Musonda Chisanga
Redwater
Summary
Supply Chain professional with over five years experience in materials management, delivering cost savings, streamlining processes, delivering data driven solutions, and fostering mutually beneficial partnerships.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Agri Commodities Buyer
Trouw Nutrition
05.2023 - Current
- Determine requirements and purchases of bulk commodities from line companies, grain producers, and brokers in MB, AB, and BC mills;
- Reduced commodity costs 6% through strategic sourcing, competitive bidding, and effective negotiations.
- Maintain substitution costs under 2%, write-offs at 0%
- Close 90% supplier performance and quality issues within 15 days, 98% within 30 days;
- Minimize risk exposure by reducing contract durations, expanding vendor base, and allocating more business to storage owning vendors;
- Developed excel forecasting tool relying on actual current usage applied alongside central sales forecasts;
- Continuously review and analyze market prices, and trends for optimum inventory management;
- Complete monthly financial, service supply reports;
- Undertake supplier audits with Quality Manager(s) and provide feedback
- Software used: M3, Power BI, Excel, Outlook
Procurement Coordinator
Saputo Inc.
03.2022 - 05.2023
- Planned, ensured availability of packaging, ingredients and materials into SK, MB Distribution Centers to satisfy finished goods requirements
- Combined plant purchases, and storage, cutting shipping costs by 8%, also reduced lead time risk
- Created claims template improving transparency and response time
- Initiated forecasts to all vendors for improved service
- Coordinated product introductions, de-listing processes to minimize shortages and disposals
- Responsible for the administration of purchase orders and invoices
- Timely communication and escalation of supply issues
- Software used: Excel, Prescient, Maestro, Outlook
Formulator
Maple Leaf Foods
01.2020 - 02.2022
- Planned, managed all fifty plus raw material meat trims, applying FIFO ($500K/mo)
- Awarded for record shut-down formulations substitution and write-off cost under $300
- Created electronic Excel calculations template to run daily pre-blends process
- Ensured three week planning of raw materials availability for production
- Planned daily formulations for pre-blends department per least costing
- Guided production substitutions, re-formulations per materials availability
- Produced daily formulation sheets from Format computer program
- Coordinated raw materials tempering with 3PL storage
- Created raw material STOs and pre-blends process orders from SAP
- Provided receiving supervision vacation coverage to warehouse supervisor
- Software used: SAP, Power BI, Minitab, Excel, Outlook
FSQA Technician
Maple Leaf Foods
03.2019 - 01.2020
- Performed daily quality and food safety related decision making
- Executed daily monitoring and verification tasks as outlined in the HACCP program and recommended corrective actions for deviations
- Achieved 24hr improvement in quality approvals by moving to electronic format
- Reviewed and analyzed all customer complaints, initiated their investigations, and drafted official responses
- Initiated root cause investigations as plant Quality Management System (QMS) program point of contact
- Provided SAP procedures support and coaching to production staff and supervisors
- Software used: SAP, Power BI, Minitab, Excel, Outlook
Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) Specialist
MSC Industrial Supply Co.
08.2018 - 03.2019
- 6% sales volume increase due to competitor price collection and comparison
- Travel daily to support the implementation of VMI programs at customer locations for MRO inventory
- Coordinated inventory stocking and ordering
- VMI planning and set-up at customer locations
- Complied with vendor site safety regulations with no incident
- Managed employer assets including brand new vehicle with no issues
Junior Purchaser
Quickthree Solutions Inc
08.2017 - 12.2017
- Managed projects bill of materials from engineers using Microsoft Excel ($100K/mo)
- Evaluated consumables and office supplies using spend profile and consolidated to fewer vendors for efficiency and cost savings
- Conducted RFI and RFQ, placed purchase orders, followed up on back orders, & reconciled inventory
- Negotiated and communicated price quotes, terms of sale, delivery dates and service obligations to customers and contractors
- Resolved monthly billing discrepancies by collaborating with internal and external stakeholders
Assistant Manager
Money Mart
10.2016 - 08.2017
- Oversaw all retail operations: P&L, sales (revenue=$110K/mo), merchandising, customer services, inventory, personnel & budget management
- Leader in tax revenues and least losses due to fraud
- Developed loyal customer base
- Conducted customer service sales for: loans, cheque cashing, tax returns, western union transfers, gold purchases, etc
- Supervise, hire, train, schedule, and conduct staff performance reviews
- Risk management: data collection & entry, debt collection calls, asset reconciliations, & compliance audits
- Timely purchase and management of monthly MRO inventory to replenish branch supplies
- Demonstrated communication skills in resolving consumer complaints
Manager
Money Mart
07.2012 - 12.2014
- Oversaw all retail operations: P&L, sales (revenue=$90K/mo), merchandising, customer services, inventory, personnel & budget management
- Leader in employee retention and least losses due to fraud
- Developed loyal customer base
- Conducted customer service sales for: loans, cheque cashing, tax returns, western union transfers, gold purchases, etc
- Supervise, hire, train, schedule, and conduct staff performance reviews
- Risk management: data collection & entry, debt collection calls, asset reconciliations, & compliance audits
- Timely purchase and management of monthly MRO inventory to replenish branch supplies
- Demonstrated communication skills in resolving consumer complaints
Education
Certified Procurement Professional (CPP) -
International Institute For Procurement & Market Research (IIPMR)
Houston, TX04.2025
Post-Graduate Certificate - Supply Chain Management
Humber College
Toronto, ON08.2015
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
Bishop's University
Sherbrooke, QC12.2011
Skills
- Strategic sourcing
- Inventory management
- Pricing analysis
- Contract management
- Dispute resolution
- Compliance
- Market research
- Process improvement
- Data based solutions
- Negotiations
- Stakeholder engagement
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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