MARGARET WANJIRU KAMAU
Business Development
Nairobi,NBO
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
2024
2024
years of post-secondary education
Work History
COUNTRY MANAGER
ABMC INTERNATIONAL LTD
08.2021 - 02.2022
- During my tenure, I was responsible for driving growth across the African region by ensuring that we had profitable operations across East Africa in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and
- Rwanda
- Planned and delivered successful sales worth $60,000 paid in business by positioning our brand to foreign organizations thereby putting us ahead within the competitive market
- Responsible for process re-engineering that pushed for consolidation of services across organization departments, increasing input by 30%
- Increased organization employee engagement & Recruitment across Africa by 60% thereby increasing our profit margin
- Built and Maintained stakeholder relations, created new partnerships, and maintained overall organization performance in the region
- I worked on ensuring Employee Compensation and Benefits were in line with the employee’s set contracts and labor law set standards
- In charge of General Office performance
- Which included handling Office Bank Accounts,
- Books of Account, and Expenditures.
CONFERENCE PRODUCTION MANAGER
03.2019 - 08.2021
- My main roles under this included,
- Research, and building content development that was relevant to the industry
- Ensuring we had the relevant speakers with industry knowledge in the events done
- Relevant Contract Negotiations and overall event management
- Logistical Planning of both foreign and local programs inclusive of hotel ,flights and ground planning
- Handling all operations for the events inclusive of budgetary allocations with the guidance of the finance team
- On-site planning during events and feedback review of all programs
- During my tenure as the conference production manager, I handled the below successful events in various regions
- International African Personal Assistants conference – Dubai, Ghana, Kenya & South Africa
- Africa HR Leaders Conference – USA, UK, South Africa, Ghana, Dubai, Kenya
- Africa Legal Conference – Dubai, Uganda
- Dubai
- East Africa Personal Assistants Awards 2019- Kenya
- Africa HR Generation X conference – Kenya.
CORPORATE SALES MANAGER
ABMC KENYA
01.2018 - 03.2019
- Built and managed a healthy pipeline that exceeded sales objectives and set key performance metrics
- Worked as a team leader handling a team of 21 personnel all over Africa covering diverse events and certification programs
- Identified and recommended relevant marketing strategies for all teams involved to ensure success of wach event taking place
- Generated new business and built client relationships through walk in inquiries, cold calling, outbound calls, and meeting set KPI to ensure we met set targets
- Under this role, I worked with the relevant stakeholders in the market to ensure that each program under me was a success
EXECUTIVE SALES REPRESENTATIVE
FLEMING AFRICA
01.2012 - 08.2015
- During this period,
- I handled different training programs and conferences
- Created a network of more than 100 clients both foreign and local Delegates
- Was actively involved in Stakeholder engagement in training provided to the pharmaceutical companies in Barcelona, Spain
- Worked on New perspectives for the Generic pharma industry March 2016, Munich
- Germany
- Hosted panel discussions on Waste management in Africa
NYAKIO FARM
06.2014 - 07.2015
- I handled overall Book keeping and business management practices
- Took charge of order processiong and making supplies
- Relevant networking with potential clients and setting up key business connections.
Customer service
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHER MARK ENTERPRISE
01.2011 - 08.2013
- Book keeping
- Film editing
- Events Sales and Marketing
- Analyzing the Kenyan election process data
- Record keeping
- Transalation of information from Ethnic language to English language
09.2010 - 12.2010
Education
Associate of Arts |B. A - Psychology
Kenyatta University
Higher - psychological counseling
Kenya Institute of Professional Counselling
10.2011 - 06.2012
Certificate in psychological counseling - undefined
Kenya Institute of Professional Counselling
09.2011 - 08.2011
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02.2010 - 06.2010
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INTERNSHIP BACKGROUND, Kenya Institute of Education
1 1 - 01.2010
Diploma Certificate - Journalism and Mass Communications
Nairobi
Institute of Business Studies
06.2008 - 09.2009
Kenya Certificate Education (KCSE - undefined
Abba Salama Academy
01.2004 - 11.2007
Primary School KCPE certificate - undefined
Gatong'ora
01.1996 - 11.2003
Skills
Operational PlanningStrategic Planning PoliciesStaff ManagementAffiliate OperationsLogistical supportCultural managementQuality AssuranceOperations ManagementContract NegotiationBusiness planning
Accomplishments
- EXTRACURRICULAR Drama Debates
- HOBBIES &INTERESTS Travelling, writing
- CERTIFICATIONS 1
- CERTIFIED INTERNATIONAL PROJECT MANAGER (CIPM) 2
- CERTIFIED WORLD CLASS MANAGER (CWCM) Leadership training
- Differentiating between leaders and managers 3
- Emotional intelligence in the workplace.
Additional Information
- I have excellent professional communication skills, including written and oral. Negotiation and conflict resolution abilities. Extensive product knowledge and the ability to explain complicated concepts clearly. Complete understanding of marketing and business strategies to ensure maximum corporate success. Determined, self-driven, friendly, highly motivated, outspoken, and goal oriented. Insightful Manager with experience directing and improving operations through effective employee motivational strategies and strong policy enforcement. Proficient in best practices, market trends, and regulatory requirements of industry operations. A talented leader with an analytical approach to business planning and day-to-day problem-solving.
Timeline
COUNTRY MANAGER
ABMC INTERNATIONAL LTD
08.2021 - 02.2022
CONFERENCE PRODUCTION MANAGER
03.2019 - 08.2021
CORPORATE SALES MANAGER
ABMC KENYA
01.2018 - 03.2019
NYAKIO FARM
06.2014 - 07.2015
EXECUTIVE SALES REPRESENTATIVE
FLEMING AFRICA
01.2012 - 08.2015
Higher - psychological counseling
Kenya Institute of Professional Counselling
10.2011 - 06.2012
Certificate in psychological counseling - undefined
Kenya Institute of Professional Counselling
09.2011 - 08.2011
Customer service
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHER MARK ENTERPRISE
01.2011 - 08.2013
09.2010 - 12.2010
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02.2010 - 06.2010
Diploma Certificate - Journalism and Mass Communications
Nairobi
Institute of Business Studies
06.2008 - 09.2009
Kenya Certificate Education (KCSE - undefined
Abba Salama Academy
01.2004 - 11.2007
Primary School KCPE certificate - undefined
Gatong'ora
01.1996 - 11.2003
Associate of Arts |B. A - Psychology
Kenyatta University
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INTERNSHIP BACKGROUND, Kenya Institute of Education
1 1 - 01.2010