Experience

Logistics Cluster

• Italy
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Deputy Coordinator - Operations

  • Jun 2023 - Present

  The Logistics Cluster is a service cluster, supporting the humanitarian community to ensure critical aid gets to where it is needed. The role of the Logistics Cluster is to provide coordination of logistics activities of the humanitarian response and information management to support operational decision-making throughout the response cycle. Where gaps in the logistics infrastructure have been identified, the Logistics Cluster also facilitates access for the humanitarian responders to a range of logistics services including air, sea, and overland transport as well as warehousing.One of the key functions of this role is to ensure government, humanitarian, and development partners in Ethiopia have access to and benefit from effective and cost-efficient logistics services. These include air transport, common coordination platforms (as per IASC mandate), improved commodity supply chains, and information-sharing mechanisms. Show less

• Logistics Officer

  • Jul 2022 - Jun 2023

  The cluster approach was introduced to ensure that there is predictable leadership and accountability in all main sectors or areas of humanitarian response and to strengthen system-wide preparedness and technical capacity to respond to humanitarian emergencies. Due to its expertise in the field of humanitarian logistics, the World Food Programme was chosen by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) as the lead agency for the Logistics Cluster.The role entails support and provision of logistics services to the humanitarian community in a coordinated manner. This integrated approach ensures the optimization of resources and fosters collaboration and related efficiencies in the delivery of services to communities affected by conflict, adverse climate in Ethiopia. Show less



World Food Programme

• Italy
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Budget and Programming Officer - Resource Management Unit

  • Feb 2021 - Jun 2022

  Charged with allocation and management of resources for the diverse programs run in the country. These programs addressed root causes, building resilience, and responsiveness to shocks (such as floods, drought, environmental as well as socio-economic) through strengthening the capacity of institutions, technical assistance, and partnerships with the government. The programs were aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 2 and 17) and the fifth National Development Plan. Charged with allocation and management of resources for the diverse programs run in the country. These programs addressed root causes, building resilience, and responsiveness to shocks (such as floods, drought, environmental as well as socio-economic) through strengthening the capacity of institutions, technical assistance, and partnerships with the government. The programs were aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 2 and 17) and the fifth National Development Plan.



World Food Programme

• Italy
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Supply Chain Coordinator

  • Mar 2020 - Dec 2020

  Provide expert advice about supply chain operations for the Drought Relief Response and PEPFAR programs, including planning and budgeting considerations for the start-up, surge, operations as well as exit phases, the synchronization of procurement, transportation, storage, food distribution, as well as risk mitigation. Prepare logistics support plans, deployment timelines, and budget requirements for 8 regions countrywide; develop logistics plans for inter-agency operations including the COVID-19 joint response; develop contingency plans for the deployment of PPE and other risk mitigation mechanisms; develop and implement methodologies and tools to enable effective execution of logistics plans; formulate, review and enforce standard operating procedures; prepare contingency plans and conduct regular reviews. Provide expert medium or long-term planning capacity as well as support to projects debuting or featuring digitalization for government partners such as SCOPE, Foodbank and the Cash Based Programming Show less



Self-employed

• Uganda

• Independent Consultant

  • Jul 2016 - Feb 2020

  ERP Implementation, project management for small-medium sized enterprises ERP Implementation, project management for small-medium sized enterprises



World Food Programme

• Italy
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• SAP Implementation Consultant

  • Mar 2015 - Jul 2016

  Responsible for training key users, change management as well as technical support to country offices during implementation of SAP as the standardized supply chain tool for World Food Programme (WFP) worldwide Supported the deployment of SAP (production environment implementation): - Ethiopia Country Office, Go-Live, May – Jul 2015 - South Sudan Country Office, Go-Live, Jul – Sep 2015 - Eswatini Country Office, Go-Live, Oct 2015 - Myanmar Country Office, Go-Live, Nov 2015 - The Gambia Country Office, Go-Live, Mar 2016 - Iraq, Kurdish Region - Dohuk Area Office, Go-Live, Apr 2016 - SAP readiness and introduction training for Logistics Officers, Panama Bureau, Apr 2016 - Armenia Country Office, Go-Live, June 2016 Show less



Impala Communications

• Kampala

• Consultant – Management of Projects and Technical Services

  • May 2013 - Mar 2015

  Responsible for: - Project management for local company tasked with Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) migration - product testing/compliance for DVB-T2 equipment - Testing and demonstrating data cast services over the UHF range(including OTT/IPTV services for education and digital media solutions) - Coordination of training program for the technical support team Responsible for: - Project management for local company tasked with Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) migration - product testing/compliance for DVB-T2 equipment - Testing and demonstrating data cast services over the UHF range(including OTT/IPTV services for education and digital media solutions) - Coordination of training program for the technical support team



DHL Supply Chain

• Germany
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 700 & Above Employee

• IT Team Lead

  • Mar 2012 - Apr 2013

  - Optimisation of supply chain processes through integration of technical solutions - Business intelligence and solutions development; integration of clients ERP/CRMs and DHL's internal systems (RedPraire WMS - SAP interface processing) - Technical leadership; evaluation and mentoring of technical team - Optimisation of supply chain processes through integration of technical solutions - Business intelligence and solutions development; integration of clients ERP/CRMs and DHL's internal systems (RedPraire WMS - SAP interface processing) - Technical leadership; evaluation and mentoring of technical team



United Nations

• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• ICT Officer

  • Sep 1998 - Dec 2011

  Responsible for: - project,change and infrastructure management - planning, deployment and maintenance of ICT resources, - network security management - budget preparation and justification - guidance on procurement of goods and services (hardware, software and associated licensing manangement) - deployment of SAP solution in 7 countries including WFP offices in Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti and the Middle East - testing/deployment of C-Band VSAT solutions countrywide - testing/deployment messaging solutions like the BlackBerry Enterprise service for the country and regional office based in Kampala - Infrastructure upgrades projects in South Sudan and Zimbabwe Show less



Shell

• United Kingdom
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Royal Dutch Shell (Uganda) - Client Support Specialist

  • Mar 1997 - Sep 1998

  Duties included: - Providing ICT support for 80 PC users in the Head Office and fuel depots country wide (Microsoft Windows/Novell Netware platforms) - Designing and updating training material for the productivity applications, - Designing specialized applications (Bank Slip generation and dispatch logging) - LAN management and local support focal person for the global ERP (JD Edwards) Duties included: - Providing ICT support for 80 PC users in the Head Office and fuel depots country wide (Microsoft Windows/Novell Netware platforms) - Designing and updating training material for the productivity applications, - Designing specialized applications (Bank Slip generation and dispatch logging) - LAN management and local support focal person for the global ERP (JD Edwards)