Key Skills and Attributes:

Project management:

Software Skills:

Delivered Project Management

Consultancy for:

Employment History:

EnfieldPCT

From 18 ^th June 2007 to 28 ^th September 2007 Senior Programme Planner

Assignment Scope:

Enfield PCT, facing significant financial challenges during 2006/07. Following the decision to top slice all London PCTs' growth by 3% in 2006/07 it is unlikely that EPCT will break even.

The brief for this short-term project was to work closely with all the project managers and develop the turnaround project plans and implement a tracking procedure to monitor the projects (Setting up PMO for the Programme).

· Conducting workshops to develop Project Plans for each individual projects - total of 22 projects

· Established the Highlight reporting cycle

· Guided project managers in developing related business plans and associated Project Initiation Documents.

· Liaise with Finance to obtain period actual and forecast

· Working closely with Turnaround Project Director; produced bi-weekly Executive Progress update reports.

· Maintained the programme Risk and Issue register

· Conducting knowledge transfer to the project managers where required.

· Providing fortnightly Programme Highlight report which outline;

· Progress of all projects

· Issues which require escalation

· Actions required by Programme Support Group to assist with delivery of individual Projects

· Process of handover to Project Managers and the Support Team

CEMEX (Rugby Cement)

From 22 ^nd of May 2006 to 15 ^th June 2007 Senior Programme Planner / Project Manager

Assignment Scope:

The brief for this programme was to provide project support (Project Scope work shop, Project Initiation Document and project planning and cost control) for installation of Climafuel units in Barrington and South Ferriby for CEMEX UK.

· To provide similar support as above for installation of New Burner at South Ferriby.

· To provide programme support with a budget of over £20M at Tilbury Port. The high level scope for this programme was to install a new Grinding Mill and all its corresponding equipments (Silos, Loading stations, etc.). The major development areas can be classified as: 1) Civil 2) Mechanical 3) Electrical 4) Change Management 5) IT

Summary of the key activities undertaken for the above programme:

· Run Project Definition Workshops with PMs to produce the relevant PIDs.

· Run planning workshops to initiate key dates /activities / deliverables / milestones / constraints / Risks & Issue.

· Maintained the programme Risk & Issue Register

· Assisted project managers to develop project plans

· Developed the overall department's programme plan

· Timesheet Management - Control and Recording timesheet for Internal Project Team.

· Programme & Project cost control - Monitoring and reporting

· Set up and maintained progress update meetings - (Project plan updates / Updating cross project Milestones status / provide Forecast @ Completion for both cost and delivery date

· Programme Flash report (executive progress report) for Assest Development Director

· To raise purchase requisition and Good receipt using SAP system for 2 projects.

· Tool sets used, Microsoft project / SAP / Excel / PowerPoint / Word / Visio

· Third Party Control Management - Reporting on progress

Department of Health, Commercial Directorate

21 ^st of Nov 2005 to 19 ^th May 2006 Regional Scheme Planner

Assignment Scope:

To assist the Electives Planning Lead and Regional Team leaders in producing quality project plans from issuing of PQQ to mobilisation and beyond, agreeing and identifying key tasks, milestones and deliverables. These plans incorporated all members of Elective Team activities and their corresponding deliverables. Assisted the project team in updating and tracking progress on a regular basis identifying any outstanding deliverables, potential issues or risks and advising accordingly. Assist with the regular and ad hoc Programme requirements.

· Assisted Regional Team Leaders to develop their corresponding scheme plans

· Weekly progress report - Key milestones and impact analysis

· "What if analysis reports" on scenarios for Regional Team leads

· Developed the overall programme plan for Elective and Diagnostic schemes

· Produced resource forecast for all elective schemes (initially - 24 schemes)

· Developed key milestone register

· Tool sets used - Microsoft Project / Word/ Visio/ Excel

Littlewood /Index

8 ^th of Aug 2005 to 18 ^th Nov 2005 Senior Programme Planner

Assignment Scope:

· To develop and implement the IT programme plan for the merger of Littlewoods and Index.

· To train the permanent member of staff to takeover the task.

A synopsis of the activities undertaken is given below:

· Assisted 6 Practice managers (Programme Managers) to develop the corresponding programme plans for - CAM, ZEUS, LOGISTICS, CLOUD, TRADING; applications with multiple subprojects and cross project dependencies.

· Developed and established work package process and procedures

· Managed two junior planners.

· Established the progress schedule and reporting requirements

· Developed the Work package log in excel.

· Progressed the projects & tracking key milestones and Team Timesheet

· Weekly progress report on programme

· Tool sets used - Microsoft Project / Word / Excel.

RugbyCement

8 ^th Dec 2003 to 22 ^nd July 2005 Senior Programme Planner / Project Manager

Assignment Scope:

The contract was divided into two distinct areas 1) to assist 10 project managers to develop their plans and ensure that knowledge transfer took place. Developed the programme plan and coached the programme manager to maintain the plan. 2) To project manage Inbound Logistic Project.

Summary of the activities undertaken is given below:

• Assisted 10 project managers to develop their corresponding plans.
• Run Project Definition Workshops with PMs to produce Project brief.
• Run planning workshops to initiate key dates /activities / deliverables / milestones / constraints / Risks & Issue.
• Maintained the programme Risk & Issue Register.
• Developed the programme plan.
• Developed Project Management / Microsoft Project training notes.
• Run 10 training sessions for PMs and their teams.
• Progress tracking and forecasting.
• Timesheet management - Collect Timesheet from project Team members and update corresponding project plans.
• Programme / Project finance (Budget estimation tracking & Forecasting)
• Developed and maintained Operations Resource outlook profiles
• Managed Inbound Logistics project. They deliverables for this project were: a) To set up process and procedures for inbound logistics b) Set up the tag control system in conjunction with In and Out Weighbridges c) Manage the development of the IT project which under pinned the application. The project was delivered on time and to the budget.
• Tool sets used - Microsoft Project / Excel / Word / Visio

CarlBro

1 ^st June 2003 to 3 ^rd Dec 2003 Programme Planner

Assignment Scope:

The brief for this contract was to develop individual project plans and the overall programme plan for 800 medium size projects for Anglian Water authority. Carl Bro Group was selected to provide technical consultancy as well as management of all the projects for Anglian Water. The main objective of the programme was to replace existing operational but unsupportable outstation hardware with a modern equivalent.

A summary of the activities undertaken is given below:

• Worked alongside the project managers and developed and maintained a 10-month programme of works, based around 800 sites with forty tasks per site.
• Set up the programme structure and corresponding WBS
• Set up the progress cycle schedule and assigned point of contacts for each project.
• Developed Templates in Ms Project for Analysis/Problem solving / progress tracking functions.
• Agreed and carried out programme Baseline with client and internal project managers.
• Tool set used:- Microsoft Project 2000 for planning, Excel and word for reporting and charting the Variance reports.
• Designed and implemented Risk & Issue register and all the processes for the programme. Responsible for maintaining the Risk & Issue register /QA.
• Production of the Programme Summary report for senior project managers.
• Designed and implemented Action Log and Technical Query Register together with all the corresponding processes.

HalifaxBuildingsociety

2 ^nd Oct 2002 to 28 ^th Mar 2003 UAT Project Manager / Business Liaison

Assignment Scope:

This contract involved the UAT phase of the HBoS ATM integration project. A synopsis of the scope of work is given below:

• UAT plan Management - Developed UAT schedule and resource requirement plan.
• Business and IT liaison - Liaison between the business, IT and Group Technology, provided UAT status progress reports and analysis.
• Issue resolution and escalation - Working closely with IT to ensure issues identified are being tracked with the appropriate priority, particularly third party suppliers - Developed risk and issue register using excel for this purpose.
• Tool set used were:- Microsoft Project for planning and Test Director for defect management.

National Housing & Building Council - NHBC

1st June 2000 to 20th December 2002 Programme Support Manager

Assignment Scope:

The contract was to establish a project management structure for the IT department to manage small and large IT development projects.

• Organised and run the weekly programme control meetings
• Review and approve the Project Initiation Documents
• Budget Control and variance analysis
• Designed and implemented Risk & Issue application software
• Developed the IT departments project control processes and procedures
• Reporting progress to the Programme Control Board.
• Review Baseline Change Requests
• Implemented Hydra across the IT Department and taken the Administrator role for this application (includes Project Planning tool and Timesheet System)
• Assist the project manager's to resolve issues and reduce risks
• Project Management Tool set used were: - Project 98 and Hydra

BAE Systems

1st Mar 1999 to 28 of Apr 2000

Project Support and training consultant to Eurofighter Project

Assignment Scope:

The contract was to deploy the Earned Value Management system for the Eurofighter project within British Aerospace Military Aircraft & Aerostructure (MA & A).

• The Baseline and the baseline change processes for the integrated projects.
• Developed template views for executive and operational reports.
• Developed role based training courses that combined the Earned Value Management processes using Open Plan / Cobra project management software.
• Programme plan support.
• Delivered 350 man-days of training for Business managers, Project planners and Technical planners.
• Developed the Earned Value Management quick guide for project managers.
• Provided project support to 30 Project Planners.
• Problem solving and data analysis guidance to Business Managers. "Interpretation of the Cost Performance reports".
• Tool sets used were, Open Plan Professional, Cobra and Microsoft Project 98.

YorkshireElectricity

Mar 98 to 26 ^th Feb 99

Programme Support Manager for Year 2000 Project "DELTA 2000"

Assignment Scope:

• Supporting the project managers to develop corresponding project plans.
• Developed the Master Schedule Programme plan and tracked the progress.
• Produced Key Milestone reports for programme manager "weekly".
• Developed Risk / Issue procedures for DELTA 2000.
• Developed using Microsoft Access a Risk and Issue Management system.
• Provided Risk / Issue reports for the programme manager "weekly".
• Used ITMAP 2000 for Inventory and Year 2000 Progress Control.
• Assisting programme manager with the programme budget maintenance.
• Maintenance and set up of the baseline documents.
• QA the end of stage reports on all the project managers' reports. " 5 Project Managers".
• Working within Prince 2 environment.
• Tool set used was Microsoft Project 98

British Aerospace ®

1996-1998 Planning support and training officer

Brief available on request

Digital Equipment Limited ®

1997 Project Planning Consultant

Brief available on request

Citibank N.A.

Feb 95 to Dec 96 Project Planner and Training Consultant

Brief available on request

Freelance Training

1992 - 1994 Freelance Project Planner and training consultant

Brief available on request

Direct Project Management Ltd.

91 to 92 Director / Training Manager

Brief available on request

Pertmaster International Limited

Nov. 88 to May 91 Course Development Manager/ Northern Training Manager

Brief available on request

Racal-BPL Limited

Jan. 85 to Oct. 88 Assistant Planning Manager /co-ordinator

Brief available on request

Education History

1975-1977Pure & Applied Maths "GCE A Levels"

(Durham technical College)

1977-1980BSc inProduction Engineering

(Hatfield Polytechnic)

1980-1982MSc. Industrial Engineering & PM.

(Cranfield Institute of Technology)

1982-1984Two years research in Mechanical Reliability

(Bradford University)