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Guinness NigeriaHead of Procurement
Oct. 2024Lagos State, NigeriaI lead the end-to-end procurement function for Guinness Nigeria Plc, a major FMCG organization that transitioned from Diageo Plc ownership to the Tolaram Group. I have maintained continuous leadership of the procurement function before, during, and after the ownership transition, ensuring governance continuity, supplier stability, and sustained value delivery. My responsibilities span strategic sourcing, category management, supplier governance, procurement transformation, and risk mitigation across direct and indirect spend categories. I manage large, multi-currency spend portfolios and partner closely with finance, operations, legal, and executive leadership. Key contributions include delivering multi-million-dollar productivity gains, implementing foreign exchange risk mitigation strategies, strengthening supplier ecosystem resilience, and advancing ESG and responsible sourcing initiatives.
DiageoMarket Category Manager, Manufacturing Services, Utilities & Capex (Africa)
Mar. 2024 - Sep. 2024Lagos State, Nigeria• Delivered cross-border procurement solutions for supply-constrained markets in East and West Africa • Negotiated and landed a clean energy deal for Diageo Kenya using Bagasse and Macadamia to power boilers — establishing the market as a global ESG leader • Secured a fresh water supply contract in Ghana, resolving production shutdowns due to water scarcity • Built supplier resilience and governance frameworks across multiple high-risk markets • Supported global sourcing alignment with Diageo London and Africa leadership teams
DiageoSenior Category Manager / Regional Procurement Lead
Nov. 2021 - Sep. 2024Lagos State, NigeriaI led strategic category management initiatives aligned with regional and global procurement frameworks, supporting cost efficiency, supply continuity, and governance objectives. My work included developing and executing category strategies, leading supplier negotiations and long-term commercial agreements, and implementing supplier performance management frameworks. I collaborated closely with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure alignment with global policies and ethical sourcing standards.
DiageoMarket Category Manager, Cans and Labels - Africa
Nov. 2021 - Jan. 2024Lagos State, NigeriaManaged the Cans and Labels Category for Diageo Africa by applying strategic Procurement Excellence through o leading execution of and defining category strategies specific to multiple Markets built on Diageo’s best methods, standards and tools to deliver procurement value for Diageo. o collaborating with other Market and Global Category Managers, o coordinating end-to-end execution of category strategies in-Market, ensuring that all Market Category Professionals are aligned and working in line with strategy. o serving as subject-matter expert for specific spend categories, ensuring collection and leverage of supply market expertise and close engagement with stakeholders for value-adding procurement. o Coordinating category performance in the market or relevant geography through established engagement rhythms, coaching, Business Performance Management (BPM) and reporting while promoting team cohesion. o Playing an active leadership role in the annual financial planning process and input into market strategy sessions, in collaboration with business leaders and Procurement Category Teams, o Collaborating with risk and governance stakeholders within procurement and the Diageo business to ensure that processes meet expected risk, ethics and compliance standards. o Accountability around participating in global category communities and drawing on the collective expertise of relevant procurement professionals in one or more spend categories, maintaining regular contact, strategic alignment, capability development and shared best practices. o Serving as a critical point of contact for suppliers and stakeholders in one or more of Diageo’s markets. o Delivering of USD8m in productivity in Cans and labels over a 3 year period in Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya and the development of the framework and data collation for Scope 2 decarbonization initiatives with Diageo suppliers.
Guinness NigeriaCategory Manager, Raw Materials and Packaging
Dec. 2019 - Oct. 2021Lagos State, NigeriaLed the Raw Materials and Packaging Categories in Guinness Nigeria through: o Creating, developing and recommending strategic options, across geographical and business cultural boundaries, and working with dispersed teams (both Nigeria and London-based) to finalize, agree, and implement category strategies. o Executing of the DWOCM (Diageo Way of Category Management) and Supplier Performance Management process using Diageo Mosaic, leading and securing stakeholder approvals at GATE meetings. o Coaching, influencing, and developing Supplier Performance Specialists, and the wider Guinness Nigeria Procurement team in best practices, internal & external data sourcing, Industry and Economic analysis, Contract management, and Supplier development. o Development of stretching category strategies that clearly deliver the Business’ Procurement Functional Value across the 2 sites in Benin and Lagos. o Promotion of most effective and efficient use of company’s funds in the acquisition of goods and services through procurement of the right quality at the right price on time and in full. o Managing all components and raw materials spend of c184mGBP and development of category strategies (sourcing and supplier management) for Guinness Nigeria Plc. o Development of relationship management strategies of key vendors. o Work alongside global procurement and cross functional teams to identify potential ideas and opportunities for possible cost savings. o Contributing to profit growth through the brilliant execution of the DWOCM to create value and deliver Procurement-initiated savings projects. o Preparing professional commodity bid-templates and follow-up evaluation of prospective supplier’s tenders against service, quality and cost parameters. o Managing a cost base of over 80mGBP, delivering value in projects and cash of <-2% Net YoY benefit in the first year.
DiageoProcurement Manager / Supply Chain Manager
Apr. 2015 - Oct. 2021Lagos State, NigeriaI managed end-to-end procurement and supply chain activities supporting manufacturing and commercial operations. My responsibilities included sourcing and contracting across direct and indirect categories, supplier performance management, and process improvement initiatives to strengthen operational discipline and supply continuity.
Guinness NigeriaSupplier Performance Specialist
Apr. 2015 - Nov. 2019LagosManaged Supplier Performance through: o Excellent execution/implementation of category strategies that clearly deliver our Procurement Functional Value agenda in all areas of Logistics and Distribution spend across the 2 sites in Benin and Lagos. o Providing procurement support to deliver the most effective and efficient use of the company’s funds in the acquisition of goods and services to deliver the key procurement imperatives of Quality, Cost and Risk Management. o Data gathering and analysis to support the preparation of professional commodity bid – templates and follow – up evaluation of prospective supplier’s tenders against service, quality and cost parameters. o Supplier development, Contract Management, Competitive bidding analysis, use of procurement tools to improve suppliers’ performance. o Supporting the implementation of designated key projects through effective project management, utilizing appropriate e-procurement tools to maximize speed, efficiency, and drive benefits e.g. e-RFIs, e-RFPs, e-auctions, spend analysis. o Managed a total cost base of over 240mGBP in 4 years delivering savings of over 19mGBP with a consistent Net YoY reduction in cost.
Guinness NigeriaAssistant Automation Engineer
Feb. 2013 - Mar. 2015Benin City, Edo State, NigeriaLed the Automation Engineering team through: o Identifying training needs for the technicians on the job and coached them for identified instrument skill gaps. o Monitoring and supporting the maintenance of various PLC and SCADA in the Brewery. o Driving the planned maintenance program for all electrical, electronics and automation systems on the Utility/Brewing Plants – and supporting the packaging lines in the Brewery. o Routine maintenance of various hi-tech Brewing/Utility equipment including Programmable Logic Computers (PLC) and SCADA systems on the Brewery Utility, Brewing equipment. o Resolving all Automation and Electrical related tasks and breakdowns on the Utility/Brewing equipment and support to packaging lines to guarantee plant availability to deliver target volumes on an ongoing basis. o Led my team to improve equipment availability to 97% versus target of 95% while maintaining high Engineering standards.
Guinness NigeriaMaintenance Planner
Jan. 2012 - Jan. 2013Benino Managed routine/weekly Planned Maintenance activities for the packaging lines delivering Overall Equipment Effectiveness of >70% for the Packaging Line. o Drove the generating/collating, review and report on all maintenance KPIs and review Maintenance plans for all plants on the line.
Guinness NigeriaEngineering and Supply Chain roles
Jun. 2009 - Mar. 2015Lagos State, NigeriaBuilt a strong foundation in engineering, operations support, and supply chain coordination, developing analytical, process optimization, and systems-thinking capabilities.
Power Holding Company of NigeriaMaintenance Technician
Jun. 2009 - Dec. 2011Benino Reduced transformer downtime through routine tests on the Distribution and Power systems o Organized test reports on pre –commissioned and failed transformers on grid to enable decision making o Collaborated with the Maintenance team to implement routine maintenance of panels, tripping units, breakers, etc at Injection substations.
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