About Me

KIMANI JAMES MWANGI

Address: P.O. Box 37841– 00100 Nairobi-Kenya

Phone Number:  +254721956206

Email [email protected]

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-kimani-7a3082128/

SUMMARY

Proven and tested professional with 11 years’ experience in Social Development and Project management both in nonprofit and profit sectors in Kenya focusing on economic transformation

A confident individual, self-motivated with excellent management and interpersonal skills.
Personality/psychometric results:https://app.plum.io/profile/41cc3f0262bae9bc1171f3fdad00a3557df789bc

WORK EXPERIENCE

The Mother Goose Kenya CBO, Nairobi-Kenya

Project Manager                                                                                                                       (05/2017)-Present

Main Responsibilities and achievements

·         Directed project implementation and general management for 2 major youth program

·         Provided general administrative support, logistics  and procurement

·         Spearheaded financial literacy training and mentorship to vulnerable young girls

·         Facilitated recruitment, vetting, preparation and admission of beneficiaries

·         Supervised and managed 16 permanent staff

·         Increased revenues by 75% to 18 million annually

·         Spearheaded training of  800 young women and placed over 80% into jobs

·         Promoted women empoernment

·         Masterminded project expansion and implementation from 20 beneficiaries per month to 60 per month

·         Featured in 3 local media within one year

·         Successfully negotiated a second donor funded project called KYEOP funded by world Bank targeting 2,000 youths in 5 counties

Family Bank Limited, Ol kalou-Nyandarua

Branch and Office Manager

(11/2013)-(08/2016)

Main Responsibilities and achievements

·         Bettered the profit before tax to 3 million annually signifying a 100% increase

·         Guided office operation, correspondences  and administration in a front office

·         Managed branch inventory book, payment of supplies invoices and stock control

·         Supervised and managed 22 permanent staff recording an average branch performance rate of 3.5 out of 5

·         Mentored 8 branch staff to career promotion through motivation, conflict resolutions and reconciliation mechanisms

·       Increased the deposit  book of from zero to 320 million

·       Business Growth and development

·       Grew  the customer numbers(both SME and MSMEs) from 500 to 11,000 through marketing assessments

·       Implemented entrepreneurship and business training to clients

·       Steered the branch to break even within a year maintaining an average PAR of less than 5%

·       Increased overall annual sales by 50% through incorporating several quality process improvements within the branch

Equity Bank Limited, (Mt Kenya, Central, Eastern and North Eastern Regions)

Assistant Relationship Manager

(04/2012)-(11/2013)

Main Responsibilities and achievements

·       Formulated Agriculture Group lending policies for use in Agribusiness lending

·       Trained farmers on Village Savings and Loans Associations(VSLAs)

·       Enhanced field operations through preparing of field training and mobilization

·       Improved the Agribusiness loan book from 10 million to 250 million

·       Guided an office in providing point of contact, collaboration and coordination between branches and Head Office on a daily basis

·       Upgraded financial status of 3,000 small scale farmers by providing irrigation kits

·       Introduced crop and livestock micro-insurance benefiting over 1,000 farmers

·       Enhanced food security practices and promotion of value chains

·       Implemented entrepreneurship and business training to farmers by contract management

·       Achieved 80% success rate in an Irrigation project funded by Kfw Bank

·       Promoted within one and a half years

Equity Bank Limited, Olkalou

Job Title Relationship Officer                                                                                                 (06/2008)-(04/2012)

Main Responsibilities and achievements

·       Founded the Agriculture Lending at the branch level

·       Operated an office through administration, documentation, filing and archiving

·       Delivered higher sales and marketing by recruiting over 3,000 new farmers

·       Boosted the agriculture loan book by over 70million

·       Guided an Agri- Credit project called Kilimo Biashara, funded by the Kenyan Government, Equity Bank, AGRA and IFAD

·       Successfully increased and loaned over 4,500 clients

·       Oversaw loan appraisal, disbursements and follow-up

·       Gave financial education and advice to farmers through weekly trainings and various field days

·       Promoted within 3 years

KEY SKILLS

§  Financial literacy- I possess high experience delivering financial literacy to farmers

§  Agribusiness financing – Am adept in agribusiness financing, value chains and value addition

§  Customer relations skills – Am adept in providing excellent customer service to both internal and external clients

§  Organizational, Coordination and logistics – I have proven experience in organizing tasks, teams and providing technical support to projects.

§  Office administration-Am adept in managing high performing offices

§  Mobilization-I have acquired excellent mobilization skills especially in rural setups

§  Computer proficiency-Am proficient in Microsoft office i.e word,excel,access,powerpoint etc

EDUCATION

·         Bachelor of Science(BSc):Statistics Major, Graduation Year (2007)

Egerton University,Main Campus Njoro

·         Certificate in Anti Money Laundering, Graduation Year (2016)

Timara Consultants c/o Central Bank of Kenya, Nairobi

·         Certificate in Transformation Leadership, Graduation Year (2015)

Daystar University, Nairobi

·         Certificate in Agricultural Financing, Graduation Year (2012)

Kenya School of Monetary Studies, Nairobi

Referees

1
NAME
KERRY TURK

ORGANIZATION&ROLE

The Mother Goose Kenya CBO-Director

TELEPHONE

0718801903
E-MAIL

[email protected]
2
NAME
GEORGE IRUNGU MACHARIA

ORGANIZATION&ROLE

Equity Bank Limited-Head of Agriculture Sector

TELEPHONE
0722246840
E-MAIL
[email protected]
3
NAME
NANCY WATIRI NJAU

ORGANIZATION&ROLE

Family Bank-Director Retail Banking

TELEPHONE
0721805732
E-MAIL
[email protected]