John Kipruto

Highly skilled Security Manager deeply committed to protecting lives, assets and property through rapid emergency response, diligent crime-prevention efforts and high-visibility public safety initiatives. Known for building mutual trust and cross-cultural ties with ethnically and socioeconomically diverse populations. History of strengthening compliance; improving processes; and elevating output, quality, customer satisfaction and employee morale to all-time best.

Works well under pressure and multitasks to achieve goals to tight deadlines. Able to listen attentively, solve problems creatively and use tact and diplomacy to achieve win-win outcomes. Adapts well to new environments and learns new processes quickly to achieve outstanding results.

SECURITY OFFICER - NORBROOK (K) LTD

(2025-03)

• Security planning, Risk assessment and formulating effective guarding strategies.
• Maintain effective security and presentation of the facility
• Liaising with contracted security firms and police officers, reviewing of assignment/monitoring work assignments and provide training in daily security procedures, customer care service skills, Emergency response and safety awareness.
• Design and develop techniques to prevent unauthorized access and to mitigate corruption, theft/or pilferage from East Africa facilities.
• Adherence to the standard operating procedures by the security contracted guards to ensure compliance with internal security policies, GMP, GDP, licensing requirements, or applicable Government security requirements, policies and directives.
• Serve as principal source of information on rules and procedures governing security.
• Play a major role in Emergency preparedness and response
• Support efforts to reduce substance or other illegal activities in the workplace.
• Develop integrated security controls to ensure confidentiality, accountability, or audit ability of sensitive information, proprietary information.
• Monitor security panels, fire and life safety code requirements
• Manage security cameras.

SECURITY OFFICER - BAKERIES MOMBASA

(2022-07 - 2025-02)

• Develop security action plan aligned to head office security strategy
• Ensure security requirements, core security requirement standards, processes, procedures are complete in accordance with current mini bakeries office on security guidelines.
• support branch managers in ensuring that effective management measures are appropriately planned and addressed within the context.
• facilitate optimization of the security and mitigation of operational risks.
• Work with the head of operations bakeries to evaluate and carry out security risk assessments as required or directed.
• Provide input to manage in crisis and critical incidents.
• Conduct security investigations.
• Ensure proper implementation and regular review and updates to the security standard operating procedures for mini bakeries Mombasa region.
• Oversee daily operations of outsourced security service providers both guarding and alarms.
• Seek to develop a culture of security awareness in the company and monitor staff compliance.
• Conduct regular security spot-checks and provide security reports to security lead.
• Ensure all incidents report are investigated and concluded on time for administrative action.
• Collect, Analyze and disseminate intelligence appropriately.

TRAINING & OPERATIONS SUPERINTENDENT - CREST SECURITY SERVICES LTD

(2020-06 - 2022-07)

• Coordinates training and manages operational deployment of guards while taking into account all assignment standing orders.
• Establishes and maintains reporting systems to ensure that all information relevant to Management in your area of jurisdiction is compiled and submitted promptly.
• Reports and tracks all incidents requiring management attention are attended to, investigated and feedback initiated appropriately and within the required timeline.
• Conducts security surveys before deployment and risk assessments from time to time as Indicated in your performance targets.
• Generates and submits monthly reports to the top management appropriately.
• Reviews and analyzes performance of designated Field Officers, Supervisors and initiate appropriate training in liaison with the Human Resources and Administration manager.
• Oversees the provision of contractual ad-hoc security services to clients within the business in compliance with existing legislation, Company policies and procedures.
• Coordinates staff during an emergency situation and tracks incidents in order to evaluate them and recommend a course of action while implementing safety and health policies and procedures to protect employees against workplace hazard.
• Maintains adequate supply of security tools and equipment required in carrying out security operations.
• Builds strong working with relationship with public law enforcement agencies and fire department.
• Oversees the planning and coordination of security operations during high-risk events.

SECURITY MANAGER - SAMEER AFRICA PLC

(2016-01 - 2020-04)

• Managed the guard force and oversaw their deployment while reporting to the Director of HR
• Prepared budget for the investigations department.
• Directed general investigations duties in the company.
• Reviewed all logged in incidents in the guard force software used as occurrence book and allocated cases to junior investigators.
• Thoroughly investigated all complex cases, generated reports and recommendations internally and for the clients.
• Analyzed all cases investigated by junior investigators and do give directions.
• Trained guards on preservations of crime scene and investigative skills.
• Advised the directors on the current crime trends, risk assessment and loss adjustments
• Participated in collection of intelligence and evidence to assist the police for prosecution purposes.
• Attended to all court cases that touch the organization

SENIOR SECURITY SUPERVISOR - INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS (ICRC)

(2015-06 - 2015-12)

• Successfully conducted risk and threat assessment, and submitted reports and all ICRC equipment's and installations.
• Trained expatriates local national staff, security guards and drivers on safety and security matters while at their duty stations.
• Gathered, interpreted and integrated intelligence reports on potential threats on ICRC operations.
• Generated and submitted incident reports while reviewing and giving guidance on all incidents affecting ICRC operations.
• Conducted security briefs on new arrival expatriates and made sure that they have signed the document that they have been briefed.
• Represented ICRC in court cases.
• Conducted comprehensive security audits on ICRC operations in Somalia, Djibouti and Sudan
• Monitored and tracked of all ICRC staff and assets well in field operations in Somalia, Sudan, Djibouti and Uganda.
• Conducted monthly security audits/assessment of all ICRC camps, staff residencies, offices and field programs.
• Monitored geo-political, religion, military activities of East and Central Africa
• Participated in drawing of emergency evacuation plans, Medivac and crisis management plan.
• Wrote and submitted reports of daily activities indicating all irregularities, including equipment/property damage, theft and presence of unauthorized persons or unseal occurrences.
• Supervised sub contracted guards at ICRC premises and vetted employees while handling of fraud cases within ICRC
• Regularly updated employees on the external security situation that may affect them and the organization.

SENIOR SECURITY OFFICER – IN CHARGE OF SECURITY OPERATIONS - TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF KENYA

(2012-04 - 2015-06)

• Oversaw the security of students, staff, visitors and property of the university.
• Liaised with the state security organs for security operations when need be required.
• Inspected equipment's, structures and maintenance to identify possible causes of security lapses within the university.
• Coordinated security operations, activities of internal and outsourced security personnel on daily deployment and operations both at the main campus and the hostels.
• Reported and dispatched security personnel to incidents/scene of accidents, and monitored the team performance at the scene.
• Ensured all orders and lawful instructions were relayed to staff and implemented.

SECURITY OFFICER - BATA SHOE CO. LTD

(2010-11 - 2012-04)

• Managed the safety of staff visitors and company property.
• Conducted security searches after every change of shift to all factory employees.
• Enforced procedural rules, regulations and knowledge of locations of various access routes, departments, buildings and requirements as per the policies of the company in the factory.
• Planned, organized, and administered co-ordinate security functions for the efficient operations of the factory.
• Operated and manned control panels, alarms, CCTV security equipment to provide area (factory) surveillance.
• Patrolled the facility and checked for suspicious occurrence while driving crime prevention.
• Managed and supervised hired guard workforce and ensuring that high standards of security measures are maintained by them conforming to the company policies.
• Investigated all crimes committed and related incidences.
• Participated in regular fire emergency drill exercise.
• Ensured factory employees awareness and knowledge on security issues.
• Maintained record books occurrence and reported to the respective authorities.

Training Officer/Drill Instructor - Securex Agencies (K) Ltd.

(2007-05 - 2010-11)

Transport Officer - Patriotic Group of Companies Ltd.

(2007-01 - 2007-05)

Driver - Patriotic Group of Companies Ltd.

(2006-09 - 2007-01)

Driver - Gigiri Police Station

(2005-09 - 2006-08)

Driver - Nairobi Area Anti-Terrorism Police Unit

(2004-09 - 2005-08)

Police Officer - Parklands Police Station

(1997-08 - 2000-05)

Police Officer - Garissa Police Station

(1995-08 - 2007-08)

Certified Security Management practitioner - Security Management - Pan - African Shield College Africa

Higher Diploma - Disaster and Security Management - Kenya Institute of Security and Criminal Justice

Diploma - Fire Safety Management Level III - JP International

Diploma - Security Management - Kenya Institute of Security and Criminal Justice / Egerton University

Certificate - Explosives Intelligence & Management - Leaders Institute of Professional Studies

Diploma - Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) - Kenya Institute of Security and Criminal Justice / Egerton University

Certificate - Forensic Document Investigation - Leaders Institute of Professional Studies

Certificate - Fingerprint Technology - Kenya Institute of Security Criminal Justice

Certificate - Crime Scene Management - Kenya Institute of Security Criminal Justice

Certificate - Fire Safety and Protection - Kenya Institute of Security Criminal Justice

Certificate - Public Relations and Customer Care - Kenya Institute of security criminal Justice

Certificate - Report writing For Security Managers - Institute of security criminal Justice

Certificate - Security management - Kenya Institute of security criminal Justice / Egerton University

Certificate - Effective communication & Time management - Eureka Educational & Training Consultants

Certificate - Safety Healthy and Environment - Micas Limited

Certificate - Computer Packages - Eclipse Computer College

Grade III - Skills Development - Kenya Institute of Management

Certificate - Driving - Kenya Police Driving School

Certificate - C Course - CID Training School

Certificate - Promotion Course Police Constable to Corporal (PC – CPL) - Kenya Police College – Kiganjo

Certificate - E Course - CID Training School

Certificate of appointment - Initial Police Basic Training Course - Kenya Police College – Kiganjo

Kenya Certificate of Secondary School Education

Kenya certificate of Primary Education