Manager

Resume posted by Nicholas Patel in Construction.
Desired salary: $100,000.00
Desired position type: Contract

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Tel:
+254724918002
Mobile:
+254724918002

Summary

A dedicated hard working Experienced Professional , used to working in demanding situations and results oriented environment. Strong communication and interpersonal skills combined with hands on, team oriented management style. Skilled in Negotiation, Procurement and Logistics ,experienced in light gauge steel framing. ,Budgeting, Business Planning, Operations Management, and Customer Service. Able to provide innovative and problem solving solutions.

Education

Education

  • 1984-1988 High School Diploma O and A level GCE University of London( Imani High School , Thika, Kenya )

Awarded scholarship for the whole course of study due to merit and restrictive financial circumstances.

  • 1989 SAT Pass
  • 2001 GMAT Pass
  • 2008 Principles of Powder coating Course. ( Sadolin Paints Ltd , Nairobi , Kenya )

Experience

Work History

1.

Consultant Operations Manager                                                                                                 1/2016 to 12/2017

Steelworks Ltd.                                                                                                                          Kampala , Uganda

 

  • Streamlined the running of the company employing over 150 personnel and implemented controls which resulted in tangible savings of over 50,000.00 USD. As well as dropping operational costs by 5 % for 2017.

2.

Managing Director                                                                                                                      01/2006 – 05/2020

Fullbore Ltd.                                                                                                                                        Thika, Kenya

 

  • Completed a variety of engineering projects and developed engineering solutions for the agricultural processing, civil engineering, manufacture industries and residential use.
  • Products and services successfully researched, developed and marketed include:
  • Semi-prefabricated shade net and polycarbonate structures for domestic and commercial applications, modular prefab housing solutions
  • Container conversion and containers flat packs, design and fabrication of customized steel decks, tent platforms and frames
  • Eco camp solutions and Eco Foot bridges for the tourism industry,
  • Collapsible water tank systems.
  • Innovative portal and perimeter gate design for Brolaz – Safaricom Ltd Mobile Repeater stations countrywide.
  • Mobile Telephone Booths for Kencell Communications Ltd.
  • Condom vending machine as a joint project involving GTZ, USAID and the Kenya Ministry of Health.
  • In 2016 Expanded operations to Kampala, Uganda.
  • Introduction of Light Gauge steel framing to the Ugandan market.
  • Introduced A Belgium PVC Vinyl floor product to the Ugandan market
  • Trained personnel on installation of the product.

 

3.

Managing Director                                                                                                                     01/1992 to 12/2005

Fullbore Engineering Ltd.

Thika, Kenya

  • Offered high quality fabrication and maintenance of coffee cherry pulping machinery to coffee estates in the Central Region of Kenya such as Standard Chartered Estate Management Services and Socfinaf Ltd, British American Tobacco Ltd etc.
  • Fabrication of agricultural trailers.
  • Consulting partner of Coffee Agriworks Ltd. for the design and implementation of an improved version of a self contained mini coffee cherry pulping machine.
  • With Coffee Agriworks Ltd. , supplied 70 units of wet coffee pulping station factories for the Ethiopian

4.

Plant Engineer                                                                                                                            05/1989 to 12/1991

Leather Industries of Kenya Ltd.                                                                                                          Thika, Kenya

 

  • Entered the establishments as an apprentice to the Technical Director.
  • Promoted to Plant Engineer after three months.
  • As Plant Engineer, responsible for maintenance and preventative maintenance of the main leather processing machinery and water pumps from the wet Blue processing, down to the final finishing, as well as general maintenance of the effluent treatment system for the factory.
  • Sourcing and purchasing of spares and materials, design and implementation of cost cutting solutions, All resulting in substantial savings.

Skills

  • Excellent sales and communication techniques across a multicultural environment.
  • Design instruction creation.
  • Multidisciplinary exposure.
  • Project management.
  • Supervising and staff training skills.
  • Complex problem solver.
  • Computer Proficiency
  • Microsoft Word/Excel.

Specialties

    Light Gauge steel framing implementation

Spoken Languages

    English and Kiswahili