Agile software development and operational project manager experience managing teams, providing leadership and delegation of tasks in a fast pace environment within scope and budget. Using the agile methodology to deliver projects from initiation to on-going support, maintenance and additional features. Managing stakeholder expectation through reports and retrospectives to launch products for end-users.
Hi, I’m
Nontsikelelo Gina Mekana
Cape Town
Summary
Overview
4
years of professional experience
Work History
MTNCape Town
Project Manager
08.2022 - Current
Job overview
- Results-driven project manager with 2 years of experience in leading e-commerce project
- Seeking challenging position in project management within e-commerce industry
- Proven track record of successfully delivering projects on time, within budget, and exceeding stakeholder expectations
- Strong knowledge of e-commerce platforms, processes, and best practices, combined with exceptional leadership and communication skills.
- Sourced, vetted and managed vendors needed to accomplish project goals
- Fostered a culture of innovation and creativity within the project team, leading to improved problem-solving capabilities and enhanced outcomes
- Collaborated closely with senior management to align project objectives with strategic company initiatives, ensuring that efforts contributed to overall business growth
- Drafted project reports to identify successful outcomes, insights and future recommendations
- Negotiated and managed third-party contracts related to project deliverables
- Effectively managed scope creep by establishing clear boundaries on requested changes while keeping projects aligned with original objectives and budgets
- Analyzed project performance data to identify areas of improvement
RetailNextCape Town
Waterfall Project Manager
01.2022 - 08.2022
Job overview
- Operational project manager, tracking and deploying RetailNext hardware at 10-20 customers premises.
- Using both agile and waterfall methods work with third-party integrators to install custom built hardware that allows tracking of human analytics in customers RetailNext works with.
- Developed comprehensive project plans with clear timelines, milestones, and budget requirements, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality results.
- Successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously by prioritizing tasks according to urgency, resource availability, and alignment with organizational goals.
- Monitored progress against established goals, adjusting schedules and resources as needed to keep projects on track.
- Managed risk assessments and implemented mitigation strategies to minimize potential issues during project execution.
- Prepared detailed reports on project status for stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment with objectives.
- Achieved project deadlines by coordinating with contractors to manage performance.
DigiOutsourceCape Town
Project Management Office, Betway
10.2021 - 01.2022
Job overview
- Building out time allocation process for Betway Group, DigiOutsource group and Supergroup
- Day-to-day consists of drawing up reports using excel, adding various projects to workday, ensuring data clean up and planning that effectively established time allocation process.
- Developed comprehensive project management manual to serve as reference guide for PMO staff and foster consistency in best practices throughout organization
- Fostered culture of accountability within PMO team by setting clear expectations and providing regular feedback on time allocation performance.
- Increased efficiency in PMO by developing and implementing project tracking tools and systems
SovTech ServicesJohannesburg
Agile Project Manager, Product Advance
01.2020 - 09.2021
Job overview
- Delivery of products using product development lifecycle
- Experience gathering customer requirements and translating these requirements into user stories
- Conducting regular standups with development team to determine progress within each product, any blocker experience and solving for those problems; acting as team scrum master
- Retrospective scheduled with each client on bi-monthly basis so that stakeholder expectations are managed
- Drew up and update project roadmaps to identify scope creep and out of scope requirements
- Using scrum methodology managed 4-6 developers and 6-11 live projects at period successfully within scope and within budget.
- Collaborated closely with senior management to align project objectives with strategic company initiatives, ensuring that efforts contributed to overall business growth
- Developed strong relationships with stakeholders through regular communication updates, fostering trust and confidence in team''s ability to deliver results
- Effectively managed scope creep by establishing clear boundaries on requested changes while keeping projects aligned with original objectives and budgets
- Met project deadlines without sacrificing build quality or workplace safety
- Managed full product lifecycle, from ideation through post-launch support, ensuring consistent quality control measures were in place
- Enhanced user experience, resulting in increased customer satisfaction and retention rates
- Managed stakeholder expectations effectively throughout entire product development process
- Prioritized roadmap in order to achieve product goals and metrics
- Thrived in fast-paced, highly-adept team to develop and prioritize product features and build product roadmap
- Directed planning and budgeting efforts
Education
UdemyCape Town, South Africa
Agile Crash Course from Project Management
01.2022 - 02.2022
University Overview
The Agile Crash Course aims to get it's students agile certified & learn about the key and most important concepts and tools of Agile Project Management (Scrum). The modules covered in the programme: Defining the agile methodology within the Scrum framework. Agile concepts and rituals. How to apply agile in your role and other jobs. Agile tools and processes. Real life application of agile in a variety of jobs.
University of The WitwatersrandJohannesburg, South Africa
Bachelor of Arts from Industrial PsychologyMusic in History and Society
03.2019 - 03.2019
University Overview
The BA provides an extensive calabar of human related skills, the key learnings include critically thinking about real world problems and finding solutions for these in the very evolving 21st century. The course offered a double major program allowing the student to choose from a variety of humanity related courses.
Skills
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Accomplishments
Accomplishments
- 2015 - Distinction in Portuguese.
- 2017 - Distinction in Industrial Psychology (Employment Relations and Organizational Effectiveness).
- 2020 - Awarded the "Rocky Balboa" award at SovTech company year end for my perseverance, dedication and delivery of projects in that year.
Timeline
Project Manager
MTN
08.2022 - Current
Udemy
Agile Crash Course from Project Management
01.2022 - 02.2022
Waterfall Project Manager
RetailNext
01.2022 - 08.2022
Project Management Office, Betway
DigiOutsource
10.2021 - 01.2022
Agile Project Manager, Product Advance
SovTech Services
01.2020 - 09.2021
University of The Witwatersrand
Bachelor of Arts from Industrial PsychologyMusic in History and Society
03.2019 - 03.2019
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