A results-driven Operations and Business Excellence Professional, with a proven track record of more than 20 years of experience in the application of pure Operations-, Quality-, Project-, and Change Management, Industrial Engineering, and Continuous Improvement (World Class Manufacturing) best practices across multiple Multinational organizations viz. Daimler South Africa (previously Mercedes-Benz South Africa); ABInBev (previously SABMiller South Africa), NESTLE SA (PTY) Ltd, ASPEN Pharmacare, and Volkswagen both locally and abroad. Between September 2018 and March 2020 (June 2020), I managed to provide my services, in a contractual capacity to 2 global consulting firms viz. STAUFEN AG where I was assigned to VWSA in Uitenhage (Q4 in 2018) as well as Competitive Capabilities International (CCI) – GROWTHCON where I was assigned to ASPEN Pharmacare in East London (Q1 – Q3 2019) and then also in my capacity as a Freelance Consultant from Jan 2020 – March 2020. Then COVID. In June 2020 when the restrictions were lifted I was seconded to apply my trade at both of ASPEN’s manufacturing sites ELN and PE teaching and coaching them in TPM (OEE); Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Goal Alignment while training the management team in Goal Deployment and Loss Tree Analysis. As an independent consultant, I dedicated my skills and experience to what I love i.e. Shop-floor Management Best Practices and Industrial / Productivity Engineering initiatives in the manufacturing and production facilities. Now a Project Manager, Quality Practitioner, and “Technical Advisor” to ICAO at SANSA (South African National Space Agency) – Starting on the 3rd of July 2020, I managed to establish a fully operational 24/7 Space Weather Centre with 3 brand new installations as well as the ensured the certification of SANSA Space Science in ISO 9001:2015 in 2022. All achieved during COVID.