules and production requirements to ensure timely order fulfilment
  • Stock transfers to various warehouses within the estate to avoid stock outs
  • Carrying out stock adjustments where variances have occurred and investigated
  • Maintain updated and accurate inventory records, including periodic and cyclic stock counts
  • Prepare, generate, and file financial inventory reports for review with management
  • Adherence to SHE standards to avoid injuries and fatality.

Purchasing Officer

Hippo Valley Estates Ltd
12.2007 - 12.2008
  • Negotiate and recommend execution of contracts for the purchase of supplies, services, and equipment, and use cooperative purchasing agreements from other agencies as deemed beneficial
  • Procure for the organisation the needed supplies, services, and equipment at the least expense to the company while meeting required standards of quality
  • Obtain fair and open competition on all purchases
  • Keep informed of current developments in the realm of purchasing, prices, market conditions and new products
  • Supervise and inspect supplies, services, and equipment purchased to ensure conformance with specifications
  • Recommend to the Materials and supply manager the transfer of surplus or unused stocks and equipment between departments, and the sale of surplus stocks.

Graduate Trainee-Purchasing Officer

Hippo Valley Estates Ltd
12.2005 - 11.2007
  • Acquiring and reviewing quotations for the supply of goods and services from both local and foreign suppliers
  • Planning and liaising with all stakeholders to ensure timorous sourcing of all materials and services with user departments
  • Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system-MIMS and Ellipse Software
  • Repair management for all types of vehicles, tires and other spares
  • Placing orders with both local and international suppliers
  • Expediting orders in order to reduce lead time.

Education

MBA Strategic Leadership -

University of Zimbabwe
12.2019

Bachelor of Business Studies Honours (Marketing) -

University of Zimbabwe
08.2005

Skills

  • Inventory security management
  • Budgeting and budgetary control
  • Stock obsolescence management
  • Ability to manage around 21000 lines of inventory
  • Inventory forecasting and planning requirements for projects such as off crop maintenance
  • Decision-Making
  • Warehouse Management
  • Paperwork reviewing
  • Critical Thinking
  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Supplier Relationship Management
  • Team Leadership

Professional Highlights

  • Led a successful SAP Materials Management blueprint formulation and implementation project for Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe(THZ) as the team lead from July 2015 to May 2017.
  • Developed the SAP Materials Master Data for THZ with a combined 40000 lines of stock items.
  • Contributed to the successful currency conversion exercise in SAP leading the Materials Management team as the resource person between March and April 2024.
  • Devised an effective tyre repair management programme that saved around 25% in new purchases.
  • Managed to reduce audit report items from an average of 10 per audit to 3 items at most.
  • Monitored and controlled the departmental annual budget resulting in 5% savings.
  • Successfully championed the identification of redundant and/or obsolete material from inventory and subsequent sale via auction, realising about 2.3m dollars in revenue between 2013 and 2017.
  • Successfully assumed role of fuel and fertilizer management, reducing losses and variances to less than 1%.
  • Reduced departmental SHE audits findings and non-conformances by 90%, putting the Stores department among the best performing in the organisation.
  • Currently sitting on the Board of Directors as the SDC chairman at South Eastern College,an ATS school co-owned by Tongaat Hulett and Malilangwe Trust.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 04/13/1982
  • Marital Status: Married

Driverlicense

Class 4

References

  • Kennedy Choga, Finance Planning Manager, Hippo Valley Estates Ltd, 0312315151/6, Kennedy.Choga@tongaat.com
  • Forceman Mudzingwa, Materials and Supply Manager, Hippo Valley Estates Ltd, 0312315151/6, Forceman.Mudzingwa@tongaat.com
  • Owen Manasah (Former Tongaat Hullet Zim FD), Chief Finance Officer, Padenga Agribusiness, 0772658138

Training

  • Strategic Sourcing-ADR Australia in-house training
  • Advanced Strategic Sourcing-ADR Australia in-house training
  • Management Development Programme-Organisational Training and Development
  • Supervisory Development Programme-Organisational Training and Development
  • Internal SHE audits ((ISO 14001:2015 & OHSAS 18001)-Nebuer Consulting
  • Accident/Incident Investigation-Nebuer Consulting International

Languages

Shona
Native language
English
Proficient
C2

Timeline

Inventory Manager

Hippo Valley Estates Ltd
01.2015 - Current

Inventory Controller

Hippo Valley Estates Ltd
01.2009 - 12.2014

Purchasing Officer

Hippo Valley Estates Ltd
12.2007 - 12.2008

Graduate Trainee-Purchasing Officer

Hippo Valley Estates Ltd
12.2005 - 11.2007

MBA Strategic Leadership -

University of Zimbabwe

Bachelor of Business Studies Honours (Marketing) -

University of Zimbabwe

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