Ralph Hohls Email & Phone Number

Johannesburg, Gp, Za

Johannesburg Metropolitan Area

Johannesburg Metropolitan Area

City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

South Africa

Commercial and financial control in the start-up and incubation phase of a new SVOD (Subscription Video on Demand) service. This offering comprises a turnkey platform to mobile network operators, complete with content sourcing, front-end application & operator billing integration.Key activities include : Efficient control of ~$15m budget globally over 3 years Monitoring and control of spend within the start-up, ensuring, among other tasks - OPEX forecasts were maintained, and - Content licensing costs were controlled and reported back to studios - inter-company accounting managing cost flows Financial reporting - Forecast vs actuals reporting back into Ericsson Nuvu UK legal entity business case & establishment - Obtained group CFO approval to setup a legal entity in the UK for Nuvu. This was achieved by building a comprehensive business case measuring the start-up revenue/cost projections against UK taxation and other legal considerationsVendor management - Managing vendor relationships, Ericsson vendor portal setup & accounts payable management which was based centrally in the PhilippinesContract, legal & regulatory management - Oversight and co-ordination with corporate legal teams to draw up customer and agency contracts - Discussions & negotiations with government regulators and film & publication boards across sub-Saharan AfricaCommercial governance internal and external - End to end responsibility for managing governance of a business unit within Ericsson group, across sales, commercial, finance, legal, regulatory, sourcing and other Ericsson functional units globally

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

I recently spent time at a startup VOD service called Nuvu, but after 3 years the venture was terminated While I spend time volunteering at the SPCA I am open to new opportunities in the business, commercial and operational management domains.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Main responsibility is to pro-actively support the management team to reach both short and long term financial targets of the business unit.The role focuses on governing, delivering, and improving the strategic position of the unit (market, profit, cash) as well as on delivering the unit's shorter term financial and operational performance and targetKey activities I fulfilled as part of monthly financial update to C-level, included:- Orders and Sales forecast management with sales group- Unit balance sheet management covering cashflow, and other current asset items such as Inventory, work-in-progress and unbilled sales

Stockholm, Sweden

Providing global support for Ericsson Sales units across regions covering North Western Europe, Nordic & Baltic countries and Iberia.Responsible for driving commercial directives and sales support for Business Unit Multimedia solutions across the regions.Business case development for charging system upgrades across aforementioned territories

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Main focus is to support Ericsson sales teams on commercial/business issues on offers made to our customers, specifically in the VAS, Billing, Multimedia domain. Responsibility for maintaining price levels across market unit Sub-Saharan Africa, evaluating alternative business models.Proposal management

This role included a line management function covering a small team of 5 people. The staff comprised price management and proposal coordination resources.The specific area of responsibility required the filtering of sales opportunities for the multimedia business unit, coordinating proposal & solution pricing management wit the aim of ensuring the highest possible quality of sales offers given the deadlines.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Salesman of the Year 2006! New Sales hunting position, driving "greenfields" opportunities as well as churning customers across to the Orion VOIP platform.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Driving new sales within the IT instructor-led training arena