Agnes Nyaguthie

Supporting and coordinating the EAC Corridor project which is being implemented as a Pilot Project and as proof of Concept for an end to end Integrated Supply chain. The project seek to carry out a consolidated ordering and delivering of commodities in Support of Five East Africa peace keeping missions in South Sudan, Somalia, Sudan, and DRC Congo.

Currently working for UNICEF Kenya as a Supply specialist in charge of supply and Logistics Capacity building, quality assurance and knowledge management. The role entails, capacity development of UNICEF and IP staff in supply chain management, Development of supply chain partnerships with government (including counties) and NGOs, Identifying supply chain gaps and making recommendations to mitigate and/or rectify them, Supporting Supply staff in SOPs and work-processes, Managing supply knowledge through production of periodic supply statistics and reports, Following up on implementation and sustainability of audit recommendations, representing UNICEF in the UN Procurement Network and responsible for supply End-user monitoring follow-up on issues identified through field visits to ensure that appropriate actions are taken and well as supporting the supply team in quality assurance in the procurement of goods and services.

From 2012 to 2015, worked for Plan International in the regional office, The role includes, managing and steering Logistics success of twelve countries within the region of East and southern Africa, building the capacities of the regional staff on Logistics and supply chain management, development of the regional strategy to guide delivery of the Logistics services, supporting the RESA countries during the emergency responses as well as putting in place structures to enable preparedness for emergencies. Advising the region on the Logistics and supply chain best practices, including, supply chain management policies, guidelines, procedures and systems. Supporting the region to set up KPIs for measuring service delivery performance. Supporting the region in the recruitment, induction and management of the Logistics and administration staff. Lobbying for the recognition of the Logistics as the front end function in the successful delivery of services within Plan International and within other industry players, Representing Plan International in high level Logistics and supply chain management forums in the region and globally. Working with the RESA logistics and administration networks for better reporting and delivery of services to the program teams. Providing Regional logistics support in Budget preparations as well financial reviews. Working with Plan Headquarters in the development global standards for managing Logistics functions across the countries. Currently co-chairing the Logistics cluster and the Logistics Inter-agency working group and also a member of the Plan Global supply chain steering committee.

Managed the FAO Somalia facilities and ensure efficient functioning of the facilities at all times; managed the organization (8) fleet and drivers and ensure efficient utilization of the vehicles. Planned office and staff transport; Manage the FAO Somalia assets including ensuring updated asset records, disposal plans and procurement of new assets; Provided Logistics support to both Emergency and regular projects in Somalia; Worked with respective managers to ensure proper storage of project equipment, transportation of the same to the field; Managed the Nairobi office security, including ensuring management of office access, liaising with security officer to ensure all the security equipment are functioning; Supervise eleven office support staff in Nairobi and support the field offices with recruitment of the support staff; Prepared program support procurement plans and procure goods and services as per FAO procurement rules and regulations; Support mission audit both internal and external; Represented FAO Somalia in the Logistics cluster meeting; Prepared monthly stationery and fuel consumption reports; Managed the facility budgets including ensuring shared facilities are charged and recovered on time.

Managed and coordinated the ARV/OI drugs supply chains for Kenya Pharma/Chemonics International in Kenya. Which included, procurement, logistics, warehousing and inventory management; Negotiated, drafted and managed partner sub-contracts, including development of their KPIs and monitoring their performance; Responsible for leading supply chain initiatives and innovations to enhance organizational performance (site mapping, systems integrations with partners and streamlining of India operations); Managed and oversaw the Development of supply chain systems and procedures, including ensuring compliance.; Managed and monitored ARV/OI supply chain budget expenditures and producing expenditure reports on monthly basis. Prepared budget projections on quarterly basis; Responsible for Capacity building of field staff on storage and inventory management.

As the regional Logistics and Facilities manager I provided Logistics, supply chain and administration support to all the six counties in the region. The main projects implemented across the region were, food security, emergency response, WATSAN, advocacy and food and non food distributions. HIV/AIDs and Gender programming cut across the projects. As a regional Logistics and Facilities manager, my responsibilities were to; Ensure compliance and implementation of Oxfam regional administration and supply chain strategies, policies and procedures; Managed Logistics and administration staff, including regional recruitment, performance management and capacity building; Provided day to day management of the regional center administration, including, guest house, security management, reception, fleet, communication, insurance, health and safety, travel and staff visas; Developed security guidelines, and welcome packs and reported to HQ; Led regional logistics innovations and initiatives; Managed and supported the Region on administration and supply chain, including budget and expenditure; Supported the region during the proposal designs and ensured Logistics and supply chain as well as development of Logistics and procurement plans; Provided regional leadership on supply chain management during emergency response, carried out supply chain analysis, surge capacity assessment, and staff deployment.

The sector was implementing multi-donor funded food and non food projects such as food aid distribution (FFD/FFW), Watsan and infrastructure rehabilitation. The donors were USAID, ECHO and Norwegian Government. I provided day-to-day leadership in the administration, Logistics, and finance management for the Project; Oversaw the importation, custom clearance, storage, transport and distribution of over 50,000mt of food annually; Managed over five major food commodities transport contractors in Mombasa and Somalia. Managed the food distribution, including distribution selection points, monitoring and documentation of the entire process for high level accountability. Coordinated project assessments and evaluations; Managed staff, including staff recruitments coaching, mentoring, performance and objective setting; Led the pre-qualification of the contractors (transporters, C&F agent, commodity surveyors and cash facilitators) involved in the commodity handling and procurement both in Somalia and Kenya; Ensured timely preparation of the commodity AERs and also closely monitored the commodity pipelines to ensure timely call forwards of commodities. Prepared quarterly reports using QWICR, Coordinated and carried out capacity building of partners and staff on commodity management supply chains as well as CFR 211 compliance. Led and supported the program proposal development process and negotiations for funding with donors; Led the country office Emergency Preparedness process; Deputized the food sector coordinator and represented the project in various forums.

The Rural food security program was a USAID title II program funded project delivering and distributing about 40,000mt of food aid in South/Central Somalia annually. My responsibilities included; Management of the transport, C&F and warehousing contracts and contractors handling the food aid to Somalia; Conducted Logistics and commodity management trainings for the staff and partner NGOs; Supported food distribution activities, including, beneficiary targeting and registration; Developed the CARE Somalia food aid management guidelines for the CARE Somalia; Coordinated the service procurement tenders, vendor selections and appraisals, prepared and managed service contracts for the program; Prepared program commodity call forwards, distribution plans and releases authorizations; Prepared the transport and Logistics documents in line with the demand of the operations and in compliance with the Donor regulations; Prepared and managed the commodity Logistics budgets and the financial reports; Generated commodity and Logistics quarterly and annual reports to the Donors; Prepared commodity and Logistics audit both external and internal for the program.