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Brendan Swart

@brendanswart

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Supply Chain professional driving transport optimisation and data-led warehouse operations.

South Africa

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What I'm looking for

I seek a role leveraging transport planning and data-driven operational improvements within a collaborative, process-focused team that values continuous learning and measurable efficiency gains.

I am a results-driven Supply Chain Management professional with hands-on experience across warehouse operations, linehaul planning and transport control at DHL Supply Chain.

With a Bachelor of Commerce Honours in Supply Chain Management, I combined academic research on AI and supply chain resilience with strong classroom performance and recognition in strategic modules.

At DHL I progressed from Supply Chain Graduate through Linehaul Transport Planner to Transport Controller, delivering daily national linehaul plans, optimising routes and load consolidation, and improving utilisation and cost control.

I bring strong analytical skills, process-improvement experience, proficiency in Excel and Power BI, and a collaborative mindset focused on operational value and continuous learning.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Transport Controller

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DHL Supply Chain

Nov 2025 - Present (2 months)

Responsible for national linehaul planning and coordination across clients, optimising routing and vehicle utilisation, managing daily transport operations and delivering operational reporting to improve efficiency and cost control.

Line Planning Network Coordination Transport Operations Exception Management SLA Management

Linehaul Transport Planner

DHL Supply Chain

Aug 2024 - Oct 2025 (1 year 2 months)

Planned and delivered daily transport plans, coordinated warehouses, transporters and clients, and executed load building and route selection to reduce delivery costs and improve truck utilisation.

capacity management Carrier Coordination Performance Monitoring

Supply Chain Graduate

DHL Supply Chain

Jan 2023 - Jul 2024 (1 year 6 months)

Completed a rotational graduate programme across consumer goods warehouses, improving operational knowledge and delivering process improvements that reduced bottlenecks and improved warehouse performance through data-driven analysis.

Warehouse operations Inventory Management Process Improvement Data Analysis

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of Pretoria

Bachelor of Commerce Honours, Supply Chain Management

2019 - 2022

Grade: 70% (Honours year average)

Activities and societies: Top 5 in Strategic Supply Chain Management module; member of Golden Key International Honour Society; Candidate European Junior Logistician (cEJLOG) based on ELA level 4 standards.

Completed a Bachelor of Commerce Honours in Supply Chain Management with a 70% average and a dissertation on AI and information systems for supply chain resilience in South African FMCG manufacturers and retailers.

University of Pretoria

Bachelor of Commerce, Supply Chain Management

2019 - 2021

Grade: 71%–72% annual averages

Activities and societies: Member of Golden Key International Honour Society; Candidate European Junior Logistician (cEJLOG).

Completed a Bachelor of Commerce in Supply Chain Management with consistent yearly averages (71%, 72%, 71%) and coursework focused on logistics and supply chain principles.