Problem Solving
ALBERT ADDAE AVOKE
Sales & Business Development
Accra
Summary
Hardworking Distribution Manager with over 15 years of experience planning and managing movement of goods in supply chains. Adept in evaluating business objectives to chart out best course of action. Strategic and organized with advanced skills in Supply Chain.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
Work History
Distribution Manager – West Africa
Maxam Ghana Limited
9 2020 - Current
- Manage and coordinate of all imports and exports into and across Africa including securing all permits associated with the same
- Ensure safe movement of products, including development of carrier/s safety standards in line with best practice
- Ensure that our inventory is appropriately accounted for in all storage locations through monthly perpetual counts
- Ensure that all our infrastructure in the form of warehouses and magazines meet the minimum standard required by Maxam
- Ensure that Maxam complies with legislative requirements in each country we operate
- Ensure the computation and monitoring of landed costs (accuracy and timely turnaround being a key output)
- Plan, organise and coordinate the supply, storage and distribution of products and services produced by Maxam
- Prepare and implement plans to maintain required stock levels at minimum cost
- Operate recording systems to track all movements of supplies and finished products across West Africa
- Liaise with other functions and customers to ensure timely delivery products
- Develop strategic initiatives, by analyzing logistical problems and producing new solutions to address same
- Responsible for developing and meeting budgets defined
- Responsible for all levels of the distribution team development and create a work environment focused on positive reinforcement through clear accountability
- Ensure compliance with regulations for services delivered to specific customers
- Overcome problems of stock visibility and traceability, improve picking accuracy, avoid losses made through non-deliveries, wrong deliveries, returns and service level fines
- Manage the relationships and execution of contracts for carriers
- Integrate critical management tools including reporting, analytics and dashboards
- Support delivery of Regional Supply Chain Strategy operations and processes
- Execute the monthly plan working with Manufacturing teams, downstream businesses and third parties
- Help coordinate market intelligence and knowledge to establish industry-leading practices for safety improvements
- Work with team to find improved efficiency and productivity of warehouse operations
- Perform metrics reporting and data analysis tasks to identify issues and opportunities for process improvement
- Conduct periodic audits for logistics activities, such as storage, distribution, or transportation
- Proactively resolve problems concerning transportation, logistics systems, imports and exports, and customer issues
- Ensure carrier compliance with company policies and procedures for product transit or delivery
- Direct distribution center operation to ensure achievement of cost, productivity, accuracy and timely objectives
Sales and Business Development
Orica Ghana Limited
01.2023 - Current
- Created dynamic PowerPoint presentations to support sales and business development.
- Supported business development initiatives through tailored marketing efforts and targeted outreach to potential clients.
- Contributed to the development of pricing policies and guidelines, ensuring consistency and compliance across all business units.
- Led cross-functional teams in the development of successful product launch campaigns, resulting in increased sales and market share.
- Promoted special offers or loyalty programs to increase sales revenue and encourage repeat business from customers.
- Promoted economic development by attracting new businesses and retaining existing ones through targeted initiatives.
- Supported senior management in business development efforts by providing relevant market intelligence and competitor analysis.
Supply Chain Specialist
Solar Nitro Ghana Limited
09.2018 - 09.2020
- Prepare and analyze sales and operations planning schedules
- Prepare and analyze demand and supply forecasting
- Schedule monthly KPIs meetings with Transporters and freight forwarders
- Regular engagement with functional managers
- Support organizational changes and ensure smooth implantation of changes
- Periodic stock taking of both capital and operational expenditure items; weekly and monthly stock
- Ensure that all third parties adhere to company’s standard
- Ensure all shipping requirements mentioned on the Specific Shipping Requirement (SSR) are strictly adhered to by the suppliers
- Monitor and provide timely feedback to the Supply Chain Director on the quality and performance of Suppliers in connection with Logistics requirement
- Attend all projects meetings providing Logistics support
- Ensure minimum stock levels are maintained at the warehouses
- Ensure all requirements are validated for planning purposes
- Expedite to ensure all orders are dispatched on time to meet the expected time of arrivals agreed with the suppliers
- Responsible for the updates of Indent / Import Tracker
- Ensure all consignment that arrives at the port is cleared on time
- Ensure a significant reduction in storage fees and demurrage paid at the ports
- Ensure weekly import status reports are updated and submitted by the clearing agents
- Ensure all documentation concerning shipments is up to date to facilitate clearing of goods from the ports
- Maintain all third party and regulatory agencies relationships: obtaining permits, concessionary letters
- Submit to the Finance Dept
- All documents required for payment to shipping lines and clearing agents
- Ensuring stocks are issued as per SLA for all materials and products
- Ensure daily, weekly and monthly report for items in inventory in dispatched
- Identification of obsolete items and prompting user departments
- Reconciling system balances with physical balances in case of variances
- Monitoring and resolving any issues related to shortages or damages; attend variance meetings to explain variances that come up
- Ensure timely dispatch of materials to sites, distributors and other stock hubs
- Identify and perform strategic sourcing
- Perform cost analysis for all sourced products
- Perform periodic checkpoint audit for transporters, forwarders, and facilities
- Review monthly reports
- Regularly engage with external stakeholders
- Participate in monthly cross functional safety inspections
- Conduct training and induction for all contractors
- Monitor, Supervise, Control, and Manage Hazardous Chemicals, Detonators and Non Detonators and Spare Parts
Supply Chain Specialist
Orica Ghana Ltd
08.2007 - 08.2018
- Prepare and analyze sales and operations planning schedules
- Prepare and analyze demand and supply forecasting
- Schedule monthly KPIs meetings with Transporters and freight forwarders
- Regular engagement with functional managers
- Support organizational changes and ensure smooth implantation of changes
- Periodic stock taking of both capital and operational expenditure items; weekly and monthly stock
- Ensure that all third parties adhere to company’s standard
- Ensure all shipping requirements mentioned on the Specific Shipping Requirement (SSR) are strictly adhered to by the suppliers
- Monitor and provide timely feedback to the Supply Chain Director on the quality and performance of Suppliers in connection with Logistics requirements
- Attend all projects meetings providing Logistics support
- Ensure minimum stock levels are maintained at the warehouses
- Ensure all requirements are validated for planning purposes
- Expedite to ensure all orders are dispatched on time to meet the expected time of arrivals agreed with the suppliers
- Responsible for the updates of Indent / Import Tracker
- Ensure all consignment that arrives at the port is cleared on time
- Ensure a significant reduction in storage fees and demurrage paid at the ports
- Ensure weekly import status reports are updated and submitted by the clearing agents
- Ensure all documentation concerning shipments is up to date to facilitate clearing of goods from the ports
- Maintain all third party and regulatory agencies relationships: obtaining permits, concessionary letters etc
- Submit to the Finance Dept
- All documents required for payment to shipping lines and clearing agents
- Ensuring stocks are issued as per SLA for all materials and products
- Ensure daily, weekly and monthly report for items in inventory in dispatched
- Identification of obsolete items and prompting user departments
- Reconciling system balances with physical balances in case of variances
- Monitoring and resolving any issues related to shortages or damages; attend variance meetings to explain variances that come up
- Ensure timely dispatch of materials to sites, distributors and other stock hubs
- Perform any other duties that may be assigned
- Perform suppliers profiling
- Identify and perform strategic sourcing
- Perform cost analysis for all sourced products
- Perform periodic checkpoint audit for transporters, forwarders, and facilities
- Review monthly reports
- Regularly engage with external stakeholders
- Have contractor oversight, and maintain sound human resources practices in accordance with the Newmont Corporate policies and Ghanaian Government regulations
- Participate in monthly cross functional safety inspections
- Conduct training and induction for all contractors
- Monitor and Supervise port operations on a Reefer Vessel
- Monitor, Supervise, Control, and Manage Hazardous Chemicals, Detonators and Non Detonators, and Spare Parts
- SAP Material Management User (Inventory Management, Procurement, Master Data, Procure to Pay Process, Stock Transfer Process, Stock Transfer Process)
- SAP Sales Process (Pricing Master, Customer Master, Standard Sales Order, Bulk Sales Process)
- SAP Production Planning
Education
No Degree - Certified International Supply Chain Professional
International Purchasing And Supply Chain Institut
United States Of America 05.2001 -
MBA - Marketing
University of Professional Studies
Accra 05.2001 -
Professional Certificate - Logistics And Transport
Ghana Institute of Mgt. And Public Administration
Accra 05.2001 -
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology And Information Studies
University of Ghana
Accra 05.2001 -
Skills
Warehousing Operations
Operational Excellence
Supply Chain Optimization
Warehouse Management
Transportation Management
Distribution Strategy
Demand forecasting
Logistics Planning
Quality Management
Customer Needs Assessment
Safety Monitoring
Inventory Management
Supply Chain Management
Supply chain distribution
Supplies inventory
Operational Oversight
Cadence Warehouse Management System
Logistics Coordination
Freight control
Warehouse Logistics
Warehouse Safety
Vehicle Inspection
Performance maximization
Loading and unloading
Daily Operations Management
Shipping and receiving
Operations Management
Warehouse Management Systems
Excellent Communication
Route Planning
Transportation management systems
Supply Chain Coordination
Shipment Coordination
Inventory Reconciliation
Inventory Audits
Team Collaboration
Materials Management
Safety Management
Supply Chain Solutions
Incident Reporting
Logistics Management
Accomplishments
- Documented and resolved distribution challenges which led to 80% improvement.
- Resolved product issue through consumer testing.
- Supervised team of 20 Transporters.
- Achieved 90 compliance by completing checkpoint audit with accuracy and efficiency.
Interests
Swimming, Soccer, Volley, Movies, Reading
Swimming - Excellent
Soccer - Excellent
Volley - Excellent
Movies - Adventure, Detective, Action
Timeline
Sales and Business Development
Orica Ghana Limited
01.2023 - Current
Supply Chain Specialist
Solar Nitro Ghana Limited
09.2018 - 09.2020
Supply Chain Specialist
Orica Ghana Ltd
08.2007 - 08.2018
No Degree - Certified International Supply Chain Professional
International Purchasing And Supply Chain Institut
05.2001 -
MBA - Marketing
University of Professional Studies
05.2001 -
Professional Certificate - Logistics And Transport
Ghana Institute of Mgt. And Public Administration
05.2001 -
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology And Information Studies
University of Ghana
05.2001 -
Distribution Manager – West Africa
Maxam Ghana Limited
9 2020 - Current