Charles Kalesanwo MSC

Experience

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  DEEJOFT AGRIC-CONSULTS

  Dec 2015 - Apr 2017

  Environmental Health and Safety Coordinator/Loss Prevention

  ▪ Utilized data/analytics to identify risk.▪ Maintained accurate record daily, weekly, and monthly data to report to onsite management teams and corporate reporting systems.▪ Assisted management in ensuring that all business program expectations, as well as any federal and state regulations, are met.▪ Enhance safety and risk management program, across portfolio on-going projects.▪ Assess risk and aid in the deployment of effective physical and/or behavioral control measures. Recognize and confirm the effectiveness of existing controls.▪ Analyzed data and obtained useful business reports, using statistical method, and helped to develop and review reports.▪ Utilized advanced Excel functions to generate spreadsheets and pivot tables.▪ Work with site teams with loss control engineers to integrate practices and unify delivery.▪ Create, implement, execute, and manage workplace injury, environmental incident, and vehicle accident prevention strategies.▪ Worked in close collaboration with engineering and operations to record business processes. Show less

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  Jumia Nigeria

  May 2017 - Dec 2019

  Safety Officer/ Quality Analyst (Aftersales)

  ▪ Utilized warehouse management tools (WMT) and order management systems (OMS) to validate the quality of each item returned and address discrepancies within each customer’s returned order.▪ Oversaw customer care services within the Retrievals Department by evaluating returned items for quality control purposes.▪ Created and implemented safety policies and procedures in compliance with local, state, and federal rules, regulations, and regulatory requirements in line with International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and World Health Organization (WHO).▪ Assisted in reducing employee risk by planning and executing safety strategies. Promote a behavioral based safety environment.▪ Conducted compliance audits and inspections to assure continuous improvement▪ HSE (Health, Safety, and Environmental) regulatory compliance within the account, market area, or assigned area of responsibility is monitored. All findings, concerns, and deficiencies are communicated to the responsible managers for timely and necessary corrections to be made. Assist in the development, implementation, and management of strategic solutions to support management's efforts to improve and maintain compliance as needed.▪ Provided MSDS (material safety data sheets) information, signs, posters, barriers, and other materials to warn of potential and actual safety hazards and to prevent access to hazardous conditions▪ Analyzed safety metrics and review incidents weekly and monthly to assist operations in the creation and execution of continuous improvement plans▪ Promotes employee safety awareness by providing accurate and informative data, holding safety meetings, providing timely feedback on safety recommendations, and visibly supporting the safety program (s). Show less

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  University of New Haven

  Jan 2020 - May 2022

  Graduate Teaching Assistant

  ▪ Instruct 3 laboratory sessions for over 50 students in Biology by creating and facilitating course curriculums, grading assignments, assessing student academic performance, and adhering to departmental goals.▪ Spearhead laboratory preparation by designing lesson plans and lab set ups in accordance with COVID-19 protocols.▪ Partner with Lab Assistants on preparing dissection materials and creating lab microscope slide samples for each class.▪ Hold office hours to assist students with difficult topics, while tailoring teaching to each student’s academic need and learning style.▪ Lead an orientation program for new Teaching Assistants by educating them on course facilitation techniques to ensure knowledgeability of all university staff expectations. Show less

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  Amazon

  Jul 2022 - now

  - Leading 5+ different Safety Specialists in the Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania spanning over the Jersey Super Sub region. - Process review and rebuilding strategies that led to SLI, AIR, RIR, and conversion rate decreases across numerous sub-regions and regions during Peak and Prime operating seasons.- Possess a thorough understanding of local/regional regulations and company policy to provide guidance and oversight to ensure compliance to all applicable Amazon EHS Policies.- Created a mechanism to help measure sites performance against published requirements in EHS policies and identify a plan for the site to implement and fix all identified deficiencies through delivering on-time and quality projects to Operations.- Analysis of EHS metrics and reviewed weekly and monthly incident trends to rationalize the allocation of appropriate resources to areas where safety risk is highest.- Auditing the record-keeping practices and AUSTIN entries to ensure they are aligned with the global safety standards and local regulations. Audited the workplace organization and Associate behaviors to ensure that training, auditing, and scoring methods are accurate and consistent.- Visiting of multiple sites to seek input from teams, associates, and leaders on safety program improvement opportunities ensuring open communication on status of progress and resolution against these suggestions.- Ensuring site leadership and Associates are trained and knowledgeable of their responsibilities under each policy by auditing the quality, delivery (including qualifications of the trainer), and effectiveness of all required safety training. Show less WHS Specialist serving multiple delivery stations supporting Amazon’s last-mile delivery.▪ Provided simultaneous support for 5 different delivery stations across the New York Metro region.▪ Aided in the re-structuring and support of 2 buildings across the New York Metro region including contribution to WHS design tasks, such as emergency evacuation planning and mapped designs. ▪ Deep diving of Injury trends from week to date (WTD), and year to date (YTD) to help drive conversation and assist management in making informed operational decisions that fosters safe working process. ▪ Created Audits that help reduce injury at different work process paths. ▪ Managed Injury cases that are classified as OSHA recordable and implemented the worker's compensation process. ▪ Responsible for leading regional safety training for the onboarding of New Environmental Health and Safety Specialists joining the New York Metro region. ▪ Partnered with the team to set up an engagement that helps to continually increase the awareness of Cancer which was recognized at the network level. ▪ Setup the waste management process to ensure the effective and proper management of waste-generated products at the site and actively working on improving wastemanagement at other sites within the region. ▪ Ensured all generated waste was properly categorized and all waste manifests were filed and kept in accordance with EPA’s regulations. ▪ Completed daily audits and compliance that met not just OSHA laws but also ensured all environmental compliances were met using AUSTIN. ▪ Conducted Ergonomic assessment and evaluation by using a tool called Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) and Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) that aid in the reduction of Musculoskeletal disorders at the workplace.▪ Utilized different educational tools (e.g., Kahoot, Safety Saves) to help drive safety conversations and engagement at the workplace. Show less

  • Sub-regional EHS Manager

    Jul 2024 - now

  • Stretch Sub- Regional EHS Manager

    Jul 2023 - Jul 2024

  • Multi-Site Environmental Health Safety Specialist

    Jul 2022 - Jul 2023