Edward Acquaye-Mensah

• Product Management Mentee
• Actively collaborating with the Principal product manager in developing and launching a new tool for the main stakeholders of the company's Purchase and Supply process
• Conducted internal and external research through surveys, interviews, and usability tests to gather feedback and identify opportunities for improvement
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineers, product designers, and stakeholders, in aligning essential product requirements and prioritizing features
• Created wireframes and prototypes with UML to visualize proposed features and user flows
• Created the product requirement documents and user stories under the supervision of the Principal Product Manager.

Effectively administered the implementation of RAID technology, ensuring its seamless integration and addressing any encountered issues with annual conferences and programs

Guided project milestones meticulously, ensuring strict adherence to the established project plan and its deliverables.

Recognized and managed alterations to budget, timeline, and scope, while also offering well-considered recommendations for actions and enhancements to maintain alignment with project objectives.

Functioned as the primary liaison point for both external and internal stakeholders, facilitating streamlined communication and prompt issue resolution.

Demonstrated adept utilization of project management tools and methodologies to steer projects toward positive and successful conclusions.

• Assist in the end-to-end process of the acquisition of merchandise sold on the Zalando Lounge platform
• Tool manager and go-to person for the repair and maintenance of the most essential tool used in the purchase of commodities process (MAGIC)
• Training and ensuring the enablement of new team joiners in the use of most tech tools
• Ensure effective communication and excellent internal and external stakeholder engagement

• Working Student - Category Management
• Analyzed sales reports to derive insights essential for the buying team's decision making
• Assisted buyers in the management of orders for purchasing women shoes Preprocessed data sheets useful for buyers' analysis Assisted in extra administrative tasks
• Worked closely with Buyers to maintain optimum levels of communication to effectively and efficiently complete projects
• Assisted in trend analysis research to ascertain essential in buyers' decision making

• Collaborated with leadership to identify marketing and communication needs for team and stakeholders
• Effectively ensured the setting of competitive prices of petroleum products (deregulated system) at retail and commercial outlets
• Ensured the proliferation of the company's brand through strategic marketing activities
• Provided the daily, weekly, and monthly reports on a CRM to enhance decision making for management
• Managed the running and management of retail outlets and storage depot activities to meet regulatory standards