STEPHEN KARANU GATURA

P. O. Box ****/****-***** Thika

Tel: +254-***-***-*** or +254-***-***-***

Email: adnv8g@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE SUMMARY

A result-oriented and highly productive supply chain professional with a demonstrated ability to logistics management by standardizing processes, negotiating favorable terms and streamlining customers satisfaction. My strength lies in; warehousing, transportation, customer service, order processing, relationship building and problem solving skills that foster organization trust and dependability. As a solid leader and strategy planner, passionate in logistics management, I utilize strong networking skills and experience in order to improve performance and implement cost savings at all levels of the organization. My aim is to obtain and deliver excellence at lowest rates, using industrial insights and experience in order to maximize profit for the firm. PERSONAL DETAILS

Year of birth: 1988

EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Purchasing and Supplies Management - Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology; May 2010 to April 2013

• Bridging certificate course in Mathematics - Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology; May 2009 to August 2009

• Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education – Kangema High School; 2004 to 2007 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

• Kenya Institutes of Supply Chain Management

KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES ACQUIRED

• Operations Management: Knowledgeable in ensuring compliance with quality and safety procedures/operations at the site level and ensuring company rules, standards, regulations, and policies are adhered to, enforced, and initiates actions to correct infractions.

• Inventory Management: Competent in maintaining inventory control on on-site parts to include customs clearance where applicable, preparing orders for parts requirements received from technicians on site and ensuring parts are ordered in accordance with established priorities.

• Logistics Management: Knowledgeable in ensuring that repairs, service & maintenance performed on vehicles/equipment/machinery are in accordance to the required standard and that vehicle histories are maintained.

• Sourcing / Procurement: Ability to handle sourcing through identification of cost effective suppliers for procurement with an aim of improving quality & reliability and management of categories by placing similar supplies in the same category

• Negotiating skills: Excellent negotiation skills with an ability to bargain with suppliers on the best terms of services and in the long run improving cost saving.

• Stock management: Well versed in the stock processes: procuring, inventory management, storing and dispatching.

• Relationship Management: I managed relationships by participating in liaison, coordination, and information sharing activities with national NGOs, international organizations, donors and government

• ICT Competence: Good command of Microsoft Office tools, word processing the internet and emails.

WORK HISTORY

Warehouse On Site Supervisor

Strato Staff East Africa – KUEHNE NAGEL LTD; April 2019 to Present Duties and Responsibilities

• To deliver high quality solutions to customers.

• Facilitate effective receipt and dispatch of all inventories.

• Fill and transact work orders, purchase orders and sales orders.

• Performs cycle counts.

• Examine and inspect stock items for wear or defects, reporting any damage.

• Keeping records on the use and/or damage of stock or stock handling equipment.

• Transact inventory movements using inventory control system.

• Fill independent demands for material requisitions.

• Ensure FIRST IN FIRST OUT rule is followed for all transactions.

• Monitor equipment or processes and report any challenge in operations.

• Update Access/Excel Database.

• Reconcile Stocks in both systems.

• Distribution Plans execution.

• Airside Cargo Forwarding.

• Perform domestic and international shipping activities.

• Package and stock finished goods items.

• Interface with Customer Service, Technical Service and delivery personnel

• Follow standard operating procedures.

• Keep area safe, clean and organized

• Unload items to be stocked in warehouses and or storage yards.

• Verify inventory computations by comparing them to physical counts of stock, and investigate discrepancies or adjust errors.

• Replenish flow line materials and receive completed devices. Warehouse Shift Manager

Bollore Transport and Logistics- KBL; April 2018 to July 2018 Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensuring staff comply with health, safety and environmental standards and regulations and work safely to protect themselves and others in the warehouse environment.

• Ensuring the smooth running of the allocated warehouse shift, ensuring appropriate resources

(staff, equipment) are available to meet planned activity levels and fulfil operational and customer demand.

• Ensuring orders are processed efficiently and that the delivery of materials to production lines is in accordance with production schedules and to quality standards.

• Planning, coordinating and monitoring the receipts, storage and dispatch of goods.

• Ensuring inventory is accurate and controlling inventory levels by overseeing daily physical counts and reconciliation with the warehouse team.

• Carrying out incident, accident and non- conformity investigations and associated reporting and actions closure.

• Contributing to the identification, evaluation and where appropriate implementation of improvement processes and initiatives within the warehouse.

• Ensuring staff work to the processes and procedures relating to the warehouse operations.

• Ensuring that SAP and any automated warehouse systems are accurate and up to date.

• Ensuring any non-conforming goods are stored in accordance with the set requirements.

• Ensuring that all lifting and maneuvering of product is carried out in accordance with manual handling procedures.

• Ensuring a clean and tidy working environment to aid operational efficiency.

• Dynamically plan the shift to ensure sufficient storage space, stocks, personnel and equipment are available to meet daily operational requirements.

• Planning work rotas, assigning tasks appropriately and appraise results.

• Producing reports and statistics regularly (inbound/ outbound status report, sales report, inventory report)

• Measuring shift activities with accurate KPIs and sharing KPIs with the operations team.

• Providing warehouse operational expertise, motivating and coaching the team to operational success.

• Contacting with the customer (Kbl) and ensuring that all parties have the latest information on warehouse shift operations.

• Maintaining and enhancing effective working relationships within the shift and with other support departments.

Warehouse Controller

Bollore Transport and Logistics-KBL; April 2017 to April 2018 Duties and Responsibilities

• Monitoring and approve receipts and release of Clients’ stocks.

• Ensuring safe custody of goods in the warehouse.

• Managing material movements according to SOP and best practice.

• Overseeing the coordination of all inbound and outbound materials and operations.

• Ensuring physical stock movements are correctly managed in the SAP system.

• Following up on Clients’ orders to ensure they are executed accurately and in time.

• Ensuring that every step of the process is functioning effectively.

• Preparing daily planning schedules to ensure sufficient storage space, personnel and equipment are available to meet daily operational requirements.

• Ensuring that weekly SAP reports on Clients’ volumes and warehouse capacities are repaired for top management.

• Measuring warehousing activities against KPIs and share KPIs reports with customers, regional team and top management.

Warehouse Supervisor

Bollore Transport and Logistics-KBL; September 2016 to March 2017 Duties and Responsibilities

• Oversaw the general warehouse and warehouse staff.

• Ensured cleanliness, health and safety standards and high quality standards are observed and sustained at all time.

• Enforced warehouse procedures and preparation of KPIS reports.

• Managed and allocated shifts for warehouse staff.

• Managed stock in the warehouse; stocks accuracy, issuing LIFO/FIFO) and non-conforming stock.

• Spearheaded daily, weekly and monthly stock take.

• Ensured there is a strict control measure with periodic stock takings and cycle count to avoid pilferage with the help of SAP system.

Warehouse Supervisor

DHL Supply Chain (KE) – KBL; May - August.2016

Duties and Responsibilities

• Oversaw general warehouse and warehouse staff.

• Responsible for Supply Chain and Warehousing activities.

• Handled warehouse utilization and optimization storage space

• Ensured cleanliness, health and safety standards are observed & maintained at all time.

• Ensured there are strict control measures with periodic stock takings and cycle count to avoid pilferage with the help of WMS systems.

• Enforced warehouse procedures and preparation of KPIS reports.

• Managed shifts for warehouse staff.

• Assisted in pre Training of warehouse staff.

• Managed stock in the warehouse; Issuing LIFO/FIFO), Non-conforming stock.

• Prepared warehouse expenses reports (weekly and monthly)

• Oversaw budget Management of the warehouse

OTHER PAST EXPERIENCES

• Casuals Supervisor - DHL Supply Chain; January to May 2016 – Some of my duties included; coordinating and monitoring daily support staff attendance, assigning casuals groups, duties and sections, preparing seasonal employees payroll data, preparing permanent, temporally and casual employee timesheets and advising Management on the staff leaving business replacement.

• Warehouse Clerk - DHL Supply Chain; November to December 2013 Some of my duties included; ensuring picks are signed, dispatched and invoiced, ensuring dispatches are billed by clients, collection of dispatches and invoices and forwarding to DHL dispatch team and ensuring parallel documentation is enhanced.

• Intern - Bidco Oil Refineries Limited; November to December 2013

• Polling clerk – IEBC ; March 2013

• Intern – Kenya Airways; May to August 2012

• Enumerator - Kenya National Bureau of Statistics; August to November 2009

• Group Scheme Advisor – Old mutual Insurance Company; January to May 2009 WORKSHOP AND TRAINING

• New Managers Leadership Programme; Executive Education - Strathmore Business School;May 2018

• Incident Investigation Training Course -Kbl Site; April 2018

• Health and Safety Committee- Kbl site ;May 2017- July 2018

• Certified Supply Chain Specialist (CSCS) Facilitator( Dhl)

• First Aid training - East African Breweries (EABL); October 2014 :

• Certified Supply Chain Specialist (CSCS) .Training - DHL (K); August 2014 :

• Trends in Logistics. (CILT-Kenya) - The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Training; February 2013

• International purchasing, E-procurement, Procurement audit - Kenya Institute of Supplies Management (KISM) Training; March 2011

• Documentation in Tendering

REFEREES

Mr. Robert Gichohi

Warehouse Operations Manager

DHL Supply Chain (K) Limited

Tel: +254 734 750 042m or +254-***-***-***

Email: adnv8g@r.postjobfree.com

Mr. Fredrick Kangethe

Warehouse Operations Manager

Bollore Transport and Logistics

Tel: +254-***-***-***

Email: adnv8g@r.postjobfree.com

Mrs. Flash Mburu

Human Resource Manager – Supply Chain

Strato Staff East Africa

Tel: +254-***-***-***

Email: adnv8g@r.postjobfree.com

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