Hi, I’m
Paul Junior Mhonjo
Dar Es Salaam
Summary
I am a committed, with self-awareness and motivated person, inspired to learn new skills and flexible in adapting new changes that count much in achieving desired results and responses to new challenges in an organization. I also believe in fact finding, evaluation, analysis and application in real situations are important tools towards problem solving.
Overview
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Export Trading Group
Transit and Sales Manager
01.2018 - Current
Job overview
- Handled customer relations issues, enabling quick resolution and client satisfaction.
- Maintained relationships with customers and found new ones by identifying needs and offering appropriate services.
- Coached employees in successful selling methods and encouraged cross-selling to drive revenue.
- Identified, hired and trained highly-qualified staff by teaching best practices, procedures and sales strategies.
- Managing all transit trucks and Out of Gauge equipment’s
- Assisting in the selection, Interview, coach, train, manage and performance appraisal of transportation personnel.
- Make a follow up of container loading and offloading process through shipping lines and respective C and F agents
- Heading the port operations team in ensuring all port activities and documentations are dealt with in a well detailed manner and time oriented
- Coordinating transportation matter within and outside the organization with various stakeholders
- Work with international carriers and freight forwarders to streamline the flow of goods across international borders and through customs
- Assist in managing the sales department by getting new clients and maintaining old clients.
- Acting as a main liaison between clients and company as well managing clients’ accounts on a system
- called TOL
- Liaison with all related authorities to ensure the transportation is working efficiently and effectively
- Maintaining and implementing the clientele database in ensuring smooth operations
Alistair James Group
Transportation Coordinator
05.2017 - 11.2017
Job overview
- Act as a liaison by coordinating all transportation activities for Mozambique and Zambia branches and the duties conducted were:-
- Ensure Terms & Conditions are continually updated and are communicated and acknowledged by the subcontractor and negotiate agreements for the transportation of AG Cargo back-to-back with client/customer terms and conditions
- Generate Loading Confirmations for project based shipments for subcontractors detailing all subcontracted transportation HSE policies, port policies, Out of Gauge equipment policies and hazardous materials handling policies of AG Cargo
- Create for all subcontracted transportation of AG cargo and ensure all documentation for the project is collated and submitted to financing for trip reconciliation and invoicing
- Comply with current micro-financing arrangement and procedures provided to subcontractors
- Ensure subcontractor operations staff are fully aware of all transit and journey management procedures and legal requirements and ensure their compliance
- Assist the Subcontracting Lead with conducting due diligence inspections and/or annual reviews and provide support to any resulting subcontractor development action plans
- Assist the AG Driver Training wing to deliver any required subcontractor driver training packages or briefings
- Provide timely feedback (daily reports) to the subcontractor, ensuring that all delays not caused by the subcontractor are communicated clearly. Special attention paid to the management of expectations regarding free time, potential standing charge claims, and demurrage charges
- Ensure all internal reporting procedures are followed and performance appraisal data capture are accurate and timely
- Serving as a general assistant to the Subcontracting Lead seeking continual improvement and promoting best practices amongst the Road Freight team.
US Embassy Tanzania
Motorpool Supervisor (Head of Transport and Fleet)
08.2015 - 05.2017
Job overview
- Coordination of all transport matters within and outside
- Overall, in charge for all road issues and conducted all road route risk assessments across Tanzania
- Department lead for the Drive cam project. (US Department of State project which was set to
- improve driving skills and reduces accident
- Plan and implement the Smith System project which was set to educate all drivers on road and traffic awareness, driving skills, defensive driving skills etc
- Plan, develop, organize, direct, manage, and evaluate the operations and budget of transportation department, workshop departments.
- Plan and prepare monthly and annual budgets, coordinate with all vendors who procured spare parts and all supplies for the department as well as getting best quotes from vendors.
- Act as corroboration between the general services office and all other offices in the mission including procurement department, travel and shipping sections and facility maintenance and utility sections.
- Direct the activities of staff in relation to transportation operations including dispatching, routing, and tracking transportation vehicles
- Direct the effectiveness of private, third party and contract carriage systems
- Plan, develop, and implement transportation health and safety, and security programs and activities
- Monitor operations to ensure that staffs comply with administrative policies and procedures, safety rules, union contracts, and government regulations
- Conduct investigations to determine causes of transportation accidents and to improve safety procedures
- Direct investigations to verify and resolve customer complaints
- Interview, select, coach, train, manage, and appraise the performance of transportation personnel
- Negotiate with carriers, warehouse operators and insurance company representatives for services and preferential rates
- Remain current with latest transportation technology systems and procedures
Mwanamboka Hauliers LTD
Transport and Operations Officer
12.2009 - 06.2015
Job overview
- Maintained constructive client and vendor relationships.
- Implemented processes that simplified procedures and reduced average processing time.
- Planned and resourced personnel and logistics for operations component exercises resulting in highly trained personnel ready to act quickly in critical roles.
- Updated and published standard operating procedures (SOPs) using stakeholder, customer and employee input and feedback resulting in clearer and more useful instruction for users.
- Data entry activities
- Document follow up
- Prepare and follow up permit (abnormal wide load permit and transit permit)
- Make a follow up of trucks and heavy machinery equipment’s through GPS (Global Positioning System)
- Supervising loading and offloading process at various port sites and loading sites
- Make a follow up of container loading and offloading process through contacting the agent
- Managing all Transportation activities
- Managing all port activities and documentation
- Managing all company fleets and employees
- Coordination of all transport matters within and outside company
- Workshop and stores management
- Develop and implement profit improvement plans and change management plans
- Work with international carriers and freight forwarders to streamline the flow of goods across international borders and through customs
Education
St Augustine University, Mwanza, Tanzania
Bachelor of Arts from Economics
10.2013
Institute of Commercial Management, London, United Kingdom
Diploma from Marketing
12.2009
Kaporo Foundation Academy, Karonga, Malawi
High School Diploma
11.2007
Skills
- Problem Solving Skills
- Multi Tasking
- Team Player
- Good Communication skills
- Creativity
- Critical Thinking skills
- Flexibility
Accomplishments
- Managed to assist in the completion of the Msimbati to Kinyerezi Gas Pipeline Project (603.5 KM) which was under Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) and subcontracted to China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Company by offering Transportation and Road Consulting services to CPP.
- Assisted the US Embassy in Tanzania in achieving a 0% road accidents fatality rate and we were awarded the Franklin Eagle award issued by the US Department of State Secretary.
Hobbies
Playing football
Gymnastics
Watching Movies
Reading
Additional Information
From the above works and tasks, I was assigned to, assisted me to become exposed to my professional career as well as outside my professional and cultivation of theoretical knowledge I acquired from college into being an experienced and a good worker. Working in the office and outside the office, managerial tasks, guidance and counseling, learning new situations and team work panel discussions; all these are part and parcel of my great journey
Languages
Swahili
Native language
English
Advanced
C1
Reference
Mr Sandheep Unnikrishnan
Head of Operations
Export Trading Group
Tel: +255692833100
Mr John Faull
General Manager
Alistair Group Limited
Tel: +255746219052
Mrs Marriam K Mayall
District Magistrate
Judiciary of Tanzania
Makete District
Tel: ++255 715/756 232859
Timeline
Transit and Sales Manager
Export Trading Group
01.2018 - Current
Transportation Coordinator
Alistair James Group
05.2017 - 11.2017
Motorpool Supervisor (Head of Transport and Fleet)
US Embassy Tanzania
08.2015 - 05.2017
Transport and Operations Officer
Mwanamboka Hauliers LTD
12.2009 - 06.2015
St Augustine University
Bachelor of Arts from Economics
Institute of Commercial Management
Diploma from Marketing
Kaporo Foundation Academy
High School Diploma
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