Rose Kgokong

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About Rose Kgokong

7 years’ experience in Procurement, Management Consulting, Business Analyst and Engineering roles, with strong analytical and data interpretation skills, advanced excel, power-point and data modelling skills. I am a qualified Engineer (B.Sc. Electrical Engineering degree) from the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Unilever - Global Procurement Manager Asst. FEB-2016 – Present - Support in managing a €300+ million spend portfolio (Inorganic Chemicals), leading savings delivery - Generate global contract management plans, global negotiations, supporting supplier and sourcing strategies - Global supplier and stakeholder relationship management across Asia, South America, EMEA and Australasia - Global management of price forecasting, market & logistics benchmarking, Industry analysis, QA compliance - End to end development of e-tenders, from system design to strategic execution - Identifying and rolling out new global and local suppliers, in partnership with cross-functional teams Revenue Science - Business Analyst FEB-2014 – FEB-2016 - Delivery of two key Telecoms industry projects, while training and developing two newly joined colleagues - Data consolidation from multiple sources into a central database in SQL, enabling streamlined business decisions - Developed an excel based dashboard and simulator using VBA, to assist clients to monitor and prioritize KPIs - Developed statistical models using R-Studio and performed data analysis, from which finding and recommendations were presented to clients and project teams - Created project handover documentation for continuous improvement initiatives and skills transfer McKinsey & Company – Fellow: McKinsey Leadership Programme (MLP) FEB-2011 – DEC-2012 - Developed excel based models to monitor KPIs, conducted consulting industry competitor benchmarking - Executed a leadership survey and workshop investigating the competitor awareness of associate partners and directors