Mrs. Edith KONADU (nee Tackie)
C/o P.C.G, Victory Congregation, Post Office Box 1000, Frafraha, Accra, Cell Phone: 050*******/024*******/024******* Email: *****.*******@*****.*** Career objective
To use extensive previous working experience and adequate qualifications through sound working knowledge to enhance business growth. Hardworking employee, very enthusiastic and pursues/look out for opportunities to learn new skills and contribute to group success. Offers strong administrative, relationship-building and problem-solving abilities for business/work growth always. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
BSc. Chemical Engineering – Kwame Nkrumah Univ. of Science and Technology, Kumasi Certificate in Team Management - 2008
Certificate in Procurement – 2013
WORKING EXPERIENCE
QPLAS Products Limited January 2015 till Date
Tema, Accra
Quality Control and Production Manager:
Assisting the production manager in the daily production of high quality products under strict hygienic conditions including product formulations.
Distributor/Marketing Duties:
Responsibilities:
A distributor of company’s products like sanitizers, cleaning agents to establishments including hospitals, clinics, hotels, Schools and Universities plus distribution of hair products as well. Ghana Heavy Equipment Dec 2011 to Dec 2014
Kingsway, Accra
Sales Engineer
Responsibilities:
Assisting the sales and marketing manager to ensure that customers get satisfactory marketing and after sales service of equipment
Play a role in the effective management of the marketing department and develops strategies and plans to maximize sales and profits.
All Risks Consultancy Limited (Asylum Down - Accra) June 2010 – Sept. 2010 Business Development/Client’s Data Service
Responsibilities:
Effectively use a variety of computer programs to access customer details and databases, and research to enable quotes to be generated
Provided consistently high quality and timely customer service to achieve individual goals and targeted performance levels.
Implemented broad institutional sales strategy per business development plan to increase sales Tema Lube Oil Company (Tema) Aug. 2009 – Dec. 2009 Quality Control/Product Analysis
Responsibilities:
Advised, implemented and audited positive Occupational Health & Safety Management System
(OHS-MS)
Implemented environmental Management Systems (EMS) and Programs in compliance with Regulatory Requirements, Standards and Company’s Policy and Procedures.
Took up responsibilities for the delivery of key elements of OHS-MS and EMS, to ensure the well- being service and the continuous improvement of products. 2
Barclays Bank Ghana Limited Nov 2008 – March 2009
Premier Banking Suit, Airport – Accra
Account Executive
Responsibilities:
Responsible for the management of a team of Accounts Sales Agents
Assisted Relationship Managers in the management of the accounts of high profiled customers.
Was responsible for the branch operational processes and administrative works. Barclays Bank Ghana Limited Jan 2008 – Oct. 2008
Motorway Extention Branch
Customer team leader
Responsibilities:
Managing a team of sales agents in account and business mobilization for the bank.
Was responsible for the team’s bank operational checks.
Managing accounts of team members and a relationship manager for my team’s account.
Customer service officer.
Montran Employment Agency Feb. 2007 to Dec. 2007
Accra, Ghana
Sales Agent for Barclays Bank Ghana
Responsibilities:
Selling the Bank’s products to Retail, Corporate and Small and Medium size Enterprises.
Opening new accounts for both existing and new customers.
Serving as a customer service official.
WANAT Marketing Consult Oct. 2004 – Jan. 2007
Mallam, Accra
Responsibilities:
Branch Manager and Accountant, Advertising Personal
Responsible for sales and expansion of business and manage teams of sales promoters
Design and implement sales strategy an initiate the sales process
Best sales personnel, WANAT Marketing Consult, 2005 Athena Foods Limited (Industrial Area - Tema) Aug. 2003 – Aug. 2004 Process supervisor/quality control officer (National Service) Responsibilities:
Developed manufacturing processes that minimize waste/increase the quality of finished products
Monitored and tested processes and products found in all phases of production
Responsible for the day to day implementation of safety procedures for staff working with hazardous materials and machinery.
Designed, planned and implemented the layout of manufacturing equipment to optimize production and decrease costs
Established safety/waste management procedures and assisted in budgets settings with timelines Nestle Ghana Limited March, 2003
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Responsibility:
Worked with the production team and assisted in the production of Nestle Ghana products.
Learned how to operate the various production machinery.
Assisted in the quality control department.
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Cocoa Research Institute, July – Sept. 2002
New Tafo/Akim
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Responsibilities:
Determined and researched into the moisture content of cocoa beans
Assisted the New Product Division in the manufacture of cocoa butter soap and pomade, cocoa gin and jam, cocoa shell soap and cashew drink which was a pilot product of the division. AngloGold Ashanti Bibiani Limited (Bibiani, W/R) March – April 2001 Attachment
Responsibilities:
Determined the absorption rate of gold on carbon and dissolving rate of gold in cyanide.
Learnt and operated the various machines in the production plant like the conveyor belt, the ball mill, the desorption and absorption column, the various pumps on the plant, the cyanide in leach
(CIL)and worked in the gold room.
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITES
Member of Ghana Institute of Practical & Applied Chemists ACHIEVEMENTS
Received an award for Best Sales Agent for Barclays Bank Ghana in October 2008
Researched into the characteristics of crystalline sugar form sugar cane
Designed Causticizer for the production of caustic soda using the Solvay process
Determined the average moisture content of cocoa beans. HOBBIES
Adventure and Chemical Production research works
Reading novel and journals
Singing and listening to good music
Professional References
Mrs. Juliet Appiah
Director, Quality Control
QPlas Products Limited, Tema
Tel: 024*******
Email: ***********@*****.***
Mr. Leonard Aabeyir
Sales Manager
Ghana Heavy Equipment
Accra
Mr. Evans Quaidoo
Head of Workplace Banking and Banc Assurance
Barclays Bank (now ABSA Bank Ghana)
Head Office Accra
Tel: 020*******