Hi, I’m
PURITY WAMOYI
Horticulturist
Nairobi,30
Summary
To be a senior horticulturist in the agricultural industry and also continue pursuing my passion within this field. Developed comprehensive skills in regulatory compliance and risk management within structured corporate environment. Demonstrated ability to analyze complex information and ensure adherence to legal standards. Seeking to transition into new field while leveraging strengths in problem-solving and maintaining regulatory compliance.
Overview
9
years of professional experience
1
Certification
3
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Ole Engai Growers Limited
Compliance Officer
03.2024 - 02.2025
Job overview
- Developing and implementing an effective legal compliance program.
- Ensuring that the farm is compliant with all health, safety and environmental regulations.
- Ensuring PPPs are used at the recommended rates for proper pest and disease control.
- Ensuring that the farm meets and passes all audit standards such as KFC, Global GAP, HCD, KEPHIS and any other audit which may be requested by the customers.
- Evaluating business activities to assess compliance risk.
- Educating and training employees on policies, standard operating procedures, regulations and industry practices.
- Collaborating with external auditors, service providers and HR when needed.
- Addressing employee concerns or questions on legal compliance.
- Guiding and ensuring established committees in the company are performing their duties.
- Working continuously with all departments and ensure all processes and procedures are done according to the required standards and inform the management of any discrepancies.
- Preparing and revising company policies from time to time.
Twiga Foods Limited
Tomatoes Grading Supervisor
04.2023 - 12.2023
Job overview
- Pack house supervision to ensure the graded tomatoes are within Twiga Foods quality requirements and specifications.
- Optimizing quality of produce from the pack-house with zero rejections.
- Training workers in grading and packing procedures in accordance with customers’ specifications.
- Inspecting storage area to determine freshness of produce and indicating produce to be packed and removed.
- Communicating with the sales team on stock levels.
- Inspecting packaged produce for conformance to customers’ specifications.
- Ensuring traceability is always implemented and maintained in all stages of the production process.
- Ensuring all records are up to date and signed off. I.e., pack-house cleaning records, PPE cleaning and issuance records, pack-house hygiene records and training records.
Twiga Foods Limited
Compliance team leader
09.2022 - 03.2023
Job overview
- Ensuring all farm and pack-house records pertaining to Global GAP compliance are filled and up to date.
- Assisting the compliance auditor in ensuring the farms and pack-house have all the necessary structures, constructed in proper design and maintained in good state as per the Global GAP standard.
- Training of workers on Global GAP requirements.
- Assisting the compliance auditor in implementation of the farm Quality Management System.
- Reviewing and monitoring farm and pack-house practices to ensure they are in compliance with Twiga and Global GAP policies.
- Timely reporting of non-conforming occurrences and timely initialization of corrective action.
- Monitoring and advising on all matters involving maintenance of the Pack-house sanitation and personal hygiene.
- Supervising the cleaning team to ensure that all hygiene tasks related to the cleaning of machinery are undertaken at the required frequency and to the required standards.
Organix Limited
Field sales agronomist
10.2021 - 05.2022
Job overview
- Providing specialist agronomic services to clients.
- Marketing the company’s products and services.
- Developing and maintaining close customer relations with key clients by providing professional agronomic services.
- Arranging and coordinating marketing activities like field days, farmer meetings, demonstrations, and trial sites.
- Remaining informed on marketing trends and competitor strategies via networking and training.
Olivado EPZ Limited
Agriculture Field Officer
02.2020 - 08.2020
Job overview
- Ensuring that field activities in my zone such as internal farm inspections and harvesting processes run smoothly and efficiently and are completed on time.
- Providing leadership to other field support staff in the zone and training them to understand and use internal management systems successfully.
- Ensuring that all field support staffs maintain good relationships between farmers and the company.
- Presenting weekly reports of field activities to my zonal heads and using the Internal Management Systems.
- Ensuring proper use of resources allocated to me.
- Acting as the company’s representative/liaison officer with other external stakeholders in the zones e.g., the HCD staff, the County Agricultural Officers and KEPHIS officers operating in the zone.
- Providing intelligence information to the company on competitor activities in the zones.
- Ensuring successful uptake of the products and services from Olivado and/or her affiliate companies at the zonal level. These include but not limited to Avogrow and pruning services.
- Training farmers in the zones, in consultation with the zonal heads.
- Taking charge of the company’s assets and equipment in my zones.
APSID Consulting Co. Ltd
Agronomy Field Officer
02.2019 - 01.2020
Job overview
- Engaging in the beneficial selection process of plants, germ plasm, and other beneficial crops under the guidance of the research agronomist.
- Providing support to the research agronomist for the design of agricultural activities like gardens.
- Providing support to the research agronomist in designing and implementing efficacy trials on pesticides.
- Conducting agricultural activities in the field under the guidance of agronomists.
- Conducting household visits, group discussions and important informant interviews upon the request of supervisors.
- Analyzing most of the household data and providing reports over the same and on the agreed frequency.
Upwork.com
Freelance writer
09.2019 - Current
Job overview
- Utilizing exceptional writing, editing, and proofreading skills to produce engaging and error-free content.
- Collaborating with editors to refine drafts, ensuring consistent tone and style across various platforms.
- Interviewing individuals by phone, video chat and in-person to write news stories.
- Generating ideas for new content series or formats based on audience interests and market trends.
Syngenta Pollen Limited
Trainee
09.2018 - 02.2019
Job overview
- Upholding compliance to phytosanitary requirements always.
- Enforcing and observing HSE rules and regulations and championing the implementation of the Syngenta HSE policy in all operations.
- Coordinating the process of greenhouse sterilization before start of the season in preparation for planting.
- Coordinating timely mixing of different media at the appropriate ratios, steaming up to the right temperatures, and leaching the media as per the standards to meet planting deadlines.
- Coordinating media potting and appropriate arrangement depending on planting priorities, spacing and area availability.
- Printing and distributing stickers for different tomato varieties for traceability purposes.
- Maintaining proper housekeeping in my area of operation.
Syngenta Pollen Limited
Attachment
09.2016 - 12.2016
Job overview
- Supporting all production activities for learning and exposure.
- Mixing different media in the appropriate proportions and potting them in preparation for planting.
- Inspecting the quality of the cuttings harvested to ensure they are within the Syngenta specifications.
- Booking cargo flights for shipment of cuttings to different customers.
- Scouting for plant diseases, pests, and weeds using different identification techniques like sticky traps and electrostatic insect traps.
- Attending tasks and projects allocated from time to time.
Education
University of Nairobi
Bachelor of Science from Horticulture
01.2018
University of Nairobi
Master of Science from Horticulture
09.2022 - Current
Certification
- Certificate of membership, Horticulture Students Association (HOSA), University of Nairobi
- Certificate of Completion, Climate Change, Oxford School of Climate Change
Work Type
Full TimeContract WorkPart TimeGig WorkWork Location
On-SiteRemoteHybridTimeline
Compliance Officer
Ole Engai Growers Limited
03.2024 - 02.2025
Tomatoes Grading Supervisor
Twiga Foods Limited
04.2023 - 12.2023
University of Nairobi
Master of Science from Horticulture
09.2022 - Current
Compliance team leader
Twiga Foods Limited
09.2022 - 03.2023
Field sales agronomist
Organix Limited
10.2021 - 05.2022
Agriculture Field Officer
Olivado EPZ Limited
02.2020 - 08.2020
Freelance writer
Upwork.com
09.2019 - Current
Agronomy Field Officer
APSID Consulting Co. Ltd
02.2019 - 01.2020
Trainee
Syngenta Pollen Limited
09.2018 - 02.2019
Attachment
Syngenta Pollen Limited
09.2016 - 12.2016
University of Nairobi
Bachelor of Science from Horticulture
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Swahili
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
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