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Nairobi County, Kenya

• Promoted lean manufacturing practices to eliminate waste and non-value added time, improving efficiency by 48% and a cost saving of KES 10,800,000• Developed comprehensive employee training and development program to promote and document cross training, new employee training and orientation, and safety awareness• Developed and implemented KPIs for production, quality, training, and 5S • Developed and implemented scheduling process to decrease lead time by 12%

• While conducting Root Cause Analysis (RCA) managed support team resources to identify, assign, track, and implement over thirty-four (34) corrective and pro-active action items• Established and documented process flows through the business, enhancing collaboration through clear role definition

• Successfully contributed to the innovation and commercialization of a new product into the Kenyan market, increasing revenue by 75%• Designed in-house training packages and trained staff leading to optimised operations and operational efficiency and cost reduction by 12%• Secured external financing to the tune of KES 12,000,000 enabling the company to maintain a healthy working capital

• Collected and analysed data to detect deficient controls, duplicated effort, extravagance, fraud, or non-compliance with laws, regulations, and management policies resulting in average savings of 6%• Conferred with company officials on regulatory matters ensuring compliance and saving on fees• Directed activities of personnel engaged in filing, recording, compiling and transmitting financial records

• Analysed and trended product returns thereby achieving incremental improvements in production process improvement• Led QC&QA processes ensuring quality standards were achieved prior to outbound shipping of products achieving zero product returns from market

Master Of Science - Ms, Manufacturing Systems Engineering And Management

Activities and Societies: Student-Staff Liaison Committee, Student Ambassador Relevant modules: Logistics and Operations Management.

Beng (Hons), Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Institution of Chemical Engineering (IChemE) University Knitting Society Woolton Hall Basketball • Modules.