George Aboagye - Operations Manager, Agility Logistics

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Work Background

Agility Defense & Government ServicesInternational Operations Manager

Mar. 2023Greater Accra Region, Ghana

Agility International, Inc. (Defense & Government Services)Global Project Manager

Sep. 2015 - Mar. 2023Accra, Ghana- Bids on and prepares proposals for logistics projects/assignments for transportation of United Nations peace keeping contingent owned supplies and equipment as well as UN mission owned equipment. Have won and coordinated large deployments from Pakistan and Rwanda to Central African Republic as well as repatriation from DR Congo to India. Also won and coordinated movement of UNOE from European and Asian counties to Mali, Kenya, Sudan and South Sudan. - Performs in a business development capacity to develop new business opportunities in Ghana and other African countries. Includes traveling within Africa, vetting potential agents and partners and building relationships. - Bids on and coordinates other project logistics assignments involving freight movement by land, air and ocean, on specialized commercial, International and government contracts; requiring knowledge of all 9 classes of hazardous substances and the rules and regulations governing their transportation on state, national and international levels. Provides these services to US and UK Government Agencies and Military in the sub Saharan African region in countries like Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Cameroon, Senegal, Benin, Rwanda, Somalia, Kenya, DR Congo, Burundi, Uganda, South Sudan. etc. - Supports the productivity of Agility International's Project Cargo Department and Agility West Africa by pursuing more Government and Military business and also attracting more business through the Agility Distribution Parks as well as our global agencies / partners..

Agility International Inc. (Defense & Government Services)Consultant / Project & General Cargo Manager

Jul. 2012 - Sep. 2015Accra, Ghana- Trained and mentored new General Cargo coordinators to handle day to day freight forwarding responsibilities while I manage their efforts remotely. Compiled a standard operating procedure as a manual to standardize and provide shipment coordination guidance for coordinators. - Bid on and prepared proposals for logistics projects for US Government agencies and contractors as well as projects for international organization (i.e. United Nations, NATO). - Performed in a business development capacity to develop new business opportunities in African and developing countries. Includes traveling within Africa, vetting potential agents and partners and building relationships. - Bid on and coordinated project logistics involving freight movement by land, air and ocean, on specialized commercial, International and government contracts; requiring knowledge of all 9 classes of hazardous substances and the rules and regulations governing their transportation on state, national and international levels. - Moved freight classified as Foreign Military sales, under U.S. Government contracts, from domestic U.S. locations to Eastern European locations. Adequately trained on the ITAR regulations that control such shipments. - Maintained productivity of the Agility International Cargo Department by pursuing more commercial business and also attracting more business through the Agility Global network as well as our foreign agents.

Agility International, Inc. (DGS)General & Project Cargo Manager

Apr. 2011 - Jul. 2012Alexandria, VA, USA- Managed and solely run the General & Projects Cargo department through crisis management while assisting the House Hold Goods department on UKMOD relocation program. - Maintained productivity of the Cargo Department by pursuing more commercial business and also attracting more business through the Agility Global network as well as our foreign agents. - Reconciled defunct accounts by collecting on aged invoices while liaising with Accounts Receivables department, worked with Accounts Payables department to ensure payment of aged vendor invoices. - Trained and mentored new General Cargo coordinator to handle day to day freight forwarding responsibilities

Agility International, Inc. (DGS)General and Project Cargo Supervisor

Feb. 2009 - Apr. 2011Alexandria, VA, USAMaintained 40% of my freight forwarding duties while I took on a supervisory role in my department which constitutes 60% of my duties. My supervisory duties include: - Monitoring the operational activities of project coordinators on a daily basis. - Meeting regularly with coordinators collectively and individually to assess their quotes to clients, shipments and projects to provide guidance and also to ensure compliance with applicable regulations that affect those shipments. - Performing administrative duties such as monitoring the billing of shipment files and the payments of vendor invoices; coordinating with the accounts payables and receivables departments on the in and outflow of money on Cargo files as well as collections of revenue from clients on delinquent files; and monitoring the general efficiency of the department while I report to the department manager

Matrix International (Agility Logistics)Freight Forwarder / Project Coordinator

Apr. 2006 - Feb. 2009Springfield, VA, USA- Moved freight, by land, air and ocean, on specialized commercial and government contracts; requiring knowledge of all 9 classes of hazardous substances such as Explosives, radioactive material, infectious and corrosive substances; and the rules and regulations governing their transportation on state, national and international levels. - Moved freight classified as Foreign Military sales, under U.S. Government contracts, from domestic U.S. locations as well as Eastern European locations to locations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Adequately trained on the ITAR regulations that control such shipments. - Coordinated Air Charters on IL-76 aircrafts from Eastern European countries to military airports in Baghdad and Kabul. Knowledgeable in the process of attaining landing and over flight permits for charters as well as charter contracts and coordinating with charter operators in the region. - As a project coordinator, independently coordinated shipping assignments for corporate and non-profit clients from start to finish. - Trained and certified in handling hazardous and radioactive freight by both air on ocean shipment. Also trained in the documentation requirements for export and import shipments, export declaration and customs clearance requirements for various commodities. - Gave presentations in Seattle and Washington DC on the freight forwarding standard operations procedures provided by Agility logistics for Department of State funded Humanitarian Aid shipments to CIS nations. - Organized supply chain management for Agility clients such as Universities, Laboratories and other commercial entities. These involved interactions with client's vendors, organizing purchase orders, receiving freight in Agility warehouses, inventorying of freight, over packing / crating and ultimate air or ocean shipment to African and South American countries. - Prepared price quotations on inbound and outbound international freight, through negotiations on rates with vendors and clients.

Town & Country Mortgage ServicesLoan Consultant

Aug. 2005 - Apr. 2006Springfield, VA, USA- Apprenticed as a processor of mortgage loans for senior loan consultants while being mentored. Learned to use Byte Pro and also the legal ramifications of researching mortgage programs, processing and closing on them. - Enlisted clientele through self-promotion, shopped for suitable mortgage programs and successfully closed those packages for them. - Independently worked in association with realtors and title companies to provide my clients with the best available mortgage programs and rates for commission