ASIIMWE KATUNGI FAUSTINE
Katabi Town Council Entebbe Municipality
Summary
Dynamic Export Manager with proven expertise at Koboko Mabati, skilled in financial management and relationship cultivation.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
EXPORT MANAGER
KOBOKO MABATI. MM INTEGRATED STEEL MILLS UGANDA LIMITED
03.2025 - Current
- Developing and implementing export strategies to maximize profits and minimize costs
- Preparing export documentation such as invoices, packing lists and bills of lading
- Establishing and managing relationships with international partners, including distributors, agents and vendors
- Monitoring international regulations and compliance requirements
- Negotiating shipping contracts and freight forwarding agreements
- Liaising with customs authorities and other government bodies to ensure compliance with regulations
- Developing and maintaining export databases, records and reports
- Monitoring market trends, competitor activities and customer feedback
- Addressing customer inquiries and complaints
- Developing and implementing continuous improvement initiatives to optimize export operations
HEAD OF SALES/ MARKETING & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
RELIEFLINE AFRICA CONGO SARL KALEMIE TANGANYIKA
09.2023 - 03.2025
- Incorporate the growing complexities and challenges within the industry
- Building long-term relationships with vendors in the industry
- Comparing proposals for price and specifications
- Negotiating with vendors to reduce costs
- Reviewing contract specifications on behalf of the company
- Communicating with vendors to ensure that the product arrives in a timely fashion
- Building and maintaining long-term relationships with critical suppliers
- Managing technological systems that track the shipment, inventory and supply of materials
- Leading transformational activities to build procurement organizational capabilities and improve procurement efficiency
- Preparing daily, weekly and monthly procurement reports
- Ensuring adherence to all safety, health, and environmental rules and regulations
- Keeping abreast of changing industry trends
- Creating new businesses, bringing new partners onboard
- Keeping office operations in order, bookkeeping, purchases, stock, employees etc.
MARKETING MANAGER
RELIEFLINE AFRICA CONGO SARL
06.2019 - 09.2023
- Conduct Market Research
- Create Marketing Strategies
- Manage Brand Campaigns
- Harness the Power of Digital Marketing
- Monitor Campaign Performance
- Generating Brand Awareness
- Acquiring and Retaining Customers
- Generating Revenue
- Oversee all marketing campaigns for their company or department
- Implement strategy
- Promote a business, product, or service
- Ensure the company is communicating the right messaging to attract prospective customers and retain existing ones
- Represent the marketing team to cross-functional groups including product management, sales, or customer support
- Updating senior leadership on the progress of marketing activities and reporting on the results of campaigns
AUTOMOTIVE SPECIALIST & EXPORT MANAGER
REGAL PAINTS /SADOLIN UGANDA LTD
11.2015 - 05.2019
- Getting orders from clients from garages and body shops
- Visiting foreign customers for paint orders
- Giving pieces of advices to spray painters in garages and body shops
- Sensitizing automotive dealers how to use the paint and get the best out of it through paint workshops and meetings
- Visiting different & opening up new dealers across the country
- Developing and implementing export strategies to maximize profits and minimize costs
- Preparing export documentation such as invoices, packing lists and bills of lading
- Establishing and managing relationships with international partners, including distributors, agents and vendors
- Monitoring international regulations and compliance requirements
- Negotiating shipping contracts and freight forwarding agreements
- Liaising with customs authorities and other government bodies to ensure compliance with regulations
- Developing and maintaining export databases, records and reports
CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGER
REGAL PAINTS UGANDA LTD
02.2013 - 12.2014
- Strengthening the relationship between the company & the clients
- Ensuring clients’ orders are serviced in time & appropriately
- Receiving orders from customers and properly booking them in the system ready for dispatch
- Helping customers on how to place orders and helping them choose colors
- Giving technical advice to customers about painting
- Compiling customer complaints, addressing them and giving them feedback
- Harmonizing departmental relationships in the company
- Calling export clients for order & business-related issues
- Sending daily reports about orders received, delivered etc.
- Reconciling, issuing & interpreting statements of accounts to customers
- Ensuring salesmen have achieved their targets by the end of the month
- Reminding clients of their overdue amounts
CUSTOMER SERVICE EXECUTIVE
REGAL PAINTS UGANDA LTD
08.2012 - 08.2012
- Responding to customer inquiries via phone, email, and live chat promptly and courteously
- Resolving product or service issues by clarifying the customer’s complaint, determining the cause, and selecting the best solution
- Processing orders, forms, applications, and requests accurately
- Following up on customer interactions to ensure their issues have been resolved
- Maintaining detailed records of customer interactions, transactions, comments, and complaints in the CRM system
- Providing product and service information to customers and guiding them through the purchasing process
- Identifying and assessing customers’ needs to achieve satisfaction and improve customer loyalty
- Assisting with onboarding new customers by explaining account setup and usage
- Working with the technical support team to resolve frequently occurring or unique technical issues
- Preparing and distributing customer activity reports to management
- Participating in regular training sessions to stay updated on product knowledge and company policies
- Contributing to team meetings and sharing insights on customer feedback and potential improvements
FRENCH TEACHER
EBENEZER INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL KIBULI
01.2012 - 01.2012
- Assisting in the planning and implementation of French language lessons tailored to diverse learning styles and proficiency levels
- Providing one-on-one and small group support to students, addressing their individual learning needs and challenges
- Facilitating and engaging discussions and activities to enhance students' conversational skills and cultural understanding
- Monitoring student progress and providing constructive feedback, maintaining accurate records of assessments and learning outcomes
- Collaborating with lead teachers to develop instructional materials and resources that support curriculum objectives
- Participating in professional development opportunities to enhance teaching strategies and language proficiency
HISTORY TEACHER
NAMILYANGO COLLEGE SETA MUKONO
09.2011 - 09.2011
- Analyzing all prescribed texts and resources to develop quality lesson plans and curricula
- Collaborating with fellow teachers and learning from their methods, teaching strategies, and classroom management techniques
- Delivering engaging History lessons on different time periods, movements, and other historical events and figures
- Grading exams, tests, quizzes, assignments, and presentations, and contacting parents and other faculty members to discuss concerns and schedule interventions
- Sourcing guest speakers and organizing events and educational field trips
- Keeping abreast of current events/movements and using these themes to keep historical content relevant
- Ensuring all curriculum, and school, and state requirements are met
- Providing extra support to struggling students and additional resources to those who display exceptional interest in History
- Using digital technology to improve learning and keep accurate student records
- Constantly expanding educational networks and participating in workshops, lectures, and other learning opportunities
Education
Masters in Business Administration (MBA) -
Unicaf University
Lusaka, Zambia01.2024
Bachelor of Arts - Education: Business French, Administration, Management, Humanitarian Studies
Kyambogo University
KAMPALA, Uganda01.2012
Advanced Certificate Of Education (UACE) -
St Joseph’s vocational School
Mbarara, Uganda01.2007
Certificate Of Education (UCE) -
St. Patrick’s high School
Mbarara, Uganda01.2005
Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) -
St. John’s Primary School
Mbarara, Uganda01.2001
Skills
- Financial management skills
- Organizational and Decision-making skills
- Follow up skills
- Computer packages skills
- Research skills
- Computer networking & software installation
- Data management
- Excellent interpersonal & Communication Skills
Computer Knowledge
MICROSOFT OFFICE SUITE, SAGE PASTEL, CRM, SAP BUSINESS ONE, BITRIX, Software Installation and Basic Programming, SALES FORCE, TALLY
Membership And Leadership Positions
- 2008-2011, Minister for mobilization [the French club at Kyambogo University]
- 2006-2007, President Focolare movement at St Joseph’s vocational School, Mbarara.
Personal Profile
I am approachable, open-minded and ready to embrace challenges with energy and enthusiasm., High level of moral integrity, honesty, and goal-oriented, teamwork, commitment and self-motivated., I am very tolerant and have the strength to persevere until I am successful in achieving my intended goals/objectives., I am motivated by my upward career development & achievement; if this does not happen after a reasonable time, I become discouraged.
References
- Mr. Patrick Murage, Financial Controller, Regal Paints (U) Ltd, +256752228956, finance@regalpaints.co.ug
- Mr. BWAMBALE JEFFERSON, Business and Partnership Dev’t Manager, RELIEFLINE AFRICA CONGO SARL (GOMA) DRC, +243972168741, Jefferson@reliefline.net
- Mr. Moses Kato, Head of Sales and Marketing, KANSAI PLASCON LIMITED UGANDA, +256 752 868139, Sales@kansaiplascon.co.ug, Plot 28, Block 112, Kyaggwe, Kolo, Mukono, Uganda
- Mr. PAUL DA COSTA, Head of Operations Body Works and Spray Painters Trainer, PINT AUTO MAPUTO, Mozambique, +27836267628
Hobbies and Interests
- Meeting and interacting with new people and making as many constructive friends as possible.
- Reading newspapers, magazines, and watching news to keep me abreast with current affairs of interest and business.
- Listening to music especially that which sends out constructive messages.
- Traveling to different locations both within and outside the country which opens me up to new experiences, new people, new cultures and exciting opportunities.
Languages
- English, Excellent, Excellent, Excellent
- French, Excellent, Excellent, Excellent
- Kiswahili, Good, Good, Good
- Spanish, Fair, Fair, Good
- Local languages, Good, Good, Good
Research Done
- The Impact of NGOs and humanitarian organizations to the people of the democratic republic of Congo and the Country at large, A case in Pint Goma town North Kivu Province east of DRC, Masters
- Failure to improve French language speaking is due to lack of day-to-day practice., Bachelors
Biographical Information
ASIIMWE KATUNGI FAUSTINE, 06/20/87, Male, Married (4 children), RUHAMA, RUHAMA NTUNGAMO DISTRICT, Uganda, Ugandan, Plot 22 Bulega II Garuga Road, Katabi Town Council, Wakiso District, Uganda, +256702895024, +256784547330, vanfaustin26@gmail.com
Timeline
EXPORT MANAGER
KOBOKO MABATI. MM INTEGRATED STEEL MILLS UGANDA LIMITED
03.2025 - Current
HEAD OF SALES/ MARKETING & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
RELIEFLINE AFRICA CONGO SARL KALEMIE TANGANYIKA
09.2023 - 03.2025
MARKETING MANAGER
RELIEFLINE AFRICA CONGO SARL
06.2019 - 09.2023
AUTOMOTIVE SPECIALIST & EXPORT MANAGER
REGAL PAINTS /SADOLIN UGANDA LTD
11.2015 - 05.2019
CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGER
REGAL PAINTS UGANDA LTD
02.2013 - 12.2014
CUSTOMER SERVICE EXECUTIVE
REGAL PAINTS UGANDA LTD
08.2012 - 08.2012
FRENCH TEACHER
EBENEZER INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL KIBULI
01.2012 - 01.2012
HISTORY TEACHER
NAMILYANGO COLLEGE SETA MUKONO
09.2011 - 09.2011
Masters in Business Administration (MBA) -
Unicaf University
Bachelor of Arts - Education: Business French, Administration, Management, Humanitarian Studies
Kyambogo University
Advanced Certificate Of Education (UACE) -
St Joseph’s vocational School
Certificate Of Education (UCE) -
St. Patrick’s high School
Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) -
St. John’s Primary School
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