CV Profile No.125528

Experience in the following industries :

• Consumer goods
• Distribution, selling, wholesale
• Import-export business
• Pharmaceutical industry
• Transport, logistics, postal services

Professional experience

• Logistics specialist
• GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceutical Kenya Ltd
• 08.2019 - 12.2023
• Tasked to support products import and export processes through documentation handling, managing On Time In Full (OTIF) performance, reporting, inventory, and Third party management monitoring. ● Streamlined the shipping documentation process by doing prior shipping documentation preparation, tracking as well as doing pre-clearance for shipments. This helped reduce clearance timeline from 7 and 14 days for air and sea cutting down storage and demurrage costs by £21,747 compared to previous year. ● Supported East Africa markets to have stocks on time by ensuring stock-outs are mitigated through updating forecast files promptly, accurately, challenging systems’ get-well dates to supply planners. Thus, minimal backorders recorded in the year 2022 and OTIF performance went above 96% target. ● Supported the timely change of company system by successfully transitioning dead stocks worth £272k onto the PPB portal and scrapped it off from the Old JDE system ahead of the One ERP system go-live date.

• Supply chain analyst
• GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceutical Kenya Ltd
• 09.2018 - 07.2019
• Tasked with coordination of inbound and outbound movement of pharmaceutical products, inventory control an analyzing monthly forecast and comparing it with inventory on hand to guide the sales team on the next inbounds. ● Saved company reputation and sales loss by quickly implementing airfreight option to expedite stock by 800% delivery timeline. ● Managed to reduce inventory variance between SAP and JDE systems from £387,745 to £0 in 2019 through daily interface monitoring, prompt fixing of errors, doing monthly stock adjustments and fixing historical variances. This helped in budgeting and forecasting unlike before when company was relying on wrong inventory figures/value. ● Analyzed monthly departmental costs, daily orderbook reports and inventory and recommended cost saving initiatives to the business. This helped in minimizing shipping, warehousing and write off costs by 30%.

• Supply chain project trainee
• GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceutical Kenya Ltd
• 09.2017 - 09.2018
• Mandated to track all services-related complaints raised by the company/distributors against third parties and escalating these for further action, supporting clearing agents with relevant import documents and shipment pre-alert details in anticipation of inbound shipments from manufacturing sites and tracking to ensure faster clearance and delivery, reviewing supplier invoices, and tracking departmental costs. ● Helped increase customer service rating by 45% through complaints tracking, I addressed and escalated complaints for necessary action. ● Contributed to a 30% reduction on import costs, storage, and demurrage costs within the first half of 2018 through high efficiency in the shipment tracking and timely provision of import support documents to clearing agents. ● Managed to maintain accurate records on costs and inbounds and shared monthly cost analysis reports that helped the department in decision making.

• Procurement intern
• Kenya Civil Aviation Authority
• 09.2015 - 11.2015
• Tasked with keeping accurate and up to date procurement records both manually and electronically, raising quotations, Local Purchase Orders and Local Service Orders and receiving user department requisitions, receiving, inspecting, issuing stock, and updating stock ledger accounts and stock control cards. ● Streamlined a filing and records system by aligning manual and electronic records hence increasing accountability by 80%. ● Enhanced cost savings and lead time reduction by 30% through enhancing coordination between suppliers and user departments and follow-up to ensure timely order placement and delivery. ● Managed to maintain 90% inventory accuracy through doing daily reconciliations between system and manual records.