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Nairobi, Kenya

Key Contributions & Results:▶️ Strategy formulation & implementation● Assisting in the development of strategic plans for production and operational activity. ● Supporting the overall process of management and corporate decision-making to ensure the organization maximizes its short, medium and long-term profitability and shareholder returns● Developing, reviewing, and reporting on the business development Department’s strategy,ensuring the strategic objectives are well understood and executed.▶️ Management of the overall Production and operations function● Driving manufacturing performance by directing all production in the plant, to meet schedules that allow for superior customer satisfaction and high plant efficiency by establishing and executing operating plans and objective● Determining the human and material resources required;● Managing human and material resources to meet production targets;● Supporting business and technical aspects of capital project improvements.● Providing plant floor supervision and leadership to ensure compliance with all company quality standards.● Monitoring quality standards of products and implementing and enforcing quality control and tracking programs to meet quality objectives;● Ensuring efficient collaboration and coordination between relevant departments includingprocurement, distribution and management.▶️ People management● Building and leading an effective and cohesive management team● Implementing effective succession planning, people management, development, recruitment, and retention strategies for the department.Key Achievements:✔ Maximized effectiveness of production team, equipment and materials to produce multi-line products within planned schedules while reducing costs.✔ Reduced location labor cost by 4.8% by adjusting staffing based on forecasted customers and employee strengths to ensure optimal and efficient production.

Nairobi, Kenya

Key Contributions & Results:● Ensuring swift and smooth plant start-ups and shutdowns through effective Supervisor handovers at the start/end of every shift.● Monitoring process output to ensure that client product specification, quality and plant efficiency is sustained.● Initiating and supervising product changes to ensure product specification is achieved and maintained by controlling and stoppage of non- conforming products from further processing.● Timely generating material requisition, and material return notes to ensure sustained plant productivity.● Making timely requisitions for machine maintenance during breakdowns and generate maintenance Job Cards.● Monitoring and coordinating the implementation of 5s and GEMBA (Housekeeping).● Allocating and reallocating manpower on the production line and revising production schedules and priorities as needed in order to maximize productivity.● Constantly undertake plant inspection and report any unsafe conditions and risks/hazards in line with Company safety and health Policy. ● Enforcing Company procedures on Personal Protection Equipment (PPEs).● Maintaining employee and site safety in OSHA compliance for the Installation team.● Requisition additional materials required by the Department whether installers or operatorsKey Achievements:✔ Played a key role in setting up the Jumbo Chem Production department, the department has since grown from 4 machine operators to a team of 15 manufacturing different products leading to a manufacture of over 15 metric tons per month up from 4 metric tons.✔ Reinvigorated the production processes and ensured quality production, leading to certification of the production department and company to international quality standards receiving ISO 9001:2008 inJanuary 2015 and ISO 9001: 2015 in March 2018.✔ Streamlined existing production lines, increasing workflow and annual production thus achieving production goals and satisfying the market demand.

Wall Street Business Park, Nairobi

Key Contributions & Results:● Producing products as per laid down procedures.● Filling production sheets after every session● Ensuring that the working area and machines is kept clean and tidy.● Ensuring working tools are kept in the tool box.● Using raw materials and tools appropriately.● Always putting on safety gears and observe safety measures at all times.● Always maintaining good discipline while on duty.Key Achievements:✔ Streamlined production processes, identified areas to cut costs resulting in a decrease of production costs.✔ Spearheaded the setting up of the Environment, Health and Safety Committee and setup systems to ensure conformance to all statutory requirements.✔ Pioneered in the setting up of the firefighting team and conducted fire drills in conformance with the OSHA 2007 Act. Lead Fire Marshall in the firefighting team. Played a key role in the setup.✔ Managed to increase manufacturing productivity by 30% in 2016 and 60% in 2017.✔ Developed a technical documents including instruction manuals and procedure manuals.✔ Managed scheduling of shipping dates for all incoming orders.

Bachelor Of Philosophy In Technology (Bphil.Tech.), Mechanical Engineering, Honours- (Second Upper)

Activities and Societies: Member, Institution of Engineering Technologists and Technicians. Renewable Energy

Higher National Diploma In Mechanical Engineering- Industrial Plant, Mechanical Engineering, Credit

Diploma In Mechanical Engineering- Industrial Plant Option, Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician, Pass