Experience

Absa Bank Kenya PLC

• Banking
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Procurement Manager Absa Bank Kenya

  • Jan 2019 - Present



Wananchi Group

• Telecommunications
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Category Manager

  • Feb 2014 - Jan 2019

  Supporting Category Strategy Development process for Technical,marketing and services categories.I have streamlined technical purchases,marketing purchases-ATL and BTL,Services-Travel-local and international, office Maintenance, security, IT consumables, Insurance, Office consumables, Staff training Negotiating terms and conditions for goods/services within the scope of agreed objectives Support development, implementation and management of procurement policies and procedures. Ensuring implementation and compliance of all Best practices Understanding business requirements of the company and use this knowledge to deliver sustainable cost savings Managing selection of new vendors, supplier rationalization and evalution in consultation with business decision supporters. Maintaining supplier relationships by resolving supplier issues such as supplier payment overdues, responds to queries and requisitions for samples and information and holding review meetings. Supporting material procurement in leveraging effectively external relationships to support the innovation process Supporting supplier capacity planning and running strategy development, communication of UL requirements to suppliers and expediting of orders [placed by material managers] as needed Monthly business performance reporting for services and IT. Show less



Safaricom PLC

• Kenya
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Procurement in Safaricom

  • Apr 2012 - Jan 2014

  Maintaining and managing the supplier master data base by receipting, verification of supplier information, updating supplier details and filling in new supplier creation forms. Ensuring completeness and availability of supplier’s data for purchasing, finance and other departments for communication purposes. Ensuring all contracts (current and expired) and pre-qualification documents are managed as per the company policy i.e. Storage, Archiving and retrieval. Maintaining of updated supplier performance data through a central repository of all supplier evaluations and action plans and contractual noncompliance issues Performing a daily verification of data in oracle for Purchase Orders approved to ensure they are dispatched to suppliers. Carrying out supplier evaluation and maintain Supplier performance information on evaluations schedules Maintaining and update the buy-side contracts on a regular basis Preparing a monthly updated list of supplier performance status report. Producing accurate and timely reports in accordance with the Supply Chain and Admin metrics framework Show less

• Supply Chain-Inventory Controller

  • Nov 2008 - Mar 2012



Hamptons Furnished Apartments

• Kenya

• Procurement&Finance Officer

  • Apr 2008 - Nov 2008



Magnate Ventures Ltd

• Kenya
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Finance Officer

  • Jan 2007 - Dec 2007