Seller 256871 - Chichester, W. Sussex, UK
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| Hourly Rate: | £62.50 | |
| Available From: | Now | |
| Overview: | Business Consultant / Project Manager, results / delivery focused, experience in operational, consulting and project management roles. Excellent coordinator / structured and pragmatic, yet creative | |
CV
| Business Consulting • Due diligence of operational, financial, technical strategy and processes • Development of business cases for transformation projects • Process design, re-design and improvement based on expected benefits aligned with business case and client strategy • Design and delivery of work shops, training and communication events • Development of end to end solutions for in-house shared and outsourced HR and payroll services as well as other general support functions Project Management • Management of Project budget, technical, functional internal and client resources on a variety of UK and EMEA-wide transformation implementations • Implementation and management of Project support, resource management and administrative service solutions based on business case and agreed scope • Implementation of in-house and outsourced solutions within agreed budget, timescales and scope Service Delivery • Team management and development, including recruiting; induction; coaching; mentoring; reward and compensation • Experience in development of SLAs and performance management • Ability to drive client satisfaction and improvements through effective SLA management • Creation and delivery of services to internal clients that delivered increased external client satisfaction and revenue |
Employment History
(Sep 2003 to Mar 2008)
Director, Professional Services
EMEAPrimary objective : As part of the HR Transformation Services group provide consulting and project management services to clients. These included:
• Due diligence activities to determine solutions
• Assisted with development of Bid responses to Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Proposal (RFP).
• Development of best practice outsourced HR / payroll processes based on agreed scope of services aligned with client strategy
• Design of internal processes and methods for process transformation and project management groups
• Facilitation of client process design and requirements workshops
• Project lead for HRBPO initiatives across EMEA region, SAP HR / payroll and Best of Breed (BoB) HR systems (e.g. Vurve, SuccessFactors, third party pay engines)
• Oversee solutions delivery to clients
• Recruited and managed staff, including mentoring, training and performance development planning and management, compensation and reward
Deliverables included : Bid / information responses; Business Case / Solutions documents; Work Shops; Blueprints; Business Requirements Documents; Global and Local Processes; Change and Communications Plans; Project Plans (levels 1-3, 4 delivered by BAs and FAs); Progress reports; Risk, Issue and Change Tracking and Management; Internal Improvement Recommendations; Project Manager’s Handbook (Methodology and Processes)
(Jan 2001 to Aug 2003)
Principal, Professional Services
EMEAPrimary objective : As part of AGC, the ADP professional services group, provide consulting and project management services to clients. These included:
• Coordination of sales efforts, included leading pre-sales consulting workshops and input to bids and proposal responses (RFIs and RFPs)
• Development of vendor management SLA’s, pricing model and regular review / planning
• Carried out client strategic, technical, functional and financial reviews
• Development and delivery of client process workshops
• Led EMEA-wide payroll and payroll interface projects, several pay engines with SAP, PeopleSoft and Oracle as HRIS
Deliverables included : Strategic analysis; Solutions Recommendations; Business case; Work Shops; Pre-sales Presentations; Blueprint Documents; Data Conversion Analysis; Interface Development Work (functional); Service Level Agreements; Project Plans (levels 1-2, 3-4 delivered by BAs and TAs); Progress Reports; Risk, Issue and Change Tracking and Management; Prince2 Based internal methodology and processes
(May 1995 to Dec 2000)
Business Support Manager
Sun Microsystems, UKPrimary objective : Investigate areas for improvement; develop business case for process / function / resource change; implement solution and manage to stability and hand over.
• Established Project Support Office (PSO); Tiered Supplier approach combined with Tiered Resource Management function; Shared and remote general administrative services
• Worked in a team to create Project Handbook; communications collateral and events
• Worked with Legal and suppliers to negotiate terms and establish review process
• Developed communications and change plans
• Developed and delivered Induction Programme
• Project managed the implementation of all recommended internal service solutions
• Recruited and managed staff, including mentoring, training, performance development planning and management and reward and compensation
• Assisted with leading the Company-wide ISO qualification review and maintenance including managing BSI and Gallup relationships
• Project coordination including plans; issues, risks and change logs; highlight and checkpoint reporting; quality reviews; lessons learned and configuration management
Deliverables included : Business Cases; Methods and Processes; Revenue Earning PSO; Prince2- based Project Handbook; Supplier Contracts; Supplier Review Agreements; Induction Plan and Training Content; Efficient Resource Management Group; External and Internal Customer Satisfaction Surveys
(May 1990 to Apr 1995)
General Administration Manager
Sonardyne, UKPrimary objective : Provide sales administration services, manage administrative services, including sales ordering, reception and shipping (domestic and export) services
• Developed procedures and SLAs for administrative services
• Transformed all administrative services into an in-house shared service model
• Developed and implemented company-wide performance appraisal process
• Recruited and managed staff, including mentoring, training and development planning and reward and compensation
• Led implementation of sales order processing and client contact management systems
Deliverables included : Sales Order Handbook; Administrative procedures; Appraisal System; Sales Order and Client Contact Management processes
Professional Qualifications
| Prince2 Practioner |
Education
(Feb 1996 to Oct 2002)
Open University
BA (Hons) (Open) - Social Science and Business Management
Professional Diploma in Management
Professional Certificate in Management
Diploma in Gender and Development
Categories & Skills
HR/Training & Development
Categories
Skills
- Analysis (Organisation)
- Change Management (Corporate/HR Strategy)
- Communication Strategy (Corporate/HR Strategy)
- Culture Assessment (Corporate/HR Strategy)
- Culture Change (Corporate/HR Strategy)
- Design (Organisation)
- Development (Organisation)
- Employee Surveys (Corporate/HR Strategy)
- Ethics (Corporate/HR Strategy)
- HR Infrastructure (Corporate/HR Strategy)
- HR Operations (Corporate/HR Strategy)
- HR Process Design (Corporate/HR Strategy)
- HR Strategy (Corporate/HR Strategy)
- Interim Management (Corporate/HR Strategy)
- Organisation (Corporate/HR Strategy)
- Outsourcing Strategy (Corporate/HR Strategy)
- Private Sector (Corporate/HR Strategy)
- Progression Planning (Corporate/HR Strategy)
- Public Sector (Corporate/HR Strategy)
- Restructuring (Organisation)
- Social Responsibility (Corporate/HR Strategy)
- Staff Morale (Corporate/HR Strategy)
IT & Internet
Categories
Skills
- £1M to £5M (Project Value)
- £500K to £1M (Project Value)
- 20 to 50 (Staff (numbers))
- Change (Process)
- Change Management (Project Management)
- Communication All Levels (Project Management)
- Design (Process)
- Enterprise Systems (Project Management)
- Excel (Microsoft)
- Full Project Lifecycle (Project Management)
- Functional Documentation (Project Management)
- Leadership
- Man Management (Project Management)
- Managing Suppliers (Project Management)
- Mapping (Process)
- Mentoring (Project Management)
- Microsoft (Project Management)
- Multinational Organisation (Project Management)
- PowerPoint (Microsoft)
- PRINCE2
- Private Sector (Project Management)
- Process (Project Management)
- Project (Microsoft)
- Project Initiation Document (Project Management)
- Project Management (Project Management)
- Project Office Management (Project Management)
- Project Support (Project Management)
- Project Value (Project Management)
- SAP
- SLA's (Project Management)
- Staff (numbers) (Project Management)
- Up to £500K (Project Value)
- Visio (Microsoft)
- Word (Microsoft)
Management Consultancy
Categories
Skills
- Business Plan Creation (Project Consultancy)
- Change Management (Project Consultancy)
- Communication All Levels (Project Consultancy)
- Contract Management
- Course Delivery (Training)
- Course Design (Training)
- Customer Care (Business Consulting)
- Excel (Microsoft)
- HR (Project Consultancy)
- HR Plans (HR Consulting)
- HR Policies (HR Consulting)
- HR Strategy (HR Consulting)
- Lean Processes
- Man Management (Project Consultancy)
- Mentoring (Project Consultancy)
- Microsoft
- Multinational Organisation (Project Consultancy)
- Multi-National Organisations
- Needs Analysis (Training)
- Operations Analysis (Business Consulting)
- PowerPoint (Microsoft)
- Process Change (Project Consultancy)
- Process Design
- Process Mapping
- Project (Microsoft)
- Project Initiation Document (Project Consultancy)
- Project Management (Project Consultancy)
- Project Office Mgmt (Project Consultancy)
- Project Support (Project Consultancy)
- Recruitment - Staff (HR Consulting)
- Risk Analysis
- Risk Management
- SLA's (Project Consultancy)
- Team Building (HR Consulting)
- Training (HR Consulting)
- Visio (Microsoft)
- Word (Microsoft)
- Workshop Management (Project Consultancy)
Sales/Account Management
Categories
Skills
- B2C
- Bid Preparation (Proposals/Bids & Tenders)
- Excel (Microsoft)
- Lotus
- Microsoft
- Notes (Lotus)
- Outlook (Microsoft)
- PowerPoint (Microsoft)
- Presentation Delivery
- Presentation Preparation
- Solution Sales
- Tender Preparation (Proposals/Bids & Tenders)
- Word (Microsoft)

