BA Hons Global Business Management (Enterprise & Innovation)

Completed my hybrid Bachelor of Arts- Honors degree in London, UK

Logistics Operations Procurement Ast.Manager

The project was to consolidate a pre-existing Logistics operation by initiating as a small-scale entrant into the FMCG horticulture industry. The project’s initial scope was to identify and start the production of agricultural crops on a small scale to identify future growth opportunities to become scalable.

● Conducted market research, producing reports and recommendations for competitor and crop production analysis.
● Assisted in fleet management inspection through use of vehicle tracking systems for bi-weekly reports.
● Developed and managed the project plan tracking the movement of milestones, dependencies, and deliverables.
● Ensured timely and professional service to user departments to produce accurate documentation of RFQs, contract bidding processes, and purchase for approvals.
● Reviewed and improved organizational procurement practices regularly to ensure best practices.
● Managed enterprise resource planning for up-to-date logistics and procurement-relevant documentation input.
● Established and maintained strong key stakeholder relationships with vendors/suppliers for efficient management of supplies.
● Managed procurement operational budgets and all horticultural implementation activities.
● Used QuickBooks/Sage for accounting management.
● Facilitated Lessons learned workshops to capture lessons and recommendations for improvements for the project and assisted in the development, execution, and continuous improvement of EC Enterprises’ operational transport and procurement strategy.

Procurement Officer

Contracted to curate end-to-end procurement process for 500+ employee base to alleviate Ad-hoc purchasing and mitigation of out-of-budget expenditure. Monitoring and implementing workflow processes across all business facets of Zimworx and its 6 subsidiary organizations overseeing and supervising employees and all regional and international purchasing activities per user-departments.

● Ensured all procurement processes are in accordance with the organizations’ policies and procedures through input on the CRM system.
● Sourced and received quotations for all goods/services procurement for submission for final approval.
● Ensured procurement tracking to continuously update annual procurement plan.
● Developed guidelines and led assessment of performance of vendors/suppliers on a quarterly basis.
● Reviewed, analysed, and pre-approved products and services throughout the bidding process for purchasing.
● Managed warehouse inventory stock input while maintaining accurate purchase and pricing records.
● Maintained and updated supplier information such as pre-qualifications, delivery times, product ranges, and approvals.
● Ensured maintenance of good supplier relations and contract negotiations.
● Prepared budgets, cost analyses, and reports.
● Facilitated lesson-learned seminars to hand over the completed procurement framework to department heads.

Logistics Operations Procurement Officer

Provided strategic planning, scheduling, and negotiation solutions to maximize returns on procurement & logistics strategy for a broad range of user-department clients across a variety of regional and international tenders within the mining sector.

● Prepared production and operating budgets as well as reported on performance costs.
● Ensure timely and professional administrative service (RFPs/RFQs) to vendors/suppliers for tender bidding process for approval by Finance Committee.
● Identified operational, technical, and safety fleet obstacles to continuously seek improvement.
● Supervised delivery warehouse inventory stock, installation of mining equipment, and tracking of fleet management to mitigate out-of-budget expenditure.
● Managed and fostered relationships with all key stakeholders in executed tender cycles.

Business Analyst Consultant (Remote)

Reviewed business requirements and processes, for a telecoms client that needed an upgrade to their multifunctional devices.

● Reviewed existing standards and policies to support proposed changes to processes and/or solutions by identifying areas of improvement by mapping out user journeys.
● Documented As-Is and To-Be processes to develop gaps with the existing solution.
● Assisted in test script creation to support User Acceptance Testing and captured results for quality analysis.
● Supported drafting of communication and training materials, and user guidelines to help the end-users.