Ajune De Silva
Mississauga,ON
Summary
Highly skilled Port and terminal Operations Duty Manager with over 20 years of experience and proven ability in vessel planning, movement control and yard Operations Management for Port and Terminal Services. Team builder continually focused on building relationships with internal and external stakeholders and managing a team to accomplish operational excellence. The experience spans across Sri Lanka, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, South Africa leading transportation /shipping/ Terminal Handling / Free Trade zone bonded facility Business & leading decision-making day today Overall Port Terminal & Management. Areas of Expertise include: Movement planning (Global scale) Transport Management Logistic journey Management Freight forwarding Maintenance scheduling Yard Planning Operations Efficiencies Team Management Quality Control & Compliance Free Trade Zone Cargo Management Change Management Revenue & Profit Growth Terminal & Vessel planning CFS and bonded warehouse management
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
Operations Manager
Sea Consortium Lanka (Pvt) Ltd (Inter Orient Holdings (Pvt) Ltd
2015.03 - Current
- Overall, in charge of day-to-day operation in the terminal which include supervision of vessel operation, yard operation including Free trade zone cargo bonded facilities
- Key Accomplishments:
- Reduce staff turnover by 10% introducing performance-based incentive scheme plus employee satisfactory survey
- Created friendly workplace environment by introducing staff grievance and counseling session where each member encouraged to raise and align a process addressing and resolving issues immediately
- This alternatively gave HR to save 500K LKR new recruitments cost for the company in year 2018
- Terminal overall productivity KPI improved from 70% to 85 % by Last Month with a steady growth to reach it 90% by the end of financial year in April 2018
- Maintained Accident Frequency rate (AFR) by 0% recording no major incidents for the financial year 2018.
Port Operator
Abu Dhabi Terminal, Port of Khalifa, Khalifa, Dhabi
2012.08 - 2014.08
Shift team leader
Port Management Container Services (Pvt) Ltd Cape Town
2011.01 - 2012.02
- Overall execution of shift operation which include the supervision of vessel and yard planning to support 1.2mil TEU’s handling in a year
- Coordinate break bulk and project cargo movement with respective freight forwarding clients within port & Free Trade zone clients
- Key Accomplishments:
- Improved CDT (Container dwell time) 15 mints by an 8 hour shift with the introduction of operational SOP in October 2012
- This eventually helped the organization to identify nonproductive activities/ motions transforming them to improvements in the rest of the shifts as well
- Introduced reefer dwell time SMART sheet for operational staff and complemented abnormal activity alerts to respective departments for precautions in advance
- Proposed and implemented container traffic movement chart to higher Management that leads to change storage layout plan improving terminal efficiencies in 2013 September
- Maintained Accident Frequency rate (AFR) by 0% recording no major incidents during my tenure.
Duty Manager
2006.09 - 2010.08
- Overall, in charge of the day-to-day operation in the terminal to coordinate drive and lead an operational team to achieve 1.8 mil TEU’s productivity goals a year serving one of the busiest ports in Southeast Asia
- Ensured all Yard, Vessel, Gate, and SAGT terminal, Free Trade Zone terminal run safely, efficiently, and within the parameters of the operating budget
- Key Accomplishments:
- I was instrumental at my capacity to improve voyage productivity from 100 to 165 reducing loading & unloading time
- This helped overall port productivity goals to maintain agreed SLA’s with steam shipping lines during my tenure
- Coordinated and ensured availability of container handling equipment for service (production) demands are met, and the preventive maintenance schedule is rightly followed by all stakeholders
- Ensured proper training of employees to safely operate container handling equipment and relevant Nevis Park computer systems has no downtime hindering operations
- Coordinates with external customers to ensure the SAGT Container Transfer Facility is organized and operated in an efficient and safe manner by leading control tower meeting, resolutions are agreed escalated on time for higher management as necessary
- Prepares evaluations for departmental employees
- Conducts regular Safety and Business meetings with departmental employees
- Monitors Yard activities and production levels, plan contingencies to ensure business continuity with no major disruptions to service
- Assist Finance team with the preparation of the department’s budget
- Assist GM with the preparation of department goals and implements procedures to accomplish those goals
- Ensured all employees perform their duties with the utmost concern for their safety, their equipment’s upkeep, and the safety and well-being of those working on the Port.
Planner Mentor
South Asia Gateway Terminals (Pvt) Ltd
1999.08 - 2010.08
- Overall execution of shift operation which include the supervision of vessel and yard planning to support 1.2mil TEU’s handling in a year
- Developed training manuals to coach the vessel operation staff the Nevis Park system, which was implemented in 2011 aiming at training local staff to bring up to speed with right knowledge
- Key Accomplishments:
- Planned, controlled and execute daily movement plan aligning vessel, terminal schedule to serve port operations
- Established and measured overall productivity metrics to bring newly trained achieved set skill levels in six Months of my association with the team
- Arranged weekly, Monthly brainstorming and milestones meetings to evaluate and set continues improvement plans for department, elevating staff competency levels of each participate are well prepared to take up the newly obtained skills to perform their roles independently
- Entrusted operations to upon completion of training with 12 Months of my association
Shift Manager
2003.04 - 2006.09
Terminal Supervisor
1999.08 - 2003.04
Terminal Supervisor
Kuwait Gulf Link Transport Company, K.G.L
1997.08 - 1999.08
- Overall execution of shift operation which include the supervision of vessel and yard planning to support 500K TEU’s handling in a year
- Planned, execute and controlled daily container movement, storage, repositioning aligning vessel, terminal schedules port/Vessel cut off times.
Yard Supervisor
Ace Containers (Pvt) Ltd
1994.08 - 1997.08
- Planned, controlled and execute daily container movement, Free Trade zone bonded storage, repositioning aligning vessel, terminal schedules port/Vessel cut off times.
Education
High School Diploma -
IBS
Sri Lanka01.1994
Skills
- Report Generation
- Employee Motivation
- Budgeting and Cost Control
- Microsoft Office Expertise
- Operation Monitoring
- Warehouse Operations
- Interpersonal Communications
- Leadership
- Operations Oversight
Accomplishments
- G.C.E
- (Advanced Level) Examination – 1992 August
- Passed G.C.E
- (A/L) Examination all subjects with 4 credits
- G.C.E
- (Ordinary Level) Examination – 1989 December Passed G.C.E
- (O/L) Examination all subjects with 8 credits
- Other Qualifications
- Successfully completed a diploma in computer science with a Distinction at IBS computer studies (pvt) Ltd
- Have a good knowledge in computer applications and MS office package
- Attended a "Port Facility Security Officer" Course
- (ISPS - 2004)
- Successfully completed a curse "Effective Writing Skills"
- (2004)
- Participated in a Programmed of Studies of "Industrial Safety For Better Working Environment"
- (2004)
- Attended a "Front Line Management" Program
- (FMI / India - 2005)
- Successfully completed the learning program "Towards a Positive Tomorrow" (2007)
- Successfully completed a training program in "Basic First Aid” (CINEC – 2007), COO – Lome Container Terminals LCT
- Lome, Togo
- 94 718457400
Timeline
Operations Manager
Sea Consortium Lanka (Pvt) Ltd (Inter Orient Holdings (Pvt) Ltd
2015.03 - Current
Port Operator
Abu Dhabi Terminal, Port of Khalifa, Khalifa, Dhabi
2012.08 - 2014.08
Shift team leader
Port Management Container Services (Pvt) Ltd Cape Town
2011.01 - 2012.02
Duty Manager
2006.09 - 2010.08
Shift Manager
2003.04 - 2006.09
Planner Mentor
South Asia Gateway Terminals (Pvt) Ltd
1999.08 - 2010.08
Terminal Supervisor
1999.08 - 2003.04
Terminal Supervisor
Kuwait Gulf Link Transport Company, K.G.L
1997.08 - 1999.08
Yard Supervisor
Ace Containers (Pvt) Ltd
1994.08 - 1997.08
High School Diploma -
IBS
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