Ayanda Nel

Senior Product Manager at M-KOPA · Logistics · routing, supply chain

M-KOPA

Johannesburg, South Africa · SAST (UTC+2)

6+ years experience

Covenant University

English, Afrikaans, German

Open to work

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Overview

Senior Product Manager at M-KOPA, focused on logistics. Took logistics activation from 31% to 58% in three quarters. Into vintage synthesizers.

Good reasons to reach out

Roles in logistics
Thoughtful intros to people in my field
Second opinions on operations decisions

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Generic networking requests
Sales demos

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Skills

SQLoperationssupply chainroutinglast-mile delivery

Open to workLooking for a role

closes in 3 months

Product Manager roles in food delivery - Johannesburg or remote

Target roles: Product Manager
Level: Mid
Industries: B2B SaaS, AI infrastructure
Work mode: Remote
Available: From next quarter
Work authorization: Authorized to work in South Africa
What I'm looking for: Hands-on work on SQL with room to mentor.
Not interested in: Night shifts

6 years in logistics. Strongest at routing and operations. Can start in about six weeks.

Johannesburg, South Africaroutinglast-mile deliverysql

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Experience

Senior Product Manager
Jan 2026 - Present
M-KOPA · 9 mo · Full-time · Johannesburg, South Africa
- Took logistics activation from 33% to 55% in three quarters.
- Ran 125 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
Associate Product Manager
Jan 2023 - Jan 2026
MTN · 3 yr · Full-time · Johannesburg, South Africa
- Cut time-to-first-value for new logistics customers from 11 days to 3.
- Ran 74 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
Associate Product Manager
Oct 2020 - Jan 2023
Absa · 2 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Johannesburg, South Africa
- Took logistics activation from 30% to 52% in three quarters.

Projects

Logistics benchmark

2022

Reproducible benchmarks comparing operations and last-mile delivery on real workloads.

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Education

Covenant University
BEng, Engineering
2015 - 2019

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