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Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Provide strategic direction and leadership across the facilities, engineering and administrative teams within the Office of Business Support branch at the Australian Radiation Protection & Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA). Responsibility for development of the team, identification and implementation of productivity initiatives to enable both cost & process improvement, resulting in improved business outcomes for the agency

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Docklands

Responsibility for overseeing all site related building safety, security access controls, general maintenance, programmed maintenance and project implementations across residential apartment complexes. Requires development of a strong working relationship with the Owners Corporation (OC) Manager, OC chairman, OC committee and residents to ensure all priority issues raised are addressed in a timely manner. A strong problem-solving orientation with great attention to detail to ensure the right business outcomes. The ability to multi-task and manage time through prioritisation.

Docklands

Melbourne, Australia

Feed raw materials into production machineryOperation of robotic pallet construction equipment to maximise production volume Assembly of goods on production linesMonitoring of the production process and machinery to identify faultsCarry out basic quality and testing checksStore goods and raw materials properly in our warehouseOperate a forklift to provide raw materials & machine moulds to various workstations throughout the factory environment Pack client orders in preparation for shippingMaintain work areas and equipment to a high level of cleanliness and safety

Melbourne, Australia

Responsible for resource capacity management analytics and planning for both domestic and global delivery support locations across IBM’s Australian and New Zealand IT outsourcing organisation. Maintained a balance between identified business critical resource requirements and financial affordability based on revenue ebbs and flows enabling identification of resource efficiencies resulting in productivity opportunities. Developed resource dynamics reporting enabling semi to full automation of operational reporting requirements to meet A/NZ and AP business needsUtilised business process mapping skills to enable development and continual improvement of the resource forecasting tools and processes to achieve monthly and quarterly forecast accuracy

Melbourne, Australia

Development and preparation of full year A/NZ organisation budget in conjunction with finance leadership teamFacilitate training for new hire business analysts and line management in operational business model structure, process and tool capabilitiesSuccessful management of the Operations finance budget encompassing labour, non-labour and overhead costs, in addition to remuneration, leave and travelLeadership of the analyst and tools teams in development of the cost and headcount inputs for the bi-annual finance review to enable determination of local financial affordability on a ‘per account’ basis, and global affordability to enable setting of appropriate targetsManaged a team of 15 business analysts and tools administrators with responsibility for providing cost management and operational tools support to the ANZ executive leadership team across all technical platforms and client portfoliosApplied business process modelling methodologies to analyse business operations tools, process and procedures and identify opportunities for continued improvementDeveloped both global and Asia Pacific regional networks to improve collaboration and knowledge sharing with the outcome being identification and enablement of standardisation opportunities across the ANZ operations environment. Established quarterly review between the Technical Offerings Managers, Solution Design leads and Business Operations team to develop and maintain synchronisation between IBM cost modelling tools and actual cost baselines, resulting in improved profitability on cost cases for future deal signingsChair monthly Operations performance reviews between division executives, operations managers and business analysts identifying and reviewing ‘hot spots’ and discussing solutions to drive resolutionOwnership of A/NZ Cost Management tool with responsibility to determine business enhancement prioritisation, and manage financial budgets for upgrade and enhancement projects

Melbourne, Australia

Provided functional direction and guidance to the Analyst & Tools teams to enable successful delivery of business and cost forecasting capability to the organisationApplied SME level detailed tools & process knowledge in conjunction with strong communication skills to conduct education for impacted countries. Defined expected benefits upon successful implementation, including changes to support scope, and expected changes to Asia-Pacific monthly review requirementsSME for the design configuration of the cost management tool in A/NZ, encompassing initial review, evaluation of technical specifications and enhancements. Responsibility for A/NZ’s internal coding taxonomy used in the global cost recovery tool to achieve labour cost recovery and measure financial performance. This included responsibility for ANZ compliance to global naming conventions, process and procedures, education documentation and ongoing maintenance to align to organisational changeManaged ANZ time recording compliance to global processes and procedures, while developing and conducting education across the organisation as required

Melbourne, Australia

Various roles including - Business Analysis-Manager responsible for operational setup of the IBM Melbourne Print Hub and subsequent transition to Hermes Precisa Australia (HPA)- Computer Operator/Scheduling