Experienced Manager with over a decade of experience in Supply of Resourceful Manager offering history of success coordinating and monitoring operations across various departments. Effective leader and problem-solver dedicated to streamlining operations to decrease costs and promote organizational efficiency. Highly committed with hardworking mentality to maintain quality of services and products.
Hi, I’m
Wycliffe Odhiambo
Supply Chain & Logistics
Nairobi,Nairobi
Summary
Overview
17
years of professional experience
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Africa Smart Mobility Solutions Kenya Limited (Spiro), NAIROBI, KENYA
Regional Head of Supply Chain & Logistics
08.2023 - Current
Job overview
- Establishing and managing Supply Chain, logistics and warehousing issues across East Africa Region.
- Supervising of import and export process including custom clearance.
- Extensive experience in development of sourcing strategies, encompassing vendor identification,
development and analytical assessment, to strengthen supply chain effectiveness. - Supervises and manages the Supply Chain logistics and warehouse staff including appraisals and training.
- Work with government agencies (KRA, KEBS, CAK, NTSA) to ensure all incoming consignments are cleared on time to avoid demurrage and penalties. Works with clearing agents and forwarders
- Manages inbound and outbound logistics
- Trains staff on safety and warehouse processes while adhering to policies
- Coordinate registration of vehicles, collection logbooks and plates and transferring the same to customers after purchase.
- Participates in budget making for logistics and warehouse departments
- Negotiate Supply Chain & Logistics contracts on behalf of the company.
- Led cross-functional teams to achieve regional goals and improve overall business performance.
- Developed a collaborative culture, fostering teamwork and open communication throughout the region.
- Mentored junior team members for career growth, contributing to a skilled and motivated workforce.
- Attended weekly meetings to discuss and optimize strategies.
- Visited sites periodically to view service levels and adherence to global service standards.
- Produced reports per week to analyze job performance against team goals.
Abyssinia Group of Industries (AGI), Nairobi, Nairobi
Group Imports & Supply Chain Officer
01.2022 - 08.2023
Job overview
- Expertise in implementing cost saving measures to achieve substantial reduction in terms of man
days, production cost, raw materials and energy consumption. - Tracking of consignments from supplier both locally and internationally and ensure safe delivery to production plants.
- Reconciling what has been offloaded from ship against what transporter has received, what transporter has delivered to plants and what plants have booked in system ensuring there is no loss in process
- Working with audit departments to ensure all SAP bookings are accurately entered in system and updated on time.
- Demonstrated abilities in leading & motivating large teams, organizing training programmes for
enhancing the personnel skills. - An effective communicator with exceptional relationship management skills with ability to relate
to people at any level of business. - Working hand in hand with Clearing to ensure ensure timely acquisition and availability of materials and consumables to the plants.
- Compiling daily, weekly and monthly reports for MIS meetings.
Proto Energy Limited
Inventory & Supply Chain Officer
01.2021 - 12.2021
Job overview
- My role is to supervise and track all SAP transactions in inventory management i.e creation of STOs, goods receipt, goods issue, creating reservation etc
- Complete material to material transfer, plant to plant transfer and ensuring all open orders are closed
- Supervise all the staff in the inventory department and assist them in their roles
- Monitor and evaluate the level of inventory obsolescence
- Supervise and lead inventory team
- Ensuring all the stores, raw material, fabrication, engineering, ottogas and merchandise are well stocked, properly arranged and manned at all times
- Submission of daily stock movement reports to Operation and manufacturing teams
- Supervise weekly cycle count and monthly stock take on inventory
- Submission of weekly cycle count inventory report
- Defining KPIs for ensuring timely availability of required goods, works and services to the user departments
- Formulate strategies for the best inventory practices e.g warehouse layout, gangways, by adopting 5S/Kaizen.
- Improved inventory accuracy by implementing a new barcode scanning system for tracking stock levels.
- Streamlined supply chain processes by identifying bottlenecks and reorganizing workflow for increased efficiency.
The Print Store Limited
Logistics & Warehouse Manager
01.2020 - 12.2020
Job overview
- Coordinating receiving materials from suppliers and arranging them on the shelves using a forklift
- In charge of machines for production and the machine operators
- Organizing production, dispatch, documentation and loading trucks and keeping records
- Allocating trucks for dispatch and deliveries and tracking the same
- Aligning the warehouse team to ensure all operations are up to the required standards
- Inventory management for all the products and creating reorder level of the materials as per policy
- Keeping records of goods received and goods dispatched
- Supervision of staff, motivation and recognizing and rewarding improvements
- Ensuring cleanliness of the warehouse by implementing the 5s principles
- Representing and communicating warehouse issues during meetings with other departments
- Stock keeping unit (SKU) creation and maintenance
- Key Performance indicators monitoring and adherence.
Avery Dennison Kenya PVT LTD
Operations Team Member - Supply Chain
01.2015 - 11.2019
Job overview
- Managed warehouse staff, logistics and all warehouse operations
- Oversaw loading and offloading of trucks using forklifts
- Ensured set targets are achieved (quality, quantity, transport cost efficiency)
- Received raw materials in liaison with company transporter (Kuehne +Nagel) to ensure availability of stocks and aligned other forklift operators for offloading and storage
- Logged raw materials into system (MfgPro Software)
- Was in charge of operations, Prepared the warehouse budget and submitted it for approval
- Organized issuance of raw materials to production team for slitting and also in charge of other machines
- Supervised Invoicing and dispatch of finished goods while adhering to quality policy
- Streamlined systems and processes in the organization to bring efficiencies and compliance of warehouse operation standards
- Worked with the team in sister companies in South Africa, India, and Singapore that falls in the Asia Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa region to streamline operations
- Implemented safety through OSHA and ISO standards and ensured adherence
- Organized fire and first aid trainings and drills in consultation with the DC Manager
- Ensured good health of inventory via timely cycle count, stock take and analysis and took corrective actions for physical versus book variances, planned and ensured sufficient stocks availability
- Modeled and promoted the Company’s Code of Business Ethics and Values.
- Streamlined operations by identifying inefficiencies and implementing process improvements.
- Enhanced team productivity by scheduling and delegating tasks effectively.
Crown Paints Kenya Limited
Warehouse Assistant
04.2007 - 11.2014
Job overview
- Supervised all the warehouse operations
- Supervised warehouse staff
- Generation of dispatch note, invoices and transfer sheets and post the same in the system
- Oversaw dispatch and reconciliation the documents
- Oversaw goods received back and looked into the complaints raised by the customers
- Managed stock take and ensured accuracy
- Data entry
- Forklift operations
- Successfully worked in software installation and training the staff on working with and managing Operation Software.
Education
University of Nairobi Nairobi Kenya
BBA from Purchasing And Supplies Management
01.2012 - 11.2015
University Overview
Skills
Supply Chain Management
- Inventory Management
- SAP Production Planning- Modules Expert
- Operations Management
- Team Management
- Innovation and Creativity
- Meetings and presentations
- Staff Oversight
- Budget Development
- Public Speaking
Accomplishments
Accomplishments
- Participated in developing a working mechanism within AGI’s transport and delivery process streamlining the organization in terms of reconciliation process.
- Managed forecast product as required by customer needs, including VMI and KANBAN programs in crown paints and Avery Dennison
- Set up reverse logistics supply chain hence helped in managing customer returns enabling timely replacement or repair to customers satisfying contractual agreements in Avery Dennison.
- Analyzed the customer forecasts and purchase patterns to perform optimum inventory planning; manage material requirement planning (MRP) execution which helped in timely FIFO principles.
- Managed customer requirements including factory schedules/production, planning and order integrity by directing manufacturing and logistics to optimize supply chain availability.
- Determined BOM inaccuracies and enacted a hold policy on WIP resulting in rapid resolution and an accurate bill of material record.
- Upgraded MRP reporting, creating system to track comprehensive information about work in progress (WIP).
- Reconciled the inventory and made sure that all allocated inventory is flushed out against work orders in process (WIP).
- Performed key tasks, including BOM accuracy and shipment of materials that enable successful transfer of tools to volume manufacturing.
- Elected in conjunction with SAP consultants to serve as a key team member to explore the company’s ERP system to discover tools that benefit each department.
- Assisted with the facilities ERP system implementation. (Proto Energy Limited)
- Offered SAP Trainings on -Production Planning & Material Management Modules to my colleagues in the company.
- In Managerial Level, I have ensured that projects meet their envisioned objectives within a given period and within the budget approved measured by weekly/monthly KPI’s monitoring tool.
- Close monitoring of the consumables not captured in the MRP hence ensuring smooth running of processes in the manufacturing floor by raising the relevant PRs on time.
Timeline
Regional Head of Supply Chain & Logistics
Africa Smart Mobility Solutions Kenya Limited (Spiro)
08.2023 - Current
Group Imports & Supply Chain Officer
Abyssinia Group of Industries (AGI)
01.2022 - 08.2023
Inventory & Supply Chain Officer
Proto Energy Limited
01.2021 - 12.2021
Logistics & Warehouse Manager
The Print Store Limited
01.2020 - 12.2020
Operations Team Member - Supply Chain
Avery Dennison Kenya PVT LTD
01.2015 - 11.2019
University of Nairobi
BBA from Purchasing And Supplies Management
01.2012 - 11.2015
Warehouse Assistant
Crown Paints Kenya Limited
04.2007 - 11.2014
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