Leadership Team

Leadership Team – LT

LOGISTICS MANAGER                             –      Ndumiso Nxumalo (He is among the Directors)

FINANCE AND ADMIN MANAGER               –      Charlene Bezuidenhout
EXPEDITING MANAGER                           –      Ross Keeling
EXECUTION AND SERVICES MANAGER       –      Mervin Naidoo
QEHS                                                  –      Jaco Botha
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MANAGER      –      Elize van Vollenhoven
OPERATIONS MANAGER                          –      André Du Toit
HR AND PAYROLL MANAGER                    –      Anel Marx

Ndumiso Nxumalo

LOGISTICS MANAGER                                                

Dumi has a qualification in Purchasing and Supply Management.

Dumi joined SPS in 2011 and proved his worth as an employee, manager and now as a Director of SPS.

In his career of more than 20 years, Dumi held various positions in the logistics and supply chain management. Dumi has an excellent understanding of the business of SPS and the customer needs, specifically around structuring of resources to satisfy the customer demands during unplanned shutdowns.

Dumi’s contribution to SPS resulted in him being appointed as a Director in 2020.

Charlene Bezuidenhout

FINANCE AND ADMIN MANAGER                         

Charlene has a qualification in Business Management and Accounting.

She Joined SPS in 2012.  In her career of more than 25 years, Charlene held various positions in the admin and accounting fields.

She is responsible for managing the expectations and needs of both the host company and its customers.

As Financial Manager she is managing short-term business liabilities and long-term assets, cash management and risk management. She manages the finances of the company which includes budgeting, investments, and developing strategies.

Ross Keeling

EXPEDITING MANAGER                                             

Ross has an honours degree in Marketing and Entrepreneurship.

He joined SPS in 2018. In his career, he has previous experience in the engineering industry where he is a level 1 NDT inspector and is certified to perform positive material identification on steel. 

As the Planning and Production Manager Ross is responsible for the planning and executing of all manufactured orders. This involves assisting the Draughting department, Procurement department and Manufacturing department in making sure that orders meet their deadline. Ross also focuses on monitoring and analysing stock requirements.

Mervin Naidoo

EXECUTION AND SERVICES MANAGER            

Mervin joined SPS in 2020. His background is in Quantity surveying.

He began working at SPS as a Process Controller, but he was promoted to Operations Manager in 2021. He is responsible for all day-to-day Operations to ensure all Client’s needs are met to SPS standards, including internal operational requirements.

He manages the Sales, Site, and Procurement Teams while also being responsible for all new orders from “Start to Finish.” He is also in charge of meeting the monthly sales targets.

Jaco Botha

QEHS Head

Jaco has an H.O.D. Diploma in Teaching (North-West University) and a Safety Management Diploma. He passed the Ghanaian Legal Safety  Management exam and received the Ghanaian Commissionaire of  Minerals, Risk Manager Appointment. He attended Zambian Safety Law courses developing systems for Multi-Nationals.

As the QEHS Head for SPS, he is responsible for identifying, assessing, mitigating, and managing risks within SPS, driving best-in-class performance. 

His main focus and responsibility are implementing and improving the QEHS system in Brits, Witbank, and Mozambique. 

Anel Marx

HR AND PAYROLL MANAGER                                 

Anel has an Honours degree in Psychology with postgraduate courses in Management and Labour Law. She has almost 13 years of experience in the HR and Payroll field, working in both engineering and fabricating industries.

Her focus is on supporting employee development and creating an environment conducive to growth, which adds to the overall quality of SPS workmanship and client experience.