Caleb Malwadde

• In line with Fields of Life East Africa initiative to strive for organizational excellence, was hired to manage logistics and procurement of Fields of Life.
• Involves logistics management: Receiving and distributing goods in professional manner, ensuring proper maintenance and functionality of office equipment/assets, maintaining proper records of all office equipment and assets etc., maintaining proper store management and store clerical records up to date, fleet management: ensuring a fleet of over twenty vehicles are in good mechanical condition to facilitate operations, proper allocation of vehicles to staff/Drivers appropriately, monitoring, tracking and maintaining fuel onto fuel cards for vehicles and equipment’s such as standby generators, procurement and contract management: administering contract performance management and monitoring of works, conducting value for money and timely procurements for office in accordance to procurement and logistics policy and organizing periodical supplier reviews
• Overall achievements include providing procurement, logistical and administrative support, preparing procurement requests, spearheading revision of procurement and logistics manuals, improving institutional procurement and logistical documentation, leading team that carried out pre-qualification exercise and created database of institutional service providers, building capacities of staff on procurement processes, developing vehicle monitoring tools, spearheading disposal of organizational assets, serving as secretary to procurement committee, managing and producing tender documents, developing purchase orders and contracts, developing and maintaining relevant internal databases and files, conducting researches, and presenting information from various sources.

• Prepared 80 rosters of suppliers and service providers to elicit quotes and bid information for supplies, inputs and services.
• Assisted in evaluating and analyzing over 80 offers received from suppliers and service providers.
• Exercised discretion when dealing with confidential and sensitive matters.
• Maintained monthly procurement plan to support timely supply and delivery of quality supplies and equipment.

Ensuring learners had access to relevant information, both hard copies and online information access platforms.

Ensuring the library was relevant information applicable to their study disciplines

Involved in procurement of information materials like text books, journals, magazines

involved in digitizing the library by creating online information access platforms

like OPAC.

I increased easy access to information by both learners and teachers/lecturers by over 65% since information became so easy to access.

i created over 1000 library catalogues which eased the access to information

• Overall achievements include developing online catalogue, digitalizing the library, and increasing the number of library users.