Deon Pillay
as a driver to handle growth , Nando ’ s recognises the importance of sustainability . Pillay remarks that the team is dedicated to ensuring a decrease in carbon emissions and the incorporation of recyclability and recycled materials . Currently , Nando ’ s retail products ’ packaging is 99.3 % recyclable , with the goal to raise the figure to 100 % well underway . Nando ’ s has also adopted ‘ Changing Lives … Together ’ as its company-wide purpose statement . The business really walks the talk on this purpose and has already delivered on several initiatives to prove it . “ The humbling part of Nando ’ s purpose for me is that Nando ’ s chooses not to publicise these initiatives , which shows genuine heart to live the purpose .”
Pillay has also undertaken his own , personal project . With his passion for his job so apparent , he wants to encourage younger generations to join the industry : “ I want to make supply chain a profession of choice for school
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EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Deon Pillay
Deon is the Head of Supply Chain at Nando ’ s . A very experienced , dynamic leader , he is able to engage and develop highly motivated teams to achieve sustained company growth and profitability . An energetic visionary with a proven history of delivering excellence across the enterprise , Pillay as regarded as a consummate professional by his peers for consistently exceeding expectations in supply chain for more than 20 years , spanning from senior strategic roles in the FMCG , Electronics , Telecommunications , Paper & Pulp , Food & Beverage and Management Consulting . Innovation and ‘ disruption ’ in problem solving is his driving force , but developing leaders is his true passion .
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