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Education
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Abbey Mushinge  Mwape

Abbey Mushinge Mwape

Solwezi

Summary

Competent Metal Sales Administrator and Logistics Controller offering wealth of experience in both Mining engineering and Business operations, and ensuring compliance with government regulations.

Professional Key controller Metal Sales and logistics offering 15 years of expertise in logistics , supervising and training over 20 employees working in metal sales and logistics.

Dedicated professional highly skilled in transportation flow management. Talented individual offering dynamic skills in Metal Sales, import and export laws and strategic initiatives.

Successful in managing logistics, planning employee schedules and communicating with other departments to provide smooth business operations.

Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level Key Accounts Manager position. Ready to help team achieve company goals.

Work History

Metal Sales Administration & Logistics Controller

Kansanshi Mining Plc
  • Managing and monitoring Kansanshi Mining Plc product logistics performance and identified improvement opportunities.
  • Managed logistics budgets and forecasting to achieve cost-effective operations.
  • Building relationships with both local and international customers to establish long-term business growth - Glencore International AG, Trafigura PTE Limited, Rand Refinery Ltd, Metal Corp Trading AG.
  • Achieving Metal sales goals and logistics service targets by cultivating and maintaining customer relationships whilst putting a key focus on revenue generation and product invoicing up to minimum of US$150 million.
  • Key Accounts Management to retain existing relationships and grow share of business through proper involvement in Accounts payable (KMP AP section US$0.6 million ) and handling of all transport and services invoices.
  • Collaborating all metal sales and logistics activities with upper management to implement continuous improvements and exceed team goals by managing metal sales and reconciliations.
  • Tracking Mine production and quality control systems to proactively identify deficiencies - systems control and managing weighbridge operations with government institutions - Zambia Weight and Measures (ZMA).
  • Handling one-on-one meetings with sales and logistics team members with service providers -transporters to identify selling and logistics hurdles and offering insight into best remedy, and focusing on truck drivers safety and business operations.
  • Compiling and analyzing metal sales sales and logistics data to determine approaches to improve sales and performance improvements.
  • Resolving technical and logistics problems with high-profile customers such Bank of Zambia (BoZ) to maintain relationships and increase local revenue base on a monthly basis.
  • Planned and supervised all Mine product (copper concentrates, copper anodes , copper cathodes , gold and silver bullion , sulphuric acid shipments from production to end-users and scheduled daily and weekly routes.

Snr. Metallurgist - Metallurgical Accounting

Konkola Copper Mines Plc
08.2006 - 08.2006
  • Evaluating Nkana Copper Smelter process performance to identify and initiate development opportunities (research and development initiatives including involvement in plant projects to ensure more efficient and cost control of major consumables and any other means to produce quality products to attain customer satisfaction).
  • Participate in plant work activities of Smelting sections and material preparation on day to day basis, serving as technical support to operations personnel to enhance plant operating performance
    Executing Smelting test-work to determine optimal operating conditions and scale-up to plant.
  • Monitor in-plant sampling and timely delivery of samples to the Assay Lab and provide technical analysis and guidance to sectional plant metallurgist.
    Perform all Metallurgical accounting and month-end reconciliations for the plant. These include Monthly stock measurement, Monthly Smelter production balances and financial year end material audits.
  • Material movement control between Rail Systems of Zambia (RSZ), BP Zambia – diesel issue, Heavy fuel oil control, and KCM Nkana smelter.

Education

Mini - MBA - Business Management Program

International Business Management Institute,(IBMI)
Berlin, German
01.2023

Bachelor Of Commerce (Honours) Degree - Commerce

Regent Business School
South Africa
01.2016

International Diploma - Business Administration And Management

Cambridge International College
Britain
01.2011

Post Graduate Diploma - Project Management

Cavendish University, Zambia
Lusaka
08.2008

Diploma - Metallurgical Engineering

Copperbelt University, Zambia
Kitwe, Zambia
12.2000

Skills

  • Safety Standards and Operations
  • Interdepartmental Collaboration
  • Product loading and off-loading management and shipping
  • Policy and Procedure Adherence
  • Import and Export Operations
  • Total Logistics Oversight and coordination
  • Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
  • Metal Sales Operational Management

Accomplishments

  • Achieved Result by completing Task with accuracy and efficiency.
  • Supervised team of 25 staff members including transporters site supervisors working at Kansanshi Mining Plc.
  • Achieved improved logistics and truck tracking by introducing Mine-management (Mineman) for product loading, inventory management, accounting and invoicing.

Affiliations

Engineering Institute of Zambia (EIZ)

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Zambia Institute of Marketing (ZIM)

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Referees

Mr. Stanley Siwale, 

Superintendent, Accounts, 

Finance department, 

Kansanshi Mining Plc,

P.O. Box 110385, Solwezi,

Zambia.

Mobile No: 0966 843600

Office line +260212658743


Mr. Crosby Chongo,

Manager - Metallurgical, Processing Plants 

Kansanshi Mining Plc,

P.O. Box 110385, Solwezi,

Zambia.

Mobile No: 0966 995 978.

Office line +260212658183


Ms. Lydia Samwanda,

HR Business Partner, Human Resources 

Kansanshi Mining Plc,

P.O. Box 110385, Solwezi,

Zambia.

Mobile No: 0967136671 

Office line +260212658934


Timeline

Snr. Metallurgist - Metallurgical Accounting

Konkola Copper Mines Plc
08.2006 - 08.2006

Mini - MBA - Business Management Program

International Business Management Institute,(IBMI)

Bachelor Of Commerce (Honours) Degree - Commerce

Regent Business School

International Diploma - Business Administration And Management

Cambridge International College

Post Graduate Diploma - Project Management

Cavendish University, Zambia

Diploma - Metallurgical Engineering

Copperbelt University, Zambia

Metal Sales Administration & Logistics Controller

Kansanshi Mining Plc
Abbey Mushinge Mwape