BENJAMIN NGUSA

As Assistant Procurement and Logistics Officer my roles are:

• To support and assist senior Procurement and Logistics on management of project vehicles and drivers.
• Purchasing office equipment such as (stationery, consumables, seeds, manure, etc.
• Prepare the contracts for local suppliers, making hotel reservation and hosted the guests both international and local.
• Planning for routes and cars arrangement also to assign in duty the drivers, making sure all vehicles are in good condition all the time, cross check for car record such as logbook are filling per route and all details are correct and proper for office purpose.
• Organized the service schedules for the office cars making sure are done in time, communicate with vendors to make sure we negotiate in prior before work taking place this is easy way for price awareness and provide room for bargaining.
• Making sure those proper document concerning cars such as (Registration card, Insurance cover note, LATRA stickers for pickup, and safety sticker) are valid and kept in the car as Road Traffic regulation states, to ensure all safety gears and health measurement are taken all the time in working environment.
• Update and inform the management for any issues occurs at work that may need their attention or awareness.
• I participated on solving several conflicts between staff and finally succeed to mitigate them at early stage before to escalate to high level of management.

• Operated as one of the core team members since I was only person managing and dealing with 4 cars based at field offices (Lindi & Masasi) the main activities was driving and making sure all cars are in good condition for identify any default happened or prediction of any challenge may encounter during project implementation while perform minor maintenance and prepare service schedule at proper time, participate in visitors planning and providing better plan for them during the visit.
• Involved in meeting for annual budgeting plan for providing accurate budget for fuel and maintenance costs.
• Providing guidelines and orientation for the new staff who may get approval to drive official cars this is to make sure new staff are fully aware of to manage cars and SWISSAID car Policies must obeyed as mentioned.
• Participated in monthly meeting for providing an update the condition of cars and the best way of utilized the resources and giving advise such as staff to merging their trip if we are facing shortage of cars, hosting international and local staff, internal and external guests making sure they are safe and happy for those days they will be at field by providing necessary support they may need since am so good on social intervention.
• Capability to drive long distance, I have been driving for 1000kms consecutive per day with few stops for eating and other refreshment, while maintaining defensive driving.

Able to read and observe Traffic rules and avoid traffic offensive and responding immediately to accident and ensure immediate action is taken just in case the scenario happen

• Cleaned and maintained vehicle and assessed vehicle for damage after each shift.
• Maintained professional and friendly demeanor during deliveries to uphold company reputation.
• Followed proper safety procedures and protocols while loading, unloading and operating vehicles.
• Upheld high standards of cleanliness within the vehicle''s interior/exterior appearance, providing a professional image for the company at all times.
• Demonstrated strong knowledge of geography and local roads for optimal route selection.
• Completed routine pre- and post-trip inspections to evaluate vehicles and assess maintenance needs.
• Coordinated efficient routes to avoid delays and optimize schedules.
• Followed all relevant traffic laws and safety regulations.
• Utilized GPS and other navigation tools to plan routes and stay on schedule.
• Achieved safe driving records by consistently following traffic rules and regulations.
• Delivered goods and products to customer on time and in excellent condition.

ASSISTANT SURVEYOR WITH BUREAU GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING (BGP) IS A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (CNPC).

· As Assistant Surveyor my roles were to support and assist senior project Surveyor on putting demarcation to all identification areas, and lines before digging process taken place.

· Help to provide the safety information to the villagers who will be nearby the project areas the aim of this activities were giving awareness concern with hazards may happen during the project implementation and the best way of protecting themselves from those predictions hazards maybe happened.

· I also supported senior Surveyor to carry the bundles of wires and tools may going use during the demarcation process, to making sure all lines are well protected and surrounded with reflectors which can be seen even at night.

· Also making sure that we tried to our level best to divert the lines to be far away from people habitants and all inflammable materials are kept away and safe.

· During we are implementing the project I succeeded to introduce an idea to establish campaign we call “Mtoto usicheze mbali na nyumbani” by providing toys and books so that they can play and read this was helpful campaign because it saved the kid's life by playing around their homes after back to school instead of playing on the streets.