MILLICENT WANJIRA GIKONYO
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Summary
Dedicated actuarial graduate with a year of professional experience as a Production Planning Assistant. Adept at applying analytical and problem-solving skills to optimize production processes. Strong mathematical foundation and proficiency in data analysis. Seeking opportunities to leverage actuarial expertise and contribute to data-driven decision-making in a dynamic professional environment.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Planning Assistant
MAS Holdings
05.2023 - Current
- Analyzing, reviewing, and confirming new orders for the customer while updating the relevant planning boards/systems and documents.
- Coordinating with the Global Business team/Production control unit, making necessary changes in the plan and sending weekly detail plans/other plans when needful.
- Attending New Product Innovation meetings and weekly meetings to ensure smooth flow of bulk production processes of new products.
- Reviewing and analyzing actual production against the budgeted plan and informing the manager about significant deviations (Calculating Daily Efficiencies/Standard Hours/Plant Capacity)
- Forecasting future business demand, I.e., Conducting Monthly Freeze plans and annually plans maintaining demand/supply projection requirements.
- Formulating production cycle for the production modules using the Hybrid Planning Tool (HPT) and ERP System- SAP. This is done by realizing the available 4Ms of production.
- Data management and presentations using Advanced Excel and Ms PowerPoint.
- Reporting and analyzing to the management on upcoming financial and production challenges enabling mitigation of any future risks.
- Pragmatic problem solving using Lean problem-solving tools i.e., 5-Why Analysis, 8-Step problem solving, A3 Thinking and maintaining 5 s standards
- Overseeing 100% order fulfillment and On-Time delivery of Finished goods.
Planning Intern
MAS Holdings
10.2022 - 04.2023
- Generated reports detailing findings and recommendations.
- Smoothly supported team activities to efficiently accomplish project milestones.
- Participated in planning meetings, noting all key information to disseminate to project stakeholders.
Forecast Analyst Intern
New Milimani Sacco
06.2022 - 09.2022
- Loan processing.
- · Auctioning.
- · Loan recovery.
- · Payments reconciliation.
- Assessed data modeling and statistics to integrate high-level business processes with data
Actuarial Intern
APA Insurance
05.2021 - 07.2021
- Used graphical and quantitative analysis to analyze effectiveness of pricing models
- · Data Entry.
- · Calculation of Premiums.
- · Policy number generation and creation.
- Reviewed production and activity loss reports.
Education
Bachelor Of Science - Actuarial Science
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EAST AFRICA
Nairobi 10.2022
Kenya Certificate Of Secondary Education - B
Kabare Girls High School
2017
Skills
- Skilled in SAP, HPT
- Proficiency in advanced excel
- Problem solving
- lean manufacturing
- Data analysis
- R/ Python programming
Certification
Actuarial Proffesional papers -ongoing exam on Sept 2023
Personal Projects
INTEREST RATES MODELLING UNDER COX-INGERSOL ROSS (CIR) MODELLING KENYA.
biref description
· An attempt to predict the Interest rates in Kenya within a specific period of time using CoxIngersoll-Ross model.
Referees
Emmanuel kalia
Associate - Corporate Finance and transaction advisory at BDO East Africa -Kenya
emmanuel.kalia@bdo-ea.com
Tel:+254 712 905188
Dr Joab O. Odhiambo
Chief Investment Officer
Quantum Financials consultancy Corp
omishjabali@gmail.com
Tel:+254 710 707225
Abdi Adan
Actuarial Analyst
Zamara-Kenya
I.adanabdimalim@gmail.com
Tel :+254 741 220990
Timeline
Planning Assistant
MAS Holdings
05.2023 - Current
Planning Intern
MAS Holdings
10.2022 - 04.2023
Forecast Analyst Intern
New Milimani Sacco
06.2022 - 09.2022
Actuarial Intern
APA Insurance
05.2021 - 07.2021
Bachelor Of Science - Actuarial Science
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EAST AFRICA
Kenya Certificate Of Secondary Education - B
Kabare Girls High School
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