Mwangi Muhuga

Results-driven, culture sensitive, change oriented and agricultural food chain professional who contributes to development and improvement of lives of other people while at the same time contributing to Technology Transfer and Agribusiness Development that will dependably drive rural development. Professional with calm conduct and consistent performer.

Senior Production Manager - Muki Farmers Coop Society limited - Kinangop, Kenya

(2021-12)

Animal Feeds production

• Feed formulation to meet the nutritional balance of dairy cows.
• Ensuring feeds produced meet set and legal quality standards.
• Overseeing all production and quality staffs to ensure they meet daily and monthly targets.
• Ensuring strict adherence to safety guidelines and company standards by all employees.
• Setting up working systems which minimize loss of packaging materials during the production process.
• Handling production and product issues from the customer base.
• Overseeing processing improvement, product development and cost management.
• Writing monthly reports and advising the Board of directors on issues pertaining production and quality of animal feeds and implementing board's policies.
• Draw up efficient production schedules according to sales forecast.
• Scheduling repairs and maintenance of production equipment and machines.
• Departmental budget creation

Feed production supervisor - Limuru dairy farmers cooperative society - Limuru, Kenya

(2018-02 - 2021-12)

• Overseeing quality control throughout the production process.
• Preparing and analyzing cost estimates for equipment, raw materials and hiring casual workers.
• Supervising workflow by assigning responsibilities
• Procuring quality raw materials.
• Training of production staff to ensure they adhere to all process of production as required.
• Ensuring feeds produced meet set legal quality standards
• Overseeing all production staffs and ensures they meet daily and monthly target.

Livestock production extension officer - Limuru dairy farmers cooperative society - Limuru, Kenya

(2018-02 - 2021-12)

• Offering technical advice in animal feeding.
• Planning and executing farmer trainings and field days
• Identify records and register cows into the stud book.
• Linking other services between the farmer and the cooperative.
• Ensuring high levels of service delivery.
• Developing extension work plans, targets and action plans.
• Advice and support the cooperative/farmers on extension strategies to improve production and sustainability of milk volumes.

Consultant/ extension officer - Green iTech innovations - Uganda

(2016-10 - 2018-01)

• Training farmers on new technology like hydroponics and aquaponics farming.
• Project management i.e. design and overseeing construction of modern zero grazing units.
• Feed formulation including dairy, poultry and pigs.
• Developing business plans for farmers.
• Installing drip irrigation systems both automatic and manual.
• Greenhouse construction and management.
• Livestock nutrition consultation.

Bachelor of Science - Animal Science - Egerton University (2012 - 2016)

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E) - Kianyaga Boys High School (2008 - 2011)

Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (K.C.P.E) - Fumbini Primary School