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Founder & Managing Principal

Ofentse Ramorula

Strategic project portfolio leader · ~20 years in capital-intensive FMCG & manufacturing

Ofentse is a strategic project portfolio leader with roughly 20 years of technical expertise in capital project management and maintenance across the FMCG and manufacturing industries. He founded OTIF Capital & Industrial Partners to bring the same owner-side discipline that delivered multi-hundred-million-Rand programmes at Nestlé, AB-InBev, Tiger Brands, Unilever and RCL Foods to a wider set of industrial clients.

His track record spans strategic execution, portfolio governance, complex interdependency management and steering-committee reporting — ensuring capital investments are not only delivered efficiently, but are the right projects to drive growth and ROI.

~20 yrs

Capital projects & maintenance across FMCG and manufacturing.

R1B+

CAPEX delivered as owner-side project and portfolio leader.

ESAR

Regional portfolio oversight, exco reporting and governance.

OTIF

Delivery measured On-Time and In-Full against strategic criteria.

Core Skills

Project & Portfolio Management
Stakeholder Engagement
Strategic Planning
Resource Management
Governance & Compliance
Budgeting & Forecasting
Technical Integration
Change Management
Value Engineering

Career

Two decades inside the owner-operators.

Delivery experience earned on the client side of the table — where the schedule, the budget and the safety case all belong to you.

  1. Nestlé SA
    Jan 2022 – Present
    Senior Project Manager

    For a leading global FMCG in infant nutrition, delivered a R400M 'Bag in Box' infant-formula packaging line at Harrismith — six months ahead of schedule through innovative front-end planning, modular execution and strict stage-gate discipline. OTIF against every strategic success criterion.

    • Leads the end-to-end technical side of capital investment projects across the ESAR region — fixed-asset investment and full project lifecycle.
    • Primary liaison between project stakeholders and the Management Committee, with monthly strategic progress and financial performance reporting.
    • Runs capacity-utilisation modelling so new capital is sized against future volume growth and business strategy.
    • Integrates, coaches and develops process, packaging, safety and operations leads into a single high-performance delivery team.
  2. AB-InBev (SAB)
    Jul 2017 – Dec 2021
    Project Implementation Leader · Zone Capex Leader

    Led 8.7 MW solar rollout across 7 South African breweries; owned BU South CAPEX portfolio governance and 1YP / 3YP planning for Africa Zone ManCom.

    • Developed high-level scopes, schedules and budgets that fed the 1-Year and 3-Year capital plans.
    • Accountable for executing the approved 1YP across regional sites — initiation through closure and handover.
    • Implemented the AB-InBev Capital Projects Governance Model across the Africa Zone, enforcing global policy compliance.
    • Managed the regional CAPEX portfolio: budgeting, forecasting and trade-off calls to fund unplanned high-priority work.
  3. Tiger Brands
    Feb 2016 – Jun 2017
    Capital Projects Lead (RSA) · Project Engineering Manager (Ethiopia)

    End-to-end installation & commissioning of dry detergent, soap and seasoning packing lines at the East African Tiger Brands site.

    • Set the long-term capital investment roadmap — asset replacement, new production lines and factory development projects.
    • Prepared detailed capital budget forecasts aligned to broader Tiger Brands group objectives.
    • In Ethiopia, led installation and commissioning of multiple dry detergent powder packing lines and a dedicated soap packing facility.
  4. Unilever SA — Project Waterfall
    Sep 2013 – Feb 2016
    Project Delivery Engineer

    For a leading global FMCG in homecare and personal care, delivered the full R400M industrial services scope on the Khanyisa greenfield Home Care Liquids factory (Boksburg) — six weeks ahead of schedule, enabling an earlier greenfield start-up and first production.

    • Managed the R400M utilities and industrial services scope for the greenfield Khanyisa factory in Boksburg.
    • Owned the full lifecycle: design reviews, procurement, technical bid analysis and site construction management of utilities and the tank farm.
  5. RCL Foods (Rainbow Chickens)
    Jun 2010 – Aug 2013
    Project Engineer

    Led the R100M 'Space for Growth' programme at Rustenburg — spiral freezers, refrigeration plant rooms and VSD oil-free compressor upgrades.

    • Managed the Rustenburg site annual CAPEX portfolio — execution, budget allocation and cash-flow projections aligned to plant requirements.
  6. Nampak Products Ltd · Wispeco Aluminium
    2006 – 2010
    Maintenance Planner · Management Graduate Trainee · Engineering Graduate (P1 & P2)

    Cross-divisional exposure — Paper Mills (Tissue), FoodCan (DivFood) and Cartons & Labels — building the maintenance-planning foundation for CAPEX delivery.

    • Full lifecycle management of maintenance planning and engineering activities across Nampak divisions.
    • Early experiential training at Wispeco Aluminium across core engineering and project management processes.

Education & Credentials

Rigorous training. Independently verified.

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Stellenbosch Business School — specialising in Project Management (expected 2026).

Post Graduate Diploma in Project Management

Stellenbosch Business School (2023).

Post Graduate Diploma in Management Practice

UCT Graduate School of Business (2022).

B.Tech Mechanical Engineering

University of Johannesburg (2005).

PMI PMP Certification Course

Project Management Institute (2021).

Programme in Project Management (PPM)

University of Pretoria (2015).

Languages

English · C1SeTswana · B2SeSotho · B2isiZulu · B2

Speak with the founder.

Direct line to Ofentse for scoping, independent reviews and partnership enquiries.

info@otifpartners.co.za
+27 71 886 2644
Kempton Park · Gauteng · South Africa
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