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Worsley, England, Gb

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

- Develop and implement comprehensive integration plans for newly acquired companies,ensuring alignment with QBS's strategic objectives.- Strengthen the QBS group brand positioning in “Tech trade” particularly through corporatesocial media- Identify, assess, and mitigate integration risks, ensuring smooth transitions and minimisingdisruptions.- Establish and monitor project timelines, budgets, and KPI’s.- Collaborate with M&A teams to evaluate target companies, identify integration challengesand opportunities for synergies.- Oversee the implementation of the Group’s systems into international subsidiaries, in atimely manner post-acquisition.- Manage data migration from legacy systems to new platforms.- Re-establish existing integrations with partners and software publishers using Boomi,ensuring no service disruptions occur.- Lead the rollout of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, replicating Group developmentin local systems. setting up role-based views, addressing local tax requirements, and otherregional needs.- Prepare and present regular integration status reports to senior leadership and keystakeholders.

Manchester, United Kingdom

An experienced consultant offering services that often combine to provide technical solutions with solid business acumen. I have worked in technology for over 15 years and have built an e-commerce brand from the ground up for the last 8 years. This puts me in a unique position to offer the following services to start-ups, micro businesses and SMEs:- Back office system design and creation.- Workflow automation using Microsoft Power Automate.- Technical Project Management.- API communication & automation.- Beginner and Advanced training courses.- Technical consultancy, governance.- Fundraising: deck creation, investor sourcing, due diligence and round closure.- Supply chain auditing, advice and consultancy for efficiency and cost-saving.- NED positions - technical, commercial or both.

Manchester, United Kingdom

- Scope, design, build of custom CRM, courier automation and custom Freight Job system and all ad hoc process automations using Microsoft Ecosystem and Power Platform.- Responsible for project management of all new systems, processes and automations.- Automate physical warehouse wherever possible to remain lean and to aid cost-saving initiatives and accuracy within the 3PL side of the business.- Form part of the senior leadership team within the business, helping to develop strategy, track the business performance and make critical business decisions.- Create KPI and critical business dashboards (with automatic data collection) to track the performance of the business in key areas week-to-week, month-to-month.- Lead monthly management meetings other senior management, reviewing previous KPIs & performance, identifying opportunities, resolving roadblocks in any area of the business, gearing for future growth.- Assisting with new client on-boarding and streamline of onboarding workflow.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Simple and clever products to market that make parents lives a little bit easier, allowing them to enjoy all the adventures with their little ones as well as supporting their healthy start in life.

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for:-- Company strategy, forecasting & fund-raising- Technical leadership- Marketing & branding- Financial responsibility, including co-ownership of P & L alongside all legal accounting requirements.

London, United Kingdom

Design Council Spark is a leading UK product innovation support programme and investment fund designed to help you turn your bright idea into a commercially successful product. Since its creation in 2014, Design Council Spark programme has helped more than 120 innovators and entrepreneurs to develop their product ideas, 45 of these have been intensively supported with mentoring, funding and specialist input to help them progress to market.Design Council Spark’s Investment Panel members are identified and nominated for the depth of knowledge and experience they bring to assessing ventures based on their expertise across the fields of manufacturing, IP, investment, business and design. The Spark Investment Panel is collectively responsible for selecting the ventures that will participate in the programme and receive investment.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Performed UK-wide (in person and remote) consultancy, training and support services using VB, XML, CSV, FTP and T-SQL to add additional value to customers using SYSPRO ERP and DataSwitch EDI platforms. Required advanced knowledge of project management, product ownership, coding disciplines, networking, hardware, OS and proprietary K3 software solutions.Regularly asked to provide immediate, in-person assistance to mission critical customer issues around the UK as part of the DevOps ‘Specialist Services’ unit.Assisted project management and pre-sales teams with technical queries and coding solutions where required.Instrumental in the design and launch of internal support ticketing ERP system and company-wide SharePoint 2010 repository, conducted user training and authored technical knowledgebase on both systems.Responsible for design, launch, in-house training and ongoing stakeholder reporting (Director level) of NPS system and participated in regular Voice of the Customer meetings.Required to be at the forefront of new technologies and form part of the product adoption process.

Manchester, United Kingdom

A member of the K3 Syspro Helpdesk responsible for assisting customers with our core products: SYSPRO, DataSwitch as well as other third-party complimentary products, including Automail and Qlikview.As and when required I provide internal technical & development assistance, internal training, write technical documentation & user guides/manuals.I have carried out customer training sessions and have more recently been involved in the setup, design and testing of a new Helpdesk ticketing system and company-wide SharePoint 2010 implementation.

Oldham, United Kingdom

Responsibilities in this role included:- Personnel management & recruitment;- Management of all 1st, 2nd and 3rd line functions of the IT Support & product helpdesk;- Purchasing & supplier/vendor negotiation;- Financial administration, budgeting and management accounting;- Product & company marketing & branding;- Design, development and implementation of internal processes to improve day-to-day business operation; and- Design, build, publish and update of our corporate website and associated Social Media exposure.

Oldham, United Kingdom

Responsible for complete management of the business created specifically for our flagship product: Profile Logic. In charge of sales, support, product enhancements, pricing, purchasing and marketing for this product.Profile Logic Ltd was incorporated into Steel Software Solutions in August 2008.

Oldham, United Kingdom

Responsible for carrying out bug fixes, enhancements and 3rd line support for all products and technologies used by Steel Software Solutions at that time. This includes, Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, VB6, VB.NET 1.0/1.1, Crystal Reports 8/9.Also generated additonal revenue for the business via the development and sale of corporate websites using Macromedia Dreamweaver and Fireworks and a mixture of HTML 4, CSS and JavaScript.