Gideon Gatere MCIPS (Chartered), MKISM (Practitioner)

Experience

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  ARM CEMENT LTD

  Jan 2005 - Sept 2009

  Procurement and Logistics Officer

  Budget Responsibility level – Managing the turn-key Clinker and Cement Plants Project Procurementbudgets of total Usd.15,000,000.00.Logistical facilitation of purchase & importation of industrial machinery – Liaising with the relevantgovernment and port departments to ensure proper import/export documentation, licensing andpayments; executing trade documentation (transit bonds, IDF Forms, Inspection documentation,duty payment verification, Certificates of Origin, Chamber of Commerce certification, export POsand declaration forms etc.); duty/VAT exemption lodging with the Ministry of Finance and KRA. Show less

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  University of Maryland Institute for Global Health

  Sept 2010 - May 2015

  Procurement Officer - Kenya Programs

  Budget Responsibility level – Managing 5 annual grant procurement budgets of an approximate totalof Usd.3,000,000.00Overseeing the procurement of all required materials, services and contracts for program activities –Ensuring compliance with CDC regulations, and Program Notification of Award parameters,negotiate with vendors in the varying fields of construction, medical supplies/equipment,transportation, trainings and workshops, accommodation, and general office service requirements. Show less

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  DAI

  Jan 2016 - Aug 2019

  Providing procurement support to the U.S. government’s flagshipproject under the Presidential Trade Africa initiative (East Africa Trade and Investment Hub), withan operating budget of Usd.65,000,000.00Manage all field-initiated procurement processes, ensuring compliance with USAID regulations.Provide facilitation oversight to all grant and sub-contract procurement processes by conducting public tendering, proposal evaluation and vendor selection processes, vendor negotiations, drafting negotiation memoranda and source selection documentation, and ensuring inclusion of relevant departments and components in the procurement process. Show less

  • Procurement Manager

    Jan 2019 - Aug 2019

  • Senior Procurement Specialist

    Jan 2016 - Dec 2018
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  TradeMark Africa

  Sept 2019 - Dec 2022

  Procurement Officer

  Trademark EA is the leading aid-for-trade organization in the world, with a demanding regional development portfolio operating in the wider EAC region. Covering the areas of national and regional trade infrastructure - roads, border posts, systems integration, and safe trade - the procurement function is tasked with ensuring a professionally balanced, ethical, astute and timely infrastructure investment spend of above $500 million. The driving passion is to improve the well-being of the peoples and nations by opening up safe, reliable, accountable, and integrated avenues of regional trade. Tasked with providing procurement management support for the Tanzania and ICT for Trade portfolios, I ensure the right providers are sourced in a compliant, objective, and timely manner, ensuring costs are retained within budget through experienced negotiation and well-crafted contractual documentation. Show less

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  DAI

  Jan 2023 - now

  Partner Manager

  The continent-wide program is USAID’s flagship effort under the Prosper Africa initiative and will expand and accelerate two-way trade and investment between African nations and the United States. Tasked with providing procurement management support, I ensure contracting in a compliant, objective, and timely manner, ensuring costs are retained within budget through experienced negotiation and well-crafted contractual documentation.