Bryan Kabanda (CMILT)

Experience

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  Barclays Bank

  Jan 2006 - Sept 2007

  Direct Sales Representative

  Proven track record of achieving sales targets for loans and accounts while providing exceptional customer service. Skilled in identifying and recommending the best financial solutions to customers to meet their individual needs. Adept in maintaining customer relationships, resolving disputes and queries, and managing loan accounts. Experienced in data entry and administrative duties, ensuring accurate and timely processing of customer requests. Participated in organizing various company events and product launches, contributing to a positive customer experience. Show less

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  Nile Breweries Ltd.

  Oct 2007 - Oct 2009

  Sales Representative

  Administering a key territory with sales figures of over 70,000 cases and a promotional budget of 60 million shillings monthly, driving revenue growth for the company.Setting up successful events, concerts and customer activation that helped to push the company’s portfolios in various outlets, while also providing support to the outlets through promotional materials. This resulted in increased brand awareness and customer engagement, driving sales and revenue growth.Developing and fostering efficient professional relationships between distributors, retailers and outlets, ensuring smooth collaboration and effective communication between all parties.Actively collaborating with the technical team on production and promotional event creations in various outlets for different campaigns, ensuring customer engagement and alignment with company objectives and driving successful outcomes.Ensuring correct outlet segmentation and territory data capture, as well as managing coolers and tracking their deployment, redeployment, maintenance, and withdrawal in case of misuse. This helped to optimize resources and improve operational efficiency.Maintaining up-to-date territory files, ensuring accurate and timely information for effective decision-making and planning.Managing retail distributor’s daily route coverage and VSM ( Vehicle Sales Manager) management, developing right route plans and journey planning to cover all outlets in the territory with the correct frequency. This ensured consistent and effective coverage of all outlets, driving sales and revenue growth. Show less

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  UNIK CAR HIRE AND SAFARIS

  Dec 2009 - Feb 2019

  Operations Manager

  Actively coordinated business operations strategies to acquire and retain client base and boost profitability.Managed logistics support for the company ensuring proper management of supply chain, vehicle fleets, and assets supporting Clients’ Point of Contact with technical initiatives around contractual obligations.Managed the provision of quality and efficient transportation services as per contract agreements with organizations that included the US Embassy (DOD), International Organization for Migration, Wellsprings, Isaiah Movie Productions House, Talking Films Production House, and other individual International and local clients.Worked in close collaboration with members in the company, and client organizations sharing information on policies and procedures with implementation strategies for providing logistics services and transportation efficiency receiving and forwarding feedback.Ensured management of the vehicle fleet in line with contractual requirements for the various clients while adhering to service and maintenance schedules and matching vehicle availability and contractual performance.Administered company logistical programs, scheduling and assigning of responsibilities, vehicle and fleet management, identification of sub-contractors to suit client needs.Assisted drivers and mechanics with their duties, managing the use of vehicles, supervising vehicle plans and allocation to optimally serve the needs of the clients, updating and supervising vehicle maintenance planning, monitoring fuel consumption and safety regulation adherence by both drivers and passengers at all times.Negotiated, prepared and signed contracts with clients and subcontractors.Managed and developed a transportation team, conducted performance reviews and scheduled regular team meetings. Ensured that all vehicles were fully kitted out with first aid box, toolbox, fire extinguisher, valid vehicle documents and insurance, rescue kits, jack, spare tire. Show less

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  Enimiro Uganda

  Jun 2021 - Jun 2023

  Logistics and operations manager

  Coordinated business operations for the production, processing and export of vanilla, coffee and dried fruit.Centralized the supply chain by setting up effective order management systems and ERPs (SAP) to improve the procurement process especially during harvesting season buying and ensuring compliance with regulations practices following consultation with the General Manager.Managed the procurement, logistics and transportation of harvested produce from farmers in different districts in Uganda including Bundibujio, Kasese Kayunga, Mbale and Kapchorwa to the processing center in Kangulumira.Ensured quality of produce and services procured by taking a proactive role in discussing the technical specifications with the quality control teams and departmental heads.Managed the exportation process of the processed products right from packaging, transportation to loading on the plane.Manage and monitor departmental budgeting, disbursement and verification of purchases for the organization. Implemented stock management and administration systems for the various production departments, ensuring process procedures were established and updated in real-time.Maintained a centralized asset register for the company asset by department and function with a log to ease tracking and repairs when necessary. Developed operational procedural manuals for the various departments that included operational finance, produce processing and the extension departments.Administered company programs to foster key partnerships with partner organizations like Catholic Relief Services, Techno Serve Uganda, Proteen Uganda, Mastercard Foundation and Equity Bank to support farmer communities with technical knowledge, skill, and financial services. Show less

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  Mukaba Holdings LTD

  Jun 2023 - now

  Operations Associate