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Stourbridge, Gb

West Midlands

Direct, manage and plan a portfolio of strategic change initiatives and continually assess this to ensure the changing needs of the business are considered. Influence and agree local change priorities with client stakeholders, reviewing in-flight initiatives as appropriate so that the Client Portfolio is planned and prioritised effectively for successful delivery across the organisation.Actively manage the portfolio through the appropriate governance channels ensuring roles, responsibilities and accountabilities are clear and align with organisational practice. Address issues and concerns within client portfolio at key governance decision points to ensure successful/seamless delivery of the portfolio and alignment with the Change Governance Framework policies & procedures. . Continually assess capability/ capacity to deliver change and the feasibility of all initiatives. Resolve issues proactively with stakeholders and drive solutions with the business so that all initiatives are appropriately planned and managed effectively across different parts of the division.Actively seek out and interpret relevant insights and information which may impact on portfolio performance (e.g. in relation to portfolio benefits, risks, issues, dependencies and finances). Drive appropriate action with key client stakeholders to assure delivery of strategic change and benefits. Build and maintain relationships with business leaders, sponsors and key client stakeholders, influencing and identifying/ resolving issues between stakeholder groups and individuals so that portfolio objectives are delivered effectively and risks are minimised. Provide consultancy, advocate and demonstrate the skills, knowledge and expertise which reflect the first class provision of services to client, so the value of the function is consistently reinforced throughout the organisation and lessons learned are applied through continuous improvement.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Successfully managing end to end delivery of multiple SAP deliveries from blueprint to implementation. Managing the financial aspects of the project: budgeting and estimate to actual variance. Identifying risk, establishing contingency plans and determining trigger events and responsibilities for initiating mitigating action.Defining, planning, tracking and managing the projectEnsuring that all SAP project goals are accomplished according to specifications and business objectives.Ensuring adherence to project management methodology practices, provide team coaching, evaluate the performance of team members and reinforce the enterprise knowledge management through the collection and communication of lessons learnedEnsuring proper governance is in place to best meet project objectives : methodology and stage gatingIdentifying key resources and providing the direction they require in order meeting project objectivesProviding leadership to cross-functional teams responsible for delivering defined project outputs to time, budget and project quality criteria.Providing input to strategic decision making with clientsCapable of resolving escalated issues arising from operations and requiring coordination with other departments. Managing portfolios that require coordination of work between various parties like third party vendors of delivery partnersConceptualising and communicating winning Wipro propositions to clientSupporting new sales that emerge out of existing programs or for programs that are part of this current role. Own bid lifecycle for (smaller) bids whilst contributing significantly to larger bids. Working under own initiative and under tight time pressures - planning, prioritising and controlling own workload Excellent inter-personnel skills Demonstrating excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing Ability to assert own ideas to clients and within Wipro senior management

Provide general and specialist IT consultancy via Project and Change management expertise., to support IT enabled initiatives for client.Solely responsible for managing project s up to a value of £2m from business case through analysis and design on to implementation, resolving complex technical problems to deliver on time, cost and quality.Delivering multiple concurrent project s within an SAP environment.Drive key activities within a project and be responsible for the relationship management of the stakeholders of the project, ensuring they're effectively communicated with.Manage internal and third party resources to maximise their contribution to assignments.Development and delivery of accurate and consistent project reporting to company standard and in line with agreed timescales. Including the development of ad-hoc management information to enable decision making. An assignment manager for full project team as appropriateEnsure adherence to agreed project management methodologies and quality procedures.

Management of delivery of project on time and on budgetSupport the system integration activities in compliance with guidelines on a day to day basisClient management and internal communication regarding project deliverablesProduce project reports on performance of the projectContinuously assess and improve existing procedures and ways of working

Bachelor'S Degree, Information Technology

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