CPG · A-Sha Foods USA

GTM Product Launches

A-Sha Foods

Supported product development and go-to-market execution for a fast-growing Asian food brand. Coordinated cross-functional teams, managed timelines, and helped translate business needs into clear requirements and launch-ready deliverables.

Role Associate Product Manager
Timeline Jul — Dec 2023
Focus Go-to-Market & Product Dev
Channels Retail & DTC
6 Month intensive tenure
3+ Product launches supported
1st Structured GTM process built

The Mission

A-Sha Foods is a premium Asian noodle brand scaling rapidly in the US market. They were growing fast but lacked the structure to keep up — launches felt improvised, handoffs got lost, and no one had a clear picture of where things stood.

They needed someone to bridge the gap between product vision and execution. I stepped in to build the systems that would make launches repeatable, not just survivable.

Building from Zero

There was no playbook when I arrived. No templates, no standardized timelines, no single source of truth for launch status. So I built it — piece by piece — while simultaneously supporting active product launches.

01

Team Coordination

Coordinating cross-functional teams across product development, marketing, operations, and logistics

02

Timeline Management

Managing milestones and deliverables to keep launches on track

03

Spec Development

Translating business needs into clear, actionable product requirements and specs

04

Creative Support

Supporting packaging and creative development with product-level input and competitive benchmarks

05

Analytics

Building dashboards and internal reports to track performance and surface insights

06

GTM Alignment

Aligning pricing, packaging, and go-to-market timelines across retail and DTC channels

07

Documentation

Creating structured handoff materials so nothing fell through the cracks

Built the company's first structured go-to-market process from scratch — and the team kept using it after I left.

Creating Clarity

In a startup moving this fast, my biggest contribution was clarity. I focused on creating structure where there was none — requirement templates, review cadences, status dashboards — so every stakeholder knew exactly what was expected and when.

The goal wasn't to slow things down with process. It was to remove the ambiguity that was already slowing things down. When everyone can see the plan, everyone can move faster.

What I Left Behind

First GTM Process The company's first structured go-to-market process — still in use after my departure
3+ Launches Delivered Product launches shipped across retail and DTC channels
Standardized Templates Requirement templates that reduced launch timeline ambiguity
Live Dashboards Performance dashboards giving leadership real-time visibility into post-launch metrics
Lasting Workflows Documentation and workflows that improved cross-functional coordination permanently
On-Time Delivery Launch-ready materials delivered on schedule in a resource-constrained startup environment