Magnus Brownlees

Experience

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  Turn Developments and Manufacturing

  Jan 2005 - Dec 2008

  Key Accounts Manager

  Multi functional Role in a Window and Door Manufacturer.New business development. In commercial and residential market. business to business and business to consumer.Project Management. Handling large scale projects over six month periods from signing contract to payment of invoiceFinancial Accounting. Using accounting packages including pastel, omni and recently SAP.Strategic financial management. Presenting profit and loss, cash flow projections and monthly overheads and expenditure.Production management & Warehouse management. Stream lining production lines and managing quality and safety. Developing and managing goods in and goods out process. Show less

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  British Standards Institute

  Feb 2009 - Mar 2009

  Customer Service

  British Standards Institute, Customer ServiceThis Role Involved handling conference clients and customers emails regarding purchasing publications.I helped develop a management auditing tool as part of a small team. This required analyzing data flow and mapping user interfaces.I helped programme function using Visual Basic programming software.

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  Success On Hold

  May 2009 - Aug 2009

  Senior Sales Representative

  This Role includes the following functions.Cold call prospecting, reaching marketing executives and CIO's to schedule sales appointmentsSales presentations, discussing our solutions benefits and how we resolve the customers problems.Account management, recording customer faults and ensuring that technitians resolve issues in a timely manner.

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  Quadrem

  Aug 2009 - Oct 2012

  As a Sales and Business Analyst for Quadrem Africa. I work with large volumes of data provided by our buyer customers, such as Anglo American, BHP Billiton and Sasol. To provide our account managers and directors with a strategic picture of potential revenue. My analytical role also includes using various sources of data to give my directors enough valuable information to make strategic decisions.Working closly with the sales department, I generate addittional revenue for my firm by identifying untapped sources of revenue. Show less

  • Supplier Administrative Manager - Special Projects

    Feb 2011 - Oct 2012

  • Sales & Business Analyst

    Apr 2010 - Feb 2011

  • Sales Agent

    Aug 2009 - Mar 2010
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  Ariba

  Jan 2012 - Mar 2013

  Project Manager

  As a Project Manager at Ariba I manage projects with various customers, including Anglo American, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. Ariba engages these customers to manage and deliver IT Procurement related technical and operational implementation projects. As a project manager I perform some of the following roles:- Scope Management including identifying project deliverables and managing changes to scope.- Schedule management including identifying dependencies and critical path.- Quality Managment including quality assurance.- Ensuring Budget is not exceded Show less

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  Sage ERP Africa

  Apr 2013 - Jul 2017

  Sage ERP Africa engages in direct ERP implementation with large customer. I run a portfolio of ERP implementation project with internal and external project managers reporting into me. This role includes: - Project Portfolio management- Contract management and scope definition.- Account and customer relationship management- Sub-contractor management.- Project Manager support.- Managing the budget of individual projects and the project portfolio- Resource scheduling across implementation projects. Show less As a project manager at Sage I manage the deployment of the X3 ERP solution across Africa for Unitrans. The role involves managing multiple teams including customer teams, development teams and Sage business partners. My roles as a project manager include : - Scope Management - Ensuring that project deliverables are clearly documented and managing scope changes through a change control process. - Schedule Management - Ensuring resources are available for tasks and ensuring that task on the critical path are managed closely. - Quality Management - Ensuring that deliverables are fit for purpose and that quality assurance task are complete. - Budget Management - Ensuring that deliverables are met with in the budget. Show less

  • PMO Head, Programme Manager

    Jan 2014 - Jul 2017

  • Project Manager

    Apr 2013 - Dec 2013
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  Sage

  Jul 2017 - now

  As the Accounting Lead of the Centre of Excellence I support a team of Principle Consultants in the mid market accounting and ERP space. Our focus is on the X3 and Intacct products. The goals of the CoE is to drive the success of our customers and partners by supporting enablement and knowledge transfer. We help design solutions, troubleshoot complex issues and build capability in the Sage eco-system. My roles is to support our Principle consultants in complex engagements, keep developing their skills and experience and build relationships with our customers and partners. Show less

  • Accounting Lead Centre of Excellence - X3 & Intacct

    Oct 2020 - now

  • Engagement Manager / Business Analyst Team Lead

    Jul 2017 - Oct 2020