Energy Development Procurement Manager

Name: MSC, RICHARD opoku

Professional Profile

RICHARD OPOKU IS A SEASONED PROCUREMENT EXPERT WITH OVER 50-MILLION-DOLLAR

PROCUREMENT EXPERIENCE. I HAVE EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC, DONOR PROCUREMENT AND

MINING FROM MY PREVIOUS JOB POSITIONS. I AM DYNAMIC AND HIGHLY COMPETENT

WITH PROCUREMENT AND BUDGETARY PROCEDURES. I AM RELIABLE, HARDWORKING AND

AN EXCELLENT TEAM PLAYER. I TAKE INITIATIVE, ABLE TO WORK UNDER PRESSURE

AND WITH A STRONG SENSE OF REGARD TO DETAIL.

I ALSO HAVE OUTSTANDING ORGANIZATIONAL, EVALUATION, NEGOTIATIONS AND GOOD

COMMUNICATION SKILLS WITH EXCELLENT TECHNICAL AND ANALYTICAL SKILLS.

KNOWLEDGEABLE IN THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT LAWS AND PROCEDURES AS STIPULATED

IN PROCUREMENT ACT 663 OF 2003, USAID, UNDP/WORLD BANK AND AFRICA

DEVELOPMENT BANK PROCEDURES. ABILITY TO PREPARE REPORTS AND INTERPRET AND

MAKE DECISIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULES, REGULATIONS AND POLICIES GOVERNING

THE PURCHASE AND CONTRACTING OF MATERIALS AND SERVICES.

FURTHERMORE, I HAVE EXCELLENT INTER-PERSONAL SKILLS AND CAPABLE OF

OPERATING EFFECTIVELY IN A MULTI-CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT AND BUILD EFFECTIVE

WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH INTERNAL/EXTERNAL CLIENTS AND COLLEAGUES. I

APPROACH PROBLEMS WITH A METHODICAL, ENTHUSIASTIC AND COMMITTED ATTITUDE.

WITH MY RICH INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE FROM MY PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT, I AM

SEEKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN ANOTHER STIMULATING AND CHALLENGING

ENVIRONMENT THAT ALLOWS ME TO FURTHER DEVELOP AND ENHANCE MY SKILLS.

IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE, AND COUPLED WITH MY SIXTEEN (16) YEARS OF

EXPERIENCE (BOTH IN PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT) AND WITH MY

SKILLS AND ABILITIES ENUMERATED BELOW PLACES ME IN A BETTER POSITION TO

DELIVER IF CONSIDERED FOR THIS JOB.

KEY SKILLS

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT & COMMUNICATION SKILLS

LOGISTICS

PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT People Management

Warehouse & Distribution Cross Functional Team Player

Management

Project Management Analytical Skills

Business Development Negotiation Skills

BUSINESS IMPACT

PROCUREMENT: I HAVE HELPED UNDP, FHI360, GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS GROUP

LIMITED AND CHEMONICS INTERNATIONAL GHANA DELIVER ON ITS PROJECT MANDATE TO

ITS PARTNERS IN YEAR 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 AND 2018 WORTH OVER 50

MILLION DOLLARS IN PROCUREMENT OF VARIOUS EQUIPMENT, SERVICES AND WORKS.

Business Development: I was part of the team that was tasked in UNDP to

develop the greening of the offices based on sustainable energy development

which is been implemented by UNDP country office now.

Supply Management: I managed to improve both the procurement and supply

chain needs of both UNDP, FHI360 and Graphic Communications Group Limited

in the areas of transport management, inventory control, warehouse

management and disposal of assets.

Relationship Management: I use my relationship management skills to work

with people from diverse culture to enhance my performance in my various

positions in my current and previous positions. This allowed me to achieve

the desired results with limited resources at my disposal.

People Leadership: I have successfully managed a team of motivated

procurement professionals in Chemonics International Ghana, UNDP, FHI360

and Graphic Communications Group Limited over the past 6 years to achieve

the desired results for the organization.

Career History & Accomplishments

1ST FEBRUARY, 2019 - TO DATE POSITION: CONTRACTS OFFICER/SUPERVISOR

COMPANY: ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI GHANA, OBUASI MINE

. Updated the contract master register for effective management of

contract for the mine (Works and Service).

. Weekly Report on Contract Performance and Cycle with indicative

contract status.

. Submit monthly report for Contracts for Operational Readiness for

first Gold Pour in December, 2019.

. Handled the procurement of minewide Signages and Branding worth

GHS1,746,176.20 for period of 2 years (2019-2021)

. Handled Camp Management and Hotelier Services for AGA, Obuasi worth

GHS12,692,448.43 for period of 2 years (2019-2021).

. Handled the procurement of works for Core Yard and Processing Facility

worth GHS2,863,817.16 for period of 6 months (2019).

. Handled the procurement of non-hazardous waste disposal, dislodgement

of waste and fumigation of operational Area worth GHS2,658,288 for

period of 2 years (2019-2021)

. Handled the procurement of tree felling, pruning and transportation of

logs from site, worth GHC414,000 for 2 years (2019-2021.

. Handled Equipment Hire Procurement Services for the Mine, worth $

3,000,000 (1st April, 2019 - 30th March, 2022)

. Handled Procurement of Labour for Laundry Services, worth GHS

549,304.56 for period ( 1st April, 2019 - 30th March, 2021)

. Handled Procurement of Catering Services for Military Personnel at

AGAG, Obuasi Mine worth GHS 1,558,550.00 for period of (1st May, 2019

- 30th April, 2021)

. Handled Procurement of Catering Services for Police Personnel at AGAG,

Obuasi Mine worth GHS 1,047,550.00 for period of (1st May, 2019 - 30th

April, 2021)

. Handled procurement for shuttle services for the mine staff, worth GHS

2,652,000 for period of (1st May, 2019 - 30th April, 2021)

2nd July, 2018 - 31st January, 2019 Position: Procurement Audit Specialist

(Part-Time) Company: Public Procurement Authority, Ghana

Government embarked upon an exercise to reform the Public Procurement

System in 1996 as an integral part of a wider Public Financial Management

Reform Programme (PUFMARP). The exercise was to improve the overall public

financial management in the country. The reform exercise identified

shortcoming and organizational weaknesses inherent in the country's

procurement system. These include the absence of a comprehensive public

procurement policy and the lack of a comprehensive legal regime to

safeguard the integrity of the public procurement system. Others are the

absence of a central body with the requisite capability, technical

expertise and competence to develop a coherent public procurement policy.

PPA was established in 2003. www.ppaghana.org

. Conducted procurement audit of 5 entity tender committees on

procurement risk, procurement process compliance and verification of

goods, services and works delivered

. Written procurement report on 5 entity tender committees with

recommendation and action plan.

. Conducted site inspection and verification of procurement vendor's

establishment.

. Written management report on procurement audit implementation.

3rd April, 2018 - 29th June, 2018 Position: Procurement Specialist Company:

Chemonics International Ghana (Global Fund Project) - Short Consultancy

From our founding in 1975, we have worked in more than 150 countries to

help our clients, partners and beneficiaries take on the world's toughest

challenges. Today, we reimagine global supply chains to deliver essential

medicines to the right place at the right time. We take a promising new way

of powering a village in Kenya and adapt it to a village in Colombia. We

embrace project management as a discipline, not an afterthought, so our

clients get maximum impact for minimum risk. And we think big, about

applying lessons learned across all of our projects, about bridging the gap

between segregated technical fields and about forging partnerships that

unite the world's best minds to solve its toughest problems.

OUR GLOBAL NETWORK OF MORE THAN 4,000 SPECIALISTS SHARE AN UNWAVERING

RESOLVE TO WORK BETTER, DRIVEN BY A CONVICTION THAT THE WORLD MUST BE

BETTER. WE'RE ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING PARTNERS IN INTERNATIONAL

DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE WHERE CHEMONICS WORKS, DEVELOPMENT WORKS.

HTTPS://CHEMONICS.COM/COUNTRY/GHANA/

. RESTRUCTURED THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT AND ALIGNED IT WITH THE

MANDATE OF THE PROJECT SUPPORT REQUIREMENT TO MOH/GHS.

. Delivered long term agreements for 3PLs for global fund component for

distribution of drugs to the various regions worth $500,000.

. Established long term agreement for vehicle hiring services for the

various projects to the tune of USD$100,000.

. Restructured the vendor list ensuring vendor rationalization to align

it to the needs of the project.

. Established long term agreement for hotels in the 10 regions across

the country worth $150,000 for project activities and support for

residential conferencing and field work.

. Procured project equipment's and accessories worth about USD$80,000.

1st March, 2017 - 30th March, 2018 Position: Procurement Manager

Company: Graphic Communications Group Limited

Graphic Communications Group Ltd (GCGL) was established in 1950 in the then

Gold Coast by the Daily Mirror Group in the United Kingdom, with Cecil King

Jnr as the first head of the company. Its original name was West African

Graphic Company Limited. The company published its first newspaper, the

Daily Graphic, On October 2, 1950, and followed it up in 1953 with the

weekly Sunday Mirror, now called The Mirror.

THE COMPANY LATER CHANGED ITS NAME FROM WEST AFRICAN GRAPHIC COMPANY LTD TO

GHANA GRAPHIC COMPANY LTD AFTER THE GOLD COAST GAINED INDEPENDENCE FROM

BRITAIN 1957 AND CHANGED ITS NAME TO GHANA.

BY AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT THE GOVERNMENT OF GHANA ACQUIRED THE COMPANY FROM

ITS PRIVATE OWNERS IN 1962. IN 1971, THE COMPANY BECAME A STATUTORY

CORPORATION THROUGH A LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENT - THE GRAPHIC CORPORATION

INSTRUMENT, 1971, LI 709. THIS WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATUTORY

CORPORATIONS ACT, 1964 (ACT 232). THE COMPANY, THEREFORE, BECAME KNOWN AS

GRAPHIC CORPORATION. HTTPS://WWW.GRAPHIC.COM.GH/

. DELIVERED $175,000 INTERNATIONAL PROCUREMENT OF STANDARD NEWSPRINT FOR

PRINTING OF DAILIES - GCGL (COMPLETED - 14TH APRIL, 2018). - ELHOF

HANSSON INTERNATIONAL

. Delivered $185,000 International Procurement of Standard Newsprint for

printing of dailies - GCGL (Completed - 30th March, 2018). - Esswell

International BA

. Delivered $73,000 International Procurement of Conventional Plates for

printing dailies - (Completed - 26th January, 2018) - FC Exports, UK.

. Delivered $52,000 International Procurement of Inks for the various

printing jobs - GCGL (Completed - 5th November, 2017). - Sun

Chemicals, SA

. Delivered $ 67,175.14 International Procurement of Conventional Plates

for printing of dailies - GCGL (Completed - 30th October, 2017). - FC

Exports, UK

. Delivered $167,352.88 International Procurement of Standard Newsprint

for printing of dailies - GCGL (Completed - 28th September, 2017). -

Esswell International BA

. Delivered $169,192.01 International Procurement of Standard Newsprint

for Printing of Dailies - GCGL (Completed - 28th September, 2017). -

Esswell International BA

. Delivered $69,500 International Procurement of Newsprint for the

printing of dailies - GCGL, 2017 (Completed - 20th September, 2017) -

Elhof Hansson

.

From 15th June, 2015 - 3rd February, 2017 Position: Procurement Manager

Company: Family Health International 360

FHI 360 (formerly Family Health International) is a non-profit human

development organization based in North Carolina. FHI 360 serves more than

70 countries and all U.S. states and territories. Established in 1971, the

organization has long managed in projects relating to family planning and

reproductive health. In 1986 the organization began a worldwide response to

HIV/AIDS. https://www.fhi360.org/countries/ghana

. Delivered 7million dollar procurement of supply and distribution of

supplementary reading materials for Early primary grade - KG1 -Primary

4 - FHI360, 2015 (Completed - One off project).

. Delivered 650million dollar procurement of 10 pick-ups and 4 cross

country vehicles for USAID Partnership for Education; Learning &

Communicate for Health (C4H) - FHI360 (Completed - One off

procurement).

. Delivered 200million consultancy services for Behavioural Change for

Mother tongue and improve reading in local languages - USAID

Partnership for Education Learning - FHI360 (On going - Completion

date October, 2016)

. Delivered 10 Regional Renovation of USAID Partnership for Education:

Learning Offices - FHI360 (Completed - 30th January, 2016) - $80,000.

. Delivered proposed 2-storey renovation of Health Promotions Department

in Korle-Bu - Communicate for Health (C4H) -Completion Date - 30th

March, 2017 - $261,633.

. Delivered procurement of office furniture for USAID Partnership for

Education: Learning Project under FHI360 - Completed 30th November,

2015 -$120,000 dollars).

. Delivered supply of 68 laptop computers and accessories for USAID

Partnership for Education: Learning Project under FHI360 - Completed

in 31st September, 2015 - $120,000)

. Delivered the procurement of 5 Ford Explorer vehicles for USAID

Partnership for Education: Learning project under FHI360 - Completed

in September, 2015 - $200,000.

. Delivered the supply of 13,000 polo shirts for NTD Project under

FHI360 - Completed in March, 2016 - $100,000.

. Delivered supply and distribution of 28,500 boxes for distribution of

supplementary reading materials to the 230 districts across the

country - Completion in 30th October, 2016 - $880,000.

. Delivered the local area network and internet services of USAID

Partnership for Education: Learning Project office - Completed in 30th

September, 2015 - $52,000

. Delivered the services of event management firm for organization of

regional reading festivals in 10 regional capitals in Ghana -

Completed in November, 2015 - $98,000

. Delivered procurement of 2 Ford Expedition Vehicles for NTD Project

under FHI360 - Completion date 30th June, 2016 - $98,000

. Delivered Residential Conferences for various projects across the

country worth over $30 million dollars from 2015 to date (USAID

Linkages Project, USAID Communicate for Health Project, USAID Pacte-

Vih Project, USAID Partnership for Education; Learning, USAID ComHipp

Project, USAID End in Africa for Neglected and Tropical Diseases

Project and USAID West Africa MARP Project.

. Delivered the set-up of vendor Register for FHI360 through

comprehensive procurement process - (submitted to Home office for

approval- Expected completion by 30th August, 2016.

. Delivered the supply of 40 Laptops and Accessories for USAID

Partnership for Education: Learning partners - Ghana Education Service

and Ministry of Health worth $52,133.1) - Completed by 12th August,

2016.

Sept 2011 - Jun 2015: Position Head of Procurement (Procurement

Officer) Company: UNDP, Ghana

UNDP partners globally with all levels of society in more than 170

countries and territories where we operate. We offer global perspective and

local insight to help empower lives and build resilient nations that can

withstand crisis, and that drive and sustain growth that improves the

quality of life for everyone. Under the overarching goal of empowering

lives and building resilient nations, UNDP in Ghana focuses on three inter-

connected thematic areas: promoting inclusive growth, democratic governance

and sustainable development. http://www.gh.undp.org

. Delivered 2million dollar Consultancy Service for Development of

Disaster Risk and Early Warning Systems in Ghana - UNDP, 2014

(Completed - 2 years' project).

. Delivered the consultancy service of auditing of NIM/NEX Projects of

UNDP - Completed in 2012 - $50,000.

. Delivered the Long-Term Agreement for consultancy service of auditing

of NIM/NEX Projects of UNDP - Completed in 2015 - $90,000.

. Delivered the Consultancy Service for development of Feasibility Study

into the Establishment of a Manufacturing Facility for Refrigeration

Appliances in Ghana - Completed in 2014 - GHC456,788

. Delivered the Consultancy Service for development of Monitoring and

Evaluation System for UNDP Sustainable Development Cluster - Completed

in 2014 - GHC184,240.00

. Delivered the Procurement of works for three MTN Centres at the 3

Northern Regions - Completed in 2014 - $100,000.

. Delivered the Consultancy Services for Salary Survey for Service

Contract Holder - Completed in 2014 - GHC46,404.25

. Supply of Laptop Computers, Desktop and accessories to Districts

Assemblies in Selected Districts - 2014 - $75,000

. Supply and Installation of Tele-Consultation Centres for three

districts (Gomoa, Keta and Bongo) - Completed in 2015 - $119,443

. Printing of Hazard Maps for National Disaster Management Organization

- Completed in 2015 - GHC302,000

. UNDP/EU projects on adaption fund, Community Resilience through early

warning systems, etc

.

Early Career

DRIVER AND VEHICLE LICENSING AUTHORITY (PROCUREMENT OFFICER), MILLENNIUM

DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (PROCUREMENT OFFICER), DODOWA HOSPITAL (STORES

OFFICER), ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI (STOCK CHECKING CLERK) AND ST. MATTHIAS

CATHOLIC HOSPITAL

Professional Memberships

MEMBER OF CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF

PROCUREMENT & SUPPLY

DIPLOMA LEVEL MEMBER OF CIPS

MEMBER OF CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF

PROCUREMENT & SUPPLY, GHANA BRANCH

EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS

. MSC SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT, COVENTRY UNIVERSITY, GRADUATED WITH MERIT.

- YEAR 2013

. Bsc Procurement Management, Ghana Institute of Public Administration,

Graduated with First Class Honours - Year 2011

. Higher National Diploma in Purchasing & Supply, Kumasi Polytechnic,

Graduated with second Class Upper - Year 2001

. Diploma Level Certificate, Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply

- Year 2007

. Advance Certificate in Public Procurement Management, UNDP Chartered

Institute of Purchasing and Supply. - Year 2014

. Certificate in Public Procurement Management, UNDP Chartered Institute

of Purchasing and Supply. - Year 2013

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