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Ijeamaka Okonkwo

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Jobtitle

Head, Procurement, People , Operations and Culture

Company

Public and Private Development center

Industry

Nonprofit Organization Management

Location

Abuja, FCT, Nigeria

Budget

I'm responsible for a budget of

5000000 USD

I influence a budget of

5000000 USD
Think tanks
World Class Supply Chain Risk Management 2026

Interests

  • Anchoring Compliance in Corporate Culture
  • Anti-Corruption Programs
  • AI in the Internet of Things
  • Cloud Apps
  • Bribery Investigations

Areas

  • Artificial Intelligence

    MY WORK PREFERENCES
  • AI in the Internet of Things
  • Algorithmic Game Theory and Computational Mechanism Design
  • Computer Vision
  • Deep Learning
  • Generative AI
  • LLM Processing and Integration
  • LLM Security and Compliance
  • LLM Strategy and Governance
  • Machine Learning
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Neuromorphic Computing
  • Recommender Systems
  • Reinforcement Learning
  • Robotics and AI

  • Cloud Computing

    MY WORK PREFERENCES
  • Cloud Apps
  • Cloud Business Models
  • Cloud Certification / Standardization / Trust
  • Cloud Platforms for Cloud Providers
  • Cross-Border Cloud Implementation
  • Customer Side SLA Management
  • Data Centers for Cloud Operations
  • International Cloud Markets
  • Provider Side SLA Management
  • Public Sector Clouds

  • Compliance

    MY WORK PREFERENCES
  • Anchoring Compliance in Corporate Culture
  • Anti-Corruption Programs
  • Bribery Investigations
  • Code of Conduct
  • Compliance Due Diligence
  • Compliance Employee Training / Training Models
  • Compliance Key Figures
  • Compliance Risk Analysis
  • Compliance Risks in M&A Transactions
  • eDiscovery
  • Export Compliance
  • Forensic Technology
  • Fraud Prevention
  • Governance / Risk / Compliance (GRC) Integration
  • Internal Control Systems (ICS)
  • Internal Investigations
  • International Compliance Standards
  • Money Laundering
  • Presents and Invitations
  • Prevention Programs
  • Regulatory Management
  • Responsibility / Role of the Compliance Officer
  • Securities Compliance
  • Setting up a Compliance Organization
  • Standards for the Business Partner Check
  • Whistleblowing

  • Contract Management

    MY WORK PREFERENCES
  • Contract Law
  • Contract Lifecycle Management
  • Contract Management Tools
  • eContracts
  • Exclusion and Limitation of Liability
  • Identifying and Managing Risks in Contracts
  • International Contracts
  • Negotiation Strategies

  • Corporate Management

    MY WORK PREFERENCES
  • Business Analysis
  • Centralization versus De-Centralization
  • Continual Improvement
  • General Management in Transformation
  • Implementation and Strategy Realization
  • Managing Complexity
  • Organization Design
  • Outsourcing versus Insourcing
  • Process Design
  • Project Portfolio Management
  • Restructuring
  • Strategic Control
  • Strategy Implementation

  • Corporate Policy / Strategy

    MY WORK PREFERENCES
  • Business Alliances
  • Business Development
  • Business Simulation
  • Corporate Culture
  • Corporate Governance und Ethics
  • Corporate Philosophy and Values
  • Generating Strategic Options
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Strategic Analysis
  • Strategic Decision Making Processes
  • Strategy Formulation and Planning
  • Vision and Mission

  • Data Protection

    MY WORK PREFERENCES
  • Corporate Security and Personal Privacy
  • Data Breach Management
  • Data Protection and Cloud / Social Media
  • Data Protection and Outsourcing
  • Data Protection Audit
  • Data Protection Guidelines
  • Data Protection Regulation
  • Data Protection Strategies
  • Employee Data Protection
  • International Data Protection Risks
  • International Data Transfer

  • Deployment & Retention

    MY WORK PREFERENCES
  • Career Development
  • Corporate Health Management
  • Employee Motivation
  • Replacement Planning
  • Reward & Recognition
  • Succession Planning
  • Working Time Accounts
  • Working Time Management
  • Work Life Balance

  • Digital Transformation

    MY WORK PREFERENCES
  • Big Data Analytics
  • Content Strategy for Social Media
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Insights
  • Digital Disruption
  • Digital Innovation
  • Digital Strategy
  • Gamification
  • Social Listening
  • Social Media Analytics

  • HR IT Systems / eHR

    MY WORK PREFERENCES
  • Automation of HR Processes
  • Employee Talent Database
  • Enterprise Resource Planning Human Capital
  • HR Data Warehouse
  • HR Learning Systems
  • HR Self Services
  • HR Service Applications
  • Support of Telecommuting / Cloud Computing
  • Virtual Collaboration Technologies
  • Virtual Shared Service Centers

  • HR Marketing & Recruiting

    MY WORK PREFERENCES
  • Agile Recruiting
  • Apprenticeship Programs
  • Collaborations with Educational Institutions
  • Employer Branding
  • Headhunters and External Recruiters
  • High Potential Recruiting
  • Internal Recruiting
  • Internship Programs
  • Social Media for Employer Branding
  • War for Engineering Talents
  • War for IT Talents
  • War for Talents

  • HR Strategies

    MY WORK PREFERENCES
  • Aging Workforce
  • Demographic Change / Skill Gaps
  • Diversity Management
  • Employee Engagement Strategies
  • Flexible Workforce
  • HR Business Partnering
  • HR Crisis Management
  • HR Management of Change
  • HR Policies
  • HR Shared Services and Outsourcing
  • HR Transformation
  • Knowledge Management
  • Role of HR in Turnaround Situations
  • Workforce Planning

  • Innovation Management

    MY WORK PREFERENCES
  • Business Model Innovation
  • Collaboration with Academic Institutions
  • Cross-Border R&D Projects
  • Cross-Industry Innovation Cooperations
  • Customer-Led Innovation
  • Design Thinking
  • From R&D to Connect and Develop (C&D)
  • Innovation Crowdsourcing
  • Innovation Culture
  • Innovation Excellence
  • Open Innovation
  • R&D Networks and Alliances
  • Scenario Planning and Simulation
  • Sustainable Innovations
  • Technology Roadmaps
  • Time-to-Market and Fast Innovation

  • International HR

    MY WORK PREFERENCES
  • Alien Employees / Immigration
  • Cross-Cultural Management
  • Global HR Strategy
  • Global Learning
  • International Compensation
  • International Employee Relations
  • International Employment Law
  • International HR Structures and Capabilities
  • International Talent Development
  • Local Recruiting
  • Managing Expatriation

  • Inventory Management

    MY WORK PREFERENCES
  • Customer Managed Inventory
  • Forecasting and Demand Planning
  • Global End-To-End Visibility
  • Inventory Controls
  • Inventory Data / Management Software
  • Inventory Planning
  • Inventory Reduction
  • Just-In-Time Inventory
  • Lead-time Reduction
  • Material Movement
  • Material Requirement Planning
  • Multi-Location Management
  • Vendor Management Inventory

  • IT Governance / Compliance

    MY WORK PREFERENCES
  • Cloud Compliance
  • Configuration Compliance
  • Data Protection Risks in IT Systems
  • Global IT Compliance
  • Governance / Risk / Compliance (GRC) Software
  • IT Auditing
  • IT Compliance Management
  • IT Governance
  • Outsourced / Managed Compliance
  • Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)

  • IT Innovation / Product Management

    MY WORK PREFERENCES
  • Internal IT Pricing
  • IT Innovation Culture
  • IT Innovation Management Tools
  • IT Portfolio Management
  • IT Product Lifecycle Management
  • IT Requirements Management
  • Software Product Management
  • Technology Forecasting
  • Technology Scouting
  • Virtual Prototyping

  • IT Risk / Security Management

    MY WORK PREFERENCES
  • Anti-Hacking
  • Application Security
  • Business Continuity Management
  • Client Information Protection
  • Cloud Security
  • Corporate Security Awareness
  • Espionage and Cyber Crime Prevention
  • Identity Management, Federation and Biometrics
  • IT Forensics
  • IT Risk Management
  • Managed Security Services
  • Security Auditing
  • Shadow IT

  • IT Sourcing

    MY WORK PREFERENCES
  • Cloud Sourcing
  • IT Insourcing
  • IT License Management
  • IT Nearshore Outsourcing
  • IT Offshore Outsourcing
  • IT Service Level Agreements
  • Provider Management
  • Software as a Service
  • Software Metering
  • Software on Demand

  • Labor and Employment

    MY WORK PREFERENCES
  • Computer Misuse
  • Corporate Immigration
  • Discrimination
  • Employment Contracts and Conditions
  • International Labor Law
  • Safety and Health Standards
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Wages and Hours
  • Wrongful Dismissal

  • Leadership / Change

    MY WORK PREFERENCES
  • Communication and Conflict Management
  • Delegation & Empowerment
  • Establishing a Culture of Trust
  • Incentive Systems and Motivation Strategies
  • Leading Change
  • Leading Leaders
  • Management
  • Teams and Team Development

  • Logistics Management

    MY WORK PREFERENCES
  • 3PL / 4PL Partner Relationship Management
  • Lead Logistics Provider Selection
  • Logistics Cost Management
  • Logistics Outsourcing
  • Logistics Performance Management
  • Logistics Project Management
  • Logistics Talent Management

  • Logistics Technology & IT

    MY WORK PREFERENCES
  • Logistics Information Systems

  • Market Strategy

    MY WORK PREFERENCES
  • Emerging Market Business Development
  • International Market Development Strategy
  • Maintaining and Strengthening the Market Position
  • Market Analysis and Strategy Setting
  • Market-Driven Strategies
  • Market-Driving Strategies
  • Market Segmentation and Differentiation

  • Performance & Metrics

    MY WORK PREFERENCES
  • Employee Performance Assessment and Appraisal
  • Employee Performance Tools
  • Employee Value Proposition
  • HR Analytics
  • HR Balanced Scorecard
  • HR Cockpit
  • HR Dashboard
  • HR Key Performance Indicators
  • HR Quality Management
  • HR Reporting
  • Laboratory Benchmarking
  • Performance of the HR Department

  • Procurement

    MY WORK PREFERENCES
  • Commodity Supply Management
  • Cooperative Sourcing
  • eProcurement
  • Global Sourcing
  • Indirect Materials and Services / Procurement
  • Managing Outsourcing Relationships
  • Nearshoring
  • Negotiation and Contract Management
  • Procurement Frauds & Compliance
  • Procurement People Management
  • Procurement Requirements Planning
  • Procurement's Interaction with Finance
  • Procurement Talent Strategies
  • Sourcing and Procurement Organizational Design
  • Sourcing Risk Managment
  • Strategic Sourcing
  • Supplier Performance Management
  • Supplier Relationship Management
  • Supplier Scoring
  • Sustainable Procurement
  • Transaction Management

  • Supply Chain Organization

    MY WORK PREFERENCES
  • Cash Flow and the Supply Chain
  • Collaboration in the Supply Chain
  • Communication in the Supply Chain
  • End-To-End Visibility in the Supply Chain
  • Supply Chain Centralization
  • Supply Chain Decentralization
  • Supply Chain Event Management
  • Supply Chain Flexibility and Agility
  • Supply Chain Optimization
  • Supply Chain Relationship Management
  • Supply Chain Transparency
  • Temperature Controlled Chain
  • Third-party Service Providers

  • Supply Chain Planning & Controlling

    MY WORK PREFERENCES
  • Cost Efficiency & Customer Service Delivery
  • Integrated Business Planning
  • Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)
  • Supply Chain Balanced Score Card
  • Supply Chain Capacity Planning
  • Supply Chain Demand Management
  • Supply Chain Forecasting
  • Supply Chain Performance Management
  • Supply Chain Reporting

  • Supply Chain Risk Management and Security

    MY WORK PREFERENCES
  • Compliance Risks for the Supply Chain
  • Environmental Risks for the Supply Chain
  • Insuring Supply Chain Risks
  • Internal Supply Chain Risks
  • ISO/IEC 28000 and ISO/IEC 28001
  • Market Risk Impacts on the Supply Chain
  • Supply Chain Continuity Management
  • Supply Chain Quality Management
  • Supply Chain Risk Assessment
  • Supply Chain Risk Control
  • Supply Chain Risk Management Culture
  • Supply Chain Risk Management Strategy
  • Supply Chain Risk Mitigation
  • Supply Chain Risk Prevention
  • Supply Chain Risk Scoring
  • Supply Chain Risk Transfer
  • Supply Chain Security Certification
  • Supply Chain Vulnerability
  • Supply Risks

  • Supply Chain Strategies

    MY WORK PREFERENCES
  • Customer-Centricity
  • Integrated Supply Chain
  • Lean Supply Chain
  • Supply Chain Finance Programs
  • Supply Chain in Emerging Markets
  • Supply Chain Outsourcing
  • Supply Chain Transformation
  • Sustainable Supply Chain
  • Tax Efficient Supply Chain Management

  • Supply Chain Technology & IT

    MY WORK PREFERENCES
  • Cloud-based Business Networks
  • Social Media in the Supply Chain
  • Speech Recognition in the Supply Chain
  • Supply Chain Intelligence
  • Supply Chain Wireless and Device Security

  • Workplace Transformation

    MY WORK PREFERENCES
  • HR Development in Virtual / Globally Dispersed Workplaces
  • Office Design

Challenges

  • Concentration on Core Business

    Currently Dealing With | Has Experience With

  • Downsizing

    Currently Dealing With | Has Experience With

  • International Expansion

    Currently Dealing With | Has Experience With

  • Major Business Transformation

    Currently Dealing With | Has Experience With

  • Post Merger Integration

    Currently Dealing With | Has Experience With

  • Re-Branding

    Currently Dealing With | Has Experience With

  • Turnaround

    Currently Dealing With | Has Experience With

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Elevator Pitch

I work closely with leaders across Africa and beyond who are shaping procurement, supply-chain resilience, and digital transformation. My background spans donor-funded programs, justice-sector digitalization, and managing complex vendor ecosystems all with a focus on strengthening governance, reducing risk, and building transparent, high-performing operations. I’m especially interested in connecting with professionals who are exploring how people, systems, and technology can come together to create sustainable and resilient supply chains.

Positions

Head, Procurement, People , Operations and Culture
Head, Procurement, People , Operations and Culture