Martin Ackermann
Strategy and Business Development (Teacher)
Curriculum: Various kind of bids – Africa tenders,
project proposals, Requests for Tenders,
Managed Services, Outsourcing, Assignments
and Requests for Information
Classmates: Vusa Nyathi, Molemo Mathabathe,
Frances Jordaan, Herman Badenhorst, Charles
Leeming and last, but not the least, Dave Sayer.
Exercise:
Procurement
departments
are becoming a strategic enabler to the
implementation of BEE programs and targets.
The result is that all business is coming out on
tenders for procurement to control the spending to
suppliers. This year we have completed various
bids, commercial proposals and provided Edge
with a way to approach the commercialisation of
innovative ideas.
Marks: All classmates successfully passed the
Dave Sayer
Business Unit Manager
Edge Consulting (Teacher)
final exam and graduated with honours.
EDGE Consulting had a roaring start to the year,
landing two popular portfolios in Vodacom and
MTN. The class achieved this feat while not
allowing their marks to slip in other subjects; well
done, guys!
We lost one of our mates, Sean Collins, to the
Sales Game, but the reshuffle that saw Corne
Lodewyckx, Johan Johst and Valerie Vaaltyn
heading our groups in the Vodacom portfolio has
put us in a strong position going forward.
The latest addition to our curriculum, Wesbank,
is growing in popularity and our invigilators are
doing a sterling job overseeing it.
The Managed Services portfolio is poised for
explosive growth and we are eagerly looking
forward to expanding aggressively in the New
Year.