ODURO KWARTENG
Kumasi
Summary
Diligent agronomist and quality control professional with comprehensive background in ensuring product compliance and maintaining high standards. Skilled in identifying and resolving issues, conducting thorough inspections, and enforcing quality guidelines. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results. Known for adaptability and reliability in dynamic environments. Proficient in quality assurance methodologies, process improvement, and regulatory compliance, bringing keen eye for detail and analytical thinking to every task.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
District Quality Control Officer
Quality Control Company Ltd
08.2018 - Current
- Develops and implements guidelines for efficient produce inspection/grading and disinfestations control operation in the district
- Submits weekly returns and monthly report on the activities of the field operation's departments in the districts to the quality control manager at the regional office
- Inspects cocoa and other produce sheds and recommends their suitability to the quality control manager for the issue of certificates of registration
- Organizes course for agents of licensed buying companies in the districts
- Provides advise on quality of produce to farmers
- Implements the “prevention of damage by pest decree (NLCD 245)” cocoa industry regulation decree fruit industry regulations decree 1970 at the district
- Receives and reviews application for commercial disinfestations services
- Details staff to carry out approved jobs on disinfestations
- Submits to the accounts department details of disinfestations services rendered for debit notes to be raised against customers
- Submits weekly returns and monthly reports on activities of the unit
- Compiles, analyses and interprets data on graded and sealed produce disinfestations and shipping activities
- Inspect and prepares estimates of cost to areas to be disinfested for customers/clients
- Supervise immediate subordinates to ensure that time, quality and other standards are adhered to
- Interprets conditions of service to and handles problems of immediate subordinates and (where necessary) consults with appropriate departments
- Appraises the performance of immediate subordinates and reviews those for lower level subordinates
- Identifies the training needs for immediate subordinated and organizes or recommends appropriates training for them
- Administers disciplinary measure to immediate subordinates in accordance with COCOBODS disciplinary code and procedures
Relieving Duty
Quality Control Company Ltd
03.2019 - 04.2019
- Company Overview: Ghana Cocoa Board, Nkawie District, Ashanti, Ghana
- In-charge of all the operational activities at the District
- In-charge of all administrative activities
- Ghana Cocoa Board, Nkawie District, Ashanti, Ghana
Senior Quality Control Officer
Quality Control Company Limited
10.2012 - 07.2018
- Company Overview: Ghana Cocoa Board, Kaase Inland Port, Kumasi, Ghana
- Responsible for Discrepant operations such as grading and sealing and Disinfestation activities
- Monitor the sanitation level of warehouses at the port
- Check test the quality of all graded cocoa from upcountry
- Ensure that all stacked cocoa is fumigated and fogged to prevent infestation
- Ghana Cocoa Board, Kaase Inland Port, Kumasi, Ghana
Administrative Assistant
Regional Coordinating Council
11.2011 - 07.2012
- Receiving, Register and Dispatch Confidential letters
- Writing of Memo
- Records of visitors to the council
National Service Personnel
Regional Coordinating Council
10.2010 - 10.2011
- Perform all administrative duties
Field Internship
UDS
06.2009 - 07.2009
- Company Overview: TTFP - UDS; Buni community, B/A – Ghana
- Identify the core problem of the community Using SWOT Analysis
- Identify potentials available in the community
- Proposal Writing
- TTFP - UDS; Buni community, B/A – Ghana
Sales Personnel
Domicom Enterprise
07.2008 - 08.2008
- Company Overview: Agent of Coscharis Ghana Limited
- Establish sales standard
- Maximum utilisation of resources
- Prepare sales plan for approval
- Sales of Vehicle spare parts
- Agent of Coscharis Ghana Limited
Education
Commonwealth Executive Masters Business Administration - Human Resource Management Option
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And Technology
Kumasi, Ghana11-2023
BSc. - Agricultural Technology
University for Development Studies
01.2010
Skills
- Agronomy
- Pesticides
- Operational machines
- Spraying
- Fumigation
- Fogging
- Accounting
- Statistics
- Data entry
- Data collection
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Multitasking
- Coordination
- Team player
- Communication skills
Workshopandtraining
- ISO/IEC 17020: 2012 trainee, Quality Control Company Ltd, Ghana Cocoa Board
- Training as a coordinator of CMS/GCTS, 08/24
- Training on Cocoa Management System and Ghana Cocoa Traceability System by Ghana Cocoa Board (CMS/GCTS), 02/24
- Training on 'Effective Records Management; The Case of Quality Management' System, Quality Control Company Ltd, Ghana Cocoa Board, 05/01/22
- Training to address 'Quality Management System Non-Conformities', Quality Control Company Ltd, Ghana Cocoa Board, 09/01/21
- Training Programme on 'Occupational Hazard, Health and Safety', Quality Control Company Ltd Training School, 05/01/21
- Capacity Building Workshop on 'Child Labour and Gender in the Cocoa Sector', Ghana Cocoa Board, 03/01/19
- Training Programme on 'Improving Employee performance through Effective Human Relations', Org Management consult, 09/01/12
- Entrepreneurship seminar on 'Education, A Right Not Privilege', NUGS, UDS, 03/01/09
- Seminar on 'Steps to turning Business Dreams into Reality', GAAS – UDS, 02/01/09
Timeline
Relieving Duty
Quality Control Company Ltd
03.2019 - 04.2019
District Quality Control Officer
Quality Control Company Ltd
08.2018 - Current
Senior Quality Control Officer
Quality Control Company Limited
10.2012 - 07.2018
Administrative Assistant
Regional Coordinating Council
11.2011 - 07.2012
National Service Personnel
Regional Coordinating Council
10.2010 - 10.2011
Field Internship
UDS
06.2009 - 07.2009
Sales Personnel
Domicom Enterprise
07.2008 - 08.2008
BSc. - Agricultural Technology
University for Development Studies
Commonwealth Executive Masters Business Administration - Human Resource Management Option
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And Technology
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