Experience

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  Renwasol Renewable Energy & Water Solutions

  • Zambia
  • Renewable Energy Power Generation
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Board Secretary

    • Sep 2023 - Present

    - Convening and providing secretarial duties during board meetings : for example, producing agendas, taking minutes, conveying decisions and handling meeting correspondence.- Providing legal, financial and/or strategic advice during and outside of meetings.- advising directors on corporate governance matters.- Keeping up to date with regulatory or statutory changes and policies that might affect the organisation.- Ensuring that policies are up to date and are approved.- Communicating with external professionals involved in corporate governance, such as auditors.- Acting as a point of contact and building good relationships with shareholders.- Implementing processes or systems to help ensure good management of the organisation or compliance with legislation.

  • General Manager

    • Apr 2022 - Present

    Working in close liaison with the Board of Directors, operationalize the Company in Zambia, recruit staff, achieve strategic objectives set by the Board and maintain oversight and drive performance of all departments

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  CIDRZ Limited T/A VenYou

  • Lusaka, Zambia

  • General Manager

    • Mar 2022 - Apr 2022
    • Lusaka, Zambia

    Overall oversight and leadership across all day-to-day business functions for all departments. Reporting to the board on company performance and key strategic objectives

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  Medlink Services Ltd

  • Lusaka, Zambia

  • Marketing & Sales Manager

    • Mar 2021 - Jan 2022
    • Lusaka, Zambia

    Responsible for all sales functions to meet set objectives among them meet targets, recruit new clients and enhancement of brand visibility, formulate market strategy and market development etc

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  Self-Employed

  • Lusaka, Lusaka, Zambia

  • Manager

    • Apr 2019 - Feb 2021
    • Lusaka, Lusaka, Zambia

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  Chloride Zambia Limited

  • Zambia
  • Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Executive Director (Chloride Zambia Board of Directors)

    • Jun 2016 - Mar 2019

    Responsible for planning, strategy formulation implementation and coordination , organization, sales growth and overall direction of the organization's operations

  • Country Manager

    • Feb 2016 - Mar 2019

    Manage all aspects of the Zambia business unit to deliver sales growth, overall company profitability, visibility of company products, robust financial management, implementation of corporate strategy and other growth-centred deliverables including direction and management of country operations so that support functions which comprise administration, human resources, procurement and IT are coordinated and implemented efficiently and cost-effectively to respond to business needs and provide high quality services to staff and external stakeholders at different levels

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  Mondelēz International

  • United States
  • Food and Beverage Manufacturing
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Category Planning & Activations Manager - Zambia, Malawi & Mozambique

    • Jan 2015 - Nov 2015

    Role bridging between Marketing and Sales to achieve activation capability across channel, Route-To-Market, Business Development, foster partnerships with distributors, key accounts etc

  • Country Manager Zambia, DRC & Malawi

    • Dec 2013 - Dec 2014

    Manage the implementation of the overall Commercial Strategy for the focus market to deliver the medium to long term growth objectives for the business, through developing key distribution partnerships and relationships with key customers in Zambia, DRC and Malawi.

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  British Council Zambia

  • Lusaka, Zambia

  • Country Examinations Manager

    • Jun 2013 - Nov 2013
    • Lusaka, Zambia

    Business Development for Professional and other examsFinancial ManagementCustomer Service ManagementExaminations Quality SystemsMarketing CommunicationsAnnual Exams Business Planning

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  Zambia Breweries Plc

  • Distribution Development Manager

    • Feb 2002 - 2011

    •Conduct routine market assessment to identify sales opportunity locations to place distributors•Scanning external business environment for competitor activity and provide feedback to Sales and Distribution functionary.•Uplift sales of beer and coke products through recruitment of distributors for the informal sector and regional locations across Zambia.•Provide beer/coke business insights/coaching to newly appointed distributors•Manage sales depots nationwide and ensure full operational support for quality service delivery•Plan and coordinate stock replenishments to depots to effectively bolster sales•Review depot operational constraints and formulate interventions to uphold operational excellence to ensure sales optimization.•Budgeting and cost control for depots including justifying budget overruns•Conduct quarterly depot audits to ascertain financial health, sales performance, adherence to Standard Operating Procedures and establish homogeneity of best process flows in the Sales and Distribution Department.•Produce monthly P & L accounts for each sales depot and to take remedial action to uplift the depots’ profitability where need be.•Supervision/Coaching of Depot Managers to ensure marketplace competitiveness, promote customer relations and create ambience for sales growth orientation•Author and Review Standard Operation Procedures across the 7 sites for Sales and Distribution

  • Distribution Development Manager

    • 2002 - 2011

    • Conduct routine market assessment to identify sales opportunity locations to place distributors• Scanning external business environment for competitor activity and provide feedback to Sales and Distribution functionary.• Uplift sales of beer and coke products through recruitment of distributors for the informal sector and regional locations across Zambia.• Provide beer/coke business insights/coaching to newly appointed distributors• Manage sales depots nationwide and ensure full operational support for quality service delivery• Plan and coordinate stock replenishments to depots to effectively bolster sales• Review depot operational constraints and formulate interventions to uphold operational excellence to ensure sales optimization.• Budgeting and cost control for depots including justifying budget overruns• Conduct quarterly depot audits to ascertain financial health, sales performance, adherence to Standard Operating Procedures and establish homogeneity of best process flows in the Sales and Distribution Department.• Produce monthly P & L accounts for each sales depot and to take remedial action to uplift the depots’ profitability where need be.• Supervision/Coaching of Depot Managers to ensure marketplace competitiveness, promote customer relations and create ambience for sales growth orientation• Author and Review Standard Operation Procedures across the 7 sites for Sales and Distribution

  • Distribution Development Manager

    • 2002 - 2011

  • Distribution Development Manager

    • 2002 - 2011