Mantis is a boutique consultancy founded in 2020 focusing on supply chain optimization, procurement solutions and new product development.
Areas of Expertise
- Strategic route to market design
- 3PL Procurement Initiatives
- Contract manufacturing solutions
- New Product and brand development
- Clearing & Forwarding
- Cost Saving Initiatives
The Team
Hannes Fourie
BCom Honours Logistics(Stell)
Hannes started his career in Operations for SAB-Miller in Johannesburg working across their beer and soft drinks business for a period of six years. Thereafter he joined Lindt South Africa as Supply Chain Manager for four years while the business was in it’s start-up phase. He then joined Red Bull South Africa and served there for 5 years as Operations Director looking after Supply Chain, Logistics, Centre Lead procurement and HSE. Most recently Hannes joined Canopy Growth Corporation (The World’s largest Pharmaceutical Cannabis company) as their Supply Chain and Logistics Director for Africa in the highly regulated legal cannabis industry.
Craig Parker
BCom Honours Business Management(UP)
Craig is a seasoned Exec and entrepreneur with deep cross functional exposure in various roles and departments. These include working across multiple functions such as sales, operations, manufacturing, product development & general management in both corporate and start-up environments. After spending a decade climbing the corporate ranks at SA Breweries and ABI(Coke bottler) he was an early investor and director at BOS Brands the now well established ice tea business with global exposure where he headed up Supply Chain. In 2019 after 8 years at BOS he was then recruited to launch and lead Africa’s first cannabis beverage business (Goodleaf) which quickly gained national presence and traction.
SPECIALIST BUSINESS VERTICALS
Logistics
Clearing & Forwarding
Warehousing
E-Commerce
Blockchain Integration
Business process optimisation
FMCG
BEVERAGES
FOOD
CANNABIS
LIQUOR
route to market solutions
new product development
brand building
WHY PARTNER WITH US
- 35+ years supply chain experience across multiple iconic brands
- Peer relationships to key role players in the targeted industries
- End to end supply value chain understanding and exposure
- Experience across small, medium and large enterprises including various categories and geographies
- Transparent and flexible
- Believe in long term mutually beneficial partnerships
KEY PARTNERS:
DATALAB
Clients:
CONTACT US
Hannes Fourie
- 060 587 6287
- hannesfourie@mantiscapital.co.za
Craig Parker
- 082 921 7747
- craigparker@mantiscapital.co.za