Joel Kojo Abaka Anaman Email and Phone Number
Since 2016, I have been in product advisory and strategy roles outside my 9-5 but in 2020, something happened!😮💨 I had reached a tipping point in my commercial pharmacy career because my industry inherently hampered innovationSo I took the risk to transition out and get my hands dirty with building products. This single action had me launching 8 web and mobile products across multiple domains: logistics, healthcare service delivery, e-Commerce, AI (LLMs) and talent developmentMy product discovery skills and ability to carry engineering team and stakeholders along throughout the product development process are my strongest suitsCurrently, I work with a cross-functional team of engineers, designers and business stakeholders at Axmed to develop a novel Marketplace that aggregates demand on pharmaceuticals to achieve economies of scale and boost access to high-quality medicines in LMICsBefore that, I led strategy and delivery on mPharma’s B2B inventory management and logistics products to elevate medication ordering and delivery experience for 500+ businesses across Africa🛠️ Key skillsProduct strategy | Product roadmapping | Data analytics | Product discovery | User research | Prototyping | Product requirements gathering | Product launch | Go-To-Market Strategy (GTM) | 3rd-Party Integrations | LLMs🧠 Domain knowledgeHealthcare | Service delivery | Logistics | Recruitment | Talent management and development | Social media | Sales | AI | B2B & B2C product management😍 Fun factsI’m part of an A cappella group and a lover of puns 🔭 Need my expertise on your product? Reach out: joelanaman@outlook.com🤖 AI products: https://quant.mande.ai | https://goals.mande.ai🚀 Take your career to the next level : https://www.mycareerwheel.com/our-solutions
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Senior Product ManagerAxmed Sep 2024 - PresentAs Senior Product Manager of Axmed’s lean tech team, I have the privilege of guiding a distributed team comprising of engineers, a designer, legal, regulatory and finance colleagues to innovate around demand aggregation of pharmaceuticals and supply across multiple LMICs to achieve economies of scale with local and global manufacturers, making medications accessible to patients.
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Founder/Lead Product ManagerMande Dec 2021 - PresentMande is the intelligent career operating system for busy professionals• Defined Mande’s vision and strategy, created and owned the product roadmap and led efforts across engineering, design and marketing to launch a landing page which acquired 500+ organic signups in a month.• Integrated analytics into the prototype, performed A/B testing to understand user behaviour and leveraged usage data to prioritize 3 features and 3 user segments for the MVP.• Influenced the design of Mande MVP and eliminated 80% of steps in the user journey by capturing feedback from 40+ customers and iterating on Mande’s prototype using this qualitative data.• Led efforts across engineering, design, and marketing to build and launch Mande to Private Beta to 30+ users and analyzed several Hotjar recordings to observe user behavior and extract insights for the next iteration. -
Senior Product ManagerMpharma Mar 2023 - Sep 2024RemoteAt mpharma, I lead the development of a suite of B2B logistics products to fuel a multimillion dollar business, streamlining the ordering and delivery experience for our 500+ customers across West, East and Southern Africa. I collaborate closely with an engineering manager, software engineers (Frontend and backend), a data engineer and data analysts to make healthcare accessible -
Careers,Skills Building And Employability ConsultantCorrelation One Jan 2023 - Aug 2024New York, United StatesDelivering best-in-class career navigation support to Amazon employees to transition seamlessly into STEM roles. -
Product ManagerCareer Wheel Jan 2020 - Feb 2023GhanaCareer Wheel empowers black professionals across Africa, Europe and North America to tell their career stories in the language employers understand. We have served 400+ clients 😉 • Boosted annual revenue by 100%+ and processed transactions for 50+ customers globally by integrating embedded financial services into Career Wheel’s website to streamline international payments and billing.• Developed and tracked 4 KPIs to drive strategy and success for the operations team. This generated insights to restructure the pricing of 6 service-based products and boost margins by 36% - 60%.• Architected self-serve onboarding experience for customers to eliminate up to 30 minutes delays by automating the collection of client data using Jotform. NPS of 72 achieved with 0 detractors recorded.• Delivered improvement in service processes by tapping feedback from customers to introduce asynchronous workflows using Google Drive. This helped achieve Service Quality ratings of 90%+.• Designed an end-to-end Career Navigation Product and coached talents into global remote roles securing $1m in annual income by leveraging deep understanding of international hiring and compliance space.Tools used: Notion, Slack, JIRA, Trello, Google Workspace -
RecruiterWave Mobile Money Dec 2021 - Mar 2022United Kingdom• Vetted and prepared documentation to extend offers to 2 high-priority hires using knowledge acquired on different compensation and benefits packages for in-country and remote roles.• Collaborated with internal stakeholders to gather requirements about ideal candidates for 2 remote roles and contributed to the development of a clear job description to enhance candidate experience. -
Product ManagerFreelance Dec 2020 - Nov 2021RemoteTuoZaafi (TZ) is a well-known, delicious staple food originating from Northern Ghana. The sauce that accompanies TZ makes it ideal for home consumption because of its oily and sticky nature. Muna TuoZaafi is redefining where TZ should be consumed by making it available in a manner that is convenient for the everyday corporate individual.• Accelerated market entry for the product (Muna TuoZaafi) by sourcing a unique product packaging material while slashing off 66% of initial packaging budget.• Reimagined product design by introducing a table mat to mitigate risk of table stains and deliver exceptional experience. 100+ positive product reviews recorded in the first 2 months of launch.• Developed Muna TuoZaafi’s brand story in collaboration with the CEO to be aired on a TV channel with nationwide reach. This traction caused 4x growth in revenue the following week.
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Summer Project InternUk Renal Registry Jun 2021 - Sep 2021United KingdomDeveloped a python algorithm using Damerau Levenshtein distance to facilitate cleaning of 10,000s of drug names. As an MVP, this will be iterated to support audits and the generation of data insights for the renal registry. -
Medical Representative/Product ManagerProcter & Gamble Dec 2018 - Sep 2020AccraAfter Merck's acquisition by P&G, I continued my role as medical representative and product manager. In addition to this, I delivered regulatory support to the team by building and maintaining relationships different regulatory stakeholders to promote operational efficiency.Key Product-related achievements• Collaborated with internal teams and communicated with external stakeholders at the FDA to intercept the impoundment of a $126K+ import. Sales team achieved 2019 Q1 KPI and I won Rookie of the Year Award.• Developed product documentation on 4 brands using Microsoft PowerPoint to streamline communication for a 4-member sales team for the engagement of 200+ customers. Annual revenue of $600K+ achieved. -
Medical Representative/Product ManagerMerck Group Apr 2017 - Nov 2018Accra, Greater Accra, GhanaAs a B2B2C salesperson, I built expertise in communicating with multiple stakeholders, mapping stakeholder interests and generating consensus to achieve business results. I also became Product Manager for our flagship product, Seven Seas Cod Liver Oil.Key product-related achievements• Conceptualized a product strategy to address user pain points related to a feature and worked together with the team to roll it out among 300 customers and gather feedback. • Developed KPIs and created a simple scorecard to assess impact of the trial. Product acceptance score was boosted to 80%+ with a projected improvement in recommendations and User Experience (UX).BackgroundProblem/Pain point: The product is oily with a fishy smell, although an effective immune booster. This resulted in poor User Experience (UX). End users often relayed this feedback to our stakeholders and partners who recommended the products in the pharmacy, resulting in low brand acceptance.Manufacturer's solution: The product had this label: "Mix with juice or milk". The stakeholders and partners (pharmacy staff) responsible for recommending this solution to end users had not experienced the mixture themselves. Even if they would want to, it was not going to be on their budget.Solution: Give the stakeholders an opportunity to experience the taste of the mixture with a zero budget on their end. This way, product acceptance is boosted to drive product recommendation to end users.Success metric: Product acceptance score -
Data Analyst/Operations GeneralistMerck Group Oct 2016 - Mar 2017Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana• Created 5 dashboards using Microsoft Excel and analyzed data and KPIs related to the sales team’s goals to assess performance of a 4-member team and facilitate data-driven business decisions.• Automated event registration and forecasted attendance to a marketing program using google forms. Achieved target attendance of 90 participants and 30% savings in total expenditure.
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Social Media InfluencerEchohouse Mar 2015 - Jan 2018East Legon• Collaborated with ~25 microinfluencers to direct online conversations on product offerings from giant brands like Vodafone to drive TOMA.• Executed 20+ social media campaigns across Twitter, Facebook and Instagram with each hashtag trending #1 on Ghana twitter trends list for at least 24 hours. -
Locum PharmacistHealth-Allianz Clinic & Pharmacy Nov 2016 - Jul 2017Adjiriganor, Accra.• Delivered comprehensive pharmaceutical and medical care to ~30 clients daily using excellent patient counselling and active listening skills.• Regularly educated a pharmaceutical support staff on disease management, ethics and customer service to neutralise risk of unethical dispensing of medications and boost quality of service delivery.• Instituted a customer database of 50+ patients and bridged communication gaps through regular contacts and bulk SMS, resulting in a boost in customer loyalty, repeat purchases and revenues.
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Pharmacist Field AnalystSanisphere Jul 2014 - Sep 2016Ghana• Secured acceptance from 40+ pharmacy managers to gather market data and built relationships with 120+ retail pharmacy staff, using multicultural intelligence and interpersonal skills, to seamlessly gather market data.• Coached 5 new analysts in 2016 to optimise their analytical abilities, data gathering performance and strategies in securing acceptance from decision-makers in assigned retail channels; all the analysts met their targets.• Emerged as 2015 analyst with highest data gathering activity in 3 months following analysis of live transactions to assess market performance of local and multinational pharmaceutical brands.• Increased partner pharmacy base by 200% resulting in an 8.2% growth in the total number of observation posts in 2014. -
Teaching And Research AssistantUniversity Of Ghana Sep 2015 - Jun 2016Korle-Bu/Legon• Served as the first Teaching and Research Assistant of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology to work with University of Ghana Medical School.• Premiered a mentorship program with 12 colleagues to help freshmen build a culture of resilience and optimise their academic performance.• Delivered theory and practical tutorials in pharmacology to a total of 110 medical and pharmacy students.• Provided research and academic guidance to 4 students to secure grade ‘A’ in their final pharmacology project work. -
Pharmacist InternKorle-Bu Teaching Hospital Oct 2015 - Dec 2015Accra, Ghana.• Audited 30 prescriptions daily and delivered pharmaceutical counselling to patients using diverse communication techniques to drive medication adherence and healthcare outcomes.• Contributed to pharmaceutical service delivery of the Medical Pharmacy Department to 100+ patients daily by developing competency in the use of the pharmacy IT system in the 1st week.• Collaborated with a 10-member cross-functional team including doctors, pharmacists, nurses, nutritionists and psychologists to deliver clinical care to up to 20 in-patients by developing tailored pharmaceutical care plans.• Delivered a presentation on heart failure, diabetes, malaria and anti-platelet therapy to ~60 pharmacists while collaborating with a team of 2 pharmacy interns.
Joel Kojo Abaka Anaman Skills
Joel Kojo Abaka Anaman Education Details
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Second Class Upper (Gpa 3.23/4.0)
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United States Pharmacopoeial (Usp) Convention, Ghana.Pharmacy Administration And Pharmacy Policy And Regulatory Affairs -
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Frequently Asked Questions about Joel Kojo Abaka Anaman
What company does Joel Kojo Abaka Anaman work for?
Joel Kojo Abaka Anaman works for Axmed
What is Joel Kojo Abaka Anaman's role at the current company?
Joel Kojo Abaka Anaman's current role is Product Manager building B2B & B2C products to boost access to healthcare and employability in LMICs | Supply Chain & Logistics | Skills Development | Career Coach:$1.5m secured for African talents in tech | Ex-recruiter.
What schools did Joel Kojo Abaka Anaman attend?
Joel Kojo Abaka Anaman attended University Of Southampton, University Of Washington, University Of Ghana, United States Pharmacopoeial (Usp) Convention, Ghana., Accra Academy.
What skills is Joel Kojo Abaka Anaman known for?
Joel Kojo Abaka Anaman has skills like Leadership, Career Management, Powerpoint, Public Speaking, Dance, Swimming, Microsoft Powerpoint, Clinical Research, Data Analysis, Career Development Coaching, Negotiation, Resume Writing.
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