rodolphe akoto

* Preparing customs entries for tankers in transit to Niger, Mali and Burkina * Follow up customs and port formalities * Oryx Depot oil/lubricants stock monitoring * Provide paperwork for tankers boat supplying ORYX depot

* Driving safety awareness in yard operations team * Accommodate vessel operations and ensuring yard operations supports high productvity. * Arrange delivery of import containers within agreed timelines . * Manage empty equipements flow to meet yard capacity and dwell time * Ensure efficient and economical use of equipements and labors * Ensuring containers inventory and records of yard moves are accurately updated in the TOS * Manage trucking and labors subcontractors

* Succesful implementation of new processes/layouts for optimizing ICD capacity and yard operations * Effective planning of yard moves through SPARCS * Ensuring NAVIS (N4) system is accurately updated for every single gate or yard moves performed from/to ICD * Additional non budgeted revenue secured and amounting USD 80.000 during 2011 * Facility management experience * Jobs risks analysis and Safety inspection experience * Key Stakeholders management ( Customs , Port Authority, Gendarmerie, local authorities...)

* Establishment of data base on competition and market analysis * ICD value added services sold to shipping lines * Identification of new business opportunities : Stuffing of coton bales and cashew on the ICD; return of empty equipements to the port on behalf of fowarders . * ICD premium products actively sold in the market * Stakeholders & suppliers management

* Outstanding delivery of financial performance above target * Establishment of TBL service to southern Senegal (Zinguinchor ) * Promotion of Consolidation/deconsolidation of cargo form UK and Antwerp to Gambia * Successful mining trucking operations with average 40 containers handled daily from mining site to the port. * Customised landside operations offered to cashew exporters which contribute significantly to ML volume increase * Warehouse collateral management with OLAM * Succesfull implementation of PRISM (quotation and invoicing system)

* Supervising the frontline desks * providing quotations and handling sales matters * Follow up on credit and debt collection * closing the clearing and forwarding files upon delivery * Handling communication with stakeholders

* Increased vessel berth productivity from 7 to 12 moves per hour with vessels cranes * Saving of USD 36.000 on trucking costs charged for yard housekeeping moves * Costs reduction achieved on vessels operations and equipements maintenance. * Regain reefer market share: increasing from 60 to 90% with overall volume increased by 15% * Sales pipeline handling through INSIGHT and materialisation of more than 300 TEU sales opportunities * HR reorganization to fit the agency workload * Improved customer service satisfaction score

* All containairised cotton bales operations related management * Warehousing and stock mouvements management * Overlooking Containers landside activities for export * Port stakeholders management * Training , coaching and performance assessment for the operations team. * Handling all safety aspects.

Business strategy Financial Drivers Leadership Business Operations Drive safety Labours relations Activities and Societies: APM TERMINALS

Dissertation titled : '' Manipulation des marchandises dangereuses au port de Cotonou : cas de la SOBEMAP '', 2000. Activities and Societies: Logistics and Supply chain Specialist.