1. Name TUMISA MAJA
Position in project SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT
Organisation Sawa BRM Consultants
Specialist Subject(s) Management Consulting; Project Management;
Degrees BA; BA (Hons); Master’s in Business Administration (Thames Valley
University in Milpark Business School)
Present position Consultant
Languages English; Afrikaans; Xhosa; Zulu; Sotho
Countries with significant
work experience
South Africa
Work Experience/ Career History
Company Date Role Description
Sawa Business & Risk
Management Consultants
2007– date Company Director Management Consulting
Siyaya db Engineering
Consultants
2012 -2014
Change
Management & SD
Plan Management
Change Management
interventions
Project Management: SD Plan
SABS 2011-2012 Consultant Recruitment and Selection
Akanani Consulting 2007-2009 Sub-Contractor Management Consulting
SASS 1995-2007
Human Capital
Manager
Human Capital Management
functions
IEC 1994 Monitor Trainer Training of election monitors
Work Undertaken that best illustrates Capacity to Handle Tasks Assigned:
Tumisa is a driven and versatile professional with extensive background in organisational development
and human capital management fields. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Arts; Honours in Psychology and
a Master’s degree in Business Administration. Her particular interest in Supplier Development is based
on the commitment to help redress past imbalances, help individuals and companies build their capacity
and capabilities to fully participate in the economy. She has developed; implemented and managed
Supplier Development initiatives and is well placed to provide this relatively new skill in the market. Her
aim is to assist companies to better utilise their Corporate Social Investment Budget to have a
sustainable impact in the society. She has worked with a variety of clients within the field of
organisational development and management. Her particular skills have been honed in business
processes development.
Name of assignment or
project:
Implementation of Safety Management System for TFR
Development and implementation of the Supplier Development Plan
for the project
Year: 2012-2014
Location: Parktown, South Africa
Client: Siyaya db Consulting Engineers
Main project features:  Development and management of the Change role in a project being
rolled out country wide at Transnet Freight Rail. The span of
intervention is countrywide with over 28 000 staff members.
 Developing and managing a Supplier Development Plan;
accountable for a budget of R6.9 million to spend on Skills
development, Enterprise Development and Corporate Social
Investment Project.
Name of assignment or Recruitment, Selection and Placement of candidates

2. project:
Year: 2011-2012
Location: Pretoria, South Africa
Client: SABS
Main project features:  Internal and External recruitment of senior management and
professionally qualified candidates:
 Implemented whole value chain, from tool development to
placement of candidates
Name of assignment or
project:
Placement of skilled personnel
Year: 2010-2011
Location: Pretoria, South Africa
Client: Local Government SETA (LGSETA)
Main project features: Placement of candidates and managing their contracts and salary
payments
Name of assignment or
project:
Placement Strategy Development
Year: 2009-2010
Location: Bothaville, South Africa
Client: Nala Local Municipality
Main project features:  Development of a placement strategy;
 Development of a post establishment;
 Facilitation of employee placement in new structure.
Name of assignment or
project:
Response Handling
Year: 2009
Location: Mafikeng, South Africa
Client: Department of Social Development - North West Province
Main project features:  Response Handling:
 Receipt of manual applications;
 Numbering them and capturing summary profile of each applicant,
 Packaging of the applications and providing report to the client.
Name of assignment or
project:
Business Process Reengineering
Year: 2008
Location: Pretoria, South Africa
Client: Thebeyapelo Consulting in partnership with Siemens
Main project features: Business Process Reengineering for the Compensation Fund: Conducted
diagnosis of the as is processes and identified existing gaps. Developed a
report with a proposal on business process improvement.
Name of assignment or
project:
Assessment of management teams in all municipalities – country wide
Year: 2008
Location: All Provinces, South Africa
Client: DPLG (Sub Contracted by Akanani Consulting)
Main project features: Assessments of all Section 57 Managers in Local Government (All

3. provinces) : Conducting of assessments (OPP, GRT, In-basket, role play)
and development of individual, municipal and district reports
Name of assignment or
project:
Development of HR Plan
Year: 2007
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Client: Gauteng Department of Transport (Sub Contracted by Akanani Consulting)
Main project features:  Development of a Human Resources Plan:
 Conducting an environmental analysis and producing a report on
the status quo in the department.
 Audit of all Human Resources data
 Development of the HR Plan and implementation strategy for the
department.
Name of assignment or
project:
Training
Year: 2007
Location: Durban, South Africa
Client: TRANSNET Pension Fund (Sub Contracted by Akanani Consulting)
Main project features:  Training Facilitation on customer service.
 Report writing
Name of assignment or
project:
Policy Development
Year: 2007
Location: Pretoria, South Africa (Sub Contracted by Akanani Consulting)
Client: Department of Minerals & Energy (Sub Contracted by Akanani Consulting)
Main project features:  Policy analysis and identification of gaps.
 Policy alignment to current business and legislative imperatives.
 Facilitation of the feedback and review sessions with the managers.