Siphokazi Dokwana

• Ensure timeliness and adherence to product design, release and performance requirements of Corporate Development and factory as per PI Procedure (ETO/SOP/RN Procedure)
• Monitored and initiated corrective actions required to maintain compound physical properties to exceed or meet the established Corporate goals
• Reviewed weekly Experimental Tyre Orders and Experimental Compound availability to facilitate ETO tyre building
  ▪ Initiated Value Leadership measures to reduce the direct material and process costs of tyres
• Systems : ▪ GUTS (Bill of materials system) ▪ Compound Based System3▪ Citrix ▪ Enterprise (Lab system) /▪ Quality Data Viewer
• Industrialized new and existing products, processes and materials into production which are optimized for process capabilities, cost, minimize rework and to comply with the established Release Notice Procedure, Compound Excellence and QMD Standards
• Complete reports on X compound mixing
• Provide support to Production on compounding issues and Problem Solving
• Troubleshot complex issues during production runs, applying problem-solving skills to maintain schedule adherence and minimize delays.
• Coordinated with quality team for timely sample testing, ensuring products met specifications before the compound or rubber can be released to production

• Key Activities And Tasks Performed:
  • Testing and analysis of rubber products
  • Provided support to production
  • Material development and cost saving projects by assisting in doing trials with alternative cheaper materials that still have good passing specifications
  • Test assessments and interpretation of results
  • Assisted in Key Performance Indicators and improving them
  • Measurement systems (QDV, CBS3, Enterprise and MMS)
  • Product Development Processes

•Liaise with operators and managers to implement changes

• Key Projects And Tasks:
  Production
  • Work Instruction for processes
  PEG and Quality
  • Being able to identify deficiencies and anomalies and corrective actions
  • Traceability and presenting findings
  Industrial Engineering
  Master mixer efficiency project (Intermesh Mixer)
  • Established focus for efficiency on the mixer
  • People Engagement (Operator feedback session report)
  • Report on trends for performance.

• Key Activities And Tasks:
  • Sample Preparation
  • Analysis of data
  • Interpretation of results
  • Testing
  • Trouble Shooting
  • Quality Alerts Compilation