ASEKHONA NGENO
Sub-Saharan Africa S&Op Head & GTM Design Project Leader
Dubai
Summary
Inspirational Project Leader with talents in planning and implementing all stages of projects and selecting the most effective approaches and processes for timely project completion. Outstanding personal organization and risk management abilities. Big picture thinker with expertise in strategic planning, people and stakeholder management, and business administration.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Languages
Work History
Project Leader - GTM Design
Procter and Gamble
Dubai,
03.2022 - Current
- Leading a team of 8 across Dubai, Cairo, and Johannesburg
- Leading a planning restructuring delivering a 5-Year NPV of $25MM, cash flow of $3MM, 4% OSA improvement, and 8% service improvement
- Objective is create breakthrough process focusing on loss elimination and market volatility supply chain resilience in the new world which can be scaled globally
Business Planning Leader – Sub Sahara Africa
Procter and Gamble
Dubai
08.2021 - Current
- Leading Business Planning for 21 African countries for Pampers, Pantene, Head & Shoulders, Old Spice, Clear-Blue, Olay, and Safeguard.
- Improved Service to by 21% - leading to 12pt improvement in Advantage Survey
- Improved stock productivity by $3MM and reduced UPI by 7%
Project Leader – Distributor Integration
Procter and Gamble
Johannesburg
09.2020 - 08.2021
- Executed a complex go-to-market restructuring delivering a 5-Year NPV of +$90MM, cash flow of $12MM, and 80 bps cost-to-serve reduction and delivering 141% in growth
- Led a global team of 22 members to deliver a 1st of its kind distributor/agent hybrid GTM model to ensure optimum performance of customer distributor with commercial know how of P&G sales force.
- Led supply chain optimization and re-negotiated supply trade terms for distributors delivering $125M in joint value creation to the business.
- Led the customer service operations (order management, shipping, and billing) department.
- Redesigned the claim process to enable the consistent collection of claim incidences and faster investigation and shortened the overall time to claim closure by 40%.
- Designed a framework for the sales & operations planning cycle with the distributor and internal commercial teams, managing the demand planning and replenishment cycle.
Distributor &Modern Trade Senior Logistics Manager
Procter and Gamble
Johannesburg
01.2020 - 08.2020
- Lead logistics for $400MM a year business
- Leading a team of 6. My role is focused on Joint Value Creation with our customer by partnering with my sales colleagues and customer counterparts in our Joint Business Planning Projects
- Delivered top customer satisfaction, reviewing feedback closely and addressing needs and requests of account holders.
- Managed product transitions from warehouse to customer site, loading and unloading in alignment with specifications.
- Improved operations through consistent hard work and dedication.
- Learned new skills and applied to daily tasks to improve efficiency and productivity.
- Implemented policies and procedures across warehouse and shipping platforms.
Customer Team Logistics Leader
Procter and Gamble
Johannesburg
07.2019 - 01.2020
- Lead logistics for $160MM a year business
- Leading a team of 4 and responsible for the PnP, Dis-Chem, Game, and Makro
- Partnered greatly with Finance, Production Plants, Distribution Centers, Transportation and Warehousing third parties, sales teams, and of course, and our customers in order to meet business objectives.
Business Operations Planning Manager
Procter and Gamble
Johannesburg
12.2016 - 06.2019
- Responsible for the end-to-end synchronization between global plants, regional business units, and local marketing/sales teams, the main objective was leading the monthly business forecasting drumbeats for Gillette, Oral B, Ariel, Vicks, and Clear-Blue
- Working with the various P&G departments, leading crucial work processes with Multifunctional Operational Teams both in the local market and regional offices
- The Multi-Functional Teams include: 1) Finance 2) Commercial Operations 3) Product Supply 4) CBD Sales 5) CMK (Consumer Market Knowledge)
- Use of detailed knowledge of market characteristics & experience of previous marketing & customer events to optimize updates
- Operating with discipline is required to ensure strict Business Operations Planning deadlines are met
- Presentation and people skills are a great part of the role due to high interaction with the Multifunctional Teams, Senior Management, and external partners
- Fantastic accuracy results and lineup optimisation work lead to me receiving numerous regional and local accolades..
Education
Bachelor of Accountancy - Financial Accounting, Finance, Financial Management
University of The Free State
Bloemfontein, RSA 02.2011 - 11.2015
Skills
Project leadership
Planning leadership
Issues resolution
Strategic planning
Financial Management
Negotiation
Verbal and written communication
Staff Development
Stakeholder Management
Presentation Skills
Business Administration
Timeline
Project Leader - GTM Design
Procter and Gamble
03.2022 - Current
Business Planning Leader – Sub Sahara Africa
Procter and Gamble
08.2021 - Current
Project Leader – Distributor Integration
Procter and Gamble
09.2020 - 08.2021
Distributor &Modern Trade Senior Logistics Manager
Procter and Gamble
01.2020 - 08.2020
Customer Team Logistics Leader
Procter and Gamble
07.2019 - 01.2020
Business Operations Planning Manager
Procter and Gamble
12.2016 - 06.2019
Bachelor of Accountancy - Financial Accounting, Finance, Financial Management
University of The Free State
02.2011 - 11.2015