Joe Mwangi Email & Phone Number

Nairobi County, Kenya

I am responsible for driving volume, market share, revenue and profitability for designated trades and markets in alignment with the Area Business Plans and key focus verticals. Working cross functionally, I am the market expert for assigned market scope, taking ownership of driving the Import market ocean performance ambitions, influence our pricing and demand management for our ocean digital products, contracts, and network in line with the respective strategies of the markets under my scope.

Kenya

Redeployed to focus on strategic business development efforts. Focused on premium night clubs, hotels, lodges, wholesalers, liquor stores in coast region. Leads a team of 4 sales executive each managing averagely 50 accounts. - Resolved outstanding issues with key accounts in under six months by engaging senior management to understand their needs and offer solutions.- Generated a pipeline of viable investment opportunities and business leads with projected positive returns by spearheading business investment viability checks.- Delivered key commercial deliverables for the half year ended June 2022 with significant improvements in P&L management scores which positively impacted the overall company P&L position for the period.

Nairobi, Kenya

Data Analysis, Insight Generation and Capacity: - Coordinated and led NRM Sprints with focus on categories/brands/channels/regions with a keen eye on recent trends and opportunities leading to executable insights. Some of the achievements include Reserve deep dive, Scotch Deep dive, Guidelines on National Consumer Promotions, Guideline on how we invest A&P and TI.Performance & Growth management: - Drove growth of brands across the market by strategically partnering with relevant stakeholders.Commercial Planning & Execution:- Delivered commercial plans with a triple win effect for all stakeholders by focusing on strategic pricing, optimal sales mix and commercial scenario analysis for sustainable revenues and customer satisfaction.Investment Effectiveness: - Directed Trade Investment and Advertising & Promotion spend to best use through rigorous pre-planning and effective monitoring and evaluation measures. Revenue Optimization: - Reviewed route to market channels and product categories to ensure optimal revenue through offering attractive proposition to consumers in terms of right product mix at right place and right price

Nairobi Kenya

Management Accounting: - Provided insightful analysis on key business performance drivers with viable opportunities and clear revenue risk mitigation measures.Planning and budgeting: - Led and consolidated annual financial plans and budgets while ensuring reasonableness and that the targets are stretching and realistic.Monthly Performance Forecasting: - Generated forecasts that allow corrective measures are taken on time to salvage monthly performance risks and exploit opportunities therein and reduce risks and surprises. Cost Management: - Monitored actual cost/spend versus budgets and ensuring different cost owners adhere to reasonable spend limits.Controls and Compliance:- Kept internal controls ensuring frequent checks and correction of breaches.

Nairobi

- Monitored the daily cash position to guarantee funds availability to meet cash obligations.- Reduced overdraft levels and delivered optimal cost of prevailing facilities by analysis and continuous tracking.- Liaised with banks, Global treasury team, market treasury and other key stakeholders for treasury related issues; ensured an up-to-date list of bank signatories and mandates are maintained with the banks.- Performed treasury month end procedures and prepare reporting schedules for cash and cash equivalents.

Meta Abo Brewery S.C-Ethiopia

Cashflow Management:- Drove achievement of forecasted cash collection targets to facilitate cash outflows and organization financial obligations are met on time.Forex Management: - Successfully set proper plans and forecasts of obligations and engaged banks for early sourcing in a foreign currency scarce market. - Implemented foreign currency management process that addressed the needs of different stakeholders, monitored current usage and forecasted future requirementsPeople Management: - Managed two cashiers reporting to the treasury manager to keep them motivated and facilitated to meet their deliverables.Process Improvements: - Participated in a project to implement a banking interface and an electronic payments platform with real-time receipts and processing of bank statement for prompt decision making.

Nairobi, Kenya

Acting Tax & Statutory Accountant, Diageo Enterprise Operations (DEO)- Executed timely payments of different taxes as per requirements of the local law of the market/country and made timely filing of different taxes per requirements of the local laws of the market/country.- Mitigated and resolved tax exposures/risks by preparing the Tax footprint clearly articulating different risks observed in different markets and ways of resolution.- Cultivated strong relationships with diverse stakeholders, including market contacts, Finance Directors, Revenue authority representatives, Tax consultants, Global tax team and others.

Nairobi, Kenya

- Flagged and mitigated risks by performing reconciliation and documentation regularly for inventory related accounts with clear actions and insights.- Championed issue resolution for identified process deficiencies that included adjustment done through journals and also manual invoicing.- Performed yearly calculation of transfer pricing adjustments in line with TPU guidelines.- Delivered and maintained a control agenda around stock processes.- Participated in developing value adding reports such as SLOBs reports to provide stakeholders more insights into areas of improvement around inventory management.

Nairobi, Kenya

- Made timely and accurate month end reporting and reconciliations for Intercompany accounts giving clear actions and insights to mitigate risks- Coordinated payment and settlement of intercompany due obligations.- Booked royalties, management fees, International Assignee recharges, stock invoices and capex invoices.- Maintained intercompany variances/mismatches within the threshold at month end.- Prepared non product agreements to facilitate non product cost recharges and made monthly intercompany ageing analysis for intercompany debtors and creditors.

Nairobi, Kenya

• Monitoring daily stock receipts to the warehouse from production/imports and transfers from other KBL warehouses.• Monitoring issuing of products from the warehouse is accurate and is done in an efficient manner.• Ensuring the inventory management system in place is clearly adhered to. Ensure continuous process improvement of warehouse operations.• Champion occupational health and safety agenda for warehouse processes and personnel I worked with.• Review inventory reconciliation and work to close gaps identified in inventory processes.• Ensured seamless operation of warehouse processes happened and mitigated risks during the commencement of warehousing contract between Diageo and DHL supply Chain.• Participated in implementing an automated inventory management system that improved the way inventory movements were documented and managed.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Project Management, On Going

Bachelor’S Degree, Bachelor Of Commerce- Finance, 2Nd Class Honours Upper Division

High School, Kcse Certificate