
Isaac Ahasu
Procurement & Supply Chain Professional
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A well-presented and qualified Procurement & Supply chain professional with over 6 years of experience in Procurement, Warehouse Management, Purchasing and logistics Management. Expertise in implementing appropriate procurement principles and techniques Material Requirement Planning (MRP), Sourcing, Receiving and Issuing of goods, with expert knowledge in best practices to complete high workload volumes. My career mission is to secure a role of Procurement or Supply Chain Manager in a progressive organization.
Experience
Group Head, Procurement - VELOX GROUP - Accra
(2025-06)
- Developed Procurement Management Policy for operations across the Group
- Established a Framework Agreement (FWA) for routine purchases, reducing costs across the Group
- Sourcing, evaluating, and negotiating with suppliers to obtain competitive pricing and quality materials/services for subsidiary companies
- Budgeting & Cost Reduction
- Demand Planning & Inventory Mgt.
- Contract Management & Control
- Warehousing & Material Movement
- Monitoring supplier performance and maintaining vendor relationships
- Maintain accurate procurement records, including contracts, quotations, and delivery schedules
- Ensure timely delivery of goods and services, resolving issues related to delays, defects, or non-compliance
- Collaborating with internal departments to understand their procurement needs and specifications
- Tracking inventory levels and ensuring timely reordering of stock through stock replenishment systems across the group
- Coordinate the preparation and compilation of all documentation required for tender submissions (technical, financial, legal)
Senior Associate Procurement Consultant - MSI REPRODUCTIVE CHOICES, GHANA - Ghana
(2026-07)
- Supported the planning and execution of the procurement transformation project, including project inception, stakeholder engagement, and work planning
- Conducted procurement systems reviews, procurement maturity assessments, and gap analyses against international procurement best practices
- Reviewed procurement policies, procedures, governance structures, and internal controls to identify improvement opportunities
- Analyzed procurement processes, supplier management practices, contract management systems, and procurement performance indicators
- Assisted in developing procurement governance frameworks, including procurement policies, standard operating procedures (SOPs), delegation of authority matrices, and procurement templates
- Contributed to spend analysis, procurement risk assessments, supplier evaluations, and procurement compliance reviews
- Prepared key consultancy deliverables, including the Inception Report, Procurement Systems & Gap Analysis Report, Procurement Operations Manual, and implementation roadmap
- Facilitated stakeholder interviews, workshops, validation sessions, and management presentations to support change management and adoption
- Assisted in designing procurement performance dashboards, procurement planning tools, and contract management frameworks
- Supported knowledge transfer activities and preparation of transition documentation to ensure sustainable implementation of the transformed procurement function
Outsourced Procurement Services Lead - C& M PINNACLE ENGINEERING
(2026-02)
- Provide outsourced procurement services, managing sourcing, supplier coordination, purchasing, and delivery across organizational operations
- Lead vendor evaluation, negotiation, and contract management to ensure cost efficiency, quality assurance, and timely supply
- Oversee purchase planning, requisition processing, and order tracking, ensuring compliance with procurement policies and best practices
- Implement procurement controls, reporting systems, and documentation to enhance transparency, accountability, and audit readiness
- Optimize procurement workflows to reduce costs, shorten turnaround times, and improve supplier performance
- Maintain strong stakeholder relationships to align procurement activities with operational and strategic objectives
Senior Associate Consultant - PROSUPP CONSULT LIMITED - Accra
(2021-03 - 2025-05)
- Provide general procurement consultancy and makes recommendations for improvement in procedures and systems relating to procurement operations as and when required
- Interfaces between the Sourcing Units, the broader supply chain and business functions to ensure that there are no interruptions in supply
- Offer support in supply chain processes and activities including planning, sourcing, negotiation, inventory management and maintains daily stock records of receipts and deliveries
- Continuously examine supply chain network in order to identify opportunities to reduce on hand inventory, decrease logistics costs, increase number of inventory turns, and improve overall supply chain efficiency
- Coordinate Training Workshops/ Sessions and develop Training Materials/ Guidelines
- Monitor and implement appropriate actions to contract management, requisitioning, ordering, expediting, receiving, distribution and payment of goods and services to suppliers
Associate Consultant - ST. JOHN'S HOSPITAL & FERTILITY CENTRE - Accra
(2022-02 - 2025-05)
- Provide general procurement consultancy and makes recommendations for improvement in procedures and systems relating to procurement operations as and when required
- Advice, recommend and implement problem-solving procurement strategies and ensure that the best procurement and stores practices are adopted to eliminate bottlenecks
- Offer support in supply chain processes and activities including planning, sourcing, negotiation, inventory management and maintains daily stock records of receipts and deliveries
- Developed procurement management policy guidelines and stores policy management guidelines
- Continuously examine supply chain network in order to identify opportunities to reduce on hand inventory, increase logistics costs, increase number of inventory turns, and improve overall supply chain efficiency
- Successfully implemented strategic procurement to reduce cost (FWA for the facility) and cost of contract by 10% through negotiations with vendors
Associate Consultant - GHANA RED CROSS SOCIETY - Accra
(2020-12 - 2021-03)
- Provided support to the Procurement and Logistics team to run new and ongoing tenders for activities relating to emergency response to COVID-19 Pandemic and other developmental projects
- Provided an end-to-end support to the tendering and contracting for the construction of Water Supply System funded by Nestle
- Development of policies, procedures, systems, templates: and required trainings to embed same
- Identified and facilitated long-term logistics and procurement capacity gaps of the GRCS
- Ensured conformity of all procurement activities funded by IFRC to the IFRC procurement
- Advised, recommended and implemented problem-solving procurement strategies and ensured that the best procurement and stores practices were adopted to eliminate bottlenecks
Procurement Assistant - GHANA CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY - Accra
(2018-09 - 2019-08)
- Performed variety of procurement activities, including preparation of specifications and established approved vendor list, maintained and updated suppliers' database and ensured high-level accountability of procurement process
- Assisted in preparation of procurement documents, tender evaluation reports, tender and contract documents, request for quotation, award letters, and letter for unsuccessful bidders and Minutes
- Ensured strict adherence to procurement systems and processes, logistics and documentation for materials and developed procurement plans
- Built key relationships with suppliers and accountable for assuring that the business partner requirements were met while optimizing value
- Sourced the required goods from suppliers considering quality, price, and delivery times and followed – up on all purchase order initiated to ensure correct delivery to the required location
Procurement Assistant (Volunteer) - HO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY - Ho
(2016-01 - 2018-08)
- Ensured timely preparations and implementations of procurement, supply and logistics and documentation against target and ensure all posting and updating were done accordingly
- Prepared tender documents and tender adverts for publication
- Sourced the required goods from suppliers considering quality, price, and delivery times and followed – up on all purchase order initiated to ensure correct delivery to the required location
- Drafted specifications, Request for Quotation (RFQ) letters for suppliers and contract award letter
- Assisted in analyzing and maintaining an overview of the section to ensure that timely procurement/administrative support is provided in general and specialized areas
- Prepares quarterly procurement reports
- Prepared Purchase Orders
- Research availability and prices of goods, works and services
Education
HND - Purchasing and Supply - Ho Technical University (2015-09 - 2018-06)
Diploma - Project Management - Affiliate School of Professional Studies (2018-06 - 2018-09)
