$100

Hourly Consulting Rate

Sheila Maravanyika

Independent Consultant

Industry Experience

Information Technology/IT

Location Supported

Malawi

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Languages Supported

English

Skills

  • Technical consultant
  • Functional consultant
  • Project management

Product Specialization

  • Sage X3
  • Sage 200 Evolution

About

I am a hardworking individual who has worked for more than 15 years as a Sage Consultant, from implementing and supporting Sage Line 500, Sage 1000, Sage 200, and Sage X3. I have implemented more than 8 X3 projects successfully as stated in my curriculum vitae and I am also a good team player who is results-oriented.

Top Project Highlights

Project A

Implementation of Sage X3 Financials and Distributions for a Clothing Retail company comprising of 4 entities and 135 branches, comprehensive information gathering since some of the processes could not be achieved through standard functionality, developments had to be done to cater for the installment calculations as well as purchase receipts by style, or the style and size matrix. This was a big project but we managed to complete it and it is currently running smoothly

Project B

Financials implementation at a Cement Manufacturing company, this was a move from Sage 1000 to Sage X3 and involved the designing of the chart of accounts and the accompanying dimensions, creation of different payment types to cater for the existing scenarios and usage of early settlement discounts. The client wanted to make full use of most of the standard system functions with a few changes on the auto journals. The project was a success and it is currently running live

Project C

This implementation was for a newspaper company and it involved a lot of devs to cater to the requirements which could not be addressed by the standard X3. It was another successful project which was implemented using the phased approach, that is, standard X3 implementation first as Phase 1 then dev implementations as phase 2 and 3, the project is up and running

Project D

Implementation of Sage X3 for a company comprising of more than 13 subsidiaries, with a maximum of 50 branches in one of the subsidiaries. The implementation was phased by subsidiary and it was all set up and lanched successfully, sage X3 is currently being used by this client

Employment

Business Applications Implementation Specialist

2007 - Present
    • Project Coordination (Truworths, Alpha Media Holdings, ART, Premium Leaf Tobacco)
    • Pre and post-implementation of SAGE Line500 (implemented sites-ATTT, Lafarge Zim, ACR, James North, Olivine Zim,  Barco Chemicals, Net One)
    • Sage X3  successful implementations (Truworths Pvt Ltd , Pharmanova, Zvitambo,ART Group(13 companies)Alpha Media Holdings,Metallon, LaFarge Zimbabwe, Premium Leaf, Manica Post, Bernstein, UTANDE, HONDA, Windmill and Solid.  
    • Sage X3 User training Workshops -(onsite and offsite) and mentorship
    • Presentations and Presales Demonstrations and Utilization/Business Needs Analysis Workshops  and Roadshows
    • Delivery of Proof of Concept and business solution models
    • Designing, Building, setting up/deployment of business solutions, performance monitoring and fine-tuning of
    • Consulting on software/database technology implementation and problem resolution.
    • Upgrading SAGE applications to latest available versions
    • Email and telephone support to clients
    • Research and development and Report Writing
    • Overall database and SAGE support to regional clients on Sage Solutions(Dairibord Malawi, University of Zambia,Olympic Milling,ATTT)
    • SAGE 200 Evolution Implementations, Management(IMEX,FlyCatcher,Probest,Quest,CIPF,Ministry of Agriculture(SIRP/IFAD)) and systems support
    • Pastel Evolution Solutions include:-Agriculture, Municipal, Mining, Horticulture, Pensions Industry, and various others

Education

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
2018-Present

I am currently studying on a block with the Catholic University of Zimbabwe. I have managed t complete Y1S1 and due to pressure from projects I have missed a lot of school,  which has caused me to lag behind

Diploma in Project Management
2013-2013

This diploma in Project management was based on PMBOK and follows the PMP elements. I acquired this diploma through the Project Management Institute of Zimbabwe

HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER STUDIES
1994-1997

The higher national diploma in computer studies was acquired from the Harare Polytechnic and it involved a lot of diverse modules from programming, data structures, data communication, operation research, and a lot of other challenging IT modules.

Certification

Sage X3 Financial Certification Maintenance
2012-Present
Sage X3 Distribution Certification Maintenance
2012-Present

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