Edwin Zulu
Understudying an e-MBA with the University of Bedfordshire Business School and working as Regional Coordinator - COMESA SME Toolkit Project and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at ELIF Business Solutions.
| Headline: | Service Provider |
| Skills: | Business, Marketing, Sales |
| Groups: | COMESA SME Toolkit |
| Interested in: | Consulting opportunities, Meeting new people, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities, Providing services to startups |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | ELIF Business Solutions |
| Position: | Regional Coordinator - COMESA SME Toolkit Project and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) |
| Time period: | December 2004 - Present |
| Description: | Responsibilities
- Project concept development and planning. - Local content development - Marketing, networking establishment and managment. - Overall regional development and managment of the project. - Partnerships developments and managment. - Small and Medium Entreprises SME Toolkit overview and awareness training and facilitation in new sustainable managment practices. - Development of the SME business incubations support programes (City / Town Virtual Offices) |
| Employer: | ELIF Business Solutions |
| Position: | Country Project Coordinator IICD-SIF Project and CEO |
| Time period: | December 2002 - November 2006 |
| Description: | Responsibilities
- Overall concept development and managment. - Internal monitoring and evaluation. - Funding sourcing and managment on behalf of the funding agency and local projects. - Marketing and publicity - ICTs enterprise development support services |
| Employer: | Besser Company USA |
| Position: | Country representative |
| Time period: | December 1999 - November 2003 |
| Description: | Responsibilities
- Besser Company’s cencrete products equipment marketing and sales promotion - Organizing and facilitation of participation in National trade promotion and show commercial activities. - Overall Country Company representation |
| Employer: | Chawama Agro Marketing Project |
| Position: | Director and Project Coordinator |
| Time period: | December 1994 - November 2000 |
| Description: | Responsibilities
- Overall development and managment of the project activities. - Marketing, publicity and partnership building with Goverment, Cooperating partners, Civil society and Private sector. - Development of the community Agro Marketing strategies. - Representation of the project at community,national,regional and international meetings and forus. |
| Employer: | ELIAD International Corperation |
| Position: | Proprietor and manager of Roan Mini-Mart and Butcheries |
| Time period: | December 1993 - November 1996 |
| Description: | Responsibilities
- Overall business development, ownership and managenent. - Making order and purchases. - Sales and marketig supervision. - Financial management |
| Employer: | ZCBC |
| Position: | Branch Manager- former Zambia Consumer Buying Corperation |
| Time period: | December 1991 - November 1994 |
| Description: | Responsibilities
- Overall managment of the Branch. - Management of the Branch sales. - Management and control of the products stocks. - Making of the supply orders through the ZCBC Central Distribution Centre in Ndola, Regional offices and direct purchases. |
| Employer: | NIEC School of Busines Studies, Ndola, Zambia |
| Position: | Managment trainee- Business Administration |
| Time period: | December 1989 - November 1992 |
| Description: | Responsibilities
- Stocks Managment. - Accounts supervision. - Human Resource and personel managment. - Hardware stores management. - Perishable and Supermarket management. - Merchandising and sales promotions. |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | - Writting,reading business news,adventures, business innovations and creativity. |
| Memberships: | 2004- 2006: National coordnator, e-Brain forum, a National ICTs promotion civil society
Promotion NGO. 2003-2004: National Organizing Chairperson; National World Enviromental day Celebration day. 2000-2001: National Secretary – youth Advocate and Lobby network. 1986-1989: National Secretary; Junior Scientists and Technicians. 1996-1998: Board Member; Naluyanda rural integrated development project, Chibombo District. |
| Awards: | May 2008- Finalist at the Stockholm Challenge Awards, Stockholm, Sweden.
2005- Award winners: Agencies supporting development of women ICTs based Entreprises with Manchester University UK. 2000- World Bank Group development marketplace innovations competition finalist, Wanshington D.C. USA. |
