Process Engineer Engineering

CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME: Boswony Cheruiyot Amos.

Tel No: 0727- 691273, 072*******, 072******* Address: P.o Box 276 Kabarnet

Email address: ***********@*****.***

BIO DATA

Date of birth: 24th March 1980 Nationality: Kenyan Religion: Christian

Marital status: Married Gender: Male

Languages: Fluent in English and Kiswahili.

OBJECTIVE:

Looking forward towards a challenging and fulfilling career to improve specialist knowledge and personal development as well as improve quality of work and increase efficiency to meet the objectives and targets of the establishment (to ensure that the organization realizes optimum returns at the best cost).

PROFILE

A dynamic and ambitious Chemical and Process engineer with strong values, a solid academic background and well-developed interpersonal skills.

EDUCATION

DEGREE

Chemical & Process Engineering:Moi University : May 2005 – December 2008 - SECOND CLASS HONOURS UPPER DIVISION

DIPLOMA

Chemical Engineering : Eldoret polytechnic : January 2000 – November 2002 - CREDIT

KENYA CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION

KCSE : Bartolimo Boys High School : February 1994 – November 1997 - B- (MINUS)

KENYA CERTIFICATE OF PRIMARY EDUCATION

KCPE : Kabasis primary school : January 1986 – November 1993

CURRENT SALARY: Commission Based EXPECTED SALARY: Negotiable

WORK EXPERIENCE

SYROPLAST LIMITED (PACKAGING MANUFACTURING)

TECHNICAL SALES EXECUTIVE 1st December 2023 To date

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Sourcing potential new customers.

Maintaining regular contact with existing customers.

Traveling to the customer's location to talk about our product range.

Demonstrating the technical features and benefits of our products.

Advising customers on technology upgrades and related products.

Composing tender documents and customer proposals.

Generating purchase orders and sales receipts.

Maintaining strong customer relations.

Attending product training courses and seminars.

Meeting sales targets.

EAST AFRICAN BAGGING COMPANY LIMITED (PACKAGING MANUFACTURING)

GENERAL MANAGER 1st June 2022 November 2023

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Overseeing daily business operations

Developing and implementing growth strategies

Creating and managing budgets

Growing revenue

Evaluating performance and productivity

Analyzing accounting and financial data

Generating reports and giving presentations

Researching and identifying growth opportunities

Training low-level managers and staff

Developing and implementing business policies

Ensuring compliance to quality standards and regulations pertinent to the business

EAST AFRICAN BAGGING COMPANY LIMITED

FACTORY MANAGER 3rd October 2019 30 May 2022

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

In charge of plant operations

Generating and distributing reports; daily reports, weekly reports and quarterly reports.

Lead and direct the departmental heads to ensure proper coordination across entire departments.

Ensure timely generation and execution of production schedules

In charge of production cost management, analysis and control

Responsible for planning, organizing, and regulating the production and maintenance operations to guarantee effective return on capital.

Implementing manufacturing strategies and actions for the accomplishment of plant production goals.

In charge of plant maintenance, lead technical teams in ensuring process equipment are in good conditions and desired efficiencies achieved.

Responsible for proper utilization of manpower, facilities, equipment, materials and assets to ensure optimal efficiency is achieved.

Responsible for training, selecting, and motivating plant supervisory and administrative staff to achieve an effective use of manpower and enhance human resource utilization within every department.

Responsible for assessment of employee performance and ensures that complaints of employees are addressed in time.

Establishing, implementing and reviewing plant policies and procedures.

Ensure laid down safety, health and environmental regulations are followed, training employees on safety and health issues.

Ensuring all necessary legislation pertaining the industry is maintained and are up to date (business license, KEBS certification, work place registration, equipment calibration, NEMA and relevant international standards)

Coordinate timely raw materials sourcing, delivery and supply

Responsible for logistics management, material movement tracking and ensuring timely product dispatch.

Preparation of yearly budgets which is essential for management planning and goal setting for the organization

Responsible for budget implementation, analysis and reviews

Responsible for safe custody of all inputs, raw materials, work in progress and finished products.

Coordinating stock taking; daily stock taking, monthly stock taking, quarterly stock taking and end of year stock taking.

In charge of plant improvements, coordinate projects within the plant and participate actively in adoption of lean strategies and technologies in the factory

In charge of developing and implementing continuous improvement strategies

Developing and implementing initiatives and plans geared towards attainment of business objectives

Implementing company strategies (communicating strategic plans and steer strategic management implementation in the factory).

Responsible for safety and security of the factory

AFRICAN DIATOMITE INDUSTRIES LIMITED

GENERAL MANAGER 1ST May 2019 30th September 2019

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Overseeing daily business operations.

Developing and implementing growth strategies (strategic management planning and strategic management implementation).

Recruitment and training low-level managers and staff to maximize potential.

Generation of annual operational budgets for approval and ensuring operations are executed as per budget

Evaluating performance and productivity (performance planning and evaluation).

Analyzing accounting and financial data.

Researching and identifying growth opportunities

Growing business revenue base by actively participating in research and new product development.

Generating reports and giving presentations (daily reports, weekly reports and quarterly reports).

Responsible for developing a self-awareness safety culture. Therefore, ensuring a high level of safety ownership and activities within the operations groups

Providing leadership to the sales force to promote high performance and customer centric culture to ultimately achieve set sales targets.

Ensure adequate manufacturing processes and production schedules exist to timely meet market requirements and ensure maximum utilization of plant & operational personnel.

Transform the operations groups and processes to be in line with worlds good manufacturing practices

Ensuring all programmed activities operate consistently and ethically within the mission and values of the organization.

Responsible for compliance to government regulations and statutory requirements

Responsible for compliance to quality standards; both local and international standards

Establish, maintain and review business controls

Formulate, communicate and ensure implementation of organization policies and practices

Develop, plan and implement procedures and systems to maximize operating efficiency

AFRICAN DIATOMITE INDUSTRIES LIMITED

PRODUCTION MANAGER 2nd February 2010 30th April 2019

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Organize and coordinate production

Set productions targets and ensure set standards and international standards are achieved during production.

Responsible for cost of production control and forecasting.

In charge of production performance evaluation and analysis (man power utilization and equipment/ machine utilization).

Prepare production plan, daily reports, and manpower allocation, organizing and coordinating of production.

Coordinate and oversee shift management, auditing and evaluating production team performance.

Ensuring process equipment are well maintained in collaboration with maintenance team to achieve set overall equipment effectiveness.

Responsible for safe custody of all inputs, raw materials, work in progress and finished products.

Responsible for timely ordering and receipt of raw materials (Coordinating raw material delivery and supply).

Coordinate mining operations, mine selection and quality checks.

Generating mining layouts, daily & monthly reports, mining budgets, maintenance of mining equipment and mining manpower allocations.

In charge of raw ore haulage, fleet management, tracking fuel consumption and ensuring trucks and mobile machineries are in good shape.

Reviews the need for recruitment of casuals and technical staff, coordinate interviews and initiate the necessary/required approvals.

Responsible for capacity development and training staff.

Providing training on company products and technical applications to new staff and customers.

Conducting physical trials at customer factories based on product use and technical applications.

In charge of finished product handling and product dispatch.

Responsible for preparation of yearly production budgets which is essential for management planning and goal setting for the organization.

Responsible for production department budget implementation, analysis and reviews.

Ensure laid down safety, health and environmental regulations (OSHA) are implemented and adhered to.

Ensuring all necessary legislation pertaining the industry is maintained ( mining license, KEBS certification, equipment calibration, ISO certification, Kosher registration and HACCP certification )

Liaising with the District occupational health and safety officer on health and safety issues.

Conducting environmental impact assessment both (Initial and External NEMA audits) in conjunction with External auditors and NEMA officials. Coordinating internal occupational and health audit in the work place.

AFRICAN DIATOMITE INDUSTRIES LIMITED

MANAGEMENT TRAINEE (Process and production engineer): 19th January 2009 to 1st February 2010

Got intensive training across the following departments; quality control department, mining department, process and production department, stores and workshop department, mechanical and electrical department, finance department, human resources department, safety and health department, sales and marketing department and purchasing and procurement department.

KAPSARA TEA LIMITED

PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR June 2008 - December 2008

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Generating shift reports

Carrying out production performance analysis

Ensuring raw materials, work in progress and finished products meet expected quality standards

Ensuring health, safety and environment policies are implemented and adhered to

Responsible for cleanliness, good hygiene and proper housekeeping of production floor

In charge of shift production process and operations

Safety and health management

Ensuring standard operating procedures are adhered to

Ensuring all machinery is in good and efficient working condition

Coordinating shift operations

Raw material and product handling

Responsible for reporting equipment performance ( shift production output)

CHEMELIL SUGAR COMPANY LIMITED

PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR January 2003 – August 2005

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Preparing and submitting shift reports

Ensuring quality standards of work in progress and finished products meets set standards

Carrying out production performance analysis

Ensuring raw materials, work in progress and finished products meet expected quality standards

Ensuring health, safety and environment policies are implemented and adhered to

Responsible for cleanliness, good hygiene and proper housekeeping of production floor

In charge of production process and operations

Ensuring standard operating procedures are adhered to

Ensuring all machinery is in good and efficient working condition

Coordinating shift operations

Cane and finished product handling

Ensuring quality checks for in process and output is executed timely and reports generated

ACHIEVEMENTS

ACHIEVEMENTS AT AFRICAN DIATOMITE INDUSTRIES LIMITED

-Introduced 5 s and Kaizen

-Played a key role in bringing down the cost of production by 40%

-Participated in the designing, installation and commissioning of classification system for calcined products, dust suppression system for drying unit and human food grade diatomaceous earth production line.

-Participated in commercial product application trials at EABL, UBL which was very successful and won markets for our Kensil filtration aids.

-Participated in commercial product application trials at BIDCO oil and AVOIL refineries limited; use of Kensil for EDIBLE oil refining

-Participated actively in global Kieselguhr aid tendering for SABMILLER breweries and was successful

-Played a key role in new product development at African Diatomite Industries Limited (added Kensil dust in product portfolio)

-Participated in product introduction and commercial filtration using Kensil Filter aid in three breweries in Ethiopia (Addis Ababa and Gondar) and Moshi brewery in Tanzania.

ACHIEVEMENTS AT EAST AFRICAN BAGGING LIMITED

-Played a key role in ensuring East African Bagging achieved new customers (Increased revenue by 30%)

-Improved cost of production by reducing cost of printing by 20%

-Introduced and implemented Rainforest alliance

-Implemented ISO 9001 -2015 and FSSC 22000

-Participated actively in Tapeline, looms, paper conversion, flexo printing and liner plant installation and commissioning

-Participated actively in NPK fertilizer plant installation and commissioning – MEA LTD

-Participated actively in Fabric packaging conversion and automatic printing machine installation and commissioning – Weavers Ltd Nakuru

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Operational Manager – Quality Quarries (K) Limited – Feb 2016 to November 2016

OSH committee Chairman - African Diatomite Industries Ltd - September 2009 to December 2012

Energy officer - African diatomite industries Ltd - January 2014 to March 2017

Served in the following committees’

Disciplinary committee, Tender committee, Quotations and disposal committee, Procurement committee, Job Evaluation committee, Energy committee, Safety and Health committee

INDUSTRIAL/PRACTICAL ATTACHMENT

June 2007 – August 2007 Muhoroni Sugar Co. Ltd

June 2006 – August 2006 Pan African Paper Mill (E.A) Ltd

April 2002 – August 2002 Chemelil Sugar Co. Ltd

November 2001 – December 2001 Fluorspar mining

July 2001 – August 2001 Rift Valley Bottlers Co. Ltd.

SKILLS/COMPETENCES

People development skills and Talent management, Good presentation and communication skills, Good management skills, Innovative and creative skills, Analytical and proactive in problem solving, results oriented, Cost control and management skills, Planning & Project management skills

TRAININGS ATTENDED

HACCP awareness & HACCP internal auditors training

ISO 9001 -2008 awareness & ISO 9001 -2015 awareness training

FSSC 22000 Food safety awareness training

Job evaluation training

Performance management training for managers

Occupational health and safety training

Finance for non-finance managers Training

Strategic planning and management training

Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt & Lean six sigma Green belt Training

Trustees Development program certification training

Rain Forest Alliance awareness training

WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

Energy management workshop – organized Kenya Association of Manufacturers

Productivity Improvement Workshop – organized by Ministry of labor in conjunction with JICA

Polymer production safety training awareness

Flexo printing production training

MEMBERSHIP

Registered graduate engineer

Member of geothermal association of Kenya

AREAS OF INTEREST

BEST GAMES: Football, volley ball, athletics and basketball.

HOBBIES: Researching, studying, reading novels, singing and watching movies.

REFEREES

1.Mr. Nicholas Kechir

Chief Operating Officer

Keroche Breweries Ltd, P.o Box 6-20117, Naivasha:

E-mail: *******************@****************.***:Tel - 072*******

2.Mr. Hashim Mohamed

Sales and Marketing Manager ( Former Operations manager MEA LTD)

Lohia Sterlinger Group India - East Africa & Central Africa Representative

Email: *********@*****.***: Tel – 074165908 (Also WhatsApp)

3.Pastor. Wisdom Patrick

Pastor Redeemed Gospel Church Nakuru,

Tel - 078*******

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