Herry Mghase

Key roles • Forecast; Conduct 6-month rolling forecasting for liquids, paper stamps, equipment’s and spare parts. • Inventory management; Ensure the company inventory is well managed, stock at minimal and variances are corrected. • Logistics management; Over sees the customs clearance for all incoming shipment, transportation to the warehouse, and from warehouse to the sites across the country. • Procurement management; Define process, procedures and supporting system for procurement, including methods for vendor selection, vendor due diligence, Negotiation, periodic vendor performance reviews. • Team management: Supervise and mentor team members, set smart KPI’s to ensure high performance.

Key Roles: • Responsible for overseeing all Inbound and Outbound Logistics, Warehouse FG, Stores for RM & Spare Parts, Customs Bonded Warehouse, Fleet management, Export process, Dispatching, Distribution, and other related activities while ensuring efficient, effective and safe storage and distribution of all company products. • Oversee and manage the efficient flow of incoming and outgoing Raw materials and finish products to ensure on time and in full receipt and delivery at the right cost. • Maintain good relationship with Custom Bond officer and other stakeholders to optimize the use of customs bonded facility in 100% compliant manner. • Set up key performance indicators and manage performance of all personnel in Warehouse and Logistics department, • Oversee the management of inventory, material storage, handling and develop strategies to efficiently manage inventory.

Overall responsibility and accountability for procurement related and also a point of contact towards the internal and external customer for Procurement related questions, manages local and international purchasing requests in collaboration with the sourcing and category management organization and guarantees efficient contract implementation and acceptance on site, related to one or several sites across Africa.

•Stakeholder alignment - executes CCBA Procurement categories in the country, leads contract implementation & drives contract compliance •Supporting the Procurement organization in the operational process and system compliance, setup, monitoring and administration of contracts (including e-catalogues), vendor master data, material master data and the user portal. •Ensure compliance to processes for requesting supplier quotes, related analysis and the execution of negotiations (if commercially viable) are followed. • Operational and Systems Compliance such as:- i. Ensure that standard naming conventions and correct material group assignment is complied with. ii. Ensure that Systems compliances measures are adhered to. iii. Ensure transactional conditions are accurate and valid iv. Perform regular reviews for repetitive Purchasing for transfer to category specialists v. Continuously identify opportunities for automation and additions to Contract. •Provides a high quality contract management service to the internal client. • Train Procurement Teams on Procurement Systems to facilitate implementation. • Support the Local Category Specialist to source major unplanned ad hoc demands to keep control over high spend utilizing deep sourcing / category expertise.

Achievements and responsibilities: • Devise and employ fruitful sourcing strategies. • Discover the most profitable suppliers and initiate business partnerships. • Managing the assets of the store and ensure that the store is free from pilferage. • Negotiate with external vendors to secure the most advantageous terms. • Approve the ordering of necessary goods and services. • Examine and re-evaluate existing contracts. • Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness. • Collaborate with key persons to ensure the clarity of the specifications and expectations of the company. • Foresee alterations in the comparative negotiating ability of suppliers and clients. • Anticipate unfavorable events through analysis of data and prepare control strategies. • Perform risk management regarding supply contracts and agreements. • Controls spends and build a culture of long-term saving on procurement costs.

Achievements and responsibilities: • Manage Supplier performance and supplier evaluation & feedback for all their commodities as required by the policy. • Ensure SLA are maintained for the area am specialized and for all the specialists report to me. • Timely call offs and management of group commodities to ensure there is no OOS. • Manage Suppliers and ensure meetings occur when stipulated • Liaise with internal customers with regards to spend • Draft, issue and evaluate Request for Quotations • Drafts and ensure contracts are in line with legal and tax laws. • SAP transactions’ routines & records maintenance • Manager the inbound logistics of Sugar from different sources i.e Egypt, Saud Arabia, Malawi. • Liaise with Shipping lines to secure leverage on containers deposit and longer free days to reduce containers demurrage • Manage the procurement and Logistics of finish products i.e Cans from Mombasa, Monster Energy from South Africa and sometime Plastic bottle soda from sister company in Nairobi. • Work closely with internal and external auditor to make sure the auditing is done and al the necessary documents are submitted on time. • Follow up with Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) to make sure audit for Industrial Sugar is done and 15% refund for Import duty is issued back as per the government budget of 2015/16. • Work closely with other bodies such as Tanzania Food and Drug Authority (TFDA) to make sure imports permit are secured on time. • Control the storage of Materials both on internal storage and external storages for Dar and Mbeya plants. • Conduct risk analysis for the warehouses and advise the management on what measures to be taken to make sure there is no theft, stocks expire. • Regularly travel to Mbeya plants to check the management of stocks and reconciliations of stocks both on the system and physical. • Carry over the project to localize the Supply of Crowns and Closures.

Achievements and responsibilities: • Preparation of purchases orders, processing requisition preparation of contract and, request for quotations. • Reporting directly to the Country Procurement manager, assist with vendor selection and bid evaluations. • Assist on special projects focused on cost reduction initiatives and process improvement. • Contact suppliers to resolve missed deliveries, short shipments and pricing discrepancies. • Updated the procurement database for additions/deletions in supplier base and reviewed and revised the Procurement procedures for compliance KPI’s. • Filling out damage claims and return orders. Tracks orders and confirms system lead times, delivery dates, and cost. • Identify and deliver efficiency savings and improved contractual arrangements. • Check validity of requests to purchase, obtaining any additional necessary paperwork and manage any noncompliance requests. • Liaise with Accounts Payable to resolve supplier payment issues and handle complaints. • Manage the GRN process to ensure prompt action and resolution in conjunction with the Procurement policy and procedures • Discover the most profitable suppliers and initiate business partnerships. • Manager the inbound logistics of Sugar from different sources i.e Egypt, Saud Arabia, Malawi. • Liaise with Shipping lines to secure leverage on containers deposit and longer free days to reduce containers demurrage • Working closely to Clearing agent to clear all the consignments coming by air, sea, road on time to ensure no stocks. • Manage all the logistics of Packaging coming out of Nairobi i.e Pre-forms, Closures, Crowns and Labels to ensue OTIF is met. • Manage the procurement and Logistics of finish products i.e Cans from Mombasa, Monster Energy from South Africa and sometime Plastic bottle soda from sister company in Nairobi.