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Work History
Education
Accomplishments
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OWURA AGYEI

Barrie,ON

Summary

Value Driven | Coaching Agile Practices | Servant Leadership

Reliable, dedicated, and energetic project management professional with over five years’ experience in managing and playing key roles in agile and hybrid projects. Strong ability to manage and coach teams, work in complex environments and lead teams to deliver products that align with agile values and principles.

Overview

5
years of professional experience
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Santa'Ville
Barrie, ON

Store Manager
09.2022 - 01.2023

Job overview

  • Led employee relations through effective communication, coaching, training, and development.
  • Evaluated employee performance on monthly basis and coached and trained team members, increasing quality of work and employee motivation.
  • Drove performance of staff by creating incentives and positive work atmosphere and administering recognition and rewards programs.
  • Aligned team goals and objectives with organizational strategy, aiding business growth.
  • Set effective store schedules based on forecasted customer levels, individual employee knowledge, and service requirements.

MTN Group Limited

Project Manager
09.2020 - 08.2022

Job overview

Managed a portfolio of projects and teams which enabled the organization to achieve its strategic objectives.

  • Recommended and implemented changes to processes and internal control activities which prevented waste and improved productivity by 30%
  • Lead the “IDD project” which ensured that customers were able to make international calls at affordable rates and increased the customer base by 20% over a 1-year period.
  • Lead the network expansion project in other West African countries such as Benin and Mali because of my basic knowledge in French and my excellent communication skills.
  • Effectively reported project progress to management during management meetings using tools such as Microsoft Project, PowerPoint, Excel, Microsoft Teams and Skype.

Absa Bank

Scrum Master
04.2018 - 08.2020

Job overview

Coached and Developed Scrum teams to increase team velocity and achieve meaningful increments.

  • Facilitated and supported scrum events such as Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review and Retrospective which ensured product increments and improvement in team velocity
  • Worked closely with the product owner to develop prioritized backlogs and user stories which improved overall efficiency and team cohesion.
  • Removed impediments for the team which improved team velocity by more than 50%.
  • Worked with Leadership, Scrum Team, and other Scrum Masters to grow within the role and help the team.

Education

Georgian College
Barrie, ON

Post Graduate Diploma from Project Management

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And Technology
Kumasi, Ghana

Bachelor of Science from Urban Planning And Design
10.2015

Opoku Ware School
Kumasi, Ghana

High School Diploma

Accomplishments

    Dean List - Georgian College

  • Achieved a GPA of more than 84% in all my semester for the course.
  • Worked closely with professors and advisors to complete assigned tasks and activities.

Skills and Certifications

 

  • Strong Knowledge in Jira, Kanban Boards, Ms Project, Microsoft Office, Burnup Charts.
  • Advanced Knowledge in Information Technology (IT)
  • Agile Mindset
  • Project Management Professional (In View)
  • Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)

Timeline

Store Manager

Santa'Ville
09.2022 - 01.2023

Project Manager

MTN Group Limited
09.2020 - 08.2022

Scrum Master

Absa Bank
04.2018 - 08.2020

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And Technology

Bachelor of Science from Urban Planning And Design
10.2015

Georgian College

Post Graduate Diploma from Project Management

Opoku Ware School

High School Diploma
OWURA AGYEI