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VICTOR ADEBAYO

VICTOR ADEBAYO

Summary

A Certified Global Procurement and Supply Chain Professional with over 7 years of experience across public and private sectors with proven skills in providing thought leadership and innovative strategies from concept to scale to achieve incredible results. Victor is a double MSc. degree holder, a Chartered Procurement and Supply Chain expert, and a certified Project Manager. He is a leader, clever thinker, and planner highly skilled in strategic foresight with a penchant for success. Additionally, Victor can work within a dynamic team, while exhibiting adaptability in the work environment and a willingness to adapt to changing organizational needs.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work history

Global Advisor, Health Supply Chain Management

Catholic Relief Services
12.2022 - Current
  • Provided strategic leadership, technical advice, guidance, and support for all health supply chain initiatives across countries to ensure compliance with CRS principles, donor regulations, industry standards, and local requirements to advance the delivery of high-quality health programming
  • Established standard business global best practices, policies, and tools to improve the planning and execution of health supply chain projects and developed ways to socialize them across CRS regional and country offices
  • Support countries in participating in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) in the development and deployment of innovative digital tools to ensure business and system processes are understood
  • Served as Subject Matter Expert for the implementation of transformative digital health supply chain solutions across countries
  • Conceptualized a risk management approach using an innovative tool that helped countries map their context to potential supply chain risks and developed proactive solutions to mitigate them.

Senior Procurement Specialist

GFA Consulting Group GmbH
12.2021 - 12.2022
  • Managed vendor negotiations and contracts worth 750,000 USD for goods and services over 8 months leading to savings of over 40% by adopting long-term framework agreements and other lean streamlined processes
  • Ensured adherence to all procurement processes and procedures in the execution of grant activities in line with the donor-approved procurement plan, procedures checklist, documentation, and filing requirements
  • Developed a robust procurement plan worth over $3Million and engaged in ethical end-to-end sourcing techniques (RFQ, RFP, RFI, etc.), evaluation of proposals, awards, purchase orders, and contracts
  • Collaborated with both internal and external stakeholders, utilizing Pro-Files and SharePoint to maintain detailed and accurate procurement records for compliance
  • Developed procurement tools for suppliers’ due diligence, procurement fraud management, vendor, and contract management, and trained over 20 Procurement team members on using the tools.

Senior Supply Chain Manager

Catholic Relief Services
01.2020 - 12.2021
  • Procured products worth over $250Million using e-procurement ERP systems and ensured compliance with regulations, organizational procurement principles, and local requirements
  • Supported the national quantification team to develop annual national medical supplies needs and ensured nationwide product availability and rational use nationwide
  • Managed tender evaluation and selection of reputable suppliers for the provision of insurance services for program assets
  • Executed the procurement process of medical and laboratory equipment worth $1.3Million donated to scale up and increase national COVID-19 testing capacity in Nigeria.

Programme Manager

Pamela Steele Associates Ltd.
11.2018 - 12.2019
  • Led the implementation of a supply chain transformation project relating to results, performance, stakeholder management, and managing multiple work streams for delivering project outputs within timelines
  • Catalysed cross-community investments for private sectors through a control tower that helped with automated end-to-end data visibility, improving stock data's accuracy and reliability by over 70% in 6 months
  • Invented a system to ensure delivery of health products as per committed timelines and cost by formulating process optimization plans, managing suppliers’ relationships, and implementing framework agreements
  • Formulated process improvement plans that improved suppliers’ relationships to support logistics management and transportation of health products to over 800 sites in Nigeria
  • Created supply chain vision and strategies that led to an 80% improvement in product availability in 4 months.

Supply Chain Manager

Catholic Relief Services
03.2017 - 10.2018
  • Led effective supply chain planning systems to improve demand, sales, and operations planning processes for the distribution network.
  • Revamped an inventory system used for comprehensive stock status assessment that delivered an improvement of 90% in the country's end-to-end inventory of products
  • Managed logistics operations to ensure products were inspected, quantities verified, and specifications met, reporting any damage or losses where necessary based on standard warehousing procedures.
  • Maintained production levels, identified material shortages and monitored inventory to meet order delivery requirements.

Senior Supply Chain Consultant

Iplus Consortium
04.2016 - 02.2017
  • Mobilized budget of $25,000 to facilitate public-private partnership to meet the shortage in procurement performance monitoring and HR capacity building in Nigeria
  • Collate supplier data, monitor, and measure supplier performance, and prepare costs and spend analysis and reports
  • Ensured continuous supply of services and indirect provisions and communicated any supply problems that may pose a risk or impact on business
  • Negotiated the best deal for pricing and supply contracts and Service Level Agreements (SLA) to ensure value for money
  • Removed bottlenecks that led to savings of $15,000 in delivery of supply cargo.

Logistics Advisor

John Snow Incorporated
02.2015 - 03.2016
  • Improved strategic Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) by monitoring supplier performance using vendor scorecards.
  • Used trend data and financial forecasts to establish accurate budgets aligned with operational needs.
  • Monitored and analyzed key performance indicators to drive operational excellence.
  • Conducted regular performance reviews of logistics providers, negotiating cost-effective contracts.
  • Executed logistics plans for major product launches for seamless distribution.
  • Liaised with customers and other departments to plan timely transportation of goods.

Education

Doctorate in Business Administration -

Westcliff University
04.2001 -

MSc. Procurement, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management -

University of Salford
04.2001 -

MSc. Development Studies -

The Post Graduate School, Nigerian Defence Academy
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) -

Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU)

Skills

  • Proficient Tools: PostgreSQL Python Power BI MS Tools (SharePoint, Forms & Teams) Advance Excel
  • Skills: Cross-team collaboration Attention to detail Strong Leadership Willingness to take initiative Apt to Learn Excellent Communication Promoter of Equality Self-starter Adaptability
  • Area of Expertise: Procurement Planning Strategic Sourcing & Negotiation Inventory Management PRINCE2 Project Management Principles Business Intelligence & Data Analysis AS-IS and TO-BE Process Improvement Quality Assurance Operations Management
  • Countries Experience: Liberia, Nigeria, Madagascar, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Niger

Certification

  • Member, Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (MCIPS), 005774770
  • PRINCE2 Practitioner in Project Management, GR657059763VA
  • Development Project Manager – Project Management for Development, 0317

Languages

English
Fluent
French
Intermediate

References

References available upon request.

Work availability

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Quote

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
Chinese proverb

Timeline

Global Advisor, Health Supply Chain Management

Catholic Relief Services
12.2022 - Current

Senior Procurement Specialist

GFA Consulting Group GmbH
12.2021 - 12.2022

Senior Supply Chain Manager

Catholic Relief Services
01.2020 - 12.2021

Programme Manager

Pamela Steele Associates Ltd.
11.2018 - 12.2019

Supply Chain Manager

Catholic Relief Services
03.2017 - 10.2018

Senior Supply Chain Consultant

Iplus Consortium
04.2016 - 02.2017

Logistics Advisor

John Snow Incorporated
02.2015 - 03.2016

Doctorate in Business Administration -

Westcliff University
04.2001 -

MSc. Procurement, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management -

University of Salford
04.2001 -

MSc. Development Studies -

The Post Graduate School, Nigerian Defence Academy
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) -

Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU)
VICTOR ADEBAYO