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Twambo Muchimba

Twambo Muchimba

Lusaka

Summary

I am a highly ambitious and versatile motivated person currently seeking new opportunities and challenges in a busy and well-structured organization. My experiences and extensive skills include the following; Grain Trading; Agriculture Commodities Grain handling, storage and marketing Grain Exports and Imports Team leadership, motivation and supervisory skills Strategic planning, organization and co-ordination flair Logistics and Transport Surveys, data collection and analysis Computer literacy – Microsoft word, excel, power point.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience

Work History

CEO

Natwante Enterprises Ltd
LUSAKA
10.2019 - Current
  • Marketing and procurement of grain commodities: maize, soybeans, groundnuts, sunflower, and wheat.
  • Management of Natwante's day-to-day activities, logistics, and transport services.
  • Finding business opportunities for the company.
  • Linking the company to various stakeholders: millers, small-scale farmers, traders, NGOs, and cooperatives
  • Led strategic planning and execution to enhance profitability and company growth.
  • Fostered collaboration and development of new practices by business leaders.
  • Optimized supply chain to reduce materials costs and improve distribution.

Project Manager

AFGRI
03.2017 - 09.2019
  • Capacity marketing - Marketing of all depot services
  • Marketing of grain when contracts are available
  • Identify opportunities in the area
  • Grain management - Quality and quantity control
  • Surpluses/shortages on receipts
  • Manage blending and niche market products in the region
  • Monitoring of correct fumigation procedures during intake of grain
  • Stock control of bulk grain and bag products
  • Control correctness of grading apparatus
  • Customer service - Communication with customers
  • Personal visits to clients
  • Handling of disputes
  • Rapid settling of customer complaints
  • Budget & Fixed assets management - Cost management per silo and region
  • Income management per silo and region
  • Manage of fixed assets per silo
  • Reporting
  • Strategy per silo - Capacity planning and bin allocation
  • Maximize storage period
  • Utilizing silos effectively
  • New business
  • Human Resource Management - Employment equity
  • Evaluation of personnel
  • Training and manage of personnel
  • Risk management - Audits on Risk control management
  • Site audits - Grain intake and dispatch, cash handling and sales

Grain Trader /Operations Manager

AFGRI
03.2005 - 02.2017
  • Trading/ Marketing activities
  • Reporting to the head of department – Grain Marketing Manager
  • Procurement of all agriculture commodities on behalf of the corporation
  • Negotiating purchase contracts with farmers both small scale and commercial, and also small traders
  • Trading of all grain ie. Wheat, Maize, Sunflower to Millers, Stock feed companies and other stakeholders.
  • Carrying out market research both local and international in prices and market trends
  • Inspecting grain quality in readiness for exports
  • In charge of all exports and imports ie. Documentations to include; export permits, fumigation certificates, import permits, SADC/ COMESA certificates, Phytosanitary certificates, Manifests etc.
  • Monitoring the expiry and validity dates for all documentation as mentioned above
  • In charge of arranging for clearing of goods both for exports and imports
  • Motivating and training of staff carrying out export or import activities at depot level
  • Liaising with the logistics manager at depot level/ personnel
  • Establishing a good working relationship with government ministries
  • Handling and Storage activities
  • Reporting directly to the head of department – Handling and Storage
  • In charge of procurements for the depots i.e. Depot books, chemicals, empty grain bags, casual uniforms/ work suits etc.
  • Liaising with the HOD on depots fumigation requirements
  • In charge of site identification/ depot establishment
  • In charge of depot operations by assisting depot managers in running their depots also conducting staff in-house training.

Marketing Manager

CLUSA / USAID
09.2002 - 02.2005
  • In charge of all marketing operations of the organization that included the establishment of marketing depots for Sunflower, Groundnuts and Maize in Eastern province.
  • Securing sales tenders as well as export to foreign countries
  • Control and monitoring of over 2000mt of different crops in the warehouse
  • Provision of specific training in agribusiness management, agriculture production and other business related courses to field staffs and depot managers regarding their day to day activities in marketing.
  • In charge of logistics for raw materials and products of the cooperatives

Area Training Coordinator

CLUSA/ USAID
01.2001 - 09.2002
  • Developing and implementing annual work plans for the Agricultural sector of the community based natural resource management program (CBNRMP) in Chipata and Mambwe Districts.
  • Reviewing Training modules and developing training materials
  • Technical Backstopping of the Team Leaders and Group Facilitators
  • Assist in monitoring field operations and providing on the spot advise in order to ensure that the planned activities are executed accordingly
  • Developing accurate farm budgets for all crops under the CBNRM program.
  • Develop agriculture training materials according to the needs
  • Coordinate all agriculture activities (training, poverty reduction strategies, demonstrations and field days)
  • Coordinating all marketing activities for Chipata and Mambwe districts

Team leader

CLUSA/ USAID
01.2000 - 12.2000
  • Improve the team’s effectiveness by:
  • Supporting technical competence by ensuring group facilitators understanding of materials and mastery of skills.
  • Coordinate activities through team planning and communication with head office
  • Review of timesheets and activity reports
  • Backstopping team members to ensure that they uphold the program objectives and policies
  • Coordinating all marketing activities at team level.

Group Facilitator

CLUSA / USAID
03.1999 - 12.1999
  • Farmer group mobilization and development at community level into viable rural group businesses.
  • Negotiating contracts between the project and interested farmer groups based on their needs that detail the services to be provided and desired results to be achieved.
  • Assist farmers in organizing and developing their own organisation
  • Train representatives from the groups to serve as group animators, trainers, executive members and managers.
  • Assist in identifying viable business activities, undertaking effective analysis and feasibility studies, preparing loan applications, structuring and staffing the business, developing the effective record keeping and accounting systems and managing the business.
  • Assist the groups in assessing technology, information and other resources from other organisations to strengthen the group and its members.

Production Foreman

Wood Processing Industries
02.1998 - 02.1999
  • In charge of the production of plywood, blackboards, veneer sheets and panel doors
  • Ensuring that products are produced according to the international standards of wood products
  • Monitoring and providing on spot training to machine operators and production crew.
  • Maintaining the pay sheet schedule for workers together with the register

Education

Bachelor’s Degree - Agribusiness Management

Zambian Open University
Lusaka
04-2018

National Certificate - Wood technology

Forest Industries Training Center
Mutare, Zimbabwe
12-2008

Diploma - Marketing and sales Management

Cambridge International College
United Kingdom
12-2004

Diploma - Forestry and National Resources Management

Zambia Forestry College
Kitwe, Zambia
12-1996

O level certificate -

Sikalongo Secondary School
Choma
01.1991

Skills

  • Grain Trading
  • Supply chain management
  • Market analysis
  • Financial management
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Contract negotiation
  • Risk management
  • Logistics coordination
  • Agricultural commodities
  • Grain handling, Storage and marketing
  • Grain Exports and Imports
  • Team leadership
  • Motivation
  • Supervisory skills
  • Strategic planning
  • Organizational skills
  • Transport and Logistics
  • Surveys
  • Data collection
  • Data analysis
  • Computer literacy
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft PowerPoint

Membership

  • Member of the Grain Trading Association of Zambia (GTAZ)
  • Member of Marketing Association of Zambia (MAZ)
  • Member of the Wildlife and Environmental Conservation Society of Zambia (ECSZ)

Special Training

  • Fumigation Certificate, Ministry of Agriculture, Zambia
  • Certificate of Attendance – Best Practice Spreadsheet Modelling Level 1, Lusaka
  • Certificate of Attendance – Grain Management and Storage, ACTESA/COMESA, Kenya, 2012
  • Certificate of Attendance – Sales Management and Customer Relations, ZIM, Lusaka, 2010
  • Certificate of Attendance – Agroforestry Enterprise Development Support Workshop, ICRAF, 2004
  • Certificate of Attendance – Market Access Training Workshop, OXFAM, Nampula, Mozambique, 2004
  • Certificate of Attendance – Honey Production, Cropping and Processing, Mwinilunga, 2002
  • Certificate of Attendance – Groundnut Production Technologies, ICRISAT, Malawi, 2001
  • Certificate of Attendance – Training in Leadership and Facilitation Skills, CLUSA/USAID Zambia, 1999

References

  • Jeston Mpashi, Human Resource, AFGRI Corporation Ltd, jm@afgri.com.zm, 0969434925
  • John Heermans, CLUSA/USAID, jheermans@hotmail.com.za
  • Dr. Giveson Zulu, UNICEF Zambia, gzulu@unicef.com.zm, 0977855536

Contact Address

Plot 410 A Chilanga, Lusaka, Lusaka, twambomuchi@yahoo.com, twambomuchimba@gmail.com, +260 978 773947, +260 966 773947

Biodata

Twambo Muchimba, 05/13/73, Married, Zambian, 208452/73/1, Class A, Class B

Timeline

CEO

Natwante Enterprises Ltd
10.2019 - Current

Project Manager

AFGRI
03.2017 - 09.2019

Grain Trader /Operations Manager

AFGRI
03.2005 - 02.2017

Marketing Manager

CLUSA / USAID
09.2002 - 02.2005

Area Training Coordinator

CLUSA/ USAID
01.2001 - 09.2002

Team leader

CLUSA/ USAID
01.2000 - 12.2000

Group Facilitator

CLUSA / USAID
03.1999 - 12.1999

Production Foreman

Wood Processing Industries
02.1998 - 02.1999

Bachelor’s Degree - Agribusiness Management

Zambian Open University

National Certificate - Wood technology

Forest Industries Training Center

Diploma - Marketing and sales Management

Cambridge International College

Diploma - Forestry and National Resources Management

Zambia Forestry College

O level certificate -

Sikalongo Secondary School

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