BRUCE NIEUWENHUYS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT & DATA ANALYST
EDUCATIO N | COURSE S | TRAINING
CONTAC T ME--New Germany, Kwa-Zulu Natal @bruce-nieuwenhuys-a21a7832
INFORMATION
Date of Birth:01 April 1977
Status:Married
Drivers License:Code EB1
Own Transport:Yes
Languages: English and Afrikaans
BIO
Analytically minded, creative thinker who enjoys problem solving.
Work well under pressure and thrive in a team environment especially where motivating the team to achieve desired goals is key.
Have a very positive outlook and always see the glass as half full. Strong IT background with a number of years in management roles.
MARSH UNIVERSITY COURSES
Insurance Valuations, Fixed Asset Management, Personal Insurance
DAMELIN1997
Business and Marketing Course
QUEENSBURGH BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL1995
Grade 12
English
Afrikaans
Mathematics
Science
Geography
History
Received full colours for chess
SKILLS
ALL MS OFFICE
(Access, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Outlook)
SQL SERVER
Installing, Managing and Diagnostic
NETWORKING
Designing, Installing & Testing (TCP/IP, Cloud Setup)
VMWARE
Installing, Migrating and Managing
CISCO ROUTERS
Diagnostic
WINDOWS
(From Windows 3.1 to Windows 10)
WINDOWS SERVER
Installing, Diagnostic and Managing
JAVASCRIPT PYTHON 3 POWER BI
Doctech UK
Docuware System Consultant/Process Analyst September 2022 – November 2024
Analyze the current workflow process in relation to document systems.
Present findings to both key management as well as to various other stakeholders.
Design improved workflow processes and then adjust as new enhancements are developed and implemented.
Expand automation of repetitive tasks to ensure maximum benefit in system integration.
Review project timelines with stated milestones being met or expanded.
Ongoing support for clients in fault-finding/resolution of tickets.
Data transform to legacy systems via API
Reason for leaving:
The company had to restructure and downsized accordingly. All remote teams were terminated.
AYOH SOUTH AFRICA November 2021 – September 2022
Project Manager
Liaised with clients to setup project kickoff meetings Prepare project plan with agreed milestones
Assign project tasks to suitable members and keep track of progress daily Liaise with clients keeping them informed of progress as well as any delays
Find creative solutions to issues encountered/pull in additional resources to solve issues identified and then revert back to clients with amended solutions
Keep track of outsourced labour to ensure costs are kept to a minimum Prepare workshops for scoping sessions
Ensure clients requirements are conveyed clearly to technical team Prepare signoff document to finish project
Streamlined processes to ensure clients are paying at milestones Prepared SOP for technical handover
Prepared SOP for sales process
Project Squad coordinator to ensure all tasks assigned via helpdesk request are handled/resolved
Reason for leaving:
Opportunity to work as a hands-on implementation of designed processes and improvements.
DC PLASTICS RECYCLING (PTY)LTDOctober 2020 – August 2021
Contract Sales
Project managed the setting up and implementing of an ERP System – Dolibarr. Project scope was increased to deal with the streamlining of the sales process.
Reason for leaving:
Due to covid affecting our main customer we were forced to close operation in pallet wrap
ISO LO KHOZI INSPECTION SERVICES, DURBANNovember 2018 – February 2020
Director
Project managed the migration of 20 staff to new service providers (provided physical ticket inspection services for the public transport sector) and did follow up training to ensure SLA was maintained with new service providers.
Reason for leaving:
Completed assistance in winding up my deceased father’s estate
SOUTHEY GROUP, DURBANJuly 2016 – October 2018
Procurement Specialist
Managed 6 Procurement Managers for each division Negotiated Group Deals which involved changing payment terms from 30 days to 60 days less 2.5% and 30 days less 5.0% for almost 80% of the suppliers to the Insulation and Modular Division which equated to about 15 suppliers. (These deals also had to be made available to the other Southey Business units – Dormac, Gascon, Iso Moulders etc.). Real value saving was about 20% annual spend – about R 2 million
Sourcing new overseas suppliers for steel and solvents
Project managed new BOM simplification and supplier agreements. Project managed sourcing of new product materials and implementation of advanced manufacturing techniques.
Implemented Centralized Purchasing with remote point delivery and warehousing – thereby ensuring that we did not have to hold stock while at the same time ensuring that stock would be available to us at the remote build sites.
Reason for leaving:
My father passed away and I assisted in running the company to secure financing while the estate was wound up
