Carel Van Dyk
Head of Technology - eCommerce at M24 Logistics- Claim this Profile
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Marion Baxter, PMO-CP®
Carel is an experienced leader and is very results focused. He is an accountable, passionate Project Manager and goes to great lengths to manage user expectations. He is highly dependable and you can count on him to do the right thing and get the job done. He is highly resilient and stays focused on the end goal. He has a professional approach to problem solving and pursues milestones tenaciously until delivery. He has a positive service culture and puts the need of the customer first. He continues to make positive contributions to Media24 as has played a key role in adding value to the strategic goals of the organisation. Carel is a pleasure to work with and an asset to Media24.
Andre Viviers
Carel is a goal and solution orientated individual, who has the quality of taking ownership of matters that land on his table, propose workable solutions and drive the implementation, without fail. He has the ability to recognise qualities and abilities in people that are suitable to perform a task effeciently, contribute to a project at hand an hence manages to put teams together that solves or complete complex tasks successfully. Carel balances his attention to detail very well with being able to stand back and look at the bigger picture. From doing high level implementation plans for a project or developing a solution for complex problems, through to the detail of data, detailed taks, WBS's etc he is equally comfortable. Most importantly, Carel has the ability to take those plans and execute, plan, monitor and adjust effectively when needed, without fail. This is all complimented by the ability to take complex situations and analysing it into understandable, managable chunks. His qualities make him equally suitable as a manager of a team of people or specialists than as a project manager. He shows energy and passion for the task at hand.
Marion Baxter, PMO-CP®
Carel is an experienced leader and is very results focused. He is an accountable, passionate Project Manager and goes to great lengths to manage user expectations. He is highly dependable and you can count on him to do the right thing and get the job done. He is highly resilient and stays focused on the end goal. He has a professional approach to problem solving and pursues milestones tenaciously until delivery. He has a positive service culture and puts the need of the customer first. He continues to make positive contributions to Media24 as has played a key role in adding value to the strategic goals of the organisation. Carel is a pleasure to work with and an asset to Media24.
Andre Viviers
Carel is a goal and solution orientated individual, who has the quality of taking ownership of matters that land on his table, propose workable solutions and drive the implementation, without fail. He has the ability to recognise qualities and abilities in people that are suitable to perform a task effeciently, contribute to a project at hand an hence manages to put teams together that solves or complete complex tasks successfully. Carel balances his attention to detail very well with being able to stand back and look at the bigger picture. From doing high level implementation plans for a project or developing a solution for complex problems, through to the detail of data, detailed taks, WBS's etc he is equally comfortable. Most importantly, Carel has the ability to take those plans and execute, plan, monitor and adjust effectively when needed, without fail. This is all complimented by the ability to take complex situations and analysing it into understandable, managable chunks. His qualities make him equally suitable as a manager of a team of people or specialists than as a project manager. He shows energy and passion for the task at hand.
Marion Baxter, PMO-CP®
Carel is an experienced leader and is very results focused. He is an accountable, passionate Project Manager and goes to great lengths to manage user expectations. He is highly dependable and you can count on him to do the right thing and get the job done. He is highly resilient and stays focused on the end goal. He has a professional approach to problem solving and pursues milestones tenaciously until delivery. He has a positive service culture and puts the need of the customer first. He continues to make positive contributions to Media24 as has played a key role in adding value to the strategic goals of the organisation. Carel is a pleasure to work with and an asset to Media24.
Andre Viviers
Carel is a goal and solution orientated individual, who has the quality of taking ownership of matters that land on his table, propose workable solutions and drive the implementation, without fail. He has the ability to recognise qualities and abilities in people that are suitable to perform a task effeciently, contribute to a project at hand an hence manages to put teams together that solves or complete complex tasks successfully. Carel balances his attention to detail very well with being able to stand back and look at the bigger picture. From doing high level implementation plans for a project or developing a solution for complex problems, through to the detail of data, detailed taks, WBS's etc he is equally comfortable. Most importantly, Carel has the ability to take those plans and execute, plan, monitor and adjust effectively when needed, without fail. This is all complimented by the ability to take complex situations and analysing it into understandable, managable chunks. His qualities make him equally suitable as a manager of a team of people or specialists than as a project manager. He shows energy and passion for the task at hand.
Marion Baxter, PMO-CP®
Carel is an experienced leader and is very results focused. He is an accountable, passionate Project Manager and goes to great lengths to manage user expectations. He is highly dependable and you can count on him to do the right thing and get the job done. He is highly resilient and stays focused on the end goal. He has a professional approach to problem solving and pursues milestones tenaciously until delivery. He has a positive service culture and puts the need of the customer first. He continues to make positive contributions to Media24 as has played a key role in adding value to the strategic goals of the organisation. Carel is a pleasure to work with and an asset to Media24.
Andre Viviers
Carel is a goal and solution orientated individual, who has the quality of taking ownership of matters that land on his table, propose workable solutions and drive the implementation, without fail. He has the ability to recognise qualities and abilities in people that are suitable to perform a task effeciently, contribute to a project at hand an hence manages to put teams together that solves or complete complex tasks successfully. Carel balances his attention to detail very well with being able to stand back and look at the bigger picture. From doing high level implementation plans for a project or developing a solution for complex problems, through to the detail of data, detailed taks, WBS's etc he is equally comfortable. Most importantly, Carel has the ability to take those plans and execute, plan, monitor and adjust effectively when needed, without fail. This is all complimented by the ability to take complex situations and analysing it into understandable, managable chunks. His qualities make him equally suitable as a manager of a team of people or specialists than as a project manager. He shows energy and passion for the task at hand.
Credentials
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OneTrust Privacy Management Professional
OneTrustSep, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Cobit Foundation Certificate
ISACA
Experience
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M24 Logistics
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South Africa
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Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
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1 - 100 Employee
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Head of Technology - eCommerce
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Jun 2022 - Present
Accountable for all IT related operational & strategic endeavours to ensure world class 3rd Party Logistics (3PL) & eCommerce fulfillment services. Accountable for all IT related operational & strategic endeavours to ensure world class 3rd Party Logistics (3PL) & eCommerce fulfillment services.
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Media24 (Pty) Ltd
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Media Production
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700 & Above Employee
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IT Manager: Application Support
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Apr 2015 - May 2022
Accountable for the Business Intelligence, DevOps, Editorial System (Eidos), Change & Release Management and Project Management environments and relevant support teams. Previous responsibilities included SAP IS-Media and SAP CRM.• Managed the Adoption and Change Management (ACM) for the Microsoft Tenant Migration which we successfully implemented in spite of Covid-19 forcing most employees to work from home a month before go-live.• Assisted a logistics division to identify various tangible opportunities to improve efficiencies in its credit department by facilitating workshops and presenting the results to senior management.• Managed the replacement of the company's contact center environment with a cloud-based solution resulting in scalability and significant savings for Media24 going forward.• Enabled business to consolidate various accounts receivable and related admin functions which resulted in significant cost savings and improved service delivery by rolling out SAP Advertising to a regional subsidiary.• Assisted to save on external consulting fees and ensured a smooth and risk-free consolidation of SAP company codes by taking charge of the stakeholder management, business requirement specifications, development, configuration and testing of the SAP Advertising portion of the bigger project.• Reduced risk of critical IP leaving the company by co-managing the consolidation various SAP support teams by breaking down silos and actively driving cross-skilling in a positive way. • Merged the editorial production of 3 major daily newspaper titles on the editorial systems environment which resulted in synergies being unlocked and eradicating unnecessary duplication. • Identified significant areas of improvement for integration while assisting business with an IT due diligence of two major printing outsourcing contracts. Show less
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Operations Manager: Advertising Systems
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Apr 2009 - Mar 2015
Ensuring the availability of systems handling more than R2bn of transactions annually as well as overall accountability for the relevant support teams.• Successfully stepped into a lead role of a technical team and gained their support, trust and respect even though I had no relevant technical skills.• Merged two “adversarial” IT teams without any significant staff attrition or negative impact on operations or services provided. Overall morale and cooperation improved significantly which positively impacted service delivery to business.• Consolidated various duplicated advertising financial systems around the country saving the company thousands of Rands in infrastructure and reducing financial risks by enabling the business to consolidate and standardise various admin functions.• Saved the company more than R1 million in consulting fees by internally facilitating, converting, managing and uploading of all Advertising related publication master data, rates, styles, sizes for all Media24’s 150+ publications onto SAP.• Delivered a customised set of dynamic BI reports to senior Newspapers editors which helped them to assess productivity of their editorial teams. Received IT Culture of Excellence Award in March 2011 for this project. Show less
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Project Manager
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Sep 2008 - Mar 2009
Delivered tangible recommendations to IT CIO about possibilities for outsourcing Media24’s multi‐million Rand back office (3rd level) IT operations environment after successfully completing a Request for Information (RFI) process. Provided recommendations for significant cost savings based on a project which scrutinized Media24’s external IT contracts. Nominated for an IT Culture of Excellence award in 2010.
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Publisher: DistrictMail
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Nov 2006 - Sep 2008
Significantly brought down business unit expenditure to be in line with the R20 million budget. Successfully relaunched a free newspaper in the region which assisted in retaining overall market share forthe product.
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Editor: Corporate Content at Die Burger
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Dec 2004 - Nov 2006
• Responsible for department (9 – 11 employees) which produced advertorials, special supplements, wrappers around newspapers etc.• Communication and interaction with other departments (advertising, promotions, marketing and circulation as well as interaction with Die Burger’s offices in P.E. and George)• Responsibilities included Staff Management, Quality Control, Client Service, managing production processes and managing tight deadlines• While in this position, I also had the privilege to act as the Publisher of a Newspaper at a Arts and Entertainment Festival in Outshoorn South Africa, (2005 & 2006) on behalf of Media24. This included taking responsibility for logistics, administration, production, distribution and budgets of the newspaper as well as determining print runs. Show less
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Editor: Western Cape Business at Die Burger
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Jun 2004 - Nov 2004
• Asked to start a new page focusing on Western Cape Business News only for the daily Cape Town Afrikaans Newspaper Die Burger.• Sourced and wrote relevant Western Cape Business stories in easy to understand non business language • Learned a lot about the business world and working alone under extreme pressure
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Reporter at Die Burger
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Nov 2002 - May 2004
• General reporting from crime to weather• Specialty areas: ICT, Scientific & Numerical articles, Technology column
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Education
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USB
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Cum Laude -
Solstice / University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business
Leadership Development Programme -
Faculty Training Institute
Diploma, Project Management -
Stellenbosch University/Universiteit Stellenbosch
"Programme", Commercial Negotiations -
Stellenbosch University/Universiteit Stellenbosch
"Programme", Media Management Programme (USB) -
Stellenbosch University/Universiteit Stellenbosch
BPHIL, Journalism -
Stellenbosch University/Universiteit Stellenbosch
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) (Computer Science / Applied Mathematics)