Grace Vihenda Email & Phone Number

Riyadh, Sa

Nairobi County, Kenya

- Support the Future Lab team in defining strategic direction and engagements for the innovation funnel for the alliance's innovation challenges across environmental, social, and governance.- Develop frameworks and methodologies to assess the feasibility, impact, and scalability of innovation programs.- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure an effective approach to innovating initiatives across the alliance members.- Support SkyTeam innovation engagement with partners including matching of partners with opportunities among members and initiatives.

Nairobi County, Kenya

As a Board Member, I play a vital a vital role in providing strategic guidance, oversight, and governance to the organization. I collaborate with fellow board members and senior leadership to shape and realize the organization's mission, goals, policies and objectives. With my expertise and experience, I contribute to the overall success and sustainability of the organization while ensuring compliance with industry, legal and ethical standards.

Responsible for driving the innovation agenda and sustainability efforts of the company. I provide leadership, strategic direction, and oversee the development and execution of innovation and sustainability programs in line with the company's vision, mission, and strategic goals.I collaborate with cross-functional teams, including the management team, internal stakeholders and external partners to identify opportunities for innovation and sustainability initiatives; as well as define, develop, and implement effective solutions to drive business growth and efficiency while achieving the airline’s environmental, social, and governance objectives.

Nairobi, Kenya

• Design and implement the innovation strategy of the Fahari Innovation Hub in alignment with the overall business strategy• Coordinate internal departments to ensure alignment and delivery of the innovation strategy• Establish and nurture an innovation culture across the business • Manage change and risk• Build new relationships with the venture and innovation community and develop investment, co-investment and acquisition opportunities through inbound leads and outbound efforts• Nurture a strong partner ecosystem across the region and globe to support Kenya Airways’ innovation agenda.• Manage the development and administration of the innovation budget• Develop proposals for funding based on the identified innovation strategy and work with partners to access financial and technical support• Provide thought leadership on innovation both internally and externally• Plan and execute innovation summits, workshops and other events to bring together key players and stakeholders in the region for purposes of networking, exchanging ideas and learning from each other.

Responsible for board meetings preparation, facilitation and record-keeping. Also responsible for facilitating communication between the board, senior management, and external stakeholders to ensure effective operations of the Board.

Nairobi

• Strategy research, definition and planning: Piece together competitor performance, operational performance, industry best practice, innovations and markets information from various internal and external sources in order to develop suitable strategic options. Establish and review key strategic priorities and translate them into actionable and quantitative plans.Support internal leadership and stakeholders with current strategic plans and development of new strategic management initiatives• Secretary to the Strategy and Business Development Committee of the board• Facilitate strategy engagements and workshops• Strategy performance management: Support the management & development of business KPI infrastructure and periodic performance reports for the business leaders; as well as facilitate cross-functional performance reviews for this leadership.• Drive key strategic and change management initiatives: Support strategic projects identification, selection, assignment, resourcing and reporting.• Serve as a thought partner and business advisor to the C-suite executives in decision-making.• Capability development (strategy coach): Support the formulation of individual department strategies. Assist departmental leaders and managers in driving and optimizing improvement of key value levers that will give the business a sustainable competitive advantage.• Innovation management of themes aligned to key strategic thrusts

Nairobi

▪ Aid in strategy formulation and drive its implementation, execution and performance management.▪ Initiate, influence, lead or facilitate continuous profit/process improvement projects across cross-functional teams.▪ Facilitate employee involved innovation and product development▪ Carry out or facilitate training workshops and coach teams as necessary to address knowledge and skill gaps.▪ Liaise with C suite senior management and formulate steering teams to drive and manage organizational change.▪ Facilitate implementation of Best Practices.▪ Track, monitor, challenge and report on performance of specific measures and projects aligned to organizational (strategic) objectives.

Nairobi

▪ Initiating short and long term maintenance projects▪ Managing and overseeing implementation of maintenance projects and plans▪ Ensuring maximum economy and project completion in the least time possible without compromising on standards or quality of work▪ Outlining resource requirements and distribution for maintenance activities▪ Monitoring, evaluating and analysing maintenance historical data and using it to forecast and plan better for the future▪ Liaising with other stake holders and key industry players to ensure seamless implementation of maintenance plans

Nairobi

Performance monitoring and visual management.

Msc. Management & Organization Development, Organization Development

Bsc. Mechanical Engineering

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