Logistics and Spare Parts Manager, Uganda and Kenya
Alcatel-lucent(Now Nokia)
Total years of experience :19 years, 9 Months
KEY COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS
• Supply Chain Management involving: Logistics management, Customer Accommodation, Procurement and Manufacturing, Information Technology and Integrated Operations Planning
• Supply Chain Logistics Operations involving: Inventory management, Transportation Infrastructure, Transportation Operations, Warehousing, Packaging and Materials Handling
• Supply chain Logistics Design involving: global supply chain integration and Global Sourcing, Network Design, Network and operational planning
• Supply Chain Administration involving: Relationship Development and management of internal logistics, Operational and Financial performance measurement and Supply Chain Risk Management.
Achievements at Alcatel-Lucent South Africa (pty) ltd
• Managed Mult -Telecommunications projects in the East African Region for 6 years and have ensured efficiency, customer loyalty and customer confidence. i.e Orange, Airtel Africa, Telecom Kenya, Seacom Kenya, MTN, Smile Telecom,
• Alcatel - Lucent reference for new Global Maintenance contracts.
• Secured 3.5m Euro as offshore revenue that had been outstanding for 2 years through intensive inventory reconciliation.
• Maintained a good customer relationship due to improved delivery time of project equipment.
• Set up Standard Operating processes and systems for ALU and the 3PLs that have maintained good 86% KPIs for various Telecommunications projects.
• East African customs certified. Knowledge of the East African customs Act.
• Developed Maintained an efficient and cost effective regional distribution system which has saved the company millions of Euros.
• Reduced warehousing and logistical costs from 54, 000USD to 24, 000USD per month and now to 7, 000USD.
• Developed and Set up a repair centre / Test bench within the warehouse for cost optimization during the repair and return process for the maintenance contract. There was a reduction in NFF(No Fault Found) for equipment set out for repair(repair centre France)
• Managed Customs audit with URA for ALCATEL-LUCENT EAST AFRICA LTD and URA only managed to give an assessment for 12million Uganda Shillings for the year 2007 to 2013.
• I have managed different 3rd party logistics providers for logistics cost optimisation.
Duties assigned:
• Overall management of the supply chain in Uganda Kenya and Tanzania. In charge of order process management, Equipment distribution, warehousing, transportation, sourcing and distribution design.
• Manage the distribution of all purchased equipment following company policies and procedures from the time Purchase request is approved to delivery in the warehouse and distributed to various departments of use and customer sites.
• Subcontractor management including the 3PLs.
• Logistics Process writer and implementation.
• Proper logistics reporting to the GPM and Regional logistics Manager.
• Stand in as deputy logistics manager.
• Design, Set up and implement logistics processes and procedures.
• The interface with the 3PL for billing and stock management as well as contract renewals for better and cost effective services.
• Set the requirements for warehouse managements systems to be in place for proper project management.
• Forecasting and drawing up a logistics budget for the year.
• Staff management and development within the department.
• In-charge of spare parts management for the different customer networks as well as warranty management.
• implementing health and safety procedures within the logistics and warehouse operations
Achievements:
• Attained full knowledge in SAP program for managing logistics and warehousing activities at a global level within network companies.
• Key user for SAP Wartsila Eastern Africa ltd.
• Introduced and implemented an effective warehousing and logistics management systems in Wartsila and all spare parts and auxiliaries parts were well managed under my supervision.
• I maintained effective, accurate and timely inventory valuation reports for Wartsila eastern Africa covering different power plants the in East African region under the Operations and Maintenance agreements.
• Set up efficient SOPs for logistics, purchasing, and fleet management.
• My analytical skills were excellent in terms of cost minimization, job effectiveness and satisfaction at regional level.
• Expert in international shipping and forwarding.
Achievements:
• Efficiently handled SDV telecommunications projects of ALCATEL-LUCENT, WARID TELECOM and ensured profitability. Involving in country distribution, warehousing and customs clearance
• Managed international shipping and forwarding for ACDI / VOCA (USAID project) for commodities like Red Winter Wheat, Corn Soya Blend, and Corn Meal all handled Ex-WORKS USA.
• Managed international shipping and forwarding for Motorcare Uganda (Nissan dealer under Kjear group): Managed all the customs clearance, warehousing and distribution of new vehicles. Ensured timely delivery to owner’s premises for sold and cleared units.
Attained Master certificate in supply Chain Management and Procurement.
Wrote a dissertation on topic, Customer service in the banking industry of Uganda.
