Technology leadership
Key Achievements
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Multiple successful technology projects - UK-wide and global Business Intelligence (BI), Business Performance Management (BPM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution implementations across finance, procurement, HR, operations
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At turnaround, bespoke eprocurement key controls and process enhancements prevented cash haemorrhaging (£m)
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Data quality - manufacturing ERP database clean-up enabled product line decisions to continue / discontinue production
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Vendor selections for global performance and reporting solutions saved £1.5m on RFP licensing and other costs
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Mentored BI Strategy development using Gartner and Butler Group resources including Analysts involvement
Capabilities
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Key business and finance representative on technology initiatives to ensure delivery of 'business solutions' (not just technical implementations), with emphasis on 'fit for purpose' and performance assurance
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Alignment of technology with business objectives, for example:
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eprocurement enhancements
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Data quality 'clean-ups'
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Lasting, value-adding, intelligent solutions
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Comprehensive requirements analysis, technology selection and implementation
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'Quantum leap' reliability, accuracy, certainty, confidence and availability of diverse financial and statistical information from BI and BPM solutions, over that of large and cumbersome spreadsheet, Access database and manual systems
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Systems coverage includes, and is not restricted to:
Business Performance Management and Business Intelligence tools (e.gs. Cognos, Hyperion, Cartesis, Comshare, Adaytum, Geac)
BI and BPM solutions source data from disparate (especially legacy) systems to permit business users direct access to key performance information using powerful web enabled tools for investigation, analysis, reporting and decision making
Cartesis Magnitude and Comshare FDC consolidation and analysis tools
ERP packages: Oracle and BPCS
General Ledger packages: Sage, Sun, CODA, amongst others
Standard laptop and desktop platforms.
Reference Client Assignments (a selection)
Please note: there are usually two or more services used at each assignment, the paragraphs below show only the aspects of each client assignment relevant to each service
PartyGaming
Oracle eBusiness project implementing Finance, Procurement and HR modules, country project management for Bulgaria, Israel and UK
easyJet
Cognos tools implementation of business critical performance management and reporting system for Board
Danoptra Limited
£2m change programme for Head Office covering IT data centre and communications infrastructure, business process changes, drafted Group IT Strategy (digital content and data centre focus) using the Gartner IT Strategy framework, project managed the re-design and streamlining of the bespoke e-procurement system and process with potential multi-million pound cost savings due to new key controls
TwiningsOvo Group
Led an international project team of 10 through vendor selection, ‘total cost of ownership’ (TCO) processes to select a global performance and reporting solution, using a ‘standard model’ design and implementation approach (vendor toolsets and data warehouse), full WAN and data centre architecture, BI Strategy development, mentored TwiningsOvo staff, Gartner and Butler Group BI and BPM technical and Analyst resources, Cognos was successful, savings of ~£1.5m on initial RFP offerings
Tyco Healthcare
Project managed BPCS manufacturing ERP implementation (concurrently with turnaround), working closely with central IT, coached 6 high dependency staff with new system responsibilities, cleaned up ‘dirty’ manufacturing database enabling
Whitbread PLC
Challenging and successful project management of Adaytum Planning (now called Cognos Planning) system implementation for a £1.1b turn-over restaurants division, undertaken during structural change – major reorganisation and office relocation, managed from scoping to implementation, using a template approach for all concepts or brands
Hilton Group plc
Fast take-up of project management of a troubled Cartesis Magnitude project (consolidation, forecasting and reporting), led a re-base lining process, re-instated project disciplines by workstream, created project plan of way forward, refocused the infrastructure team on bandwidth and latency end user concerns, moth-balled the project due to the Hotels division takeover by Hilton Hotels Corporation (USA).
George Wimpey (UK) Ltd.
Co-project managed a business performance management (BPM) Geac MPC (Management Planning and Control) systems implementation, including third party LogicaCMG management, team of 7, rescued the project from negative project performance issues and two re-phasings, managed the 120+ MPC user community computer configuration, training and roll out to obtain buy-in
Forsell & Littleton Spinning Group
Sage Line 100 development.