J Kgbynou-Kwonatae Peah
Philadelphia,PA
Summary
Experienced Purchasing professional with top-notch leadership, program management and planning abilities. Excellent verbal and written communication skills paired with organized nature and advanced problem-solving strengths. Improves policies, reduces waste and supports business needs with efficient, high-quality materials. Driven Purchasing Manager with strengths in streamlining procurement operations while achieving cost savings and improving reporting procedures. Self-directed Procurement Manager bringing demonstrated success in supply chain management and procurement leadership. Unsurpassed problem solving, planning and team building abilities. Dedicated to maximizing efficiency and cost-effectiveness in all areas.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Regional Procurement Manager
VS Handle
New York, New York
07.2020 - Current
- Sourced vendors, built relationships and negotiated prices.
- Organized receipts, purchases and documentation of finished goods, packaging, materials and ingredients.
- Generated reports, documents and analysis for senior management review and approval.
- Coordinated paperwork, updated spreadsheets and maintained permanent records.
- Identified and targeted critical procurement issues.
- Purchased new products and oversaw inventory stocking and availability.
- Generated weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly reports on purchasing operations.
President/CEO
J & Julia Enterprises, LLC
Lewes, DE
03.2018 - Current
- Developed and implemented new strategies and policies in collaboration with executive partners to establish and achieve long-term business objectives, providing company with strong and sustainable organizational leadership.
- Developed, maintained and operated company's web presence, developing original text and image content for company website and designing HTML and email promotions.
- Integrated new media and web advertising initiatives into client's marketing strategies to enhance brand awareness.
- Managed all aspects of severai division, including production, circulation, marketing, advertising and new product development.
- Identified opportunities to improve business process flows and overall departmental productivity.
- Aligned organizational objectives with company mission, increasing revenue, profit and business growth by collaboratively developing integrated strategies.
- Oversaw business-wide changes to modernize procedures and organization.
- Increased company growth through collaboration with sales and marketing departments.
- Drove short-term and advanced promotional planning processes.
- Developed campaigns and used results to communicate organizational value and generate promotional web content.
President
Liberia-America Friendship Organization
Philadelphia, PA
08.2010 - 03.2021
- Developed and implemented new strategies and policies in collaboration with executive partners to establish and achieve long-term business objectives, providing company with strong and sustainable organizational leadership.
- Developed innovative sales and marketing strategies to facilitate business expansion.
- Oversaw daily administrative operations
- Mitigated financial discrepancies by managing budget and payroll operations.
- Developed campaigns and used results to communicate organizational value and generate promotional web content.
- Created and made appropriate documentation for annual budgets and senior leadership goals.
- Interviewed, supervised and motivated staff members to achieve optimal productivity.
- Developed program to promote new managers from within, building and maintaining cohesive leadership structure.
- Integrated new media and web advertising initiatives into client's marketing strategies to enhance brand awareness.
- Established performance goals for department and provided methods for reaching milestones.
Editor-in-Chief
The New Dispensation
Philadelphia, PA
01.2009 - 02.2019
- Supported and encouraged editorial board to provide independent and objective advice, opinions and perspectives to enhance publication.
- Oversaw, trained and developed writers and associates, assistants and junior editors to optimize production and quality of work.
- Determined readiness of written pieces, made changes and approved final versions for publication.
- Guided and motivated staff to achieve demanding targets under tight deadlines.
- Established editorial direction and publication policies and procedures and monitored and maintained functional consistency.
- Sustained and enhanced publication performance and fostered reliability, transparency and fairness.
- Represented and promoted publication at publisher events, trade shows and conferences.
- Assigned manuscript submissions to editorial board for peer review and publishing determination
- Adhered to ethical guidelines and standards to promote responsible publication and media practices.
- Solicited and encouraged public reviews and commentaries on trending topics and subjects of topical interest.
- Assigned various topics and story concepts to writers for coverage.
- Edited existing PowerPoint slides to enhance corporate message.
- Coordinated with writers to maintain consistent voice while removing problems that may arise.
- Checked reference sources to verify dates, facts and statistics.
- Monitored breaking news for information on incidents, events and topics of interest to quickly assign coverage to staff.
- Prepared, rewrote and edited pieces per week to improve readability and impact.
- Worked with graphic artists, post-production team members and other specialists to produce captivating and successful content.
- Chose and prepared photos for use with feature pieces for publication
- Devised attention-grabbing headlines and summaries for each article.
- Prepared page budgets, set layouts and selected photos for stories to boost readership.
- Collaborated with graphics department to develop and implement visual elements .
- Interviewed sources and developed relationships with informants to obtain vital information for stories.
- Communicated directly with reporters to assess stories and improve quality of work.
- Reviewed reports and recommended changes to improve copy flow.
- Reviewed pieces for grammar, spelling, punctuation, syntax, accuracy and compliance with quality standards.
Chief Operating Officer
Peah Human Services
Darby, PA
03.2013 - 07.2017
- Refined organizational structure to consolidate, streamline and delineate necessary functions.
- Developed quarterly business plans to evaluate cost projections.
- Led operational oversight and budgetary supervision
- Oversaw operations and coordinated with managers to increase quarterly profits .
- Collaborated with CEO and line Managers to develop and implement recommendations for service improvement.
- Aligned organizational objectives with company mission, increasing revenue, profit and business growth by collaboratively developing integrated strategies.
- Developed and implemented new strategies and policies in collaboration with executive partners to establish and achieve long-term business objectives, providing company with strong and sustainable organizational leadership.
- Developed program to promote new managers from within, building and maintaining cohesive leadership structure.
Education
Network Security
CoventrUniversitym
Coventry, UKMBA - Business Administration
University of The People
Pasadena, CA06.2023
Certificate - ISO Management System Audit Techniques/Best Pratic
Alison
Ireland05.2022
Professional Certificate - Urban Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity
Massechuesett Institute of Technology
Boston, MA09.2021
Certificate - Economics/Finance
IMF Capacity Development Institute
Washington DC04.2021
Biosecurity: Responding To 21st Century Biorisk
University of Bath
United Kingdom03.2019
Film-(The Business of Film)
The Open University
London, UK07.2018
Radio Network Optimization
Amdoc
NC, United States05.2018
Certificate - Cybersecurity
StationX
London, UK01.2018
Forensic Facial Reconstruction
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, UK11.2017
Nuclear Energy
The Open University
London, UK09.2017
Certificate - International Affairs/Globalization
Graduate Institute For Int'l /Development Studies
Geneva, Switzerland07.2017
Forensic Psychology
The Open University
London, UK06.2017
Biosecurity/Bioterorrism
UNSW Sydney
Sydney, Australia05.2017
Certificate - Global Studies/International Relations
Grenoble Ecole De Management |
Paris, France02.2017
Maritime Studies
Law Society of Scotland
Scotland, UK11.2016
Diploma - Human Resources Management
Alison
Ireland06.2015
Diploma - Project Management
Alison
Ireland05.2015
Environmental Science
Alison
Ireland06.2013
Diploma - Psychology
Alison
Ireland03.2013
Diploma - Journalism
Alison
Ireland02.2013
Bachelor of Science - Economics
AME Zion University
Monrovia, Liberia06.1998
Skills
- Requests for information
- Bid coordination
- Procurement expertise
- Reporting knowledge
- Corporate leadership
- Operating budgets
- Negotiation
- Policy Development
- Market strategies
- Consulting
- Contract Management
- Operational Oversight
- Project Management
- Staff Management
- Business planning
- Professional demeanor
- Error spotting
- Ability to check facts
- Strategic content planning
- Meticulous speller
- Assigning articles
- Preparing templates
- Headline writing
- Writing features
- Editing articles
- Community Relations
Timeline
Regional Procurement Manager
VS Handle
07.2020 - Current
President/CEO
J & Julia Enterprises, LLC
03.2018 - Current
Chief Operating Officer
Peah Human Services
03.2013 - 07.2017
President
Liberia-America Friendship Organization
08.2010 - 03.2021
Editor-in-Chief
The New Dispensation
01.2009 - 02.2019
Network Security
CoventrUniversitym
MBA - Business Administration
University of The People
Certificate - ISO Management System Audit Techniques/Best Pratic
Alison
Professional Certificate - Urban Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity
Massechuesett Institute of Technology
Certificate - Economics/Finance
IMF Capacity Development Institute
Biosecurity: Responding To 21st Century Biorisk
University of Bath
Film-(The Business of Film)
The Open University
Radio Network Optimization
Amdoc
Certificate - Cybersecurity
StationX
Forensic Facial Reconstruction
University of Sheffield
Nuclear Energy
The Open University
Certificate - International Affairs/Globalization
Graduate Institute For Int'l /Development Studies
Forensic Psychology
The Open University
Biosecurity/Bioterorrism
UNSW Sydney
Certificate - Global Studies/International Relations
Grenoble Ecole De Management |
Maritime Studies
Law Society of Scotland
Diploma - Human Resources Management
Alison
Diploma - Project Management
Alison
Environmental Science
Alison
Diploma - Psychology
Alison
Diploma - Journalism
Alison
Bachelor of Science - Economics
AME Zion University
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