ELVIS ODURO
POST OFFICE BOX 18, TARKWA, WESTERN REGION
PHONE +233547694042- E-MAIL: [email protected]

OBJECTIVE
I am looking forward to a challenging working environment that will enable me to efficiently utilize my knowledge and experience towards the realization of organizational growth.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

HND (Purchasing and Supply Chain Management) – 2013-2016
Takoradi Polytechnic

West Africa Senior School Certificate -2009-2012
Huni-Valley Senior High

Online Courses
Alison University (UK) –JUNE-AUGUST (Diploma, Customer Care Service) – (Awaiting Certification)

Alison University (UK) – APRIL-JUNE (Diploma, Human Resource Management) – (Awaiting Certificate)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Purchasing & Supply Student Association (GH) – Student Member

KEY SKILLS

• Versatile
• Focused
• Innovative
• Very good communication & Interpersonal Skills
• High sense of Integrity
• Effective Team Player
• Analytical
• Very good organizational skills
• Ability to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines

WORKING EXPERIENCE

Assistant Procurement/Logistics officer – Goldfields Ghana Limited – September 2016 – September 2017

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

• Expediting of a central team of Six (6) buyers and (4) four expeditors co-coordinating with 80 foreign suppliers from all over the world and 200 local suppliers with a spend of USD 50,000,000
• Also manage logistics activities consisting of 4 freight forwarders for ground, sea and air transportation.
• Direct negotiation of strategic, complex services and products procurement agreements.
• Performance Management through KPIs implementation, spend and suppliers cost structure analysis and modeling.
• Dissemination of a new culture and methodology via a temporary delegation process of some non-strategic purchases. Approach supported by a competence development program in the company (continuous internal and external training and coaching of the whole purchasing team)
• Taking control of the complete purchasing / expediting cycle for the procurement of goods for each order personally initiated from approved requisitions, including obtaining quotations for the supply of goods
• Follow – up on all purchase order initiated to ensure correct delivery to the required Location.
• The timely and accurate preparation of the paper audit trail required for the input of date leading to payment to supplier.
• Supplier assessment and rating
• Liaising with accounts to ensure that any discrepancies in supplier accounts paperwork are resolved in a timely manner.

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Reduced purchase requisition backlog of 815 to 61 within 4 months with an average request of 53 Purchase requisitions per day. This was successful after careful implementation of business improvement ideas.
• Reduced purchase requisition to purchase order cycle time from 16days to 5days.
• Total lead time was also reduced from 120days to 60days for foreign purchases and from 30days to 14days for local purchases respectively.
• Part of Procurement team that won the Best Performing Mine for two consecutive times within the Goldfields Team at Goldfields Damang Mine

INTERNSHIP
• Procurement Assistant – University of Education, Winneba – JULY 2014 – OCTOBER 2014
• Stock Controller – Allterrian Service Group -JULY 2015 –SEPTEMBER 2015
• Procurement/Logistics Assistant- Abosso Goldfields Ghana Limited (National Service) – SEPTEMBER 2016 –AUGUUST 2017

DUTIES

 Receiving & Issuing
 Binning
 Data Input
 Coding
 Stock Taking

TRAININGS ATTENDED:
Strategic Planning – Purchasing and Supply Student Association
Supply Chain Management – Goldfields Ghana Limited

COMPUTER LITERACY
Operational area
• MS Word, MS Excel, Power point

SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE
• SAP – Materials Management
• CUFABB – Materials Management

REFEREES

1. Daniel Sebastain Baidoo
Procurement Officer
Goldfields Ghana Limited
Damang-Mine

Telephone :0244682062
Email:[email protected]

2. Samuel Tawiah Okwabeng
Snr. Procurement Officer
Goldfields Ghana Limited
Damang Mine

Telephone: 0501410292
Email: [email protected]

3. Yaw Frimpong
Health Safety and Environmental Officer/Human Resource
Allterrian Groups Services (ATS)

Telephone : 0243971281
Email: [email protected]