Edward Donkor
Plainfield
Summary
To leverage strong leadership and project management skills to collaborate with senior management in driving team success, providing direction and guidance, and effectively managing project activities to achieve both short- and long-term business goals.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Manager – Quality Control & Testing Operations
Fresenius Kabi
04.2008 - Current
- Managed analytical testing of finished products and raw materials in a quality-controlled environment, ensuring adherence to industry standards and regulatory requirements
- Led software maintenance tasks for Trackwise, LIMS, and SAP, ensuring systems were up-to-date and aligned with project requirements
- Coordinated external testing programs, facilitating collaboration with vendors, outside labs, and internal departments such as purchasing, accounting, and quality assurance to ensure timely execution of tests
- Developed and executed weekly management reports on testing results from finished product spreadsheets, delivering insights to senior leadership and facilitating decision-making
- Oversaw the inventory management of reference standards and FDA-regulated materials, including products from U.S
- Pharmacopoeia, World Health Organization, British Pharmacopoeia, and European Pharmacopoeia, ensuring proper labeling, storage, and compliance
- Conducted inventory investigations for variations in reference standards and worked cross-functionally with internal teams to resolve discrepancies
- Monitored controlled storage areas for reference standards and finished products, ensuring compliance with storage temperature requirements for optimal product integrity (room temperature, refrigeration, and freezing)
- Ensured regulatory compliance by maintaining appropriate temperature logs and performing routine checks on storage conditions in accordance with FDA and international guidelines
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure the timely delivery of testing results, mitigating delays and maintaining project schedules
Product Coordinator
VWR International
03.2005 - 04.2008
- Collaborated with procurement and accounting teams to process requisitions, answer inquiries, issue materials, and update order status
- Performed material inspections on vendor deliveries and transfers, ensuring compliance with purchase orders, specifications, and quality standards; initiated discrepancy reports as needed
- Assisted in accounts payable and invoice processing, ensuring accuracy in material receipts and payment documentation
- Managed stockroom inventory for QC Chemistry, maintaining par levels for consumables, equipment, and chemicals
- Utilized VBQ systems to resolve warehousing discrepancies, manage material issues, transfers, returns, and stock code corrections; oversaw inventory balances and cycle counts to ensure accurate inventory control
Education
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology Management
Lewis University
Romeoville, IL01.2017
Associate of Applied Science - Network Communications
Joliet Community College
05-2017
Skills
- Project management skills
- Organizational skills
- Knowledge of enterprise security
- Knowledge of network security
- Knowledge of systems/endpoint security
- Knowledge of application security
- Knowledge of data protection
- Risk mitigation
- Leadership skills
- Ability to work independently or as part of a team
Certification
- Certified Scrum Master, LinkedIn - 2024
- Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Isaka - 2021
- Security+ ce, CompTIA - 2000
Timeline
Project Manager – Quality Control & Testing Operations
Fresenius Kabi
04.2008 - Current
Product Coordinator
VWR International
03.2005 - 04.2008
- Certified Scrum Master, LinkedIn - 2024
- Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Isaka - 2021
- Security+ ce, CompTIA - 2000
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology Management
Lewis University
Associate of Applied Science - Network Communications
Joliet Community College
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