Dumisani Ncube
Windhoek
Summary
Highly accomplished Director of Operations with extensive experience in business development and strategic planning. Recognized for development of new services and operations and realization of revenue performance and enhancement. Facilitates workforce change to support re-engineering initiatives and meet organizational financial and quality objectives. Dynamic leader consistently achieving outstanding results in challenging environments while building and maintaining strong, loyal relations with both clients and colleagues.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Operations Director
DST Academy
Windhoek
01.2021 - Current
- Monitored financial performance of operations and developed strategies to reduce costs and increase profit margins.
- Drafted budgets for various projects related to operating activities such as capital expenditures or staffing needs.
- Provided guidance and support to team members while ensuring that they adhere to established standards.
- Negotiated contracts with suppliers and service providers in order to obtain favorable terms at competitive prices.
- Shaped strategies to drive effective execution and ongoing performance of programs throughout organization.
- Developed and actualized strategies to generate new revenues, drive productivity, efficiency, quality, service and cost-effective resource management.
Coordinating the Mechanical Budget Process
National Railways of Zimbabwe
Bulawayo
01.2013 - 12.2020
- Developed and maintained project budgets, timelines and schedules.
- In-depth examination of projects to ensure that only viable projects are undertaken (key tools used were Payback, Discounted Payback & Net Present Value methods)
- Identifying excess assets within the mechanical department so that they can be disposed to raise revenue
- Created detailed reports on progress of each project for senior management review.
- Researched potential vendors for cost savings and quality control purposes.
- Undertook In-depth Variance Analysis to understand the causes of all variances
Finance & Administration Officer
Zimbabwe International Trade Fair
08.2008 - 12.2012
- Assisting the Finance Manager with preparing year-end accounts
- Supervising the processing of salaries & wages
- Budgeting and carrying out Variance Analysis
- Coordinating board meetings.
Senior Cost Master
National Railways of Zimbabwe
04.2006 - 01.2008
- Overall supervision of Costing Clerks (9 subordinates in total)
- Liaising with clients about their orders to keep them up to date about the progress of their jobs
- Attending meetings with Mechanical Production Teams (MPTs)
- Budget coordination - Mechanical department involved coordinating input from all the 18 cost centers cited above plus the Mechanical Head-Office costs
- Doing variance analysis & allocating all variances to respective departments to remain with zero balance in the books of accounts & reporting this to the Principal Accountant Management - PAM
- Maintaining and updating the asset register.
Costing Clerk
National Railways of Zimbabwe
01.2001 - 03.2006
- Material costing
- Labour costing
- Overhead costing
- Calculating Fixed Overhead absorption rate
- Absorbing fixed overhead into the cost of a unit
- Data collection from timesheets and job cards
- Job tracking through various cost centers (18 cost centers)
- Closing off all completed jobs and making sure they do not continue to accumulate costs after they are declared fully completed.
Education
Chartered Global Management Accountant -
CIMA
01.2021
Chartered Corporate Governance Practitioner -
ICSA (Z)
01.2014
Association of Certified Chartered Accountants -
ACCA
Skills
- Business Evaluation, Performance Measurement & Analysis
- Workforce Planning, Staff Training & Development
- KPI Setting & Performance Tracking
- Implementing Balanced Score Card
- Organizational Development & Change Management Processes
- Capacity Planning & Utilization
- Operational Excellence & Cost Minimization
- Total Quality Management & Lean Management
- Business Process Re-Engineering & Continuous Improvement
References
- Mr Vusisizwe Mbambo, Principal Accountant (Traction & Rolling Stock), National Railways of Zimbabwe, vusisizwem@gmail.com / vusisizwe@sterose.co.za, +27 78 827 3084
- Mrs Lindani Moyo, Logistics & compliance, Zimbabwe International Trade Fair, logadmin@zitf.co.zw, +263 29 288 4911-6 / +263 78 648 0132
Timeline
Operations Director
DST Academy
01.2021 - Current
Coordinating the Mechanical Budget Process
National Railways of Zimbabwe
01.2013 - 12.2020
Finance & Administration Officer
Zimbabwe International Trade Fair
08.2008 - 12.2012
Senior Cost Master
National Railways of Zimbabwe
04.2006 - 01.2008
Costing Clerk
National Railways of Zimbabwe
01.2001 - 03.2006
Chartered Global Management Accountant -
CIMA
Chartered Corporate Governance Practitioner -
ICSA (Z)
Association of Certified Chartered Accountants -
ACCA
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