Lenore Brander Email & Phone Number

Johannesburg Metropolitan Area

Leading and managing the digital technology project management function.

South Africa

Leading delivery of technology projects and programmes of work for customers. Owning end-to-end management, team management and delivery while focusing on driving business value.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Role requires working closely with marketing, digital and sales business functions to manage program and portfolio demands, lead the execution of customer and commercial engagement and implement solutions that drive business results and growth for Philip Morris South Africa and Reunion Island. Includes researching digital capabilities e.g. Salesforce and advising internal customers how to address challenges and leverage unseen opportunity to achieve ROI.

Kraków Area, Poland

Technology services for PMI affiliates in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. I was seconded to this division for an 18-month management role and opportunity to build and hone my leadership skills.• Lead activation team that manages digital deployments for wide variety of PMI affiliates.• Manage stakeholders and delivery execution.• Working with product owners to develop roadmap plans and deployment of new features.• Strategic inputs in governance board, and department project meetings to ensure successful route to market.• Manage team effectiveness and continued upskilling

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Lead IT system analyst supporting all commercial activities. • IT Project management for sales, marketing and business intelligence • Working with software vendors to stabilize commercial portfolio • Build further system analyst capabilities and upskilling on application support outsourced unit • Implement service management practices across the teams.• Performed Process, Quality, and System Audits. Consulted regularly with vendors as well as internal and external customers, on project status, proposals and technical issues.• Developing technical processes (SQL, BI, Scripting) • Facilitated Training Sessions for new and existing employees.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

• Business development proposals for new products and features (conveyancing, property24).• Requirements discovery interviews to understand their needs and recommend technological improvements.• Developed process mapping of current and future business processes.• Lead project teams, internal and external, to achieve project defined milestones and deliverables.• BA for agile teams

Cape Town Area, South Africa

• Develop business requirements for clients (e.g. Vodacom, Altech Groups, CNBC Africa) and ensure the development teams meet these business needs.• Lead business analysis and project management for high priority projects for key account clients.• Ensure the successful implementation with developers and testers. • Planned and executed solutions and services through robust project management.• Develop business analysis capabilities and onboarding BA’s.• Monitored projects on an ongoing basis, evaluating progress and quality, managing issue resolution and taking corrective action as necessary.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

• Consultant and technical implementation (Custom SQL and Oracle development programming) aligned to business requirements.• Provide application support of bulk operations - Retek Oracle Merchandising.• Continuous improvement and enhancements.• Represent the IT team in service management implementation and client operational meetings.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

• Custom development SQL and Web development for multiple projects

Bachelors Degree, Information Technology Management

National Diploma, Software Development

Postgraduate Degree, Management Practice

Advanced Risk Management

Developing strategic foresight and practical skills needed to navigate today’s complex risk landscapes effectively within the business.