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Freelance IT Strategy consultant Stanmore, Greater London, UK

An experienced Senior IT Manager / Programme Manager with a proven track record within B2B, B2C, outsourced services, consultancy, legal, accountancy, utilities, consultancy & commercial markets

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Hourly Rate / Cost:£83.33 per hour (ex. VAT)
Daily Rate / Cost:£666.67 per day (ex. VAT)
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Seller ID:252523

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CV (Curriculum Vitae) / Résumé

An experienced Senior IT Manager / Programme Manager with a proven track record within B2B, B2C, outsourced services, consultancy, legal, accountancy, utilities, consultancy & commercial markets.

Strong IT operational leadership with strategic project implementation management experience. Advanced stakeholder management and client facing skills with a keen business orientation having run his own consultancy and been involved in raising funding for startups, sales and marketing.

Strong communication skills including running motivational and communication workshops. Results orientated & delivery-focused with IT applications, infrastructure & systems development skills.

Experience of business-aligned IT strategies, change management, business case development, business process re-engineering, project methodologies, SAP / ERP, software applications, interfaces, internal controls, budgets, KPIs, SLAs, IT support, team management & new technology deployment.

Employment History

(Jan 2006 to Oct 2007)

IT Strategy consultant

London

 High level design of IT solutions to support Business Goals
 Selection of suppliers to implement IT solution, Database and applications
 Development of spreadsheets and presentation layers to assist in funding
 Business Consultant to other SMEs focussed on business Improvements
 Developed ‘Asset Builder’ Program for small businesses to realise long term business plans
 Developed business plans
 IT consultancy for start-up developing new financial product


(May 2005 to Dec 2005)

PROJECT DIRECTOR & PLANNER

London

 Responsible for strategic project planning & deployment, working with high profile clients including GSK
 Focused on leading the upgrade of a set of development objects
 Actual delivery times on average were 66% of original estimate.
 Responsible for leading delivery of a portfolio of SAP / ERP related projects with key customers
 Focused on scoping out of project, definition of project deliverables & negotiation of contracts
 Specialises in delivery of SAP technical projects and enhanced IT system implementations
 Leadership, management & recruitment of a team of 7+ staff to support effective delivery
 Monitored operational performance, project delivery, key tasks, budgets, SLAs & KPI metrics
 Handled SAP interfacing, configuration, workflow planning, and project documentation issues
 Conducted in-depth analysis of requirements for SAP deployment, including business goals
 Established bespoke delivery methodologies to ensure effective delivery of SAP solutions
 Introduced improved project visibility, performance metrics & objectives for project deployment


(Jan 2005 to Apr 2005)

BUSINESS ANALYST / PROJECT MGR

Cassium Technologies Ltd, London

 Responsible for conducting in-depth business analysis & leading project management activities
 Appointed to spearhead delivery of the NetC programme as part of the 21CN global initiative
 Focused on development of project plans, schedules, budgetary controls and business cases
 Project planning, analysis, development, implementation & resource deployment management


(Jun 2003 to Jan 2005)

CONSULTANT:

Rolls-Royce, London

 Responsible for provision of strategic business consultancy, in support of innovative new products
 Appointed to develop high-level technical model to assist in the development of business plans
 Focused on supporting capital raising, new product development & business case development
 Negotiated project / assignment terms-of-reference with strategic-level business management
 Successfully established project frameworks & business cases to secure new product funding


(Nov 2000 to Jun 2003)

PROJECT DIRECTOR & PLANNER

M-Real, Finland

 Responsible for strategic project planning & deployment, working with client M-Real (Metsa-Serla)
 Focused on leading the development of 76 interfaces, including project & resource planning issues
 Supported & co-ordinated development activities, taking place on the client site based in Helsinki
 Successfully completed tasks within just 532 days, with two milestones fulfilled ahead of schedule


(Sep 2000 to Oct 2000)

SENIOR CONSULTANT

Accenture / ITAct Ltd, Sweden

 Responsible for acting as business mentor for the AM team based in Sweden on technical issues
 Appointed to consultancy assignment to work closely with their key account client, Ericsson
 Focused on co-ordinating key technical issues including SD, MM, FI, LIS, ABAP, EDI and IDOC
 Worked with & led a multi-national project support team including US and Swedish nationals
 Conducted in-depth & highly-complex system investigation requests (SIRs) & change requests
 Effectively resolved business-critical SIRs & ensured continued compliance with strict SLAs
 Worked as part of the ‘cell’ on the TTC global programme to reduce delivery times to customers
 Successfully provided expertise to other Accenture clients including NatWest, Shell & United Biscuits


(Oct 1998 to Sep 2000)

SENIOR CONSULTANT

Accenture, Swindon

 Responsible for provision of top-level business consultancy in support of Andersen’s key personnel
 Appointed as Senior Consultancy on an interim basis to deliver enhanced consultancy support

Professional Qualifications

ABAP/4, EDI, ALE, IDOCs, Workflow, BAPI, SCM, LSMW (Legacy System Migration Workbench)
SAP R/3 & R/4 – PM, SD, MM, FI (A/R, A/P, G/L), Pricing, PP (bills of material, SOP, MRP)
Financial Accounting (FI)/General Ledger Accounting (FI-GL), Accounts Payable (FI-AP), Accounts Receivable (FI-AR)
Pricing and Conditions (SD-BF-PR), Availability Check and Requirements in Sales and Distribution Processing, Credit and Risk Management (SD-BF-CM), Output Determination (SD-BF-OC), Sales (SD-SLS), Scheduling Agreements for Component Suppliers (SD-SLS-OA), Billing (SD-BIL), Electronic Data Interchange / IDoc Interface (SD-EDI), Shipping (LE-SHP), Transportation (LE-TRA), Reports and Analyses (SD-IS-REP)
Purchasing (MM-PUR), Inventory Management (MM-IM), Logistics Invoice Verification (MM-IV), EDI (MM-EDI
Goods Receipt Process for Inbound Deliveries, Warehouse Management System (WMS), Transportation (LE-TRA)
Sales & Operations Planning (PP-SOP), Material Requirements Planning (PP-MRP), Production Orders (PP-SFC), PP KANBAN
ABAP Programming and Runtime Environment (BC-ABA), ABAP Workbench (BC-DWB)

Education

(Aug 1977 to Sep 1990)

University of London

BSc (Hons) Mathematics – 1st Class

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