SIMON KAMAU
KENOL
Summary
Seeking challenging position in a growth oriented organization where my skills and knowledge will be utilized, harnessed and developed further as I gain explosive and practical experience. Develop professionally through training and acquisition of knowledge through hand and experience. I will work towards achieving organization goals at both organizational and departmental levels.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Farm Manager
SIGRUT FARMS INTERNATIONAL
01.2020 - Current
- Overseeing land selection and land preparations
- Conducting soil analysis
- Advising on best quality hass avocado seedlings selection and purchase
- Advising and implementing efficient and sustainable irrigation systems
- Supervising and guiding planting preparations and planting
- Advising on best fertilizers and chemicals ideal for avocado production
- Ensuring IPM is maintained in usage of fungicides, insecticides and other chemicals
- Overseeing farm agronomists to ensure good agricultural practices are carried out
- Implementation of all GLOBALGAP farm standards
- Advising on production projections
- Supervising harvesting of farm produce and ensuring expected hygiene is maintained in promoting food safety both pre and post harvesting occasions
- Training farmhands on key skills in avocado management e.g
- Harvesting, pruning among others
- Advising management on current trends and improvements in the hass avocado production value chain
Agricultural consultant
SIGRUT FARMS INTERNATIONAL
01.2019 - 01.2020
- Hass Avocado production, pre and post-harvest
Credit Control/Accounts Executive
Will freight Express Cargo Services
01.2013 - 01.2016
- Carry out invoicing and reconcile assigned creditor accounts to ensure prompt payment
- Participate in developing and implementation of company credit policy
- Checking customer’s credit ratings with banks and conducting background check of to reduce company exposure to credit risk
- Follow up on debtors, timely and effective collection of all debts
- Resolving queries both internally and externally around outstanding invoices
- Preparations of statutory payments and VAT returns, ensuring payment are made on time
- Prepare weekly, monthly and quarterly management accounts
- Ensuring that proper filling practices are maintained for the safe custody of documents
- Carry out bank reconciliation and banking
- Carry out cash reconciliation in the quick books
- Liase with Dunlop Store Manager for invoicing Dunlop inventory
- Negotiating re-payment plans when advised by top management
- Protects organization’s value by keeping information confidential
- Any other duty assigned
- Able to use QuickBooks application (Very well)
Accounts Clerk
Will freight Express Cargo Services
01.2010 - 01.2013
- Handling petty cash
- Issuing payment (writing cheques & RTGs)
Operations assistance
Willfreight Express Cargo Services
01.2009 - 01.2010
Education
JKUAT - Agribusiness, Avocado production value chain, Farm level, post and pre harvesting, Global GAP farm standards
JKUAT
01.2022
CPA Sec 1&2 -
Strathmore University
01.2012
KCSE Certificate -
Gaichanjiru High School
01.2008
KCPE Certificate -
Kimorori Primary School
01.2004
Skills
- Ability to establish and maintain good client relationship, both internally and externally
- Ability to reconcile accounts and have excellent attention to detail
- Crop management
- Pest management
- Food safety
- GlobalGAP standards
- Team leadership
- Employee training
- Production forecasting
- Data analysis
- Effective communication
- Problem solving
- Soil fertility management
- Training proficiency
- Soil analysis
References
- Phoebe Tuma, Finance Director, Willfreight Express Cargo Services, 0728 370 124
- Karuri Ng’ang’a, Operations Executive, Willfreight Express Cargo Services, 0720 662 193
- Robert Kabet, Agronomist, Sigrut Farms International, 0788853275, 0721166608
- Mary Wangari, Marketing Executive, Sigrut farms international, 0702 137 216
- Jeff Mwangemi, GlobalGAP Executive and trainer, 0751 914 471
Hobbies and Interests
- Farming
- Travelling / Networking
- Driving
Languages
- Kikuyu
- Kiswahili
- English
Personal Information
- ID Number: 27188899
- Date of Birth: 01/01/89
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Kenyan
- Marital Status: Married
- Religion: Christian
Timeline
Farm Manager
SIGRUT FARMS INTERNATIONAL
01.2020 - Current
Agricultural consultant
SIGRUT FARMS INTERNATIONAL
01.2019 - 01.2020
Credit Control/Accounts Executive
Will freight Express Cargo Services
01.2013 - 01.2016
Accounts Clerk
Will freight Express Cargo Services
01.2010 - 01.2013
Operations assistance
Willfreight Express Cargo Services
01.2009 - 01.2010
JKUAT - Agribusiness, Avocado production value chain, Farm level, post and pre harvesting, Global GAP farm standards
JKUAT
CPA Sec 1&2 -
Strathmore University
KCSE Certificate -
Gaichanjiru High School
KCPE Certificate -
Kimorori Primary School