Testimonials

I won an internship in 2004 in the R&D department as part of my master’s degree programme, followed by a permanent position. In 2007, I joined the Operations Department to help with the development and structuring of the company. In 2011, the company assigned the Re-engineering and Start-up unit to me, with the management of a team of project managers. In 2013, wanting to take on new challenges, I moved into the role of site manager.

Why and how have you evolved?
My development at ID Logistics can be summarised as follows:
– My strong commitment in the duties assigned to me and my desire to work as part of a team.
– The notion that a job is what you want to make of it. The company’s development means that you need to play a driving role in your position.
– Proximity and communication with management, meaning that everyone is able to express their professional aspirations.

I joined ID in 2013 during an internship after finishing my degree following a supply chain seminar organised at my university. I joined the teams in South Africa directly in order to help with opening the country up at various levels: operational, training and projects. I am currently Operations and Development Engineer in Johannesburg.

Training
I was trained in the WMS tool as soon as I joined the company. Later on I benefited from an integration course as I worked at various ID Logistics sites.

What are your main duties?
My job has two main aims. As an Operations Engineer, I work on logistics sites in order to implement optimisation and innovation solutions with operating staff at the level of processes, methods and tools. As an R&D Engineer, I carry out pre-project studies in order to offer our customers the best logistics solutions, thereby ensuring high quality distribution at reduced cost.

Following an internship at the end of my university studies in 2007, I joined a site as reception team leader and then moved into the position of service manager.
In 2009, I was promoted to head of transportation.
In 2013, I was offered the position of deputy branch manager within the transport division.
In 2014, I was put in charge of another branch.

How do you feel in your current job?
I am thriving in this position was I am always looking for ways to improve. This gives me a huge amount of personal and professional satisfaction in my management and re-engineering duties.

My career began in Shanghai in 2010, where I was hired on an International Volunteers in Business (IVB) contract as Project Manager.
I still work in project management but across a much broader scope. My responsibilities cover the management and monitoring of a large national project in South Africa.

Why and how have you evolved?
With my IVB contract coming to an end in 2012, I wanted to continue to gain experience abroad and also to be involved in major projects in which I could have greater responsibility. I was offered a permanent position based in South Africa to look after the development of operations in the country.

I joined ID Logistics in 2014 for an internship at the end of my university studies with the R&D department. After my internship, I was hired on a permanent basis as an R&D engineer.

Training
Initial training on joining ID Logistics. For 2 weeks, I did a tour of the different kinds of ID Logistics sites. I also had the opportunity to undergo training in personal safety at logistics sites.

I specialised in studying networks and transportation organisation.
On a day-to-day basis, I conduct research and implement transport organisational structures, and then add value to the solution recommended by ID Logistics. I am particularly fond of my job. My current position enables me to acquire experience quickly in the different areas of transportation due to the diverse nature of the calls for tenders we work on.