GODFREY ALINDI

• Creating, maintaining, and managing deployment project plans, including sub-contractors, and quality management plans to ensure that Nokia meets contractual scope of work, milestones, and customer pre-requisites
• Liaising with Project Manager and customer as needed for escalations on scope, processes, budget
• Preparing and maintaining resource plans and forecasts including own resources, subcontractor needs, and tools
• Monitoring tracks and ensuring deliveries of equipment and installation materials
• Securing availability and accuracy of deployment work orders sent to field planning & dispatching and resolving any issues raised by field teams
• Finalizing equipment installation acceptance with proper contractual documentation and generating Acceptance Documentation according to accepted protocol or agreement
• Ensuring that job drawings are updated as per As-built documentation and As-installed specifications
• Performing regular meetings to monitor progress and solve potential issues
• Monitoring performance of project teams and subcontractors and providing feedback to resource owners and/or procurement
• Communicating and taking action towards subcontractors and also liaising with sales team during Pre-Sales to determine site design and scope for effective rollout
• In charge of subcontractor training and knowledge development for all new tech

Key Achievements:

• Successful delivery of Safaricom Ethiopia Full Turnkey project with 1300 Sites in two years. Global record for service delivery.
• Won award for implementation of health and safety system ensuring zero casualty during project and won Global CEO award fro health and safety.
• Attained successful first 5G call in Safaricom Kenya network using AirScale Equipment achieving speeds of 692.92 MBs on 40Mhz Bandwidth
• Accomplished successful rollout of first commercial 5G sites in Safaricom network
• Upgraded 70% of RAN base in 1000+ sites in Project Neo and RAN redeployments and peaked at 80 sites per week during rollout.
• 4G everywhere is now activated in almost all of Safaricom Kenya sites and 250% 4G data traffic growth in 2020.
• Streamlined project processes by implementing Agile methodologies, resulting in increased efficiency and reduced costs.
• Established effective communication among team members for enhanced collaboration and successful project completion.
• Prepared detailed reports on project status for stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment with objectives.
• Negotiated contracts with vendors and suppliers, securing quality materials at competitive prices for efficient use of resources.
• Facilitated change management processes within organizations by effectively communicating benefits of new systems or processes being introduced during projects.

• Ensured continuous Project Management Planning and implementation of Project Management Plan
• Contributed to customization of global e2e operational processes to project requirements (e.g
• Network operations processes, supply chain process, logistics processes, acceptance process, etc.)and ensures it is aligned with Nokia Mode of Operation.
• Contributed to achieving project targets set in PTA for all applicable part(s)
• Scheduled, forecasted, and progressed tracking and also ensured that services delivery management relies on fact-based and verified schedules and forecasts(or applicable part of project scope); Collected actual service delivery performance information and compared actual performance with baseline(s)
• Determined causes of any perceived deviation and collected information to provide latest estimates completion
• Implemented proactive re-planning to keep service delivery on course
• Ensured that schedules and forecasts were kept up to date and communicated to relevant stakeholders
• Ensured that constraints and risks were managed successfully
• Controlled and optimized service delivery performance (operational KPIs i.e
• SLA, time, scope, quality) Controlled, reported optimized service delivery in alignment with relevant Project Management processes e.g
• Time management, cost management, scope management, and quality
• Participation in periodic reviews e.g
• Review Meetings Coordinated services delivery related operational tasks, e.g
• Managing issues and tracking status
• Coordinated people involved in service delivery and also coordinated with relevant stakeholders, e.g external partners (e.g Subcontractors, contractors, 3rd party)
• Customer project teams, Troubleshooting, and Technical Management of Nokia Radio equipment.
• Enhanced team productivity by implementing efficient scheduling and resource allocation strategies.
• Improved customer satisfaction by effectively addressing concerns and providing prompt resolutions.
• Streamlined field operations for increased efficiency through regular process evaluations and adjustments.

• Managed optimization activities ensuring service KPIs were as per design
• Operation Maintenance support to ensure service availability as per agreed 99.99 level.
• Integration configuration support for Field teams.
• Troubleshooting and resolving issues with Flexi Equipment before shipping back to product team.

• Maintained local, global, and area documentation related to PM tools and processes.
• Communication of system changes to PM user community to ensure all PM teams were aligned on company strategy.

• Handled processes and tools and also handled cost progress management.

• Undertook various projects and work assignments to continuously improve operations processes & procedures in the business during the rotation.