General Info
Professional Track
- Science
Country
RwandaAreas of Expertise
- Food Science and Food Technology
- Engineering, Energy Resources
- Engineering and Science, Materials and Industrial
Professional Interests
- Food safety and security, fortified food manufacturing
- Energy optimization in food manufacturing industries
- Robotics in modern industry
Age
31The Top Three Things I Would Like to Learn or Experience During my Mentorship
- Learn about people organization and development to improve my leadership competencies.
- Enhance my knowledge in optimization of energy in industries and how to manage waste.
- Gain knowledge in project management.
Certifications
- Quality Management Systems, Transition Implementation, Impact Awareness & Internal Auditors (ISO9001:2015)
Additional Technical Skills
Developing and implementation of online reporting tools; safety, health and environment; water and wastewater treatment; people organization and management
What are three adjectives that best describe you in the work place?
- Hardworking
- Team-player
- Creative
What impact will your mentorship have on your career and professional path?
This impact will have a very significant impact on my career and professional path. I will have the opportunity to develop my leadership competencies by learning and receiving feedback from my mentors and other TechWomen participants. I will build my functional competencies from the host company, and I will understand well how business is done in a well-developed country like the US. These competencies will help me to devise a personal development plan that will help me achieve my career goal of becoming a technical director in my company and mentor other young women.
After participating in the TechWomen program, how will you leverage your mentorship experience to make an impact in your home country?
After participation in this TechWomen program, I will return home ready to make a change in my country. I will begin in my own company (Africa Improved Foods) by motivating other women to join technical departments and take leadership roles. I will return to the secondary school from which I graduated and motivate girls to pursue their dream careers and to love STEM. I went through the same experiences as they are now, and I know very well the challenges they face. Furthermore, I will mentor other women to launch their own businesses.
Work History
Years of Full-time Work Experience
6Primary Professional Focus
- Managing technical employees
- Technical training
Current/Most Recent Job
- Title and Company: Shift Leader, Africa Improved Foods - Rwanda
- Direct Reports: 9
- Type: Full-time
- Location: Kigali, Rwanda
- Dates: October 10, 2019 –
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Responsibilities:
Lead the team of production operators and maintenance; monitor production chain to assure highest quality of produced product and highest hygienic standards on production; ensure safety, health and environmental standards are met; serve as after-hours highest responsible employee on site; participate in dissemination of essential information to all staff; ensure team involvement and consultation in decision-making; coordinate training and coaching in operations
Job #2
- Title and Company: Shift Brewer, Bralirwa PLC (Heineken Holding)
- Type: Full-time
- Location: Rubavu, Rwanda
- Dates: October 1, 2016 – September 30, 2019
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Responsibilities:
Ensured that safety agenda is applied in the shift during beer brewing; led the entire process of beer production and improvement of key performance indicators; ensured proactive communication with other team leaders; trained and coached team; managed TPM implementation among team
Job #3
- Title and Company: Management Trainee, Bralirwa PLC
- Type: Full-time
- Location: Rubavu and Kigali, Rwanda
- Dates: December 2, 2014 – September 30, 2016
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Responsibilities:
Served as syrup room operator (soft drinks production); operated as quality control and assurance analyst; operated in brewing department packaging and utilities; wrote all necessary SOP and OPL
Education History
Highest Level of Education Completed
Bachelor'sInstitution #1
- Institution: University of Rwanda
- Degree Awarded: Bachelor's
- Major: Chemistry
- Minor: Biochemistry
- Location: Kigali, Rwanda
- Completion Date: September 1, 2014
