I am Mr. Maxwell Geoffrey Nyakundi, professionally trained with competitive skills and experience in procurement and supply chain management and customs administration. Awarded Master of Business Administration (Procurement and Supply Chain Management Option) from University of Nairobi on 25th September 2020. The idea behind joining graduate school of business, I had a keen interested in procurement and supply chain management in gaining an in-depth understanding of supply chain strategy and sustainability; supplier selection and evaluation; negotiation and contract management; how to analyze and design supply chain operations; how to use data, models and software to solve problems and inform decisions; inventory operations management; accounting; logistics management and project management. Therefore, Procurement and Supply Chain Management is a course designed to prepare individuals and professionals to gain knowledge and skills in the field of procurement and supply chain management processes in both private and public sector. Therefore, the best university offering this course was the University of Nairobi where I undertook the course. Hence, being A World Class University Committed to Scholarly Excellence. Having trained in Bachelor of Commerce (Procurement and Supply Chain Management Option) from UoN, Post Graduate Diploma in Customs Administration from KESRA and Diploma in Management from KIM it enabled me to work at the Ministry of Industrialization as an Procurement Intern, Nairobi Hospital as Procurement and Stores Assistant, M.P Shah Hospital as Credit Control Officer, Goblhen Provision Investment as Senior Procurement Officer and currently am working at Kenya Revenue Authority as Investigations and Enforcement Officer.
Abstract
This study was on procurement best practices and procurement performance of SMEs in Nairobi County. To accomplish study, it used descriptive research design. Out of 450 SMEs operating in Nairobi CBD, researcher sampled45 SMEs using judgmental sampling method. Forty-one (41) questionnaires was completed and returned by respondents for analysis the respondents were procurement managers, procurement officers and stores clerks. Descriptive statistics and regression method was used in data analysis and results findings presented using tables. The objectives of the study were to establish the extent to which procurement best practices are adopted by SME’s in Nairobi County and to determine the relationship between procurement best practices and procurement performance of SME’s in Nairobi County. Data revealed procurement best practices namely green purchasing had moderate extent, adoption of information technology had moderate extent, supplier partnering had moderate extent and purchasing ethics had moderate extent. Therefore, this had positive relationship between procurement best practices and procurement performance. The study recommends more adoption and application of procurement best practices in SME in order to enhance procurement performance in terms of minimization of cost of market survey, quality checks on merchandise before delivery to customers, flexibility in processing of orders and flexibility in recycling of products procured.
Research Supervisors
Mr. Joel Kiplangat Lelei