Curriculum Vitae

For

Imani Mhembano Matula

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1.PERSONAL DATA.

Date and Place of birth: May 01 1988, Dodoma Urban, Dodoma, Tanzania.

Nationality: Tanzanian

Language spoken: Swahili, English, Japanese (basic) and Gogo

2.EDUCATION/PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS.

Sep’ 2015- March 2018: Masters of Science in Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, University of Miyazaki, Japan.

Sep ‘2010 – June 2013: Bachelor of Science in Microbiology with honors at

The University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

April 2008 – February 2010: Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education (ACSE).

Physics, Chemistry and Biology

Minaki High School, Kisarawe, Tanzania

January 2004 - October 2007: Ordinary Certificate of Secondary Education (OCSE)

Science Subjects and Arts Subjects

Dodoma Secondary School, Dodoma, Tanzania

January 1996 - October 2003: Primary School Education (PSE)

Makulu Secondary school, Dodoma, Tanzania

3.WORKING EXPERIENCE.

March 1st 2019 – February 28th 2020, Sales and Operations Manager to DMM Tanzania, a Japanese company based in Tokyo, Japan.

My achievements:

Managed to form a self-running sales team for the company in selected regions within a short period of time.

Established a sales system that made our sales always go beyond the company target.

Managed to create a feedback system which aimed at collecting information from our customers.

September 2018 to-date, Operations Manager at Matula Investment Company.

April 2018- August 2018 (Internship at DMM group, Tokyo Japan).

My key responsibilities:

Developing business ideas/proposals that can attract potential investor to partner and/or acquire such business ideas.

Making market survey on products from Tanzania that can be exported to Japan as well as the other way round.

My achievements:

Managed to establish international business networks with a good number of companies.

After returning to Tanzania I got hired by the same company, assigned managerial-levl tasks.

Researcher on agricultural sector improvement, (particularly sugar industry) in Tanzania. (Research design, visitation to the companies, survey including questionnaire and interviews with employees, data analysis and report writing)

Summer internship (summer-2016) at Distribution Economics Institute of Japan (DEIJ), Japan as a consultant.

My key responsibilities were to;

Research and collect information regarding potential areas in Sub-Saharan countries that may be a good target for future investment in agriculture.

My achievement:

Managed to collect and avail good information to potential clients enough to attract them and decide to come to Africa and invest in agricultural projects.

October 2013 – August 2015 (Laboratory Analyst, in Agricultural products laboratory at SGS Superintendence Tanzania Limited.)

My achievements:

Had a number of my suggestions regarding laboratory set up accepted by the top management and implemented.

Sharing my experience from external trainings to my fellow employees that led to a significant improvement of our performance as a team.

Learning from other experienced colleagues.

July 2013 to September 2013 (Quality Assurance and Operations Supervisor for A&Y company from Uganda operating in Lindi, Arusha, Dar es salaam and Dododma.)

My achievements:

Managed to initiate contacts and established a continuous interaction with a good number of farmers’ cooperative leaders across the regions.

Managed incoming bulk cash deposited from my employer for purchases of the products, ensuring a smooth and efficient payment process to all costs related to the process.

Managed to create a team of hardworking individuals to assist with field works as well as to assist dealing with farmers.

Being a key player to advice the Managing Director on existing opportunities and possible ways to expand the business.

September 2011 to June 2012 (Internal Health Compliance Manager at The Organic Valley Company) as a part time employee.

My key responsibilities were to;

Supervise all stages of oil disembarking, refining, packaging, storage and distribution procedures of edible oils.

Study the outbreak of food-borne illness, track the origin and spread of the illness to help prevent future outbreaks.

Offer time-to-time training to other employees involved in processing and packaging of the product on the possibility of food contamination and what should be done to prevent that from happening.

Ensure proper refining, packaging and storage of edible oil.

Submission of samples to the Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority (TFDA) as well as to the Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) for laboratory tests and to make a follow up on the laboratory results of such samples.

Merchandising of the products, study the market and make necessary adjustments to ensure sustainable market growth.

My achievements:

Established a good relationship between the company and the government regulatory authorities involved as well as our customers.

Managed to generate and sustain a contamination-free oil refinery operation.

March 2010 – August 2010 Agribusiness Operations Supervisor at Bahati Store, Dodoma Tanzania.

My key responsibilities were to:

Supervise offloading of agricultural products, quality checking and making payment to the farmers/other suppliers.

Supervising grading, re-bagging and loading of the consignment and ensure its proper storage.

4. COMPETENCIES.

I am innovative, responsible, and capable of working in a team and as an individual.

I have a research background and knowledge in data collection, analysis and I am familiar with data analysis tools including SPSS as well as reporting writing and presentation.

Did an online-based course on developing a gender-sensitive value chain that was under FAO and UNITAR.

Attended a short course on GIS and remote sensing at Japan Space System (JSS) in Tokyo, Japan.

Did a presentation of my research findings in the 13th International Conference of ASIAN Inter-University Knowledge Community in Japan.

Attended an Afla-safe workshop organized by the United States Department of Agriculture which aimed at adoption and development of new Afla-safe technology to mitigate the effects of aflatoxins in Tanzania and the neighboring countries in the region.

February 2015 to March 2015: Computer based training program on SGS Operations Supervision.

February 2015: Attended a course on ISO 17025 Awareness training organized by the Tanzania Bureau of Standards.

January 2015 to February 2015: Computer based training program on SLIM (SGS Laboratory Information Management) interactive Training Guide.

Attended a Training for quality control, laboratory testing of food and non-food products at SGS Shimanzi (Mombasa, Kenya.)

I participated in National Scout competition at Bahati camp in Morogoro region, Tanzania.

Participated in leadership training for Boy Scout, Minaki High School.

Attended a two months practical training at the Tropical Pests Research Institute (TPRI) in Arusha, Tanzania.

5.PAPERS/PROJECTS WRITTEN/CONDUCTED.

Acceptance to deliver a presentation of my research in ‘Wabisabi’ conference, Tokyo, Japan.

Participated in letter writing competition about HIV/AIDS in Dodoma region and emerged a third winner

Conducted a research project on “screening and characterization of bacteria and fungi associated with dried rosella flowers” at The University of Dar es salaam, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology.

6.REFEREES.

1.

2.Alex Kapungu,

Former Country Director, DMM Tanzania.

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3.Dr. Constantine Busungu

Lecturer at St. Augustine University of Tanzania.

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4.Prof. YAMAMOTO, Naoyuki

Professor at Faculty of Agriculture,

University of Miyazaki.

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