What type of job are you looking for?
Jobs In Relations to Printing Technology, 1. Estimation and Costing in printing Technology 2. Management in general printing. Pre-press, Machine printing and print finishing 3.Sales of Printing Consumables 4.Consultant in printing Technology
What nationality are you?
Kenyan
What languages do you speak (and at what level)?
English -Fluent, Kiswahili -Fluent
What country or area are you looking to work in and why?
Any Africa Country, Qatar or Europe. In africa, I will be more relatively at home and in both qatar and Europe I will be more competitive in my printing Career
What countries have you worked in?
Kenya
What countries do you have a visa to work in?
None, But I have no any criminal offense that will hinder me to travel to any part of the World.
What field do you currently work in?
Currently I am working as Territorial account manager In sales and marketing of Printing Consumables. [Graphics Art Sales Division] - Printing Products. – KENSTA GROUP/Transpaper Kenya Ltd - A Multinational company that supplies TECHNOVA Printing Consumables for Printing Industries that include; Offset, Gravure, Flexography, Screen, Digital Print Media and Business Graphics. We do also supplies paper s, boards and specialty paper and boards Duties
•In charge of printing division [Graphic Art Division]. •Printing Materials technical consultant, trouble shooting to printing clienteles and printing industries account management. •Estimation, costing and in charge of importation of printing consumables. •Marketing & sales of all printing materials including papers and boards, and Digital print media. •New business development.
What fields have you worked in before?
JUNE 2003 - AUGUST 2005
Data Analyst [On Contract] - Steadman Associates Research Ltd - Research Company that carries research on market, media and social research. Duties •Carrying Products Market survey, research on Commodities, Media and Social research •Data Cleaning, Analysis, Editing, Coding of questionnaires, confirming instructions and processing. •Group administration and participation in the company PR initiatives.
MAY 2001 - APRIL 2003
Customer relations and support services (C.R.S) - MFI Office Solutions Ltd - Multinational Company in E. Africa that solely Market, sales and give after sales services on Mita & Cannon Machines from Kyocera. Duties •Customer support on the functional benefits of the Mita & Cannon machines hardware, software, wear and tear and to give technical advice for cause of action. •Sales of Mita & Cannon consumables, service contract for machines, and monitoring consumables replacement as by the manufacturer stated life-span, direct sales of Facsimiles machines, shredders, Copiers and projectors •Account management, Sorting and collecting customer’s cash and cheques
MAY 1999 - MARCH 2001
•Printer Assistant - Profan Printing Systems Ltd [collapsed] - One of the major state of the Art Four Color litho-Graphic web-printing Industry with a modern Sheet fed perfector machines. Duties •Machine printing for both Gosh, Kord, G201, G213 & speed master 74 •Material Estimations for Printing Consumables •Prepress Artwork design and Plate Making •Quality Control •Print finishing and Dispatch control.
What qualifications do you hold?
EDUCATION
•1996 - 1999 - Diploma in printing technology and management.
OTHER TRAINING
•Desktop-Publishing (DTP) - Kenya Polytechnic University College. •MS-Office applications - UMC - Department of Education. •Technical training by TECHNOVA India - on new offset technologies, Analog and Convectional offset photosensitive plates, Novadom plates, Thermal CtP Offset plates, CtP Polyjet plates, Ctp Posijet films, Fount Chemicals, washes, Novasharp films, Flexopolymers etc •B.C.E CLASS DRIVING LICENCE – ROCKY DRIVING SCHOOL
EXTRA-CURRICULUM •Class representative for the printing students - Kenya Polytechnic College– Three years. •Clerk to the Electoral Commission of Kenya – Two Session 1997/2007
Which do you consider more valuable? Formal education or skills and why?
•Good technical skills, marketing, customer care, sales, innovative and passion for insight.
Describe the benefits of working with others
1. Successful Worked for Kensta Group as A trainee and now compitent employee for which I have help the Company to achieve market growth of more than 50% market share since I joined it 2. I have help the company roll out Two branches in the market Passion graphics and Kenton Papers
Describe the benefits of working alone
I am able to plan effectively without much supervision, while ensuring that set Target are realized.
What was your worst working experience?
when I did not meet my monthly target and My Boss was overworked.
What is the most important lesson you have learnt throughout your career?
Virtues of hard Work pays
What unique skills do you have?
•Ambitious, patient, humble and self motivated •Good interpersonal and communication skills •Fluent in speaking in English and Swahili language •Good technical marketing, customer care, sales, innovative and passion for insight.
What would you consider as your 'dream job'?
MANAGING A PRINTING COMPANY
What are the most interesting aspects of your field?
doing the Technical aspect of printing technology, achieving Measurable results for my Clients
Wjat are the least interesting aspects of your field?
when My Efforts are not recognized
Salarly
In Kenya I will only be will to work for a salary of Kenya shilling 100,000[Negotiable]
Outside Kenya 2,000 dollars per Month
How can potential employers contact you?
NAME : KEFA MOKORO ONG’OA ADRESS : P.O. BOX 65506 - 0607 KAMITI NAIROBI-KENYA EMAIL : kmokoro2002@yahoo.com CELLEPHONE : +254721218104