Creative Director
SILK SASS ENTERPRISES LIMITED
Total years of experience :14 years, 6 Months
1. Sitting in the board of directors; formulating the Vision and Mission of the company therefore offering directorship of the company as a business development manager.
2. Setting up of new outlets; this entailed initial identification of new office spaces, contracting construction contractors and managing the projects; this greatly contributed to the expansion of the company and increased its presence in the market.
3. Participated in the change of the company line of trade from a “Cloth-line” to a Creative graphic design and Branding Company. This was due to the diminishing market for the products. It also meant that the company remained afloat even with the fall of business in Kenya in the heightened general elections campaigns.
4. Procuring merchandise and raw materials locally and internationally; this entailed regular travel to identify and purchase cost effective raw materials and products that saved the company over-expenditure on the same.
5. Creative set up of displays in the business for systematic merchandising of products and samples.
6. Formulation of creative designs and artworks for various clientele needs; this entailed the close liaison with the head company graphic designer; this inspired me to also take a course in graphics and became a resourceful contributor to the company’s creative design department, raising the revenues for the company.
General overseer of delivery of customer orders; which meant close quality control checks, packaging and timely deliveries increasing the competitive edge of the company.
General management of the company with regard to the everyday running of the company; Human resource management; new stock reception, Outlets’ maintenance and repairs.
•Supervising the collection of merchandise from the main store (Store Sales), maintenance of the stock records. Achieved clean merchandising, stocking and re-stocking records.
•Monitoring, supervising and maintenance of shops sales records. Created the files and maintained clear records increasing the sales revenue.
•Preparation, maintenance and reporting of sales records. These ensured close follow ups that earned the company a niche in the market.
•Generation and review of job descriptions for sales staff, their supervisors and the shop managers with respect to the dynamic fashion market. This in-turn enabled division labor and specialization that boosted efficiency.
•Sitting at the interview panel as the secretary. Participated in generating the interview questionnaire and in short listing of prequalified employees. This facilitated best placement of hired human resource to various departments.
•Participated in identifying new locations for expansion of the business; this raised the company’s presence in the market; Joined the company when it had two (2) branch outlets and left it with ten (10) branches in the country.
•Managed the set up projects of new branches on site. This enabled one-on-one liaison with the contractors which ensured that the stores/shops were made up to the agreed standards. Acquired experience in project management.
•General stock management and generation of new stock request lists with regard to diminishing stock reserves; this ensured that each store/shop had up-to date stocks to maintain a competitive edge in the market.
Certificate in Graphic Designs (ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR AND PHOTOSHOP)
LEARNED THE COURSE AT THE KENYA SCHOOL OF MONETARY STUDIES, UNDER THE LICENCE OF IMIS UK, COURSE COVERED: 1. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 1 2. BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS 3. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 2 4. PROGRAMMING PROJECT IN VB+ LANGUAGE 5. FINANCIAL AND QUANTITATIVE METHODS 6. MICROCOMPUTER AND NETWORK SYSTEMS
The course is part the elementary education in Kenya and a requirement for any pursuance of higher education: This covers: Mathematics English Swahili Geography Social Studies Physics Biology Chemistry Agriculture
The course is part the elementary education in Kenya and a requirement for any pursuance of higher education: This covers: Mathematics English Swahili Geography Social Studies Physics Biology Chemistry Agriculture
Elementary eight years (8) course which entails the Introduction to the all the necessary subjects to be covered and their coverage qualifies the candidate for Secondary and tertiary education.
