Edith M.
Global Sourcing and End to End Procurement Specialist
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Independent / Freelance Sourcing & Procurement Agent
Freelancing Career
Apr 2019 - Present • 7 yrs 6 mos
Provide full-suite, end-to-end global procurement services for regional e-commerce brands, importers, and hardware businesses across East Africa and international markets. Managed cross-border supplier identification, RFQ drafting, factory vetting, sample verification, price negotiation, pre-shipment Quality Control (QC), and customs logistics.
Supply Chain & Procurement Officer
Isuzu East Africa Limited
Jun 2022 - Dec 2023 • 1 yr 6 mos
- Executed procurement for OEM motor vehicle components, local spare parts, assembly line tooling, and operational inventory across East African markets. - Monitored international automotive parts shipments, audited vendor background licenses, and managed local vendor performance scorecards. - Streamlined raw materials and spare parts re-ordering schedules, reducing local assembly plant stockout risks by 18%. - Negotiated bulk purchase agreements for imported automotive components, achieving an annual cost savings of $45,000.
Assistant Procurement Officer
Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization - Veterinary Science Research Institute
Jan 2021 - May 2022 • 1 yr 4 mos
- Administered tendering processes in full compliance with the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act (PPADA) and Public Procurement Information Portal guidelines. - Prepared standard bidding documents (RFQs, RFPs), organized evaluation committee sessions, and managed transparent vendor selection processes. - Conducted pre-qualification audits for government suppliers and registered vendors, boosting compliance accuracy across departmental audits. - Reduced public tender processing cycle times by 22% by digitizing tender submission trackers and automating compliance verification reports.