Experience

• 

  JAVA FOODS LIMITED

  • Lusaka, Zambia

  • Warehouse controller

    • Jan 2021 - Present
    • Lusaka, Zambia

    ·         Supervising warehouse staff on daily activities.·         Preparing purchase orders·         Maintaining warehouse petty cash·         Receiving orders from sales team and customer service·         Preparing route sheets for sales team.·         Preparing sales report for the sales team.·         Verifying of procurement receipts and stock with finance on a monthly basis.·         Reporting on warehouse productivity.·         Tracking and coordinating the receipt, storage, and timely delivery of goods and materials. Performed hands on shipping and receiving work periodically to support team and keep fresh on actual day to day work, Supervising the loading and offloading of export and import products·         Ordering supplies and maintaining suitable inventory levels.·         Conducting weekly and monthly stock counts.·         Preparing the Variance reconciliation report·         Maintaining records, reporting relevant information, and preparing any necessary documentation.·         Ensuring basic maintenance standards and compliance with health and safety regulations.·         Weekly vehicle inspections·         Performing a daily inspection of the warehouse grounds·         Conduct computerized and physical warehouse inventories to verify available stock to meet customer needs without overstocking and incurring extra cost.·         Monitored stock picking processes and practices and trained employees to avoid errors and discrepancies.·         Tracked daily deliveries and shipments and verified proper inventory control disciplines.·         Evaluated operating condition and life expectancy of warehouse equipment such as forklifts and pallet jacks and recommended timely repair or replacement.·         Created monthly warehouse inventory and budget reports and distributed to line manager·         Prepared and presented operational reports to senior management.

• 

  Amatheon Agri Holding N.V.

  • Mumbwa, Central, Zambia

  • Stores Procurement Clerk

    • Jan 2019 - Dec 2020
    • Mumbwa, Central, Zambia

    Receiving purchase requisitions from internal users and Preparing purchase orders✓ Sourcing and initiating the evaluations of quotations from suppliers✓ Undertaking market research to ensure purchases are sourced from the most competitive source✓ Verifying supplier invoices and processing payments✓ Assist the procurement officer in facilitating production of contract documents✓ Maintaining a register for all documents/tender of bids received and suppliers ✓ Expediting approved orders to ensure timely delivery of goods and services.✓ Preparing of bidding documents ✓ Ensure all Supply Chain Workflow processes and procedures are adhered to.✓ Verifying procurement receipts and stock with finance on weekly basis.✓ Supervising monthly stock counts. ✓ Created and maintained good relationships with vendors/suppliers✓ Reviewed requisitions orders, verified terminology and specifications for accuracy✓ Mitigated logistics deficiencies, resolved shortages and tracked late deliveries ✓ Entered order details into SAGE

• 

  Seed Co Zimbabwe

  • Lusaka

  • Stocks Officer

    • Aug 2014 - Apr 2018
    • Lusaka

    • Ensure that all Stock shipment transactions are posted (Receipting stock into SAGE 300)• Preparing payment plans for our suppliers• Ensure saleable and non-saleable seed stocks are issued sequentially and serially recorded on documents (Delivery Notes, Packing Lists and Bin Cards)• Buying processing materials for the processing warehouse that is chemicals, packaging materials, threads, labels and PPE• Maintaining a record of receipts as well as issuance of items that are going out of the warehouse.• Ensure end users are notified of stock receipts from suppliers.• Reconciliation of physical stock with the stock in the system. Variance reconciliation. • Overseeing the arrangement of stock has been done in an orderly system within the stock location system so that the stock can be stored easily and retrieved whenever there is a requirement.• Ensure all received stocks are properly stacked and allocated to their respective location.• To ensure that seed stock stays physically protected in the warehouse • Undertaking the function of stock taking and confirming the periodic stock on a regular basis. Ensure replenishment of stock to avoid stock out• Supervising the offloading process, the subsequent arrangement of merchandise, material and consignment so that it can be accessed and identified easily. Ensure that all seed is on pallets, and stacks should be made as prescribed in the ISO procedures• To ensure the correct and timely valuation of the inventory and to be involved in directing and managing procedures related to offloading, packing and unpacking.• Ensuring that FIFO during dispatch is adhered to Ensuring that weekly sprays and Quarterly fumigations are done as per plan.• Making stock transfers between depots.• Ensure that fire extinguishers are in strategic positions and are serviced as per schedule.• Ensuring that all seed lot numbers in warehouses are sampled and tested prior to the commencement of the selling season

• 

  CIFOR - Center for International Forestry Research,

  • Lusaka

  • Data Entry Clerk

    • Oct 2013 - Aug 2014
    • Lusaka

    • Maintaining the database by entering new and updated customer and account information.• Preparing source data for computer entry by compiling and sorting information.• Identified errors in data entry and related issues by mentioning to supervisors for resolution• Proofread and edited documents to correct errors• Adhered to strict data confidentiality policies to prevent information leakage • Processes customer and account source documents by reviewing data for deficiencies.• Correcting questionnaires by using standard procedures or returning incomplete documents to the team leader for resolution.• Entering customer and account data by inputting alphabetic and numeric information in SPSS• Maintains data entry requirements by following data program techniques and procedures.• Verifying entered customer and account data by reviewing, correcting, deleting, or re-entering data.• Securing information by completing database backups.• Maintaining operations by following policies and procedures and reporting needed changes.• Responded to daily inquiries and requests within mandated timeframe to meet deadlines

• 

  Melcome Industries Limited

  • Lusaka

  • Stores/Dispatch Clerk

    • Nov 2010 - Mar 2013
    • Lusaka

    • Receiving stock • Dispatching stock • Picking stock • Preparing material reconciliation reports.• Issuing raw materials to both factories according to the requisition.• Ensuring that production records are verified before goods are released or dispatched to the warehouse• Receiving goods inwards• Preparing internal transfer notes and delivery notes• Preparing production reports • Monitored work areas for cleanliness and functionality and removed obstacles for safety• Inspected deliveries, replenished shelves• Identified defective, incorrect or missing stock and promptly reported to the supervisor• Identified safety hazards and notified management to determine proper resolution issue.