The curriculum vitae outlines Musawenkosi Zwane's qualifications and experience for a logistics position, including a national diploma in logistics management and over 6 years of experience in logistics and warehouse management roles. Zwane possesses skills in supply chain operations, inventory control, and transportation coordination. He is seeking a challenging role where he can utilize his education and experience to add value to an organization.

1. Curriculum Vitae
of
Musawenkosi Zwane
Application for a Logistics position
From your advertised post I have learned that you are looking for a candidate that fits my
qualification and my personal attributes.
The emphasis of my studies enabled me to intensely understands the business planning
framework for the management of material, service, information and capital flows. It
includes the information, communication and control systems required in today's business
environment.
Based on your description of the ideal candidate, I also offer:
 A proven ability to build rapport with individuals from all cultural and
socioeconomic backgrounds.
 My strengths are, self starter, collaborative, driven to be successful, and an
effective problem solver
 Ability to comply with company rules and procedures.
 Understanding and application of various supply chain methods.
 Knowledge of different operational functions within the logistics department.
 Willingness to assist and learn from other departments.
 knowledge of Microsoft Office, JD Edwards system , CSSP4 and Desware
system
I trust that my competencies and qualifications make me an ideal candidate for this
vacancy and I will be more of an asset to the company.

2. Thank you for your time to review my application, and I look forward to speaking with
you.
Sincerely yours,
Musawenkosi Zwane
CAREER OBJECTIVE
To grow within challenging and growing environment, this will enable me to utilize the
skills and knowledge that I have acquired in order to add significant value in an
organization.
PERSONAL DETAILS
Full Names: Musawenkosi
Surname: Zwane
Home Address: 3491 Ngcobo Street, Vosloorus, Boksburg
Telephone: 0603522027

3. E-mail: musamzwane10@gmail.com
Id Number: 8505315234088
Language Proficiency: English, Zulu, Afrikaans and Sotho.
EDUCATION
TERTIARY
Institution: Tshwane University of Technology – Completed (2003-
2007)
Qualification: National Diploma in Logistics Management
Major Subjects: Logistics Management, Business Management, Purchasing
Management and Production Planning and Control.
SECONDARY
Institution: Boksburg High School (1999-2003)
Highest standard: Senior Certificate (Matric)
Subject Passed: Business Economics (HG), Woodwork (SG), Accounting
(SG), History (HG) Afrikaans (HG), English (HG),
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
Damelin Business College

4. Pastel Accounting Certificate
Other training
Team Manager Development Programme
Situational Leadership
Emotional Intelligence (Conflict management)
JDE training
Assessor course
Industrial Relations training
Stainless Tools
Systematic Casual Analysis Techniques
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Institution: KPMG
Department: Management Consulting (Contractor)
Customer and Operations - Supply Chain Procurement
From: September 2015 - Current
Position : Logistics and Warehouse Consultant
 Designing and implementation of processes identified to be leading in practice
and developing KPI’s and linking them to processes.
 Conducting regular and repeated training sessions around Inventory Management
Policy and its processes, guidelines and enforcing compliance to the Inventory
Policy.Training Supervisors on a single standard operating procedure for each
activity.
 Implementation of facilities storage and labeling standardization across all stores.

5.  Regular reviews of policies on upgrading and improving facilities storage.
 Enforcing storage space management, storage methodology practice and a system
of packing, to ensure better use of available warehouse space and control over
stored goods.
 Identifying Inventory overflows and distributing overflows into stock bins that
can accommodate all inventory items and therefore enforcing shelving
standardization.
 Improving Optimal stock levels to reduce stock outs.
 Creating awareness with Supply Chain Management on the impact of outstanding
purchase orders and expired Supplier contracts.
 Validate obsolete inventory identified in order to improve the optimal inventory
levels and dispose obsolete inventory, in addition to optimizing the warehouse
floor space and cash flow.
 Improve the accuracy of the physical inventory count against the count in the
system and compare the actual inventory baselines on a regular basis.
 Improve integration between Rotable function and Inventory Management.
 Providing weekly stock level reporting and performing following reconciliations:
 Inventory turnover
 Stock-out Reports
 Outstanding purchase orders
 Identify Inventory shortages and replenish stock, by stock transfer from other
warehouses or directly from the Supplier.
 Review and update Rotable process and controls for Inventory Management
thereof.
Institution: Columbus Stainless
Department: Logistics Department
From: December 2008 to March 2015

6. Position : Internal Operations Shift Manager
 Manage supply chain operation for inbound , internal and outbound distribution
 Manage materials operations including plant receiving, inventory control and
warehousing.
 Comply with the rail service regulator (RSR) and take control of shunting
services.
 Ensuring that the vehicles turnaround times and goods in transit are maintained at
acceptable levels.
 Advice team on administrational and operational information and to also identify
critical tasks and supporting skills needed.
 Ensuring control over customer services by adhering to the Safety, Health,
Environment and Quality standards.
 Solve queries on weighbridge operational processes such as rail, road and
customer complaints.
 Lead team of controllers, operators, drivers and administrator optimize their
workload distribution
 Complete and update daily operations reports on regular basis and to review and
update procedures and standard working instructions.
 Develop clear goals and measurement of cost, quality and delivery. Ensure safety
rules are adhered to and that corrective action is taken.
 Coordinate stores deliveries and external transport for repairs.
Position held: Gauteng Hub Manager
Warehousing and loading
 Oversee the safe receipt, storage, retrieval and timely dispatch of goods.
 Creating daily dispatch loads and arranging vehicles for dispatches.
 Manage the operation and maintenance of all materials handling equipment being
used in the facility
 Ensuring that quality objectives and delivery deadlines are met

7.  Liaise with relevant internal and external stakeholders Ensure up to date delivery
notes are available and administer the DTS (Dispatch Tracking & Shipment).
 Liaise with Suppliers to arrange deliveries or collections of waybill parcels for
repairs .
 Liaise with Inbound Section for daily collections and also receiving inbound
parcels and updating POD’s.
 Arrange collections for inbound commodities from the Hub or deliveries to
Suppliers.
 Liaise with Stores Department to arrange weekly deliveries to Middelburg.
 Liaise with Customers to arrange collection of customer claims returns and
arrange delivery to Middelburg.
 Ensuring daily scanning of at the warehouse, Bi-annual stock-take and general
housekeeping.
 Planning of routes for inbound and outbound deliveries.
 Compile Month-end reports on monthly basis.
 Regularly update KPI’s for the warehouse.
 Ensure Shipping Certificates and Bills of Lading are collected and delivered on
time to the Shipping Agents.
Positions held: Onsite Containerisation planner
 Run RFD report and Morning reports on daily basis, also updating the one-glance
report.
 Determine material suitability for containerisation and the number of containers
required per order.
 Liaise with Commercial/Sales department on orders transmitted and booking
requests.
 Issue relevant packing instructions.
 Monitor container stock levels onsite per shipping lines.
 Monitor stack dates of vessels docking Durban or Maputo container terminals.

8.  Make decisions on mode of transport to be used, road or rail regarding a particular
order.
 Create loads for relevant transporters as per shipping request.
 Transmit all relevant documentation to Durban offices.
 Liaise with relevant road transporters and also Transnet, to make transport
arrangements.
 Process fumigation certificates of containers if required by customers.
 Archive all documents relating to container distributions process per order.
 Create loads for empty containers for tri-angulations.
 Maintain effective costs levels throughout the distribution process of full or empty
containers.
Institution: Germiston Fresh Meat (Pty) Ltd
Department: Logistics
From: October 2007 – November 2007
Positions held: Logistics Clerk
 Liaise with customers on regular replenishment of stock.
 Arrange transport to deliver at relevant customer locations.
 Monitor stocks on the daily basis at relevant storage facilities.
 Create new and also maintain current relationships with transporters.
 Oversee the distribution process of the organisation.
 Update management reports relating to transport costs.
 Sourcing cost effective transporters.

9. PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
General office skills and experience
Handling customer queries (in-house)
Team leadership skills
Communication skills
PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND HONOURS
Team Manager Development Programme certificate
Stainless Tools Certificate (Internal Course)
Systematic Casual Analysis Techniques Certificate (Internal Course)
REFERENCES
Mr July Mamiza
Inbound Section Manager
Columbus Stainless
0720961312
Mr James Makoti
Area Manager - Procurement

10. Columbus Stainless
0716810028