Nhamo Clive Popotai, Quality/Production  Manager

Nhamo Clive Popotai

Quality/Production Manager

Hoedspruit Fruit Processors

Location
South Africa - Tzaneen
Education
Master's degree, Industrial Engineering
Experience
8 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :8 years, 11 Months

Quality/Production Manager at Hoedspruit Fruit Processors
  • South Africa - Tzaneen
  • My current job since November 2021

Food Safety system management, Good Manufacturing Practices, Hazard Analysis and Critical points, Production Planning and Control, Overall equipment effectiveness management, yield management, team building, and training,

Assistant Production Manager at Hoedspruit Fruit Processors
  • South Africa - Tzaneen
  • January 2019 to November 2021

Responsible with Production line efficiency and quality management, labor planning for shifts, target management, Overtime management, yield management, autonomous maintenance of the plant, Effluent water plant management, Freezer Temperature management.

Apart from production l am also a level 1 fire fighter, medic level 1, ISO 22000:2018-Internal Auditor

Production Supervisor at Hoedspruit Fruit processors
  • South Africa - Tzaneen
  • February 2017 to December 2018

Process control, overtime management, machine maintenance, production planning and monitoring, product quality check, brix control, HACCP training,

Manufacturing Engineering at MegaPak Zim Pv
  • Zimbabwe
  • August 2013 to August 2014

Attachee
•L spends 12 months at MegaPak Zim Pvt working under the production and Engineering departments. MegaPak is a leading manufacturer of plastic packaging in Zimbabwe and l familiarise with the following manufacturing process:
•Injection moulding process,
•Rotational moulding process,
•Extrusion, and
•Blow moulding

Duties and responsibilities

•Production Planning and control
•Inventory control
•Cycle time optimization
•Mould and machine maintenance
•Mould change over
•Quality control
•Machine and mould maintenance

Science teacher at Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture
  • Zimbabwe
  • February 2010 to August 2010

Work skimming for students, Delivering lecturers to students, Training women soccer,

Education

Master's degree, Industrial Engineering
  • at University Of South Africa
  • November 2024

Thesis: Application of lean principles in Juice Production

Diploma, Supervision
  • at Alison College
  • July 2022

Principles of supervision and leadership, qualities of a good supervisor, difference between mentoring and coaching, theories of motivation, performance review and conflict resolution.

Diploma, Food Safety
  • at Alison College
  • April 2019

Principles behind good person hygiene and it's management, Importance of water quality, Pest control, products contamination, and staff training

Bachelor's degree, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • at National University of Science and Technology
  • May 2015

L have Bachelor Honors in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering with an Upper Second Degree Class.The degree program stretch for five years and l started in August 2010 and finished in May 2015. During the final year l did a project titled " Design of Injection Moulding Job Scheduling Computer program for Megapak Injection moulding factory using Genetic Algorithm" I have one year experience working for MegaPak Zim Pvt. MegaPak is the leading manufacturer of beverage plastic packaging in Zimbabwe and it specialises in Injection moulding, extrusion-blow , stretch-blow moulding. It also has a sub-section which concentrate on bulk water tank production using rotational Moulding. I have been trusted with a number responsibilities which include, production planning, product development, inventory control, waste minimisation techniques, injection moulding parameter optimisation, performing cost benefit analysis for new projects. I was also fortunate to lead the Pelletiser modification project team, the project improved the quality of the pellets, reduced the rate of gearbox failure and generally improved the production rate. L completed my education the help of the Republic of Zimbabwe Financial Aid

Specialties & Skills

Process Improvement
Injection Molding
Production Planning
Job Scheduling
AutoCAD
AUTOCAD
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
QUALITY CONTROL
Microsoft word, excel, project, power point
PACKAGING
OPTIMIZATION
lean manufacturing
Negotiation
Quotations
Materials
Problem Solving
Production Planning

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Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

Southern African Institute of Industrial Engineers
  • Associate Member
  • November 2015

Training and Certifications

certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2023
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (Training)
Training Institute:
Value Enabler Academy
Date Attended:
July 2023
Duration:
10 hours
HACCP for supervisor level 3 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2017
ISO 22000:2018-FOOD SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS-INTERNAL AUDITOR (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2020

Hobbies

  • watching soccer