Philip Mwangi

A competent Agricultural and bio-systems engineer with a comprehensive knowledge and considerable experience in HSE, production, logistics and warehousing. Focusing on, Innovation, safety, reliability, quality and sustainability. A consistent record of accomplishment of successfully completing projects from the concept visualization through to testing and implementation.

I have a high level of accuracy and consistency in all areas of work, and possesses excellent customer service, drafting, problem solving skills, organizational and reporting skills and highly successful in helping define and achieve goals.

My career objective is to gain technical experience that I can relate with innovative oriented professionals and come up with engineering ideas and solutions that meet the big four agenda and vision 2030 of this country.

1. Twiga Foods Ltd.

Site supervisor

(August 2022 – Present)

• Coordinating storage of FFV and FMCG products using; first in first out (FIFO), First expired first out (FEFO), and just in time (JIT).
• Create a scheduled work plan for the day’s intakes and coordinate with purchasers to establish ETA of vehicles.
• Resource allocation at the beginning of every shift based on the tonnage expected or dispatched per given day, such as shrink wrapping material, MHE operators, pallets and crates.
• Conduct labor allocation and devised new operational processes that led to a 25% increase in productivity.
• Oversee all inbound activities including labor allocation, inventory management, asset control, scanning and put away jobs, WMS entries and lastly stock availing.
• Oversee all outbound activities including; labor allocation, let down and picking jobs, asset management, scanning and dispatch.
• Oversee supplier returns at the point of intake for items, which are non-conforming.
• Regularly conduct stock takes and warehouse audits to ascertain quantities present, quality and shelf life.
• Regularly partake in updating of the WMS system and SOP for the inbound and outbound process.
• Participate in the process mapping procedures of new products and SKU’s
• Availing of stocks while corresponding with commercial and market research teams. 

Ripening Technologist ;

(October 2019 – July 2022)

• Implement all aspects related to the set Twiga’s ripening program to ensure compliance with customer requirements and expectations.
• Operate and adjust cold rooms both physically and remotely to guarantee the best quality output adhering to the set out schedule date of sale. 
• Supervise floor staff to warrant proper food handling practices and quality standards are met.
• Checking facilities such as refrigeration rooms and Corresponding with maintenance department to ensure proper operation of the chambers.
• Keeping Real-time records of stock inventory levels against sales forecasts and targets while guaranteeing minimal losses.
• Regularly set and participate in updating the standard of operation (SOP) to grow business and prevent customer issues.

Quality and Food safety roles:

• Perform quality inspections of product upon arrival, sampling, processing and validate product and location documentation is maintained daily; to include inspection logs, inventory control logs, ripening room logs and warehouse supply logs.
• Generating reports such as compliance reports, monitoring trackers, dispatch, audits and root cause analysis
• Quality & Safety: Manage the quality standards for products to minimize losses (<1%) for all products as well as to deliver the organizations promise of low-cost quality and safe food.
• Conduct daily quality audits of stock in storage.
• Oversee and supervise all QC activities to safeguard quality conformance.

Inventory Management:

• Inventory Risk Management: conducting quality inspections, and the implementation of ripening cycles and processes, data recording, Cold room management.
• Manage inventory on a daily and weekly basis, perform daily inventory management, traceability and reconcile as needed with Finance.
• Data Capture & Reporting: Conducting inventory cycle counts to verify against the ripening schedule and promptly inform on risks on order fulfillment to sales or over-stocking risks from sourcing based on the chambers capacity and days required to ripen stock.

Occupational health and Safety:

• Training of floor staff on workplace safety rules, Food safety and 5S.
• Monitor all HSE procedures and recommend strategies to avoid accidents and implement all health and safety hazards for all sites.
• First Aid Responder.
• Report any accidents and near misses and give recommendations.
• Maintaining a safe and healthy work environment that is OSHA compliant; establishing, following, and enforcing standards and procedures; complying with legal regulations.
• Any other duties as required and as assigned from time to time.

2. National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) – Sep 2018 – Nov 2018

Service Engineer and processing Intern

• Lab work that involved Grading of produce before storing in silos, to ascertain quality and grade, testing of aflatoxins in maize.
• Weighing of vehicles at weighbridge and ensuring conformance before storage and dispatch
• Repairing of worn out machine components such as bucket conveyors, hoppers and trunking.
• Regular cleaning of magnets, greasing and oiling of moving parts.
• Warranting dryers are in good working condition before operation.
• System Control i.e. allocating specific routes and conveyors for various produce and the designated silos as well.
• Taking inventory and Generating Intake and grading Reports.

3.Agricultural Technology and Development Centre July 2017 – September 2017

Intern

• Training farmer’s e.g on modern practices such as, precision agriculture, and renewable energies.
• Training farmers to maintain a healthy work environment that is OSHA compliant.
• Water and soil conservation techniques.
• Design and fabrication of simple farm machinery to be used locally.
• Servicing of farm machinery and calibration.
• Agro-processing for value addition, preservation and utilization.
• Renewable energy technologies such as design and building of solar dryers

2013-2019: Kenyatta University; BSc. Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Bsc. Agricultural and biosystems engineering is a science that equips the learner with applied and proficient solutions for producing, storage, transporting, processing and packaging biological and agricultural products. Agricultural engineers solve problems related to systems, processes and machines that interact with humans, plants, animals, microorganisms and biological materials.

2013 September- December : Zetech College; Graphic design

2009-2012: Hospital Hill High School; Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (B+)

2019-2008: Hospital Hill Primary School; Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (B+)