Judith Harrison Kileo
Dar es Salaam
Summary
Adept at driving organizational success, my tenure at Lecudayo Company Limited showcases a proven track record in operations management and strategic partnerships. Leveraging interpersonal skills and demographic analysis, I've spearheaded initiatives that significantly enhanced operational efficiency. My leadership has consistently fostered team growth and business innovation.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Executive Manager
Lecudayo Company Limited
DAR ES SALAAM
11.2022 - Current
- Ensure the direction of the marketing team is in line with that of the company's directors and shareholders.
- Completing assigned tasks in line with applicable policies, guidelines, processes, and procedures.
- Review and update credit and loan files.
- Handle customer complaints and take appropriate action to resolve them.
- Complete follow-up paperwork and undertake administrative activities to ensure effective, efficient, and compliant operation of the company.
- Managing and minimizing the impact of risk in the event of deadlines not being met.
- Developed and implemented strategic plans to meet organizational objectives.
- Managed a staff of employees, including recruitment, performance reviews, coaching, and disciplinary action.
- Analyzed financial data and developed budget projections for the executive team.
- Provide weekly, monthly, and quarterly shop inventory status reports to the Inventory and Logistics teams.
Conduct monthly, quarterly, and End-of-Year physical stock audits (stock-taking) for the shop and be accountable for the stock in the shops.
Board Member
SADERA Tanzania (Save For Development And Relief Association)
10.2022 - Current
- Ensuring proposals are in line with SADERA’s objectives
- Promote the organization by creating awareness of the organization and promoting groups and individual initiatives to donors
- Provide management advisory and consultancy services on issues of project planning and management
- Perform community care giver activities such as visiting the vulnerable in the society
- Create events that attract donors to sponsor projects
Marketing Manager
Upepo Beach Garden & Olive Holdings Company
DAR ES SALAAM
10.2021 - 05.2023
- Create, Organize and Promote events at Upepo Beach and Olive Garden
- Organized the Sauti Sol Concert 2022 in Dar
- Organize local and international artists to perform at events
- Plan and budget for monthly activities
- Ensure daily activities are coordinated and executed to exact details
- Prepare proposals and ensure all sponsored events are actually sponsored
- Preparing and presenting reports of all expenditure
- Ensuring all subordinates are organized and perform tasks accordingly.
- Handling logistics of Upepo and Olive Holding Company.
- Handling of all government processes and documentations.
- Ensure customer service is maintained, and all customers are satisfied.
- Ensure all staff are well organized, and all protocol is followed.
- Ensure daily kitchen and bar inventory is up to date.
- Developed and implemented marketing plans for new products.
- Analyzed market trends to identify potential opportunities for growth.
- Conducted customer research to gain insights into consumer behavior.
Marketing Consultant
Serene Hotel Tanzania
DAR ES SALAAM
11.2022 - 01.2023
- Create, Organize and Promote the venue through social media marketing
- Promote the venue through branding from sponsors.
- Ensure customer preferences through proper marketing strategies.
- Creating budgets to ensure all marketing needs are met.
- Ensure customer relations are good, and customer care is maintained.
- Accessing competition and determining business marketing plans to be implemented.
- Designing strategic marketing plans targeted at capitalizing on marketing opportunities and achieving growth.
- Developed and implemented marketing campaigns to increase customer engagement.
- Conducted market research to identify new opportunities for product development.
- Created content strategy plans to improve customer experience across multiple platforms.
Project Coordinator
Youth for Change
NAIROBI
01.2018 - 05.2020
- Ensured all projects of the organization were planned, coordinated, and completed on time.
- Ensured weekly and monthly goals were aligned in accordance with the organization's vision and mission.
- Initiated the organization's projects by identifying and engaging potential donors, and also working with the government to ensure projects go through and are supported.
- Allocated different resources for different schools (including learning materials) in accordance with the organization's budget and donations given.
- Introduced new activities in different schools and engaged children and donors in the process.
- Initiated ideas, such as online banking, to enhance transparency and accountability of projects and show how money donated to support children’s education and upkeep was spent.
- Community caregiver to the elderly and orphaned children.
- Analyzed data related to projects in order to identify areas for improvement or optimization opportunities.
- Monitored performance metrics such as cost, timeline, quality control and customer satisfaction levels.
- Performed regular reviews of project documentation and communicated results with relevant personnel.
Intern
Kenya Red Cross Society
Parklands
04.2016 - 08.2016
- Conducted administrative duties at the Parklands branch including organizing files and ensuring records are up to date
- Wrote proposals to the United Nations that involved different projects that involved the communities and schools around
- Organized community service activities to promote emotional, social intellectual and physical development of children in the slums
- Conducted visits to children in the slums to assist in donation distribution for the needy children in the society-such as deep sea slums
- Completed First Aid Training
Community Service
St. Anne Rehabilitation Centre for Disabled Children
NAIROBI
11.2015 - 02.2016
- Organized and handled office duties by ensuring effective administrative performance and smooth flow of work and communication in the organization.
- Liaised between management and staff by engaging both parties to find solutions to meet the demands of both staff and management on how to handle the most affected children.
- Played role as a teacher by tutoring the disabled children and helping them through slow and repetitive learning.
- Caregiver to disabled children at the home.
- Conducted fundraising around the community to aid in learning equipment for the older children, who could read and write.
- Assisted in daily activities of the children, including feeding and helping them exercise through muscle therapy.
- Worked with other teachers to come up with developmentally appropriate lessons that align with the needs of the disabled children.
- Developed and implemented community service projects to help improve the quality of life in local neighborhoods.
- Coordinated with other organizations to promote volunteerism, fundraising, and awareness campaigns.
- Organized events and activities for members of the community to participate in.
Education
Master’s - Business Administration, GSSE & Strategic Management
United States International University Africa
Kenya08.2021
Bachelor of Arts - International Relations, Peace and Conflict
United States International University Africa
Kenya08.2016
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) -
Mutungoni Academy
Athi-river, Kenya11.2011
Skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Leadership skills
- Operations Management
- Performance Evaluation
- Strategic Partnerships
- Workforce Planning
- Staff Training
- Business trend research
- Computer end-user skills
- Communication skills
- Strong Organizational Abilities
- Planning skills
- Demographic Analysis
References
- Lavender Annette, Business Manager Nation Media Group Kenya, (+254) 726 432974, lannette@ke.nationmedia.com
- Brighton Mkocha, Marketing Manager at Heineken Tanzania, (+255) 746562430, brighton.mkocha@heineken.com
- Yvonne Ndubi, Founder of Youth for Change, (+254) 706541824, yvonne.ndubi18@gmail.com
Other Engagements
- Freelance academic writing.
- Reading.
- Community volunteering.
Timeline
Executive Manager
Lecudayo Company Limited
11.2022 - Current
Marketing Consultant
Serene Hotel Tanzania
11.2022 - 01.2023
Board Member
SADERA Tanzania (Save For Development And Relief Association)
10.2022 - Current
Marketing Manager
Upepo Beach Garden & Olive Holdings Company
10.2021 - 05.2023
Project Coordinator
Youth for Change
01.2018 - 05.2020
Intern
Kenya Red Cross Society
04.2016 - 08.2016
Community Service
St. Anne Rehabilitation Centre for Disabled Children
11.2015 - 02.2016
Master’s - Business Administration, GSSE & Strategic Management
United States International University Africa
Bachelor of Arts - International Relations, Peace and Conflict
United States International University Africa
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) -
Mutungoni Academy
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