SULE PEREBIE

• Liaised with sales and marketing team to collect customer feedback, incorporating into subsequent production runs and development lifecycles.
• Managed relationships with supply chain partners, enabling necessary materials and hardware to remain readily available.
• Facilitated increased product awareness through promotion and innovative sales strategy.
• Created product positioning strategies designed to achieve optimal market penetration.
• Define and articulate product vision and strategy, aligning with company goals and user needs.
• Deep knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Power Point, etc.) and a working knowledge of PLM systems.
• Conduct market research to identify customer demands, market trends, and competitive landscape.
• Collaborate with UX/UI designers, engineers, and other stakeholders to create and prioritize product roadmaps.
• Write clear and concise product requirements and user stories, ensuring technical feasibility and clear communication across teams.
• Oversee the product development lifecycle, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality products.
• Develop and implement product launch plans, working closely with marketing, sales, and customer support teams.
• Monitor product performance metrics and conduct data analysis to inform product decisions and improvements.
• Gather and incorporate feedback from customers, stakeholders, and other teams to refine product features and functionality.
• Stay abreast of new technologies and methodologies that may improve product development processes or offer innovative solutions to users.
• Lead and facilitate agile ceremonies, such as sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives, PI Planning & Inspect and Adapt.
• Proven experience as a Product Manager or similar role in digital product development.
• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle and agile methodologies.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a data-driven approach to decision-making.
• Proficient in product management tools (e.g., Clickup) and analytics platforms (e.g., Google Analytics, Mixpanel).
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate complex concepts to a diverse audience.
• Experience with user-centered design principles and practices.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects simultaneously in a remote environment.
• Conducting strategic business planning for assigned categories including meeting financial goals (revenue and margin).
• · Drive the product creation process for multiple categories by identifying new compelling product and/or brand opportunities; build out a product pipeline that aligns with Gemline, retail brand partner and category strategy and meets financial goals.
• · Ensure that final products are target consumer and trend relevant, market competitive and offer a unique gifting proposition.
• Work closely with retail brand partners to identify product opportunities, conduct business analyses, and evaluate overall brand and product performance.
• Develop & present product strategy and product lines, especially during agile events like PI planning.
• Own all product management analytics to include defining measures, setting goals, reporting on progress, and recommending tactics to improve sales and margin.
• Turn forecast & sales analyses into product & business decisions.
• Manage, coach, and mentor direct reports & participate in continuous improvement activities.

● Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.

● Worked closely and listened to team members' feedback to identify issues and resolve conflicts.

● Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments, and hurdles to productivity.

● Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.

● Championing ongoing process improvement initiatives Identifying and mitigating plans

● Resolving issues to keep the project moving Proactively avoiding risks Ensuring the team meets required policies Making recommendations for continuous improvement

● Supporting the Product Manager in managing expectations for project deliverables

● Managing stakeholder communications with my teams and helping to implement an effective system of project governance.

● Coached teams in Agile practices and provided the necessary training to create a positive mindset to Agile methodologies.

● Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.

● Worked closely and listened to team members' feedback to identify issues and resolve conflicts.

● Acted as go-to resource for the engineering team, providing clarity on tasks, gathering missing assets or requirements, and handling project changes.

● Researched current trends to stay knowledgeable in Scrum methods.

● Led cross-functional teams to complete IT projects.

● Generated reports for IT project progress and performance.

● Wrote, updated, and maintained project documentation. Planned Agile best practices and encourages team cohesion, overcoming impediments, and hurdles to productivity.