Prince Owusu Achaw, BSc, Graduate Cert.
Summary
Efficient Warehouse officer with over 4 years of expertise in warehouse operations to satisfy ongoing internal and customer demands. skilled at fulfilling efficiency in receiving, packaging, forklift and hand pallet jack operating, inspection, storage operations, and record keeping. Well-coordinated and decisive leader in academia, industry, and rural development initiatives with experience in team development and performance enhancement. Excellent critical thinking and communication skills, driven by a cause to work hard to achieve demonstrable effect.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Retail Worker (Volunteer)
Adepa African Market
11.2023 - 12.2023
- Organized and maintained displays to achieve clean and appealing product layouts.
- Stocked merchandise, clearly labeling items, and arranging according to size or color.
- Picked and packed order items.
- Removed damaged, out-of-code, not-in-set and discontinued items from displays.
Senior Warehouse Officer (Full-time)
OSON'S CHEMIST LIMITED
09.2020 - 10.2023
Achievements and Responsibilities
- Supervised and directed warehouse employees to achieve performance targets, leading to the company's first-place finish as Best Distributor of the Year at DKT International Ghana in 2021.
- Successfully reviewed four customer complaints and led warehouse team to trace sources of non-conformances.
- Developed new business procedures to reduce unnecessary expenses, resulting in 19% cost reduction in 2021.
- Supervised and assigned tasks to team members to achieve performance targets within designated time frames and produced weekly schedules and reports.
- Aided in stock management and trained six new employees.
- Won Company Best Employee Award in 2021 for exceptional results.
- Verified orders by comparing names and quantity of items packaged with shipping documents.
- Utilized forklift or pallet truck to load, unload, transport and store goods.
- Monitored stock levels and placed new orders to maintain optimal values.
- Supervised receiving, packing, stocking and shipment in high-volume warehouse environment.
- Rejected damaged items, recorded shortages and corresponded with shippers to rectify issues.
Warehouse Associate (Full-time)
PFA Pharmacy
01.2014 - 07.2016
- Worked safely around moving machinery.
- Performed inventory control, such as counting, and stocking merchandise.
- Manually or mechanically loaded and unloaded materials from pallets, skids, cars, or other transport vehicles
- Completed cycle counts and monthly inventory.
- Consistently lifted materials weighing as much as 80-100 pounds.
- Operated equipment such as forklifts, and hand pallet jacks to move heavy boxes.
- Picked and packed order items.
Education
Graduate Certificate - Supply Chain Management - Global
Durham College of Applied Arts And Technology
Oshawa, ON08.2024
Bachelor of Science - Applied Chemistry
University For Development Studies (2016-2020)
Tamale, Ghana11.2020
High School Diploma - General Science
Dwamena Akenteng Senior High School
Offinso05.2013
Skills
- Packaging and Labeling
- Warehouse Safety
- Shipping and Receiving
- Forklift operation and Pallet jacking
- Computer Skills
- Report Writing/ Documentation
- Strong Critical Thinking
- Quality control
- Staff Training
- Supervisory Skills
- Leadership skills
- Time management
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Effective Communication
- Excellent attention to detail
- Cycle Counting
Language
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
French
Elementary (A2)
Timeline
Retail Worker (Volunteer)
Adepa African Market
11.2023 - 12.2023
Senior Warehouse Officer (Full-time)
OSON'S CHEMIST LIMITED
09.2020 - 10.2023
Warehouse Associate (Full-time)
PFA Pharmacy
01.2014 - 07.2016
Graduate Certificate - Supply Chain Management - Global
Durham College of Applied Arts And Technology
Bachelor of Science - Applied Chemistry
University For Development Studies (2016-2020)
High School Diploma - General Science
Dwamena Akenteng Senior High School
professional development training
- Supervisory Skills for Supervisors/Managers, Osons Chemist Limited, February 2021.
- Quality Control and Assurance training, Osons Chemist Limited, September 2020.
Rural Development Intervention
May- July 2017 and June-July 2018 Group leader, Third Trimester Field Practical Programme (TTFPP), Vingving community.
A report on the comprehensive and up-to-date Vingving community profile in Jirapa Municipal, Ghana, emphasizing community challenges and opportunities, development issues, and a community proposal write-up.
Achievements
- Successfully compiled comprehensive data on the demographics, educational, and health status using statistical tools such as questionnaires, interviews, etc.
- Identified and addressed the community's most pressing needs.
- Instructed leadership team to promote collaboration and cooperation among community members.
- Interacted with the community and prepared a budget proposal for intervention in community development for the district assembly.
- Represented the community with internal and external partners, governmental agencies, and stakeholders by working collaboratively toward community goals and outcomes.
- Served as the community's point of contact and connection with the district assembly on behalf of the university.
- Assessed and designed specific areas to meet or exceed community goals.
Certification
- Forklift Operator Safety, Worksite Safety, Canada, January 2024
- Safety Forklift Operations and Warehouse inventory, Marvelous Training Center, Ghana, November 2023
- Supervisory Skills for Supervisors/Managers, Oson's Chemist Limited, February 2021.
- President of Students' Chemical Society-Chemistry, University for Development Studies- 2019-2020
Reference
Mrs Perpetual Adjei
Chief Executive Officer
Adepa African Market
Etobicoke, ON
+1 (416) 856-9480
Mr. Herman Vroom
Warehouse Manager
Osons Chemist Limited
hermannvroom@gmail.com
+233(24)-333-9848
Mr Perry Frimpng Agyemang
Chief Executive Officer
PFA Pharmacy
+233(24)-442-8249
LinkedIn Profile
Formal President of Ghana Chemical Society-Chemistry, Senior Warehouse Officer, BSc. Applied Chemistry Best Graduating Student in 2020. Studying Supply Chain Management-Global, Oshawa Campus by specializing in
- Business Acumen for SCM Professionals
- Supply Chain Optimization
- Global Logistics and Transportation Management
- Principles of Supply Chain Management
- Global Procurement and Supply Management
- Advanced Tools and Technologies in SCM (ERP Software like SAP)
- Integrated Business Process Management (Microsoft Excel)
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