Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Interests
Timeline
Intern
Norine Wairimu Waithaka

Norine Wairimu Waithaka

Business Manager
Nairobi,77033

Summary

I'm a supportive and hard-working person dedicated to setting and achieving goals. Decisive Results-driven, Leadership-focused, Goal Oriented, Personal values-driven, Customer-oriented, Critical thinker. Versatile Managing Director with proven abilities across all levels of organizational management. Talented in developing partnerships, overseeing personnel and developing tactical plans to meet strategic goals. Proven leader with significant background in Business IT

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
16
16
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Language

Work History

Director of Business Development

Membury Equipment
07.2016 - 01.2019

Specializes in provision of vehicles spare parts, electronic products, supply of food consumer goods, office automations, printing of campaign merchandise, digital printing, stationeries among others all over Kenya.

  • Coordinated innovative strategies to accomplish marketing objectives and boost long-term profitability.
  • Supported marketing teams, creating, deploying and optimizing campaigns for clients.
  • Compiled product, market and customer data to generate informed sales and profit projections.
  • Negotiated, prepared and signed contracts with clients.
  • Enhanced revenues in several programs by implementing creative sales training techniques for staff.

General Manager

WAITHAKA MOTORS LTD
Nairobi
01.2011 - 01.2017
  • Handled all the company operations, managing a staff of 10 employees, setting policies, Maintaining budgets and coordinating with local management to ensure efficiency and employee performance.
  • Drove year-over-year business growth while leading operations, strategic vision and long-range planning.
  • Established and administered annual budget with controls to prevent overages, minimize burn rate and support sustainability objectives.
  • Developed and maintained relationships with customers and suppliers through account development.
  • Set, enforced and optimized internal policies to maintain responsiveness to demands.

Manager

WAIMWA INVESTMENTS, NAIROBI KENYA
01.2005 - 01.2009
  • Oversaw tenant relations and management of multiple commercial properties
  • Handled tenancy agreements, facility security and sustaining full occupancy levels.
  • Maintaining property rentals by advertising and filling vacancies, negotiating and enforcing leases, and maintaining and securing premises
  • Establishing rental rate by surveying local rental rates and calculating overhead costs, depreciation, taxes, and profit goals.
  • Oversaw tenant relations and management of multiple commercial properties. Handled tenancy agreements, facility security and sustaining full occupancy levels.
  • Collaborated extensively with tenants of 200-unit apartment building on maintenance requests, lease terms and late rent payments.
  • Collected rent, security deposit and damage payments, ensuring all accompanying paperwork was completed.
  • Scheduled maintenance and renovation with minimal interruption to tenants

Education

EDEXCEL National Diploma in Computing Software

Intel College
01.2002 - 11.2006

A Levels

International School of East Africa
01.1999 - 01.2000

Bachelor of Information Technology With A Major

University of Southern Queensland
02.2000 - 07.2004

St Austin’s Academy
01.1996 - 11.2001

Skills

Managing

Marketing/Sales

Operating Systems

Policies

Project Management

Accomplishments

Volunteer work in the villages in Coordinating project activities including; (Planning, Implementing Monitoring and Evaluation) and all other aspects of project management processes such as ensuring narrative reports are prepared and submitted on timely basis.
• To monitor project expenditures, ensuring financial procedures are observed and supporting documents provided and well documented.
• Participate in advocacy activities and represent organization at various forums to advocate for ageing issues.
• Establish and maintain relationships at community level.
• Support the Director in development of new proposals in the field of human rights of older persons.
• Development of projects communication plan in liaison with communication department.

Interests

Fitness and Health, Medicine, Volunteer Work

Timeline

Director of Business Development

Membury Equipment
07.2016 - 01.2019

General Manager

WAITHAKA MOTORS LTD
01.2011 - 01.2017

Manager

WAIMWA INVESTMENTS, NAIROBI KENYA
01.2005 - 01.2009

EDEXCEL National Diploma in Computing Software

Intel College
01.2002 - 11.2006

Bachelor of Information Technology With A Major

University of Southern Queensland
02.2000 - 07.2004

A Levels

International School of East Africa
01.1999 - 01.2000

St Austin’s Academy
01.1996 - 11.2001
Norine Wairimu WaithakaBusiness Manager