David Varley Email and Phone Number

David Varley is a Programme Director at MHR at MHR. He possess expertise in project delivery, management, software project management, prince2, change management and 18 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "I have worked on a number of Projects with David as the Programme Director and can honestly say David makes such a difference to Professional Services. His knowledge and experience are a true credit to MHR and to the delivery of Projects, along with his support and guidance both internally and with Customer's" and "Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council operates a Shared Services function, providing transactional HR and Payroll Services to Rotherham and Doncaster Councils as well as numerous Schools, Academies and other external organisations. The procurement process commenced in November 2017, using the Crown Commercial Services Framework, with MHR (formerly Midland HR) subsequently identified as the preferred supplier and contracts were signed on the 26th March 2018. Delivery was undertaken over a 15-month period, with "go live" from June 2019. Given that our iTrent implementation project is concluding, I have been turning my attention to the lessons learned process and focusing on what has worked well and what we could have perhaps done differently. One factor that did stand out as unusual was the involvement of a senior representative from the supplier within the project governance framework. David Varley, Programme Director acted as MHR's Sponsoring Director and gave us a direct line to the nucleus of the organisation and a louder voice than perhaps would otherwise have been the case. As well as granting us access to the right people in a timely manner when additional support was required, David's involvement also helped to provide confidence and reassurance to senior internal stake holders that MHR appreciated the importance of the project to the organisation and that they were committed to its success. Based on this I would highly recommend that this practice become the standard operating model going forward and feel it will help build deeper and stronger relationships with future customers. "