samuelkatalala

Working as a Distribution Admin Officer with AGL Zambia Limited providing logistics and administrative service in respect to cargo movement and Third-Party Transport and Logistics Management. Responsibilities • Report to the Transport Manager on daily operations and compile monthly reports. • Establish and maintain relationships with transport vendors to ensure timely delivery of goods and services. • Select carriers, negotiate freight costs, and coordinate the transportation of goods. • Managing the Total Energies project, overseeing the distribution of lubricants to various customers across the country. • Coordinating operations for the Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency, ensuring the movement of medicaments to various hubs and health facilities under the Chemonics project. • Handle monthly billing reconciliations and invoicing. • Manage third-party or outsourced transportation for effective operation. • Oversee all administrative tasks within my area of work. • Manage Proof of Delivery (POD) documents, ensuring they are updated in the system, compiled into reports, and shared with clients for invoicing. • Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards, including customs regulations

Worked as a Transport Operations Assistant with Cochrane Trucking Limited, providing transport operations services in respect to third party transport operation of cargo movement for all clients under Cochrane Trucking while ensuring full compliance with company policies and procedures. Responsibilities • Reporting to the Operations Manager through timely reports on daily Trucks utilization, despatch plan and current units’ positions • Monitoring and tracking of fleet movements to ensure timely delivery of service to clients. • Fleet management and coordination to ensuring that all dispatched units are in good operational standard with compliance to road safety standard regulations. • Responding to breakdowns of units in transit with regards to quick recovery to reduce unit down time. • Receiving and recording of delivery notes (PODs) from drivers of goods delivered after a complete trip made.

Worked as a Logistics Assistant with Zambeef Products Plc a group of companies, providing logistics services in respect to products and equipment movement to all subsidiaries and departments under Zambeef Products Plc while ensuring full compliance with company policies and procedures. Responsibilities • Reporting to the Admin and the Operations Logistics Assistant Managers, ensuring weekly and monthly reports are prepared timely for reviews. • Weighbridge operations, fleet coordination, supply chain management and tracking Systems • Effectively supervised and managed drivers under my jurisdiction both pre-trips, in-trip and post-trip through timely communication. • Accurate entering of data on any trip made and compiling of weekly and monthly reports. • worked as a workshop coordinator where I ensured that Trucks and Fridge unites do not miss service dates and breakdown repairs by accurately preparing job request forms (Job Cards) and following up on progress reports of trucks sent to the workshop, compiling monthly reports on identified underperforming vehicles and escalating to supervisors. • With good coordination, I was able to ensure that trucks have a good turnaround time so that they are available when dispatch team requests, thereby working hand in hand with the truck log officer on vehicles and drivers available • For good journey management, I effectively implemented the routing and scheduling principle by ensuring that all drivers under my jurisdiction are advised on the route they are to take before dispatch and how they are to manage their journey then reviewed after each trip made.