Christopher Boardman Email & Phone Number

Fort Campbell, KY, US

Harare, Zimbabwe

• This position involved coordinating and completing the distribution of food to major super markets and butcheries around Harare and neighboring towns. Duties included:
• Independently managing the distribution warehouse, stock, trucks, labor and sales teams
• Pre-planning routes for 7 trucks and their crews of 2 to be dispatched daily and deliver stock to customers
• Organizing and mobilizing staff, trucks, and stock in timely manner so that drivers met delivery time expectations
• Liaising with customers about orders, receiving orders from merchandisers, and compiling these with orders taken by sales representatives
• Recording and reporting a sales analysis and adjusting future orders accordingly to result in better cost-effectiveness

Harare, Zimbabwe

• This position involved coordinating and transiting the distribution of raw materials internationally between Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mozambique, Malawi and Zambia. Duties included:
• Co-managing a fleet of 45 semi-trailer trucks
• Instructing drivers on routes, loading and off-loading locations, and timeframes for delivery and return
• Organizing border passage for trucks and drivers by communicating with border agents prior to truck arrival and remaining the point of contact between the driver and border agent
• Being readily available 24/7 to receive phone calls from drivers about delivery complications including, but not limited to breakdowns, country border issues, legal problems, and petty cash shortages
• Monitoring and tracking dispatched trucks daily on the company GPS system

Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

• This position involved the consultation and implementation of two projects. The first project was in Zambia contracted by a private equity company to promote eggs as a protein source for the poor and rural population.
• Collecting and analyzing field data from microbusinesses in multiple cities throughout the country to improve distribution and sales practices for the company
• Marketing and expanding the company’s reach and product during consultations, resulting in hundreds of additional microbusinesses receiving and selling eggs
• Planned and supervised the opening of the company’s largest distribution center and managed the shop for a period of 3 months before transitioning it to a full locally based staff
• Interviewed and hired employees to work at the distribution center
• Managed staff on site and in the field

Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

• During off-site periods at AWC, this position involved working at this sister company as a manager, helping to improve on-farm and off-farm systems to sell more of the product. Duties included:
• Selling and marketing instant lawn by meeting with customers, designing flyers and other advertising materials, and creating roadside shops for potential purchasing
• Overseeing lawn installations and managing farm/installation labor force
• Engaging in customer support and consulting the company’s operations
• Implementing and managing daily farm activities such as planting, harvesting, irrigating and spraying of chemicals

Harare, Zimbabwe

• This position involved creating a soil sampling division of FSG to add a new service for farmers, and used specialized equipment for the sampling to be as accurate as possible. Duties included:
• Soil sampling of lands between cropping cycles intended to improve farming practices
• Creating relationships with the customers and maintaining them with each visit
• Providing customer support to commercial farmers around the country
• Working with precision agriculture cropping systems, such as soil zone sampling and NDVI imagery

Dargle, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

• This position involved hands-on farming in broiler breeding, cattle, and sheep. Duties included:
• Overseeing of farm staff and labor responsible for feeding of livestock
• Husbandry of cattle, sheep and broilers
• Maintaining of farm machinery and facilities

Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

• This position involved assisting a hydrologist in completing regular site visits in a variety of field projects. Duties included:
• Assisting with practical surveying and mapping of wetlands
• Assessing of flood hydrology in and around KwaZulu-Natal

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