Charles Botchwey
Cantonment
Summary
As a seasoned project manager and supply chain expert, I leverage my expertise to drive business growth, improve efficiency, and deliver results-driven solutions. With about a decade of work experience in managing projects and optimizing supply chain operations, I excel in:
- Developing and executing strategic plans to achieve business objectives
- Leading cross-functional teams to ensure timely and within-budget project delivery
- Analyzing and improving supply chain processes to increase productivity and reduce costs
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders, vendors, and clients
Certified as PMP- PMI , I possess a unique blend of project management, supply chain management, and leadership skills. I am passionate about staying up-to-date with industry trends and best practices, ensuring my expertise remains current and effective.
Let's connect and explore opportunities to drive success in your area of work!
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Materials| Service Planner
TechnipFMC Ghana Ltd
Takoradi
05.2018 - 06.2020
- Research OEM materials and recommend best sourcing scheduling
- Manage and creation of Bill of Materials (BOM) for assembly and sub-assembly equipment
- Material scheduling to meet production capacity and operations
- Responsible for managing spares shipped to my plant from other plants
- Accountable for inventory at annual WIP physical inventory
- Responsible for preparing shipments by staging, counting, documenting, and packaging materials for safe transport
- Process paperwork and arrange for transport through 3rd party providers
- Verifying lead time with third party suppliers, PO dates and monitoring in country deliveries
- Attend customer meetings/conference and responsible for customer and Govt regulatory materials audits.
Logistics Controller
TechnipFMC Ghana Ltd
09.2017 - 05.2018
- Serves as first point of contact on all logistics related functions in Ghana and coordinates all movement of equipment in and out the country
- Prepares SRF/SLI to freight forwarders and other international logistics contractors
- Responsible for securing GNPC exemptions through Tullow on all project consignments
- Ensures all import and export compliance regulations are strictly adhered to and advice global compliance on local customs regulations
- Coordinate closely with freight forwarders and other service providers to facilitate movement of inbound and outbound international shipments
- Evaluate freight forwarders and customs brokers performance with standard KPI's by reviews all non-conformance and under performances for improvement
- Track all of company's shipments (oil well equipment's) and provides production team with daily updates
- Ensures that the payment of customs duties/taxes is done in accordance with local laws and company regulations.
Purchasing Officer
FMC Technologies BV service Inc Ghana
09.2015 - 08.2017
- Assist in all activities related to procurement of goods and service from intent to purchase through delivery and vendor payment
- Process purchase requisitions in accordance with the purchase request system and ensures all purchase requisitions are authorized
- Place purchase orders in cooperation with the production /services to support EPC/ Subsea services procurement activities
- Prepare and follows up on RFQ, RFI & RFP in cooperation with the EPC and Subsea service
- Research delivery discrepancies with supplier, inventory records or warehouse to determine if material was delivered
- Perform supplier evaluations by compiling and analyzing data
- Support the Buyer in the supplier selection process.
Fleet Officer/Sales Purchasing Officer
BizGPS Solutions Company Ltd
Accra
02.2012 - 08.2015
- Fleet maintenance records and reports to clients
- Negotiation for best agreement for supplies and vehicle parts Placement of purchase orders and service orders
- Providing procurement advise to top management for further capital investments
- Responded promptly to customer inquiries or complaints in a polite manner.
- Provided guidance to team members on how to effectively complete tasks within established timelines.
- Participated in regular meetings with upper management regarding progress updates on current initiatives.
- Supervised subordinate staff in carrying out daily duties and activities.
- Implemented risk management strategies to mitigate potential threats.
- Implemented new technologies to enhance workplace productivity levels.
Customer Service Manager/ Lead Project Manager
TechnipFMC Ghana Ltd
Accra/Takoradi
03.2024
- Lead project manager for Tullow Christmas Trees build project with net revenue over 80million USD
- Customer single point of contact for updates, meetings, and project reports
- Responsible for monthly project cost and revenue forecasting to maximize plant profitability
- Improve customer experience, engaged, maintain customers relationship and expectations
- Take ownership of customers issues and follow problems through to resolution
- Maintain an orderly workflow according to customer priorities.
Project Manager
TechnipFMC Ghana Ltd
Accra/Takoradi
07.2020
- Manage all EMS -Onshore project implementation/executions within budgets and on-time delivery
- Manage Tullow Well Engineering and TechnipFMC Ghana Ltd project planning, execution, monitoring & control, and closure
- Manage customer CTRs executions throughout the project Lifecycle
- Defines high level planning for TechnipFMC Ghana Ltd and Tullow Ghana Ltd Well Engineering project scopes
- Manage third party and subcontractors' scopes to achieve desirable customer expectation
- Provide risk management plan for onshore execution and workshop operations
- Manage all project stakeholders' expectations to achieve projects success.
Education
Master of Science - Project Management
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology
Ghana10-2020
Bachelor of Science - Procurement Management
Ghana Institute of Management & Public Admin.
Ghana07-2018
Some College (No Degree) -
Accra Technical University
Ghana09-2015
Skills
- Project Initiation and Planning
- Contract Negotiation and Management
- Project Procurement Management
- Project Monitoring and Controlling
- Requirement Gathering and Budgeting
- Risk Management and problem solving
- Team building and people management
- Project Management
- Client relations and retention
- Decision-Making
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
Accomplishments
- FMC Technologies Takoradi Spotlight Award – 2016
- FMC Technologies Takoradi Best Department Employee – 2016
- FMC Technologies Takoradi Cost Saving and Cost avoidance Implementation.
- TechnipFMC Takoradi Outstanding Performance – 2019
References
Available on request
Certification
Project Management Professional - PMI - Certified Member
Project Management Institute (PMI) - Member Ghana Chapter
Six Sigma Black Belt Certification - TechnipFMC Inc - 2020
Educationcertification
- Master of Science, Project Management, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologies - KNUST
- Bachelor of Science, Procurement Management, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration - GIMPA
- Best-In-Class Procurement Practices, Institute for Supply Management- ISM Houston (USA)
- Higher National Diploma, Purchasing & Supply Management, Accra Polytechnic
Careerachievementsawards
- FMC Technologies Takoradi Spotlight Award - 2016
- FMC Technologies Takoradi Best Department Employee - 2016
- FMC Technologies Takoradi Cost Saving and Cost avoidance Implementation
- TechnipFMC Takoradi Outstanding Performance - 2019
Languages
English
First Language
English
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2
Timeline
Customer Service Manager/ Lead Project Manager
TechnipFMC Ghana Ltd
03.2024
Project Manager
TechnipFMC Ghana Ltd
07.2020
Materials| Service Planner
TechnipFMC Ghana Ltd
05.2018 - 06.2020
Logistics Controller
TechnipFMC Ghana Ltd
09.2017 - 05.2018
Purchasing Officer
FMC Technologies BV service Inc Ghana
09.2015 - 08.2017
Fleet Officer/Sales Purchasing Officer
BizGPS Solutions Company Ltd
02.2012 - 08.2015
Master of Science - Project Management
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology
Bachelor of Science - Procurement Management
Ghana Institute of Management & Public Admin.
Some College (No Degree) -
Accra Technical University
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