Talent Mbendana

Procurement of Goods & Services.

• Built relationships with vendors to negotiate ideal terms for purchases.
• Maintained detailed records of all procurement activities for reference purposes as well as for auditing and compliance.
• Developed strong partnerships with vendors to secure favorable pricing, payment terms, and delivery schedules.
• Managed procurement projects from initiation to completion, ensuring timely delivery of goods and services inline with existing policies and procedures.
• Responsible for implementation of organisational procurement plans.
• Ensured compliance with procurement principles, standards and policies; donor regulations and local statutory requirements.
• Carry out comparative bid analysis and ensured purchase of goods and services in accordance with specifications
• Oversee logistical aspects of movement of goods and services to various destinations.

Framework Agreements & Contract Management

• Preparation of draft contracts in consultation with user departments and legal advisers.
• Manage & review supply contracts for goods and services on past performance and price.

Tendering Tender Committee Facilitation

• Prepare pre-qualification and tender documents, receipt of bids and analysis.
• Participating ( Minuting ) in procurement committee activities and meetings. Acting as a secretary/ alternate ec officio to Procurement.
• Preparation of tender documents to be presented to Finance Commission/Procurement Committee.
• Acted as a secretary of the evaluation committees and advises on procedures.

Inventory Management

• Updating records of new assets acquired.
• Prepare and participated in monthly warehouse stocktakes.
• Oversee effective working of stores management systems and staff.

Finance Management

• Preparation of payments for payment by finance department
• Preparation and monitoring of annual budgets for Red Cross Kiosk and Red Cross High School
• Capturing of payments in the Navision ERP System for monthly bank reconciliations.
• Preparation of monthly bank reconciliations.
• Preparation of monthly and quarterly reports for Red Cross Kiosk and High School.