Michael Njuhigu Kamero

Goal-oriented manager with distinguished experience in agribusiness sector (production, packaging, sales of horticultural products locally and over seas) and with proven leadership abilities. Expert in increasing productivity and customer satisfaction while driving revenue and sales. Committed to streamlining procedures while optimizing employee talent.

• Date of Birth: 05/09/79
• Nationality: Kenyan

Farmworks Farming Services Kenya Limited -  Commercial Executive Export BU

• Onboard new Customers and Markets:
• Client Relationship Management
• Export operations
• Regulatory compliance to both local and internal regulations that govern trade of fresh produce into the EU, Asia and Africa market

Everest Enterprises Limited - Commercial Operations Manager

• Coordinate all departments (Agronomy, Logistics, Procurement, Production and quality Assurance, Marketing and Export) to ensure efficiency in day to day running of the business.
• Acquire new clients and achieve the sales targets for our fruits and vegetables in both the local and overseas market.
• Establish clients and generate sales for the fresh produce overseas importers.
• Responsible for ensuring high touch customer service, delivery, and experience.
• Design strategies and undertake marketing and promotion of its products in the middle East, Africa and European market.
• Ensure the company has a robust social media platform and are actively maintained
• Periodically carry out market research, surveys, and development within the company's product diversification plans.
• Effectively work with production and logistics departments in order ensure timely and seamlessly delivery of orders.
• Ensure all the time the business meets requisite market and regulatory requirements.
• Present the company in international and local sales platform such as the exhibitions..
• Monitor, control and maintain product allocations and pricing strategy.
• Cooperate strategic planning- budgeting and budget management.
• Resources management and ensure maximum returns from all resources including farms, motor vehicles, fresh produce among others.
• Ensure that the company develops and maintains ideal standards and procedures in compliance to both local and international regulations. This includes compliance to the Quality Management Systems (BRC Standard, Global Gap, and Organic Standard), Occupational Safety and Health Standards as well as labor regulations.

Kenya Fresh Produce Exporters Limited, Operations Manager

• Cooperate strategic planning- budgeting and budget management, Coordinate all departments (Agronomy, Logistics, Procurement, Production and quality Assurance, Marketing and Export) to ensure efficiency in day to day running of the business.
• Ensuring business development, growth and profitability in line with the company's objectives.
• Fleet and company assets management which includes ensuring that both preventive and curative maintenance is carried out appropriately.
• Ensure that the company develops and maintains ideal standards and procedures in compliance to both local and international regulations. This includes compliance to the Quality Management Systems (BRC Standard, Global Gap, and Organic Standard), Occupational Safety and Health Standards as well as labor regulations., Developed and implemented new production lines such as Organic Produce

Takataka Solutions Limited, Operations Manager.

• Designing waste management systems in various premises of clients within Nairobi.
• Planning, organizing, and directing the work of the organisation to meet objectives with the most efficient use of personnel, facilities and equipment including vehicles, Managing operations from points of collection (residential and business clients across all income areas), transfer points, processing facility, manufacturing of various waste-to-value products.
• Ensuring a high level of service in terms of timely and professional collection, high waste separation rates (80%+) and efficient processing.
• Managing waste flows & logistics; route planning, material flows, fleet management, stock management.
• Managing the department staff, including responsibility for hiring, scheduling performance management and discipline.
• Preparing and submitting regular reports including, break downs, collections and processing.
• Driving cost-minimization across all aspects of operations through appropriate structures and efficient planning.
• Driving operational processes, maintaining effectiveness and efficiencies while monitoring compliance to relevant regulations

Nicola Farms Limited, a subsidiary of Everest Enterprises Limited, Operations Manager

• Cooperate strategic planning- budgeting and budget management.
• Coordinate all departments (Agronomy, Logistics, Procurement, Production and quality Assurance, Marketing and Export) to ensure efficiency in day to day running of the business.
• Ensuring business development, growth and profitability in line with the company's objectives.
• Fleet and company assets management which includes ensuring that both preventive and curative maintenance is carried out appropriately.
• Ensure that the company develops and maintains ideal standards and procedures in compliance to both local and international regulations. This includes compliance to the Quality Management Systems (BRC Standard, Global Gap, Field to Fork, and Fair Trade), Occupational Safety and Health Standards as well as labor regulations., Helped the company to increase its export sales by 50% from 2007 to 2013.
• Represented the organization in various international marketing fairs both locally and outside Kenya

Nicola Farms Limited, a subsidiary of Everest Enterprises Limited, Pack house Manager

• Planning, directing, organizing and monitoring production.
• Management of the pack house resources (Raw materials, machines & equipment, labour) to ensure maximum returns.
• Ensuring that good products are produced to meet customer specifications.
• Improvement and monitoring of the Quality Management System- BRC Standard, Coordinate all HACCP team and internal audit activities.
• Coordination of the New Product Development team activities.
• Correspondences to both suppliers and customers on product specifications, and quality performance.

Everest Enterprises Limited, Assistant Q.A Manager

• Ensuring that good products are produced to meet customer specifications
• Improvement and monitoring of the Quality Management System- BRC Standard.
• Coordinate all HACCP team and internal audit activities.
• A member of Health and Safety committee

Kapa Oil Refineries Limited, Production Supervisor.

• Planning, directing, organizing and monitoring production.
• Ensuring that good products are produced to meet customer specifications.
• Management of the packing plant resources (Raw materials, Machines & Equipment, Labour) to ensure maximum output.
• An internal auditor- ISO series., Coordinate all HACCP team activities

Kapa Oil Refineries Limited, Quality Checker.

• Laboratory analysis of the raw materials, process lines and finished products to confirm conformity to specifications.
• Online supervision of physical quality attributes, An internal auditor- ISO series.

• Mr. Edward Muiruri Maina, Formerly Murang'a County Government - Secretary, Agribusiness Marketing & Cooperative Development, 254-706-376435
• Priscilla King'ang'i (Ms), Managing Director, Kenya Fresh Produce Exporters Limited, 254-720-855427
• Ms. Anne Musili, Former Quality Assurance Manager, Everest Enterprises Limited, 254-722-387826
• Mr Daniel Paffenholz, CEO Takataka Solutions Limited, 254-708-276201

• Quality Management System and ISO series
• Food Safety Management Systems and HACCP
• Understanding Global Standard for Food Safety Standards
• Internal Auditing against the Global Standard for Food Safety Standards
• Occupations Safety and Health (OSH)
• Principles of Auditing (Quality Management Systems Auditing)
• Strategic Planning
• Effective Team Work Skills
• Performance Management

• Brought in new customers in the period 2018 - 2024, which helped the company enjoy a growth of 15 - 20% year after year.
• Spearheaded implementation and ultimate certification to SPRING (a water management standard) which helped the company gain more market into Europe.
• Led the team in introduction of shipment of peas via sea into Europe. Through this, the company sales in peas grew by 100% between 2022 - 2023.
• Used Microsoft Excel to develop shipment profit appraisal which enabled us get quick profit or loss report per shipment. This helped the company to make fast decisions which eliminated possibilities of making losses.
• Presented the company annually in overseas sales conferences and exhibitions. In one case, i was able to negotiate with a TSB Broccoli buyer which gave the company a sales opportunity of € 500,000 p.a from 2020.