Sterling Commerce Strengthens ANZ Sales Team with Client Manager - Retail/Supply Chain Appointment

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Tuesday, 29 May 2007 10:43

Sterling Commerce, the multi-enterprise collaboration company and a subsidiary of AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), has announced the appointment of Josh Brammer as Client Manager, Retail and Supply Chain.
Based in Melbourne, Brammer will be responsible for sales and support of Sterling Commerce’s multi-channel selling and fulfillment solutions among Australia and New Zealand’s large enterprises and government departments.
 
Brammer has ten years’ experience in the IT industry and was formerly Senior Services Delivery Consultant with Sterling Commerce at its headquarters in Ohio where he was instrumental in securing sales in major US retailers, including Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Target, The Gap, Circuit City, The Limited, Victoria’s Secret, DSW, Cabela’s, QVC, and Do It Best. Prior, as Customer Account Manager, he assisted Motorola’s global redeployment of its warehouse management and built executive-level relationships with other Sterling Commerce’s customers including, DHL, AT&T, Toshiba, and The Home Depot.
 
Previously, Brammer worked as a Senior Consultant at Yantra Corporation, a company which had world-leading applications for order management and supply chain visibility and was subsequently acquired by Sterling Commerce.  During this time, he worked closely with the organisation’s partners including Accenture, IBM, Infosys, Wipro, Northrop Grumman, Comergent and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young and researched government, military and retail processes to design and create new best-practice methodologies. Between 2000-2003, Brammer also worked as a Presales Consultant and scoped roadmap design of Yantra’s Distributed Commerce Management solution.
 
“Brammer’s experience in North America working with some of the world’s leading brands will be of immense benefit to Australian retail, manufacturing and telecommunications companies whose supply chains are being impacted by globalisation, outsourcing, and ever-increasing complex logistics networks.  With organisations having to coordinate order fulfillment across extended supplier ecosystems, we look forward to Brammer’s expertise in helping to educate the market on world’s best practice solutions for multi-channel retailing and supply chain visibility which improve both the customer’s experience and a company’s operational efficiency,” said Michael Vulcan, Managing Director Australia New Zealand, Sterling Commerce.
 
Brammer has also worked as a Technical Support Engineer at Novell where he specialised in enterprise messaging software and achieved Certified NetWare engineer for GroupWise and Netware.  He also holds a Bachelor Science in Management from Brigham University, Provo, Utah.

About Sterling Commerce
Sterling Commerce, a subsidiary of AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), helps 80 percent of the FORTUNE® 500 thrive in a global economy by solving complex process integration challenges. The company's innovative software and services integrate customers' systems -- inside and outside the four walls of the enterprise -- so companies can conduct business without borders.  

Sterling Commerce solutions help customers adopt best practices in e-sales, supply chain execution, payment processing and business-to-business integration. The solutions also give executives and front-line managers greater visibility inside and outside the enterprise in order to improve profitability, reduce costs and minimise risk.  

Sterling Commerce enables businesses to innovate key processes in real time, while continuing to deploy ERP or transaction system infrastructures.  With more than 30,000 customers worldwide, Sterling Commerce has unparalleled experience in retail, consumer packaged goods, manufacturing, financial services, supply chain, logistics, and telecommunications. More information on Sterling Commerce can be found at www.sterlingcommerce.com