This curriculum vitae is for Willis Wekesa Wanyonyi, who has over 20 years of experience in tyre management and vehicle maintenance. He has held roles such as tyre manager, technical executive, and supervisor at various companies. He has extensive experience managing fleets of trucks, trailers, and other vehicles. He also has qualifications in plant and vehicle mechanics, computer applications, and computer engineering.
1. CURRICULUM VITAE
OBJECTIVE - to be the best,cost effective manager in every field I undertake
PERSONAL DATA
NAME : Willis Wekesa Wanyonyi
DATE OF BIRTH : 18th
October 1972
SEX : Male
MARITAL STATUS : Married with 4 Children
NATIONALITY : Kenyan
RELIGION : Christian
POSTAL ADDRESS : P.O BOX7191-00200 Nairobi
TEL. : +254 722 404 732 Or +254 732 031 057
E-MAIL : wanyonyiwillis@gmail.com
LANGUAGES : English, Kiswahili and Luhya
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
COLLEGE EDUCATION
1995-1997 : NATIONAL YOUTHSERVICE
COURSE : PLANT AND MOTOR VEHICLE MECHANICS
Grades Attained : Government Trade Test GRADE 2 in BOTH
Jan.2002-June.2002 : Certificate in Computer Application
PACKAGES
ms-dos
computer fundamentals
ms-windows
ms-word
ms-access
ms-excel
internet
Jan.2004-April 2004 : Wings Driving School
Driving test : Class BCE
Sep.2005 – April 2009 : KCITI
Course : Diploma in Computer Engineering
2. Grades Attained : Pass
TRAINING COURSES ANDSEMINARS
August 16th
to 20th
sept.2010 – Learned trailer manufacturing process
from Superdoll Trailer Manufacturer (Tanzania)
December 2008 – attended Fleet Tyre Management Seminar Organized by
Bridgestone and Sammeer Africa
July 2007 – attended Fleet Tyre Management Seminar Organized by
Bridgestone and Sammeer Africa.
December 2004 – Participated in Catch a thiefTraining this is a training on
tyre mileage wasters which eventually leads to high cost per kilometer.
January 2001- participated in Team Challenge Training.
September 2000—attended Trucker Application Training Sponsored by
Goodyear (South Africa).
June 1999-attended Acting as Owners seminar.
EDUCATIONAL BACKROUND
1991-1992 : Bungoma Town High School
1987 – 1988 : Bokoli High School
JOB EXPERIENCE
May 2013 to Date : Tyre Management Supervisor (Nairobi and
Thika Region)
Duties and Responsibilities : Tyre Managiment Supervisor at AutoXpress Ltd
Managing Tyre Contracts in Delmonte the biggest tyre
dealer in Kenya, Kenblest the Bread Baking company,
Brookeside the biggest milk processor and supplier in Kenya
and BOC the Gas and Oxygen supplier in East Africa
: Incharge ofa team of22 staff members in
discharging ofthe above duties
Sept. 2010 to May 2013 : Technical Executive in charge ofContracts – Superdoll
Trailer Manufacturer (Tanzania)
Duties and Responsibilities : Before embarking on the belowassignment, I was trained
thoroughly in Tyre Retreading and Trailer Manufacturing
Selling tyres and spare parts for trucks and trailers
Selling and maintaining the Off The Road tyres (this includes tyres for
all agricultural and industrial machines)
Coordinating trailer sales to our contract clients
3. Managing tyre and trailer maintainance service in customer yards
Overseeing maintaince oftrailers in our customer yards
Following up tyre and trailer inspections and pressure top ups in
Daresslaam, Mwanza, Arusha and Dodoma in our customer yards
Coordinating vehicle body manufacturing for our customers.
Following up payments on the salesmade with our customers
Analyzing scrap tyres to ascertain the cause offailure and recommend
the remedy for the same
Preparing monthly inspection reports oftyres and trailers for our
contract clients so as to project the next month’s consumption.
Preparing Tyre management report on monthly basis.
Mar 2010 to July 2010 : H.O.D. - URGENT CARGO and MAERSK KENYA LTD
WORKSHOP/TYRE DEPATMENT
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Maintaining the cost of tyres at a set cost per Km
Managing tyres on all trucks and trailers with a team of 5 people
Overseeing inspections and pressure top-ups.
Analysing the results of fitment tests on tyres
Managing the tyre inventory and buffer stock
Mar.2005 to Jan 2010: SWIFT TRUCKERS LIMITED
TYRE MANAGER
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Managing a fleet of truck and trailer tyres with 2500 running wheels with a
team of 7 members.
Managing the tyre inventory through Budini System
Managing the alignment of trucks and trailers using Easy Aligner Tool from
South Africa
Managing inspections on our busy Trucks and Trailers on paper and in
Budini System.
4. Analysing tyre scrap reasons and implementing preventive measures like
repainting of rims and pressure top-ups.
April 1999-Feb 2005: TREADSETTERS TYRE LTD
LAST POSTING
Sep 2004 to Feb 2005: SBU(Strategic BusinessUnit) Manager
Homegrown Kenya and Sher Agencies Naivasha
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Managing a team of 7 staff members working in 2 different customer yards.
Managing tyre inventory both in store and on vehicles
In-charge of Budini System ( it’s a programme that effectively manages tyres from
time of acquisition to time of disposal)
Managing mounting and demounting of tyres on small Vehicles, Trucks and farm
machineries including farm tractors,graders, workhorses and several other Earth
moving machines and small farm trailers.
Managing inspections of tyres on all the above machines and vehicles.
Preparing final tyre consumption reports and hence determine the profit & loss
account.
Analyzing the tyre failure reasons and recommending the solutions to the same.
Lodge and follow-up claims of willfully damaged tyres from customers until they are
paid.
Co-ordinate mileage collection and invoicing of the charges due each month.
THIRD POSTING
June 2004 to August 2004 : TREADSETTERS TYRES LIMITED as
an SBU Manager
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Managing a team of 12 staff members working in 7 different customer yards.
Co-ordinating preparation of monthly projected tyre consumption reports in
all the 7 customer yards.
Preparing final tyre consumption reports and hence determine the profit &
loss account.
5. Analyzing the tyre failure reasons and recommending the solutions to the
same.
Lodge and follow-up claims of willfully damaged tyres from customers until
they are paid.
Co-ordinate mileage collection and invoicing of the charges due each month.
SECOND POSTING
April 2001 –June 2004 : TREADSETTERS TYRE LTD - Supervisor –
SWIFT TRUCKERS LTD
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Co-ordinating vehicle tyre inspections in the company.
Managing tyre store in the company (including purchasing).
Preparing tyre performance and fitment tests in the fleet.
Co-ordinating tyre fitting and removal on and off vehicle plus mounting
demounting Activities.
Managing all tyre related documentation on paper and in computer system.
Managing a team of five staff members
Training new team members into a well skilled, honest and dedicated team.
FIRST POSTING
April 1999 : Trained in Tyre Retreading
May 1999-April 2001 : FLEET SERVICE CO-ORDINATOR
HOMEGROWN KENYA LTD
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Co-ordinating tyre activities i.e. acquiring, branding and registering. This includes all
tyre sizes on Earth moving machines, farm trailers, workhorses, Staff buses and trucks.
Inspecting tyres on vehicles and recommending timely removal and matching of tyres.
6. Carrying out tyre performance fitment tests.
Analyzing causes of tyre failures and advising on right remedy for the same.
May 1998-March 1999 : WELLS FARGO LTD as a Dog Handler.
Feb.1998-May 1998 : Mechanic: Servicing and Maintenance.
EXTRA CURRICULA ACTIVITIES
NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE (COLLEGE)
In-charge of security company- NYS YATTA FIELD UNIT
Church Official (Counselor) –NYS YATTA FIELD UNIT
Church Official (Counselor) – NYS TANA BASIN ROAD PROJECT UNIT
AT SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL
Active Member in oratorical club
Chairman of Christian Union
HOBBIES
Reading
Singing
Traveling
Swimming
REFEREES
Derrick kimathi Andrew Lukuyani
Kenya Revenue Authority Bank of Baroda Thika Branch
TEL. 0722364941 TEL. 0720779935
John Kiarie
Treadsetters Tyre Ltd
Tel. 0722519181