Timothy Waligano

Results-driven F&B Controller with 5+ years' progressive experience across restaurant, lounge, and multi-branch F&B operations in Kenya. Proven track record of tightening food and beverage cost margins, cutting stock variances to below 0.1%, and strengthening purchasing, receiving, and revenue controls. Skilled in stock-take audits, recipe and portion costing, POS reconciliation, and Materials Management systems, with strong cross-functional collaboration across kitchen, bar, procurement, and finance teams.

A hands-on leader known for training staff on control procedures and delivering accurate, timely cost reporting that protects profitability.

F&B Cost Controller - Woods Africa Lounge & Restaurant, Kitui - Kitui

(2026-03)

Monitor and control food, beverage, and operational costs across all outlets, reconciling purchases, stock movements, and wastage against budget.

• Supervise and oversee revenue management across all F&B outlets, ensuring full compliance with internal controls.
• Reconcile Food & Beverage costs accurately, tracking purchases, stock movements, and wastage to protect margins.
• Monitor and audit all revenue-generating points, ensuring every bill is opened, processed, and closed correctly and on time.
• Conduct daily, weekly, and monthly stock counts and variance analysis, maintaining accurate cost and inventory records.
• Review purchase orders, supplier invoices, and pricing against agreed terms before payment, flagging discrepancies early.
• Enforce proper cash-handling and transaction procedures in coordination with the finance team.
• Oversee waiters and service staff, ensuring adherence to service standards and revenue control procedures.
• Ensure all POS transactions are recorded accurately, investigating and resolving discrepancies promptly.
• Maintain tight control over inventory levels through regular stock audits, keeping variances to a minimum.
• Work closely with procurement to validate purchase requests against actual stock requirements.
• Train and guide service staff on revenue control procedures, and support budgeting and cost-planning processes.
• Collaborate closely with F&B, finance, and procurement teams to streamline operational efficiency, leading by example on professionalism and integrity.

Supply Chain Manager - Mama Ashanti Limited

(2024-01 - 2025-12)

Managed end-to-end product supply from acquisition planning through to customer delivery, coordinating domestic and international vendors.

• Cut stock-outs by 20% through stronger vendor negotiation and relationship management, lifting sales and profitability.
• Negotiated service agreements across the supply chain — suppliers, local transport, warehousing, and internal/external customers — to keep inventory reliable and cost-efficient.
• Acted as the link between cross-functional departments (marketing, product development, packaging, manufacturing, and demand planning) to ensure on-time delivery.
• Led and administered post-production requests for quotations involving long lead times, high-value items, and lengthy bills of material.
• Investigated and resolved data-integrity issues flowing into company databases, and managed contracts to resolve vendor conflicts and keep supply continuous.
• Developed ordering and receiving policies that matched supplier deliveries to correct department specifications, lifting overall quality.
• Strengthened documentation practices, enabling proper record-keeping and timely settlement by the accounts department.
• Set up storage, arrangement, labelling, and hygiene structures compliant with city council requirements, cutting wastage, pilferage, and expiry losses.
• Reduced stock variance to within 0.01% over 3 months through tighter ordering, receiving, and storage controls.
• Grew and developed staff through structured leadership support, reducing turnover by managing interbranch movement whenever new positions arose.

Cost Controller (Two Branches) - Mama Ashanti Limited

(2023-01 - 2024-12)

Monitored and analysed costs against budget, identifying variances in line with approved purchase requisitions. Developed and implemented cost-control strategies to minimise expenditure and maximise profitability across distribution points.

• Managed procurement processes for cost-effectiveness and value for money, flagging issues as items flowed into the business.
• Booked supplier invoices in the company system against QuickBooks postings, ensuring correct booking and preventing payment losses or unresolved invoice complaints.
• Conducted regular cost audits, prepared cost reports for management, and recommended cost-reduction and control measures.
• Shared end-of-month Cost of Sales (COS) figures per policy requirements, with variance breakdowns to prevent the company operating at a loss.
• Cost Control & Reporting — daily and monthly F&B Actual vs Potential reports, cost summaries for financial reporting, General Stores analysis against budget, journalising month-end inventory, and cash analysis across all payment points.
• Inventory Management & Audit — audited inventory transactions and adjustments, took part in month-end and periodic stocktakes, reconciled variances, tracked non-system transactions (banquets, cocktails, buffets), and monitored turnover and par stock levels.
• Purchasing & Receiving Control — compared purchase orders against authorised requests, audited receiving variance reports (price and quantity), ran market surveys for competitive pricing, and verified received items against specifications.
• F&B Cost Monitoring — verified recipes, yield tables, and standard pricing; checked portion control and outlet recipe accuracy; audited liquor handling, pouring brands, and minibar controls; investigated spoilage and wastage; created buffets in-system within approved COS.
• Compliance & Systems Control — monitored accuracy of data in Materials Management systems, ensured correct units of measure and brand information, and audited purchasing, receiving, storing, and preparation procedures for accounting compliance.
• Training & Supervision — trained and guided ambassadors on Materials Management procedures, supporting team development and demonstrating correct processes where needed.

Supply Chain Assistant - Mama Ashanti Limited

(2021-01 - 2022-12)

Monitored and analysed costs against budget, identifying variances and supporting the wider cost-control strategy.

• Helped develop and implement cost-control strategies to minimise expenditure and maximise profitability.
• Supported procurement processes to ensure cost-effectiveness and value for money on incoming items.
• Conducted regular cost audits and stock-takes, consistently holding variance at 0.01%.
• Prepared cost reports for management with recommendations for cost reduction and control.
• Facilitated requisitions raised by user departments and collaborated with cross-functional teams to optimise performance.
• Ensured deliveries to branches were completed within timelines with no delays.

Procurement & Stores Intern - Polly's Tracking Technologies

(2019-01 - 2019-12)

• Managed stores issuance and receipts of tracking materials, maintaining accurate stock records.
• Supported purchasing and procurement processes as a procurement assistant.
• Built and maintained supplier and client relationships to support smooth operations.
• Handled customer service and satisfaction management through structured follow-ups based on performance.

Industrial Attachment – Supply Chain - Molo Sub-County Hospital

(2018-01 - 2018-12)

• Supported end-to-end procurement processes, from order placement to receiving and inspection of deliveries.
• Assisted with stores management, record-keeping, and supplier vetting and appraisals.
• Carried out market scanning and price analysis, and supported logistics and lead-time management.

KIEMS Kit Operator - Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC)

(2017-01 - 2017-12)

• Operated KIEMS kits for voter identification and validation during a national electoral exercise, ensuring accuracy and compliance with IEBC procedures.

BSc - Purchasing and Supplies Management - Meru University of Science and Technology (2014-01 - 2018-12)