HARIET MBINYA MUTISO
Wote,Makueni County
Summary
Highly motivated professional with expertise in agribusiness coordination, procurement, and project management. Skilled in mobilizing farmer groups, facilitating market linkages, and promoting sustainable agricultural practices. Proficient in inventory management, supplier coordination, and training delivery. Adept at leveraging digital tools, ensuring compliance, and driving impactful outcomes. Known for excellent communication, critical thinking, and teamwork skills, with a proven ability to work independently and meet deadlines in dynamic environments.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Agribusiness Coordinator
CERAL GROWERS ASSOCIATION
06.2024 - Current
- Farmer Engagement and Stakeholder Collaboration: Mobilize farmer groups, cooperatives, and beneficiaries to participate in projects, while fostering partnerships with communities, government, private sector, and other stakeholders to ensure aligned efforts and shared progress. worked with 60 Farmer Service Centers to mobilize the training of over 6,000 farmers across Makueni County. The training focused on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), Regenerative Agriculture (RA), Post-Harvest Handling Systems (PHHS), and Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA).
- Training and Capacity Development: Deliver training on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), climate-smart agriculture, crop protection, and post-harvest management, working with experts to enhance farmer knowledge on sustainable practices, regenerative agriculture, and market readiness
- Market Access and Technology Adoption: Facilitate market linkages for farmers, encourage the use of digital platforms, and promote innovative agricultural technologies, sustainable practices, and new crop varieties through demonstration plots and field days
- Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting: Establish monitoring frameworks, collect and analyze data to track progress and measure impact, and prepare detailed reports on activities, outcomes, lessons learned, and compliance with reporting standards
- Advocacy and Policy Support: Advocate for farmer-supportive policies, raise awareness on agricultural finance and policies, and provide field-based insights to shape policies benefiting smallholder farmers while documenting successes and areas for improvement
Procurement Replenishment Lead
COPIA KENYA LIMITED
05.2023 - 05.2024
- Inventory Management and Forecasting: Managed inventory replenishment for over 500 SKUs across the Agribusiness and Construction categories. This involved ensuring optimal stock levels, forecasting demand, generating purchase orders, coordinating timely deliveries, and maintaining supplier relationships to meet inventory needs .Worked closely with the category management team to ensure smooth replenishment operations and minimize stock outs, supporting efficient operations and meeting customer demand.
- Supplier Coordination and Relationship Management: Work closely with suppliers and vendors to ensure timely delivery, resolve issues, and build strong relationships for reliable and consistent supply
- Order Fulfillment and Adjustment: Generate purchase orders, track order statuses, and adjust replenishment plans based on seasonality, promotions, or market changes to ensure timely fulfillment and quality standards
- Reporting and System Optimization: Utilize ERP, CRM, and inventory management systems to automate processes and generate reports on stock levels, fulfillment rates, supplier performance, and inventory turnover
- Collaborated with internal stakeholders to identify procurement needs and develop appropriate sourcing strategies based on demand forecasts.
Agribusiness Telesales Associate
COPIA KENYA LIMITED
04.2022 - 06.2023
- Listening to customers needs to generate repeat sales.
- Answering customers’ questions about farm products and offer technical agricultural advice to customers. Managed at least 80 outgoing callas and 40 incoming calls per day.
- Handle grievances to preserve company reputation.
- Keep record of all calls and sales and note down any useful information
- Meet sales quotas. Grew the Agribusiness division 3 times over.
- Initiating sales of farm products with potential customers over the phone.
- Analyzed customer data to identify trends and anticipate customer needs.
Sales and Marketing Representative
SYNOVET & AGRO CONCEPTS LTD
03.2021 - 02.2022
- Estimating the demand for products in various market regions and ensuring a steady supply of the same.
- Marketing company’s products to the public
- Daily prospecting of potential and new clients. Managed over 50 clients in 4 counties.
- Maintaining a list of prospective clients
Research Assistant
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL INCLUSIVE GROWTH PROJECT. (NARIGP)
09.2019 - 04.2020
- Capacity Needs Assessment for Producer Organizations in 9 counties .
- Data collection through administering questionnaires and focus group discussions
- Data analysis and report writing
- Development of capacity building implementation plans for the organizations
- Training of farmers to improve productivity and profitability
Education
Bachelors in Agribusiness Management - Agribusiness Management
Egerton Uniiversity
Njoro, Nakuru County 11.2019
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education -
Machakos Girls' High School
Machakos11.2010
Skills
- Training and Mobilization
- Agricultural extension
- Customer service
- Sales and Marketing
- ERP and CRM systems
- Project coordination
- Regenerative Agriculture
References
- Wilfred Kioko, Technical Consultant/Agronomy Consultant, TechnoServe, 0720436843
- Mrs. Annastacia Kiio Kivuva, National Coordinator Component 2 NARIG Project, Kilimo House, 0722366927
Languages
Swahili
Native language
English
Proficient
C2
Timeline
Agribusiness Coordinator
CERAL GROWERS ASSOCIATION
06.2024 - Current
Procurement Replenishment Lead
COPIA KENYA LIMITED
05.2023 - 05.2024
Agribusiness Telesales Associate
COPIA KENYA LIMITED
04.2022 - 06.2023
Sales and Marketing Representative
SYNOVET & AGRO CONCEPTS LTD
03.2021 - 02.2022
Research Assistant
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL INCLUSIVE GROWTH PROJECT. (NARIGP)
09.2019 - 04.2020
Bachelors in Agribusiness Management - Agribusiness Management
Egerton Uniiversity
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education -
Machakos Girls' High School
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