Leo

Strategic leader with over 10 years of experience delivering integrated commercial, humanitarian, and development operations in fragile and conflict-affected environments across Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. Experienced manager with a proven record of providing strategic leadership and oversight for field-level program implementation, ensuring effective delivery, quality, compliance, and achievement of targets across multiple intervention packages. Demonstrated track record in project, program, and consortium management, supply chain optimization, financial stewardship, procurement governance, risk management, and digital transformation, with a strong commitment to sustainability, safeguarding, inclusion, and accountable, people-centered delivery.

Program Support Director (Head of Support Services) - World Vision International - Afghanistan

(2021-02 - 2025-06)

• Provided strategic leadership and oversight for field-level programme implementation, ensuring effective delivery, quality service provision, compliance, and achievement of targets across multiple intervention areas.
• Led cross-functional performance management across Procurement, HR, IT, Administration, Asset Management, and Inventory Management by strengthening planning, controls, and reporting to improve efficiency, compliance, and resource utilization.
• Directed programme planning, implementation, monitoring, and performance management under direct and indirect implementation models, ensuring alignment with donor requirements, organizational standards, and approved work plans.
• Strengthened stakeholder and partnership management with government counterparts, community stakeholders, donors, and implementing partners to improve coordination, collaboration, ownership, and implementation efficiency.
• Ensured programme quality, accountability, and risk management through monitoring systems, internal controls, compliance mechanisms, team leadership, capacity building, succession planning, and evidence-based decision-making.

Supply Chain Manager - Save the Children International - Syria

(2018-01 - 2021-01)

• Directed supply projects for nexus programmes in conflict-affected settings, reviewing procurement plans, assigning tasks across cross-functional teams, monitoring performance, and resolving implementation issues to deliver on schedule and support uninterrupted programme delivery.
• Collaborated closely with internal stakeholders and implementing partners to strengthen coordination, recommend targeted training actions, and improve delivery performance by 30% through data-driven logistics optimisation and process refinement.
• Escalated pipeline risks early where budget, timing, or quality were at risk, ensuring timely management action and maintaining control across multiple simultaneous supply initiatives through effective portfolio oversight.
• Managed KPIs across Procurement, IT, Administration, Asset Management, and Inventory Management by strengthening planning, controls, and reporting systems to improve efficiency, compliance, and service delivery for stronger accountability.
• Represented the organisation in stakeholder coordination forums, sustaining programme continuity under pressure and preserving operational stability in volatile and high-risk environments.

Supply Chain Manager - World Vision - Somalia

(2015-01 - 2017-12)

• Oversaw multi-year supply projects, coordinating periodic reviews, ensuring technical implementation, and providing comprehensive startup support to local teams to strengthen sustainability and continuity beyond transition.
• Led project teams through capability building, using advanced analytics to improve supply planning, vendor negotiation, and continuous process improvement, resulting in stronger execution, better decision-making, and more efficient operations.
• Built strong internal and external partnerships, delivering business analysis and portfolio management across key supply chain areas to improve coordination, alignment, and overall programme performance.
• Supported program design and proposal development by ensuring logistics feasibility, realistic cost projections, procurement planning, and supply chain risk analysis.
• Led, mentored, and developed a high-performing logistics team, including the Procurement Manager, Logistics Manager, ICT Officer, Fleet and Administration Officer

Supply Chain Manager - World Vision - South Sudan

(2010-01 - 2015-12)

• Directed complex procurement operations, including RFQs/RFPs, tendering, contract negotiation, category management, and supplier performance, delivering cost efficiencies, value for money, and resilient supply chains.
• Led end-to-end strategic procurement and supply planning for pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, and indirect categories, aligning sourcing, distribution, warehouse capacity, and program requirements while ensuring uninterrupted supply
• Strengthened procurement governance by enforcing donor compliance, procurement SOPs, due diligence, risk controls, audit readiness, and ethical procurement practices across multiple grants and programmes.
• Managed pharmaceutical procurement, forecasting, quality assurance, cold chain logistics, pharmacovigilance coordination, and regulatory compliance, ensuring timely availability of essential medicines and medical commodities.
• Led and developed high-performing procurement teams and partner organizations through coaching, performance management, capacity building, and succession planning, improving procurement capability and compliance.
• Leveraged procurement analytics and Power BI reporting to enhance spend visibility, supplier performance, inventory planning, and executive decision-making while improving emergency preparedness through strategic stock pre-positioning and optimized inventory management.

Logistics Specialist - World Vision International - Nairobi

(2006-04 - 2010-09)

• Served as the Deployable Supply Chain Focal Point for complex humanitarian emergencies across Africa, leading rapid-response logistics operations to mobilize emergency supplies, personnel, and assets within 48–72 hours ensuring uninterrupted delivery of life-saving assistance in conflict and disaster-affected environments.
• Led integrated logistics strategies encompassing rapid needs assessments, procurement, sourcing, transportation, warehousing, inventory management, and distribution. Optimized supply chain performance through context-specific solutions, risk mitigation, and operational planning, enabling timely, cost-effective, and compliant humanitarian interventions.
• Strengthened humanitarian logistics through strategic collaboration with UN agencies, governments, NGOs, and cluster partners enabling scalable emergency response

Logistics Consultant - CARE International - Somalia (Nairobi-based)

(2005-03 - 2006-03)

• Led the end-to-end planning and execution of a 10,000+ MT annual humanitarian supply pipeline, coordinating international ocean freight, port operations, customs clearance, warehousing, and cross-border transport to ensure uninterrupted delivery in complex and high-risk operating environments.
• Directed compliance with USDA Food for Peace (FFP) Title II regulations, strengthened commodity traceability and accountability, managed customs and regulatory requirements across Kenya and Somalia, and implemented security risk mitigation strategies that ensured safe, compliant, and continuous humanitarian operations.
• Enhanced supply chain performance through real-time pipeline monitoring, GPS tracking, and ERP systems, achieving 99% on-time delivery while preventing stock outs. Fostered strategic collaboration with UN agencies and NGO partners and built organizational capacity by training staff in commodity management, loss prevention, and supply chain best practices.

Logistics Manager - Syngenta East Africa Ltd - Nairobi

(2004-11 - 2005-02)

• Led end-to-end logistics operations for imported agricultural inputs, overseeing international freight, customs clearance, port operations, warehousing, and regional distribution to ensure uninterrupted product availability and supply chain continuity across East
• Directed customs and regulatory compliance with KRA, KEBS, and international trade requirements while managing third-party logistics providers (3PLs), service-level agreements (SLAs), and contingency plans to optimize logistics performance, mitigate supply chain risks, and sustain 98%+ OTIF delivery.
• Partnered with Supply Chain leadership to align demand forecasting, inventory planning, and just-in-time replenishment strategies, enhancing operational efficiency, preventing stock outs and excess inventory, improving cost efficiencies, and strengthening customer satisfaction and market responsiveness.

Head of Customs Declaration - Express Kenya Limited - Mombasa

(1996-04 - 2004-10)

• Directed end-to-end customs declaration and trade compliance operations, overseeing import/export documentation, tariff classification, customs valuation, and regulatory requirements to facilitate seamless cross-border trade while ensuring full compliance with KRA, KEBS, KEPHIS, EAC, and international customs regulations.
• Led the coordination of customs clearance and cargo movement by partnering with clients, shipping lines, warehouses, transporters, and government agencies to accelerate cargo release, optimize clearance processes, and achieve 95%+ same-day customs clearance, minimizing delays and supply chain disruptions.
• Enhanced customs operations through process improvements, regulatory training, and digital trade facilitation initiatives, strengthening team capability, improving compliance, reducing client demurrage costs by 25%, and positioning the organization as a trusted logistics and customs partner for high-volume importers and exporters.

Master of Science - Supply Chain Management & Logistics - University of Salford

Postgraduate Diploma - Business Administration - University of Birmingham

Professional Diploma - Procurement & Supply - CIPS UK

PQE - Shipping - ICS UK

Diploma - Shipping - Bandari College