Cornelius Wandiri Mayende

• Consultancy services to operators, governments, MROs, suppliers and other stakeholders in the aviation industry
• Project Management ensuring delivery on time and within expected quality and cost
• Working as a Representative for suppliers performing the following functions:

i. Sales and marketing of products and services to customers

ii. Managing relationships between customers, governments and other agencies on behalf of suppliers

iii. Managing contracts between customers and suppliers including resolving conflicts

iv. Managing the process for major contracts such as aircraft and engines though sourcing, negotiation, operationalization and closure

• Create and implement best practice Material Management vision, strategy, policies, processes and procedures to assure operational efficiency and cost management
• Ensure that material scheduling strategy and processes are in place and work effectively in order to ensure material supply meets maintenance requirements with minimum stock levels, whilst optimizing costs
• As defined by the business Procurement policy, either lead, guide or support negotiation activities with suppliers.
• Accountable for spares and materials storage meeting safety and regulatory requirements
• Ensure effective inventory control and analysis for effective and efficient control of stock levels using a combination of leading industry forecasting models and operational expertise.
• Ensure that all regulatory and legal requirements, statutory responsibilities and directives pertaining to the aircraft materials are in compliance and at the highest levels of technical, safety and reliability standards.

• Drive delivery of revenue targets
• Identify and engage potential customers and contract them for service provision.
• Negotiate service terms with customers; generate contracts and Service Level Agreements.
• Ensure that delivery of services to third parties meets the requirements of signed contracts in terms of the set target times, quality and warranty and solve issues arising from services provided
• Ensure that the existing customers are retained.
• Conducting market research and surveys for improvements and trends in the market
• Implementing marketing strategies and build customer relationships
• Budget for Revenues and Expenditures for financial periods including long term forecasts
• Other Duties Assigned During the Time as Manager Outsourced Maintenance (2016-2019):
• Project Management of outsourced heavy maintenance checks
• Leading negotiations of outsourced maintenance services for heavy maintenance contracts - both on service provider and cost

• Building the company's Workshops capability by
• A) Evaluating existing aircrafts components for reparability and maintainability
• B) Review of company 'beyond local repair' maintenance costing.
• C) Evaluating of new entry-into-service aircrafts' components list for building maintenance capability
• Providing Technical Services to production areas including Base and Line Maintenance, Workshops, Quality Assurance, Warranty, Records and Planning
• Implementing workshop projects with regard to available resources and project costs.
• Reviewing company policies and contracts.
• Project Engineer for Aircraft Build Programs

• Evaluating and recommending means of complying with the requirements of manufacturers and aviation authorities for optimized cost while maintaining safety standards.
• Generating of Repair schemes for components.
• Analysis of reported defects and providing workable preventative and rectification solutions.
• Generating Work sheets / Task Cards for use by workshop personnel in maintenance.
• Monitoring of Aircraft and Aircraft components daily defects and rectification with a view to track snags and offering technical advice and solution in order to improve reliability.
• Evaluating and formulating salvage schemes for all components in the workshops due for scraping.
• Liaise with support sections such as Records, Quality, Warranty and Planning
• Design of and overseeing the production of support tools and equipment.
• Building the capability of components workshops.

• I worked during college holidays. The Roles included:
• Running the Books of Accounts (Cash Book, Credit and Debit Journals, Trial Balance, Profit and Loss account, Bank Reconciliation, Petty Cash Book) as an accounts clerk.
• Customer service as a receptionist