Project Manager Management

Nathaniel Antwi CV

+491********** *****.***********@*****.*** Ritschermoorstraße 14, 21706-

Drochtersen- Germany

I am a certified & experienced Project Manager with a track record of delivering successful complex projects & programs in both developed and developing countries with cross function teams of over 100 members, and customer-centric leader who has laudable experience leading organisations, NGOs in Sustainability, Water Supply, Wastewater treatment, Construction & Mining, departments in Drug substance & Drug Product (GMP Env’t), CRO (GCLP, GCP, GMP Env’t). I have strong tenacity to empower teams using a sense of psychological safety principles, and collaborating between business and technical teams to achieve on-time, on-budget, accident free and on-specs projects completions. I have proven records in revenue growth generation, stakeholders’ communication, conference/ workshop programs organisation, increase profit margin by cutting wastage, increase client retention rate and utmost client/ customer satisfaction management. I have been involved immensely in government officials’ negotiation with passion and being part of problems solutions. With strong networks & multitasking abilities, I am looking for a strong challenge that would require putting my expertise to bear in achieving goals and developing learning capability in the events.. EXPEPERINCE

SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER Cuxhaven, NIEDERSACHSEN- GERMANY Vibalogics GmbH (CDMO- Drug Substance & Products Manufacturing) October 2022- Present

• Develop & implement a detail strategy for program process & long-term management expertise to create detailed schedules, identify resources requirements, and set achievable milestones for Drug Substance & Drug products projects.

• Mentor junior staff in project management principles, best practices, and techniques

• Plan, coordinate and execute programs for large-scale projects of 5 major Pharma companies in USA, Europe & Asia with strong stakeholder engagements with state agencies, subcontractors & vendors.

• Facilitates meetings between stakeholders at all levels of the organization

• Act as head of program management department in the absence of the head.

• Lead complex, cross-functional various programs, maintain strategic alignment, execute change management strategies, and foster diverse, high-performing of the teams.

• Lead complex, cross-functional teams’ leaders (30) for various programs, maintain strategic alignment, execute change management strategies, and foster diverse, high-performing of the teams.

• Monitor project progress, identify potential risks and issues, and implement effective mitigation strategies to ensure successful project outcomes.

• Conduct post-event/ projects evaluations to assess success and areas for improvement and implement necessary changes for future programs.

• Work closely with the finance team lead, quality control and quality assurance to control, Monitor and evaluate the progress of programs for their success.

• Others.

CHIEF CONSULTANT, PROJECT MANAGEMENT Accra, GREATER ACCRA-GHANA Natalex Company Ltd (Water Supply, Mining & Gen. Construction) May 2020- Present

• Facilitate communication between executive management teams across multiple divisions.

• Develop & maintain strong relationships with clients, stakeholders, and vendors to ensure successful water supply, mining, mineral exploration projects delivery.

• Lead tender and other proposal documents preparation & evaluation as well as tendering process.

• Managing client expectation by ensuring the delivery of the highest quality and accurately

• Monitoring project risks and scope creep to identify potential problems & proactively identifying solution to address them & making savings on general construction projects.

• Review and standardize project management templates and tools for effective planning, monitoring and executing projects.

• Others.

MANAGING DIRECTOR Accra, GREATER ACCRA-GHANA

Natalex Company Ltd January 2012- June 2017

• Developed and executed business strategies to achieve short- & long-term goals that yield revenue increase of over 30 % and reduce employee annual turnover from 30 % to less than 1 % during the period

• Organized workshops, conferences on water & sanitation programs for Districts Assemblies in line with SDG on water and sanitation.

• Established processes to generate revenue and improve profits by cutting to down through continuous processes improvement & prudent projects management.

• Managed the daily operations of multiple departments in a fast-paced environment.

• Created successfully training opportunities for employees and increased job satisfaction of staff.

• Review tender and other proposal documents preparation & evaluation as well as tendering process.

• Successfully planned, coordinated, and executed training programs on Access to safe water together with strong stakeholders from government agencies, NGOs and civil society, aligning all stakeholders under the Community Water & Sanitation Agency's mission and mandate.

• Others.

HEAD OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT Accra, GREATER ACCRA-GHANA Natalex Company Ltd January 2008- December 2011

• Facilitate communication between executive management teams across multiple divisions.

• Develop & maintain strong relationships with clients, stakeholders, and vendors to ensure successful project delivery.

• Utilize critical thinking skills to assess complex situations quickly and accurately.

• Managing client expectation by ensuring the delivery of the highest quality and accurately

• Monitoring project risks and scope creep to identify potential problems & proactively identifying solution to address them & making savings on general construction projects.

• Review and standardize project management templates and tools for effective planning, monitoring and executing projects.

• Others.

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER Hamburg, HAMBURG- GERMANY

BioAgilytix Europe GmbH (Clinical Research Organisation, CRO) August 2021- October 2022

• Mentored & led multiple teams of project managers & study coordinators, who were responsible for the delivery of our portfolio of global and local clinical trials projects aligned with the company objectives & strategies.

• Excellently managed, trained and evaluated assigned personnel to projects- has direct supervisory responsibility for project Managers, study coordinators and broken responsibility of Project leads

• Identified areas for continuous improvement of existing processes and proposed innovative solutions to optimize performance.

• Successfully managed multiple projects with tight deadlines and budgets while consistently meeting customer required using prudent project management tools and clients tailored- made templates.

• Others.

PROJECT MANAGER Hamburg, HAMBURG- GERMANY

BioAgilytix Europe GmbH August 2021- October 2022

• Successfully managed projects with tight deadlines & limited resources.

• Effectively coordinated team members to ensure tasks were completed on time & within Budget & in some cases below the budget.

• Efficiently collaborated with cross-functional teams across multiple departments to achieve projects goals.

• Accurately monitored monthly performance, risk analysis, budgeting, timelines & maintenance of NetSuite revenue recognition as well as monthly closing of revenue.

• Others.

ASSOCIATE PROJECT MANAGER Hamburg, HAMBURG- GERMANY BioAgilytix Europe GmbH November 2017- June 2019

• Accurately drafted reports for senior management highlighting key success and challenges faced during each project.

• Assisted in creating basic project templates and setting projects in MS Projects.

• Liaised with clients to understand their requirements and develop solutions that meet their needs.

• Remarkably tracked out of scope work and follow through for amendment & negotiation to contracts with clients & update top management on progress of projects.

• Others

HYDROGEOLOGIST (INTERN) Storrs, CONNETICUT-USA

US Geological Survey (Branch of Geophysics) May 2010- August 2010

• Enhanced knowledge of soil mechanic principles while conducting site investigation studies related to groundwater contamination issues.

• Acquired familiarity with relevant regulations and standards governing groundwater management practices within the region.

• Gained experience in using industry-standard software such as ArcGIS, Surfer and MODFLOW to create maps, analyse data, and model groundwater flow systems.

• Successfully led a field team on geophysical data collection and analysis as well as preparing work plans and progress report for 3 military based sites.

• Accurately logged over 15 boreholes to determine the permeability in silts & detect fresh/saline water interface at Cape Cod, Massachusetts and Haddam Meadows in Connecticut.

• Precisely undertook Time Domain Electromagnetic Sounding & EM/ Gamma of 15 Boreholes at Long Island.

• Others.

HEAD OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT Accra, GREATER ACCRA-GHANA Bless All Foundation (NGO- Water Supply) May 2003- January 2008

• Established clear performance metrics to measure success against established goals.

• Successfully carried out workshops on the role of non-governmental organisations in achieving SDG 5 & 7 in Ghana.

• Conducted regular reviews to ensure deliverables were met according to schedule and quality standards.

• Successfully organized development activities such as conferences, webinars, in order to abreast of advancements in SDGs especially on 5, 6, 7 and 10 in rural and peri-urban areas of for Metropolitan, Municipalities’ & Districts Assemblies & Agencies in Ghana.

• Successfully generated over 30 proposals for funding and was able to raise over 500K dollars for water supply projects in Ghana from many international NGOs, Cooperation Institutions, Donor Agencies, etc.

• Led proposal/ bids for funds writing and construction of over 150 boreholes fitted with hand pumps for rural communities and over 70 small town water systems for urban and peri-urban communities.

• Worked closely in a team with the Finance & Operations to monitor budgets, ensured sustainable business development and finding sponsors for our projects.

• Others.

SENIOR HYDROGEOLOGIST Accra, GREATER ACCRA-GHANA

Geomax Resources Dev. Ltd (Water Supply- Consultancy firm) September 2002- April 2003

• Conducted field sampling activities including aquifer testing, soil characterisation & geophysical logging.

• Planned field campaigns involving multiple personnel at remote locations under challenging weather conditions.

• Excellently coordinated a stakeholder co-creation process that connected our clients across many sectors to work on advancing sustainable development awareness.

• Provided technical expertise in the design, installation and operation of hydrogeological investigations for borehole drilling & water supply systems.

• Successfully conducted geophysical studies & siting of over 800 boreholes across the country for water supply.

• Supervised the drilling of over 150 boreholes and 80 pipe schemes for water supply. HYDROGEOLOGIST Accra, GREATER ACCRA-GHANA

Geomax Resources Development Ltd November 2001- December 2002

• Conducted hydrogeological studies & geophysical investigation in siting over 400 boreholes for water supply facilities construction

• Prepared over 50 tender documents for bidding for government projects.

• Accurately prepared so many reports on project executed by the company. GEOLOGIST Obuasi Mine, ASHANTI- GHANA

Anglogold Ashanti Ltd November 2001- December 2002

• Led teams of technicians during field trips into remote areas for exploration.

• Developed risk assessment protocols to determine presence of hazardous materials on the sites

• Performed seismic, geochemical & geophysical surveys for mineral exploration

• Led the mining of ore, grade control, riplines mapping, remote sensing, etc.

• Others.

EDUCATION

CERTIFICATE IN DRUG COMMERCIALISATION MANAGEMENT December 2023 University of California, San Diego-USA

CERTIFICATE IN DRUG DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT December 2023 University of California, San Diego-USA

CERTIFICATE IN DRUG DISCOVERY MANAGEMENT November 2023 University of California, San Diego-USA

EXECUTIVE MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (EMBA) IN July 2022 OPERATIONS & PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Quantic School of Business & Technology, Washington DC- USA CERTIFICATE IN CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT January 2021 Columbia University, New York- USA

CERTIFICATE IN INTERNATIONAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT December 2017 Alumni Deutschland, Bonn- Germany

CERTIFICATE IN MUNICIPAL WASTE MANAGEMENT & WASTEWATER TREATMENT July 2016 HydroAID, Turin-Italy

CERTIFICATE IN PLANNING SUSTAINABILITY July 2012

HydroAID, Turin-Italy

MASTER OF SCIENCE (M.S) IN HYDROGELOGY, ENGINEERING GEOLOGY December 2010 Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt

POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN SAFETY; HEALTH & ENV. MGT October 2004 Ghana Institute of Management & Public Administration, Accra BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B.S) IN GEOLOGY June 1999

University of Ghana, Accra

DRIVING SKILLS

- Ghana Driver’s licence Class D - Germany Driver’s licence Class B PERSONAL SKILLS

- Microsoft Office

- MS Projects

- Team Gannt

- Smartsheet

- Primavera

- SAP

- Surfer

- Modflow

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Speaking Reading Writing

• English Advance Advance Advance

• German Intermediate Intermediate Intermediate

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