Supply Chain Management

Location:

Lusaka, Zambia

Salary:

10,000.00

Posted:

August 26, 2025

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Resume:

EVANS M CHIKONDE CURRICULUM VITAE

Contact: +209********

Email: ****************@*****.***

Personal Back ground

I am Evans Chikonde aged 34 years old, Holder of National Registration Card Number 195700/10/1.

I am a qualified Member of Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Holding a Certificate, Advanced Certificate and a Diploma Member in Procurement.

Professional summary

Hardworking in operations/Procurement and Technical management versed in Risk, purchasing challenges and operations requirement in Business Industry offering 5years of progressive experience as well as expertise in managing procurement programs, and building successful Teams focused on creating high quality work.

Purchasing Officer possessing 5years of purchasing Team Management preparing of Quotations, invoices, Inventory management, supply chain management, value chain management and user support aiming to leverage advanced knowledge of progress improving development and implementation to add value to the profitability of the company.

Education Background

Petauke Boarding Secondary School 2007-2009 grade 12 G.C.E Certificate

Saint Francis Catholic School Computer Lessons in the following

Microsoft word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft typing skills

National Institute of Public Administration (NIPA) 2012-2014 Did Purchasing and Supply under Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) and acquired the following:

Certificate in Purchasing and Supply

Advanced Certificate in Purchasing and Supply

Diploma Member in Purchasing and Supply

Currently acquiring Advance Diploma in Purchasing and Supply

Work Experience

Best Western Paramount Hotel 2024

Position: Stores and Procurement Manager

Responsibilities

Implement sound purchasing policies, systems and procedures in accordance with company standards.

Monitor vendors for quality, service and price through standard purchasing specifications.

Obtain competitive quotations for hotel requirements and ensure that the best product is sourced and purchased.

Call for quotation for any item costing more than a certain amount as per company policy and enquire into prices from various suppliers.

A minimum of three independent quotations must be obtained.

Establish Contracts to ensure reduced prices for all operations areas of the Hotel.

Receive all market list from the executive chef on a daily basis and arrange for delivery of those items daily.

Ensure that all orders receiving dates are updated by the buyers according to the suppliers promised delivery date.

Ensure that all authorized and approved orders are sent to their various respective suppliers/vendors for delivery purposes on a daily basis.

Ensure the effective operations of all purchasing Department in all aspects

Research and identify new products and services for the Hotel in the market

Obtain written approvals for established Minimum/Maximum stock levels by the financial controller and general manager.

Check delivery items if in good condition and meet company standards.

Verify pending orders report on a daily basis, and all pending orders are checked and verified regularly.

On a daily basis prepare the list of cancelled orders and send them to accounts for deletion, with appropriate reasons.

Issue regularly slow-moving items.

Identify items for standing orders utilizing vendor logistics for regular deliveries to the Hotel based on approved highly consumed items.

Responsible for physical control of all stores items until issued, fully documented under strict control procedure (control key, timing schedule, authorized issue requested.

Vicmo investment Limited 2021-2023

Position: Stores and Procurement Manager

Responsibilities

Preparation of Purchasing and Stores reports to management with recommendations on gaps identified in order to increase efficiency and effectiveness.

Evaluating proposals and Quotations received and making suitable recommendations to management.

Conduct quarterly supplier performance evaluations for all active suppliers to identify performance gaps and make recommendations

Monitoring the movement of orders from approval to delivery of goods to stores or end users.

Improve supply chain sourcing strategies by looking for better sources of material and service

Develop and suggest properly laid down purchase requisition procedures

Ensure all inventories in stores are properly documented and managed

Conduct weekly, monthly and quarterly stocktaking of all goods to ensure accurate balances.

Participate in development of Tenders.

Managing the overall process of receiving, storage, binning, coding and issuing of materials and consumables.

Carry out timely distribution of goods to ensure the availability of end users.

Maintain accurate stock records of receipts and issuances in order to ensure accountability

Carry out identification and protection of obsolete, redundant, scrap and surplus goods to facilitate their disposal.

Make recommendations to improve general stores layout, procedures and appearance.

Supervision of all warehouse activities to ensure accuracy and order.

Tijem Enterprises Limited 2016-2020

Position: Stores and Procurement Officer/Operations and Technical Manager

Responsibilities

Develop Suggestions for technical process improvements to optimize resources.

Provide leadership and support for IT improvement.

Analyse company process to determine outsourcing feasibility.

Communicated project status delivery audience messages and change management with clients.

Headed and successfully managed multi-department rollout of robust flexible and secure electronic data interchange.

Liaise between Business and Technology units to manage delivery schedule for applications.

Managed deliverable estimates, negotiated resource conflicts and allocated resources.

Effectively ran information system, fostering customer satisfaction.

Analise project related information and made recommendations based on discoveries.

Worked with customers to evaluate various types of risks such as impact, reputation and regulatory.

Gathered requirements and maintained communications between project Team internal clients and eternal stakeholders.

Met with clients to gather and understand requirements and coordinated with system administers and Directors to plan and schedule project activities

Image Promotion Limited 2014-2016

Position: Assistant in exhibition of Emerald stones and auction

Responsibilities

Supervised in providing excellent customer services to clients requiring assistance for viewing Emeralds stones and ensure good customer relationship.

Ensured compliance with policies and quality standards to maintain consistence in quality of service.

Followed procedures, documentation, instruction and guidelines from both clients and company.

Applied core technical knowledge to effectively and promptly communicate sensitive technical information while adhering to regulatory and corporate privacy guidelines.

Professional skills

Project documentation

Email management software

Conflict resolution

Report delivery

Technical specification

Data backup and creation

Planning and implementation

Risk assessment/Risk management

Implementation planning

Schedule management

Strategy Development