Magnit (formerly PRO Unlimited) Wins Gold in the 8th Annual 2020 CEO World Awards®

Contingent workforce management leader recognized for its groundbreaking Wand® Vendor Management System..

SAN FRANCISCO - Magnit (formerly PRO Unlimited), a global innovator of contingent workforce management software and services, announced today that the CEO World Awards has named Wand® Vendor Management System (VMS) a Gold winner in the 8th Annual 2020 CEO World Awards.

The CEO World Awards® celebrate the achievements of leaders, executives and their management teams behind the year’s most outstanding initiatives and achievements. This annual awards program recognizes individuals and teams who set industry benchmarks for excellence.

Wand VMS was recognized in the “Best New Product, Service, or Solution of the Year” category. A robust platform for managing the contingent workforce in a simple, intuitive way, Wand provides a true omnichannel experience. It enables managers and program owners to oversee the full lifecycle management of contingent workers, including but not limited to:

• Procuring these workers from staffing suppliers, including scheduling interviews
• Onboarding and review of timecards and expenses
• Management of the full lifecycle of Statement of Work (SOW) engagements
• Building a private talent pool via Wand Talent Network and leveraging it to direct source
• Benchmarking via Magnit's business intelligence module, Wand Discovery

Recent Wand innovations include the industry’s most personalized VMS homepage, the first mobile app designed specifically for suppliers (the Wand Mobile Supplier App), and the incorporation of artificial intelligence. The CEO World Award is the latest of many industry awards Wand has recently garnered, including a 2020 Best in Biz International Award, a 2020 World IT Award, and four 2020 International Business Awards.

“We’re thrilled that the CEO World Awards have recognized the Wand VMS platform with this prestigious honor,” said Kevin Akeroyd, CEO, Magnit (formerly PRO Unlimited). “We look forward to continuing to leverage our highly configurable, holistic technology platform to build a new ecosystem that helps clients reach both their contingent workforce goals and their broader organizational objectives.”

Judges from a broad spectrum of industry voices from around the world participated in evaluating the CEO World Awards entries, and their average scores determined the 2020 award winners. Winners will be celebrated and presented their awards during a virtual awards ceremony in November.

For a complete list of the 2020 CEO World Award winners, visit https://ceoworldawards.com/winners/2020-business-awards-winners/.

About Magnit (formerly PRO Unlimited)
Magnit (formerly PRO Unlimited), through its purely vendor-neutral Managed Services Provider (MSP) and Vendor Management System (VMS) solutions, helps organizations around the world address the costs, risks and quality issues associated with managing a contingent workforce. A pioneer and innovator in the VMS and MSP space, Magnit offers solutions for the procurement and management of contingent labor, 1099/co-employment risk management, and third-party payroll. http://www.magnitglobal.com

About the CEO World Awards 
CEO World Awards are an annual industry and peers recognition program honoring CEOs, executives, entrepreneurs, innovators and their management teams from organizations in every industry and of every size in Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Canada and the USA, Europe, Mexico, the Caribbean & Central and South America, Middle East and Africa. The Annual CEO World Awards is part of the SVUS Awards® recognition program from Silicon Valley in the United States of America. The coveted annual CEO World Awards program encompasses the world’s best in leadership, innovation, organizational performance, new products and services, excellence studies, corporate social responsibility, and milestones from every major industry in the world. Learn more about the CEO World Awards at https://ceoworldawards.com.