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Susan Maina

Susan Maina is a horticultural expert seeking a position where she can utilize her operational and administrative skills in the industry. She has experience working for Kenya Horticultural Exporters and Aaa Growers, where she ensured product quality, monitored temperatures and documentation. Her career goals are to take on leadership roles and contribute to organizational success through creativity, teamwork, and adaptability. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Horticulture and certifications in computer skills and driving.

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Susan Maina

Susan Maina is a horticultural expert seeking a position where she can utilize her operational and administrative skills in the industry. She has experience working for Kenya Horticultural Exporters and Aaa Growers, where she ensured product quality, monitored temperatures and documentation. Her career goals are to take on leadership roles and contribute to organizational success through creativity, teamwork, and adaptability. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Horticulture and certifications in computer skills and driving.

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Susan Maina

Tel: +254 774140100


Email:[email protected]
PERSONAL PROFILE SUMMARY
I am passionate about the horticultural industry, to offer quality service to my employer and clients. I
have both operational and administrative skills in all facets of horticulture. My passion and dedication
working with Kenya Horticultural Exporters has pushed me forward and helped me gain the
experience, skills set and talents to become a highly successful horticultural expert.

My career goal is to assume responsibility for the analysis and implementation of all organizational
goals and actively contribute to the overall success and growth of any organization I work for.

KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

Professionalism I deal with my employer, clients and teammates in a


courteous and professional manner. This applies also to my
communication and writing skills

Creativity I will think outside the box and come up with valuable and
innovative ideas to help the company move forward

Teamwork I work with people of diverse skill set and professionalism


background to achieve a common goal.

Time management Making sure I allocate my time in a systematic manner to


complete task efficiently especially in the horticultural
sector where we have perishable goods.

Motivating Having the ability to lead, support and inspire teams to


meet deadlines and targets.

Leadership/Ownership: I believe in good leadership process and results, and this


helps in the continuous improvement of everything I do.

Adaptability: I am highly adaptable to challenges; I believe a JD is just a


guide. I happily take up responsibilities beyond the JD
because I believe that is how I grow.

Observation I keep a close eye on my assignments, workers and the


environment around me to make sure everything is in order

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Kenya horticultural exporters (April 2021 to date)

Key responsibility
 Ensuring produce meets the customer speciation with correct temperatures
 Intake- supplies approval to ensure the company is fit to do supplies by use of Global Gap and
Risk assessment
 Holding and release procedure FIFO
 ensuring that the production process yields products that consistently satisfy the stated
customer quality attributes
 Ensuring that the documents/records in use are current, the correct version and completed in a
way that is unambiguous
 Reject all incoming product that fail to meet quality expectations and report the issue to the
concerned department at the earliest
 Resolving quality related issues adhering to deadlines
 Intake- supplies approval to ensure that the company is fit to do supplies by use of Global Gap
and Risk Assessment.
o -Intake Procedure – weighing > traceability > cold room.
o -Intake Quality Assessment-sampling of the produce.
o -Hold and Release Procedure-FIFO, Quarantine.
o -Cold room management.

Aaa Growers 2019(May to July)


Attachment

Attached at the various farm departments, which included preparation, planting, crop protection, crop
management, stores and record-keeping, Grading, team leading, and administration.

Skills learned in the farm

 Farm machinery used during land preparation, stages of land preparation and the equipment
used, manual operations and their costs, and the efficiency of implements
 Scouting and the process of assessing pest pressure and crop performance to evaluate
economic risk from pest infestation and disease as well as determine the potential effectiveness
of pest and disease controls and interventions.
 The types of crops grown on the farm include vegetables, salads, and spices, the farm inputs,
and their costs, manual and machinery planting and their costs, and the labor or man-days
required.

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 Activities and costs incurred in crop management, prediction of produce and harvesting, and
the costs incurred.
 The Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices in crop protection.
 Methods of grading, the marketing channels, labor costs, and value addition of the agricultural
produce
 Labor costing analysis, record keeping human resources, and accounting in the Administration
department.

Skills gained in the pack house


 Pack house Quality Analysis

 Temperature Control in the cold rooms, pack house floor, dispatch holding, blast chillers,
boxing room, and in the truck( thermal king).
 Dispatch -product positive release
 -product positive release temperature
 -truck timings and logistics.
 -pre-loading inspections.
 Labeling and types of labels (Promo labels, front labels, outer labels).
 Records and record-keeping

EDUCATION BACKGROUND
 Bachelor of Science in Horticulture, University Of Kabianga 2020
 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, Gitugi Girls High School 2015
 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education, Kora Primary School 2011

PROFESSIONAL COURSE
Nov-Dec 2020: RUMURUTI DRIVING SCHOOL
Award: Driving license

July –Aug 2019: Proficiency in Office Computer Programs: MS Word, MS Excel, MS


Access, MS Outlook, and MS Powerpoint.

STUDENT/CHRISTIAN AFFILIATIONS
 Community work.
 Traveling
 Playing board games
 Reading novels

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REFEREES

Dr. Millicent Otiende Engineer Charles Kapkwang


Lecturer UoK.
Hod Department Of Horticulture
0722289996
Kabianga University Email :[email protected]
Cell: 0721 571 908
Email:[email protected]

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