With a strategic focus on end-to-end business management, I excel in providing innovative management solutions. I've gained experience and established vital partnerships across multiple industries, growing my skills and expertise through virtual and physical forums. My commitment to leveraging technology has revolutionized how I engage clients, ensuring convenience and efficiency in service delivery.Under my leadership, my teams have broadened their clientele by adhering to principles of integrity, excellence, and professionalism. Skills in business management, financial oversight, and delivering compelling presentations have been instrumental in expanding our reach. The mission is clear: to offer unparalleled management solutions while continually driving business development to new frontiers.
Magarini
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Head Of OperationsMagariniNairobi County, Kenya
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Managing DirectorMagarini Jul 2022 - PresentManaging director of a transportation company specializing in end-to-end motor vehicle management.Key Service Areas1. Fleet Management• Overseeing a fleet management company specializing in managing private and public vehicles. • Virtual office, through the use of a phone App and online website, accessible by clients at the convenience of their location.• Physical office conveniently located in a strategic location within Nairobi• Strategic partnerships with select garages/spare parts manufacturers/dealers all across the city, across the country, and globally.• Use of mobile vehicles to deliver the services to the customer location, while they go about their daily business.(This could either be through motorbikes or service vans, depending on the request)• Services offered include:i. Automobile Serviceii. Auto-parts shopiii. Mechanical repairs iv. Collision repairs and body shopv. Towing Servicesvi. Auto Inspections, Assessments and Valuationsvii. Vehicle Importation and Clearance services2. Transportation Consultancy• Provide transportation consultancy services to policy makers in the public (for example government ministries that engage in transportation) and private sectors (NGOs, private companies), Insurance companies, Multinational Corporates, SMEs and individuals.3. Apprenticeship Programs• Create in-house apprenticeship and mentoring programs for young professionals, or anyone interested in establishing a career in the Transportation Industry.4. Creating Transportation Curriculum and Training programs• This is to train the global community on the ethical, state-of-the-art and best-for-business principles applicable to the Transportation Industry. These programs are available online and physically, based on the client’s preference.• These training programs are targeted at the professional bodies within the Transportation Industry and the Supply Chain networks.
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Professional DevelopmentMagarini Apr 2018 - Jun 2023I focused on Customer Support in the Transportation Industry (at The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the New York City metropolitan area of the U.S. state of New York), and in the IT Industry (at Trilogy, a comprehensive business platform, driving hundreds of software companies to become more efficient and profitable by streamlining business functions from development to product management and R&D – managed by the top 1% of global tech talent worldwide). The customer support stint at MTA gave me a unique insight and understanding of the worldwide transportation industry and the unique demands at the client and service provider levels. The customer support stint at Trilogy required me to support over 100 unique enterprise software products - everything from mobile app development platforms to database load balancers. I not only had the opportunity to learn, use, and support these products, but I also gained deep technical expertise in the IT environment, especially as to how customers interact with different software products and the challenges faced and learned to solve IT-related problems affecting customers that no one has seen before.
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DirectorAssyria Greens May 2013 - Jun 2024Independent business consultancy in agribusiness,supply and distribution(in agribusiness).
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Chief Operating OfficerMboga Vans Jul 2017 - Mar 2018In charge of managing the day to day operations at the company, driving business development and overall organization resource mobilization.Key Achievements• Start up structuring and management: Coming up with company processes and structures, recruiting the right people for the job and creating a culture of integrity, excellence and professionalism.• Growing the client base to over 150 clients to date.• Growing Farmer Base to over 15 farmers around Nairobi
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Operations DirectorTop Auto Motors Limited Feb 2016 - Jan 2017In charge of managing the day to day operations at the company, driving business development and overall organization resource mobilization.Key Achievements•Start up structuring and management: Coming up with company processes and structures, recruiting the right people for the job and creating a culture of integrity, excellence and professionalism.•Growing the client base from 1 corporate client at the beginning of February 2016, to over 10 corporate clients to date.•Growing organizational revenue to an average of KES 1.25M per month by May 2016 from 0 in February 2016.•Geographical Growth: Expanding from one office in Nairobi to an additional office in Mombasa.
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Operations DirectorAutofit Limited Mar 2016 - Nov 2016Responsible for ensuring that the business has the best working environment and processes, that is aligned with the business’ growth objective.Key Achievements•Consulted in the negotiations and final acquisition of the automotive garage service business.•Upon acquisition of the garage, successfully reviewed work practices at the garage to ensure effectiveness and efficiency of roles thus leading to increased overall garage productivity. •Garage Roles Rationalization: In collaboration with the CEO, carried out a comparative and rational assessment of the garage to establish key personnel roles required. Using the role profiles generated, reviewed the existing garage personnel and reorganized roles depending on strengths and capabilities, outsourcing where no internal match was possible.•Driving business growth: Increased garage revenues from KES 2M in April 2016 to KES 3M in May 2016, with a continued growtth of KES 0.5M per month up to September 2016.•Spear headed garage operations during transition of garage shareholders in September2016, ensuring continued business operations.
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Management TraineeBritish American Tobacco 2011 - 2013London, GbPart of a dynamic global training program that seeks to build proactive, innovative and driven candidates for management positions within the internationally market leading, multi-national tobacco company, or any other company with a thirst for excellence and with a vision of growing to the next level of market leadership-Carried out a systematic analysis of components of the supply chain, discovering loopholes that had led to the company losing approximately $155,000 worth of inventory, and together with the supply chain team, formulated new operating procedures and controls to militate against future lose.-Developed a Supplier Management Tracker that was the first of its kind in the market and has been adopted globally within BAT.-Customer service executive (In charge of the EAC Markets ;Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, and Tanzania)-Monitored and continually improved maintenance processes and maintenance personnel performance (Critiqued and improved the existing Factory Maintenance Policy, Oversaw maintenance goal setting, activity scheduling, work performance and performance management). -Spearheaded a collaborative effort between external consultants and the BAT Projects Team, carrying out an extensive energy audit of the BAT Factory in Nairobi, and implementation of subsequent improvements-Factory productivity optimization (Spearheaded a Factory Line Under Microscope (LUM) Audit that analysed the current factory's production based on actual process analysis, historical performance data analysis and interviewing relevant stakeholders, and eventual implementation of recommendations.)-Consolidating factory process flow, procedures, controls and parameters at each level, including factory staffing, planning and scheduling (I analyzed, optimized and implemented factory flow processes that resulted in approximately $56,000 savings annually.)
John M. Skills
John M. Education Details
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Strathmore Business SchoolBusiness Administration -
Jomo Kenyatta University Of Agriculture And Technology (Jkuat)Mechanical Engineering
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