Benedict Idowu-Akinbami
33, Olayiwola Street, New Oko-Oba,  Abule Egba, Lagos. Nigeria.

[email protected]

234 802 582 2228

             Professional summary
·    Motivated, with more than 10 years of logistics expertise. Recognized for assessing operational needs and developing solutions to save costs, improve revenues, and drive customer satisfaction. Resourceful and well-organized with excellent leadership and team building record.

·    Customer-oriented, with strong history of leading high-performance teams to meet or exceed objectives. Dedicated and hardworking with internal drive to deliver excellence. Tactical team builder with strong background in training and team development.

·    Motivated in distributions with over 15 years of progressive experience in the logistics industry. Offering expertise in Leadership, and detail-orientations, with aptitude in putting initiative and intelligence into action to face challenges. Energetic self-starter and team builder able to navigate high-stress situations and achieve goals on time and under budget.

Skills
·    Team leadership

·    Self-motivated

·    Team liaison

·    Skilled in conflict resolution

·    Observant

·    Computer knowledge
·    Federal Road Safety Corps, Special Marshal (Voluntary Member).

·    Leadership Strategies Training.

·    Certificate in Interior Designs and Garden Decorations.

·    Certificate in Security, Health, Environmental, Safety and Fire-fighting.

Work history                                                               

Manager, Procurement, Sales & Distributions, 02/2014 to Current

Sunday Adelaja Media Ltd. Lagos. Nigeria.

·    Strengthened operational efficiencies and tractability, developing organizational filing systems for confidential client records and reports.

·    Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the activities and operations. Co-ordinate the duties of supervisors and other staffs.

·    Manage Sales and distributions of books to bookshop, schools, churches, libraries and other vendors.

·    Review effectiveness of assigned operations and implement changes general.

·    Determine and negotiate sales, distribution and contract terms.

·    Establish logistics for distributions.

·    Purchasing general and specialized material for production.

·    Prepare budget estimates and administer the expenditures for the department.

·    Extended existing customer relationships through extensive communication and tried-and-true marketing

Business Development Manager, 03/2010 to 05/2013

Budget Haulage Limited [Haulage and Logistics] Lagos, Nigeria.

·   Driving force in strategic planning meetings with shareholders.

·    Collaborated with other corporate departments to develop effective business strategies.

·    Customer service Relation.

·    Account reconciliation between customers and the company.

·    Clients sourcing.

·    Records keeping.

·    Representing the company for Negotiations.

·    Logistics Management

·    Generated leads and capitalized on valuable business opportunities to bring in new company revenue and improve bottom line profit.

·    Contacted potential customers via telephone, email and in-person inquiries.

·    Identified and analyzed key competitors and related products.

Operations Manager, 01/1999 to 04/2010

Fenway Courier Express Limited Lagos, Nigeria.

·    Cargo Handling and Clearing.

·    Monitoring local and international affiliations. Staff and operational control.

·    Representing the company in all meetings on operational issues.

·    Valuation and staff motivation.

·    Job interview.

·    Promotion and discipline process.

·    Ensured positive customer experiences by implementing effective quality assurance practices.

·    Proactively identified and solved complex problems that impacted operations management and business direction.

·    Managed office inventory and supplies and implemented inventory control measures to reduce expenditures and minimize excess supplies.

·    Identified inefficiencies and made recommendations for process improvements.

Stores and Purchasing Officer, 02/1992 to 08/1994

Trans City Transport Company Ibadan, Oyo State. Nigeria.

·    Stock keeping and Stock Reconciliation.

·    Material Sourcing.

·    Price survey and actual Purchase.

·    Stock Receipt and Issuing methods.

·    Stock coding and stock counting.

·    Identified workflow bottlenecks and implemented new and improved processes and policies.

·    Reconciled and reported discrepancies found in records.

Education  
Certificate in Leadership Strategies Training, 2013

Daystar Leadership Academy – Ikeja, Lagos.

Master in Managerial Psychology , 2004

University Of Ibadan – Ibadan, Oyo State.

Higher National Diploma in Purchasing And Supply , 1997

The Polytechnic Ibadan – Ibadan, Oyo State.

National Diploma in Purchasing And Supply , 1994

The Polytechnic Ibadan – Ibadan, Oyo State.