Christine Maina
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Profile
Results driven professional with 8 years of experience in coordination of business operations.
Skilled in research, data collection, entry and analysis and program support. An open-minded
and respectful team player, resilient and adaptive to new situations with the ability to obtain
the desired results. Experienced in handling multiple projects and coordinating teams in
different geographic locations.
Work Experience
Education
Business Development Consultant
Strategic Management
Deloitte, East Africa • 2020 - PRESENT
European Business University— Ongoing
I provide support to the business functions by serving as the primary focal
point and supporting with firmwide initiatives and programs.
Leaders of Africa Institute
Data and Design Master Class
Programs Support
February 2022-May 2022
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I provide coordination support to project teams by ensuring there is
clear and timely communication for the dissemination of required
information.
Bachelors in Purchasing and
Supplies Management
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Support with the onboarding of new staff by preparing training
packages and delivering training in the specific function.
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I support with the development and management of internal
documents and materials related to the events.
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Support new business development as and when needed (research,
partnering, capture including desk and in-country research)
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In charge of managing the Teams channel and ensuring documents
have been saved and accessibilty to folder is shared with the teams.
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I provide minutes for meetings and follow up on action plans for
assigned tasks.
Knowledge Management and Learning
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Support in the delivery of learning sessions and webinars by
developing workplans and following through with the tasks assigned to
the teams to ensure timely delivery of required content.
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Organize and maintain knowledge sharing platforms and tools
including proposal toolkit, firm mandatory documents.
Tools: MS Office Suite (Word,Excel,PowerPoint,Outlook),CRM,Zoom,Teams,Survey
Monkey
JKUAT — 2012
Second Upper Class
Certificates (Online)
Foundations in project management
Google/Coursera
Establishing effective partnerships
Philanthropy University
Kubicle Excel Online Traning
Award (2018)
Bowmans
Highest Standard Individual in the Firm
Volunteer Experience
Ace Africa • March 2021 - June 2021
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Researched potential donors based on the evaluation criteria.
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Created a donor tracking sheet and conducted donor mapping for each
of the identified donors.
Tools: Excel
Professional Membership
Evaluation Society of Kenya (ESK)
The African Evaluation Association
Work Experience
Skills
Business and Client Development Assistant
Strategy
Coulson Harney LLP, Kenya • 2017 - 2019
Business strategy • research strategy •
market analysis • business process design •
conceptual development • creative problem
solving
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Worked closely with the Business Development team in East and South
Africa to identify, track, and monitor opportunities through a pipeline tool.
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Coordinated and managed multiple proposals directed towards strategic
business and other organizational objectives.
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Conducted research and captured insights for proposal strategy sessions
to help make a GO/NO-GO decision.
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Oversaw the planning session of the proposal development process
including scheduling of calendars and assigning proposal sections to
teams.
Business sourcing• bid management •
content management • project managment
• competitor analysis • marketing •
administration• report writing .
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Developed a central database for proposals, capability statements,
references, firm statutory and briefing notes for easy retrieval and access.
Collaboration
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Developed capability statements for new business opportunities which
contributed to increased business for the firm.
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Conducted regular checks in external websites for opportunities which
were aligned to the firm’s experience and regions of operation.
Selected Accomplishments
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Proposal Coordinator
PKF, Kenya • 2014 - 2017
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Collaborated with proposal managers, and pricing teams to develop
proposal schedules, templates and production requirements.
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Led in overall proposal formulation and submission.
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Coordinated with members of the proposal team to ensure all tender
requirements were met to develop winning proposals.
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Led development and status meetings to track the proposal process.
Selected Accomplishments
As the document manager, I developed shell templates for every
proposal, collaborated with section owners, consolidated inputs, kept
version control and assisted in overall formatting of proposals.
Tools: MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
Admin and Business Development Assistant
KPMG, Kenya • 2014 - 2014
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Facilitating immersion sessions with
multi-disciplinary teams • communicating
insights• using divergent design thinking
techniques for conceptual development RFP
responses
As the lead proposal coordinator in Kenya, I led the firm on 2000+
Business Development pursuits resulting in Net Contract Value of over
Ksh20 million.
Tools: MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook),
Interaction CRM
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Business Development
I was responsible for all administrative aspects of proposal
development; security and integrity of all proposal documentation,
coordinating internal flow and review of all proposal inputs, and
directing production of final master proposal.
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I documented electronic proposal file access and tracking protocols
for ensuring the security and integrity of all proposal documentation.
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I also maintained an inventory of supplies by checking stock to
determine inventory level, anticipated needs, placed and expedited
orders for supplies, and verifying receipt of supplies.
Tools: MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
References
Eric Adika
Manager
Deloitte Limited-
Dominic Indokhomi
Partner
Bowmans/Coulson Harney-
Justus Ombok
Business Development Manager
Bowmans/Coulson Harney-
Stephanie Mooney
Grants Manager
Ace Africa UK-T: +44 -
