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Gabriel Olaniran

Operations Specialist
Lagos,LA

Summary

Forward-thinking Operations Specialist bringing 2 years of expertise in growth and expansion for ride-hailing sector. Cultivates rapport with individuals to optimize project goals and output, resolve complex problems and deliver innovative improvement strategies. Recognized as a driven, dedicated and hardworking leader. Proficient in MS Excel, Powerpoint, Looker, Asana, Infobip & Power BI, and beginner knowledge of Python, SQL, Tableau.

Overview

3
3
Languages
9
9
Certificates
4
4
years of post-secondary education
5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Operations Specialist

BOLT (Formerly Taxify)
Lagos, NG
05.2019 - Current
  • Responsible for analytical & operational excellence of ride-hailing operations.
  • Working on expansion of secondary product across several cities in Nigeria.
  • Perform root cause analysis in deficient areas to identify and resolve central operational issues.
  • Use MS Excel & BI tools to model data and forecast trends.
  • Motivate and train drivers to increase supply & driver performance.
  • Monitor daily and weekly key performance indicators to maintain on-track status.
  • Develop and deepen relationships with riders, drivers and internal stakeholders.
  • Involved with campaigns & fraud analysis, quality check, driver, activations, retention & (re)trainings for both primary & secondary category products.
  • Assist various departments with change by communicating new improvement plans and expectations.

Hackathon Associate

IMISI 3D
Lagos, NG
08.2020 - 11.2020
  • Managed a continent-wide Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality Hackathon with over 1,100 participants across 37 African countries.
  • Created and maintained a data dashboard of key metrics for each country, program leads and other key stakeholders.
  • Participated in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork.
  • Developed team communications and information for meetings.
  • Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently.
  • Exceeded goals through effective task prioritization and great work ethic.

Senior Business Development Executive

KENNETH SORIYAN RESEARCH & IDEAS LLC.
Lagos, NG
12.2017 - 01.2019
  • Developed and executed strategic initiatives to implement key changes and improvements in business development and sales programs.
  • Strategized and implemented successful approaches to revitalize underperforming product lines and create profit-generating enterprises.
  • Streamlined operational efficiencies by delivering recommendations for knowledge-base processes and procedures.
  • Led cross-functional teams to create impactful messaging, demand-generation programs and sales tools.
  • Identified $25,500 in revenue opportunities by collaborating with distribution partners.
  • Conducted cold- calls to prospect external lead sources and advance sales process.
  • Created vision and provided leadership for targeting larger prospects.
  • Created business solutions for government agencies, companies and non-profits.

Co-Founder

LET GIRLS CODE
Lagos, NG
01.2018 - 10.2018
  • Established and administered annual budget with effective controls to prevent overages, minimize burn rate and support sustainability objectives.
  • Conducted target market research to scope out industry competition and identify advantageous trends.
  • Developed key operational initiatives to drive and maintain substantial business growth.
  • Aligned organizational objectives with company mission, increasing revenue, profit and business growth by collaboratively developing integrated strategies.
  • Set, enforced and optimized internal policies to maintain efficiency and responsiveness to demands.

Vendor Management Specialist

JUMIA NG
Lagos, NG
10.2017 - 12.2017
  • Effectively managed over 50,000 accounts concurrently.
  • Trained 150 warehouse agents on sales and account management process to reduce process lags and enhance performance, efficiency and profitability.
  • Strengthened vendor relationships and enhanced revenue streams by applying business development opportunities.
  • Negotiated complex vendor agreements and built relationships across multiple commodities.
  • Achieved optimal goals by executing negotiation strategies for prices and services.
  • Decreased vendor pricing, improved processes and reduced redundancies through redesigning warehouse operational process.
  • Decreased product defects 6% by implementing quality assurance guidelines.

Financial and Administrative Officer

AFTERSCHOOL CENTRE FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Calabar, NG
12.2015 - 11.2016
  • Oversaw deployment of strategic business plans to accomplish accounting, compliance and revenue targets.
  • Completed in-depth analyses of risks to control company profile, enhance systems and track legal concerns.
  • Worked closely with audit team to prepare accounts and documentation as well as conduct audits according to all regulatory requirements.
  • Offered advice to other executive leaders on strategies to improve financial growth.
  • Analyzed operational issues and implemented corrective action plans to improve profitability and efficiency.
  • Worked as Project Manager for the Digify-Livity Africa/Google Digital Marketing project.
  • Worked as a team member on three (3) separate projects.
  • Developed fundraising strategy which provided 15% of the organization donations.
  • Developed and oversaw yearly budgets in excess of $3,000.

Education

MBA - Advanced Artificial Intelligence & Automation

Nexford University
01.2021 - Current

Bachelor of Science - Accounting

Bowen University
08.2011 - 11.2015

Skills

MS Excel

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Affiliations

  • Rotary International - Member
  • Global Changemakers - Volunteer
  • Data Science Nigeria - Member
  • Ted Talk - Volunteer
  • Young African Leadership Initiative - Fellow
  • Afrika Youth Movement - Gender & Equality Committee, Fellow
  • Toastmasters

Work Availability

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Certification

Member - Chartered Institute of Customer Relationship Management

Quote

If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.
Steve Jobs

Interests

Technology Policy

Development Economics

Business Growth & Expansion

Timeline

MBA - Advanced Artificial Intelligence & Automation

Nexford University
01.2021 - Current

Financial Analytics in Spreadsheet - DataCamp

12-2020

Introduction to SQL for Data Science - DataCamp

11-2020

Hackathon Associate

IMISI 3D
08.2020 - 11.2020

Digital Transformations - Boston Consulting Group

07-2020

Problem Solving with Advanced Analytics - Udacity

04-2020

Hello Design Thinking - IDEO U

04-2020

Artificial Intelligence for Everyone - deeplearning.ai

10-2019

Operations Specialist

BOLT (Formerly Taxify)
05.2019 - Current

Co-Founder

LET GIRLS CODE
01.2018 - 10.2018

Senior Business Development Executive

KENNETH SORIYAN RESEARCH & IDEAS LLC.
12.2017 - 01.2019

Vendor Management Specialist

JUMIA NG
10.2017 - 12.2017

Graduate Member - Nigeria Institute of Management (Chartered)

02-2017

Certified Project Manager - Project Management Professionals

12-2016

Member - Chartered Institute of Customer Relationship Management

08-2016

Financial and Administrative Officer

AFTERSCHOOL CENTRE FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT
12.2015 - 11.2016

Bachelor of Science - Accounting

Bowen University
08.2011 - 11.2015

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