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Reporting to the CCO. 

Supporting the development and providing rigour for enterprise strategy & vision Working with the board & senior teams to ensure initiatives are prioritised effectively and aligned to the current and emerging strategy. 

Reporting to the CTO. 

Conducted a full review of the Technology portfolio cc£150m. Establishing the basis for evaluation, prioritisation for both strategic and BAU initiatives. Establishing visibility of the Technology portfolio at Group, Regional and Country levels. Established ‘agile’ governance to facilitate the ongoing – new additions and changes to inflight initiatives, ensuring consistent justification, appropriate approval and supporting communications.

Business Change Programme Manager.  Reporting to the Board. 

X-functional team and governance to acquire and integrate a complementary provider. Managed planning, search, evaluation, transaction, re-branding and change integration including TOM. Purchase £3.5m, 150 employees, 3 locations 

Reporting to the COO. 

Reviewed the delivery of the digital programme function, OD, WOW and the management of key stakeholders. Particular focus on overall governance & process, delivery, cross-functional engagement, stakeholder and communications management. Recommendations to board directors and subsequent implementation.

Commercial Programme Manager. The executive board’s ‘man on the ground’

Leading/co-ordinating £40m high-tech manufacture set-up. 

The board’s ‘man on the ground’. Finance ERP selection. Supplier management. Recruitment of senior staff. 

Production ramp to 100k lenses per week. 

Project Manager.

Rebrand and refurbishment for High Street retail brand. 95 stores over 6 months. £2m budget.

Business Transformation Programme Manager.  Reporting to the CIO. 

Initial review, recommendations, leading the trading platform transformation including Oracle Retek.  Leading the cross-functional transformation team - design, delivery and change management.   Managing the day to day relationship for the Systems integrator.

Programme Director -  x3 acquisitions for software business. 

Managed acquisition activities - planning, search, evaluation, transaction, re-branding and change integration for complementary businesses and product solutions.

Acquisitions were: (1) BI consultancy (2)Payroll solutions (3)ERP provider 

Project Manager

Office move and warehouse setup. WMS implementation. International team. Challenging timescales.

Business Transformation Programme Manager.  Reporting to the CPO.

Global HCM - SAP Success Factors. Design and phased rollout of EC and RM solutions. Initial evaluation of Payroll capabilities. Lead local and international SME's, day to day management of Systems Integrator. TOM, Design, Iterative build & test.  Lead local and international SME's. Day to day management of SI

Business Change Programme Manager 

High availability, critical timeframe technology refresh across 2 sites. Transition/test, supplier & customer management. 

Programme Manager 

(Establish a programme to meet initial requirements – data mapping, compliance to SAR. Design of operational capability, X-functional, international team.

Operations Director.  Preparation of fresh, chilled, salads, sandwiches and snacks for multiple daily deliveries to High Street Retail and Airline customers.

Peak - 370 staff, 24/7.

Programme Manager

Initial review of Systems Integrator,.  Resulting in termination of the SI contract.  Programme restructure and delivery. Design, Build & Test.  

Managing x-functional international teams on-site in Europe.