Ed Edginton Email & Phone Number

West Lyng, England, Gb

Taunton, United Kingdom

Project Manager for Corporate systems -Responsible for: HR - Finance – Data - covering all aspects of delivery within those areas. Accountable from feasibility through to project closure, using both Agile ( Scrum Master) and Waterfall methodologies. Scope largely includes development of existing or new software packages: Negotiating contracts with 3rd parties Ensuring all requirements from the business are known, understood and signed off.Building plans, monitoring and tracking development Issue management. ( RAID logs & defects / bug trackers) Responsible for communicating with Senior Stakeholders. Regular weekly status reports and steering group meetingsAll aspects of project governance and release managementAlso heavily supported infrastructure projects, and managed various projects (some listed below)- Office relocations ( from hardware to networks)- Remote access roll out- Windows 10 full estate roll out- Skype for business telephony roll outAs well as new projects I am also responsible for maintaining current systems within my remit – new releases, upgrades, issue fixes from a service viewpoint.

Taunton, United Kingdom

I am a Delivery Lead with Information Systems for Debenhams in the customer and selling team. My role supports the business with new system implementations and development of existing systems.Working with internal and external delivery teams, to convert requirements into solid and scalable solutions that are delivered on time and within budget, whilst ensuring adherence to corporate standards and ensuring projects are delivered correctly against the change framework.I am responsible for ensuring that all hardware / systems / applications are developed in line with business strategy and have an evolution, business continuity and decommissioning plan in place in line with Debenhams business processes, and during the testing cycle insure defects and issues are managed and corrective/preventative action is taken to meet quality standards and deliver a quality product.I manage the development phases of projects, highlighting any risks and issues with mitigation and escalation advice to address problems and keep the deliveries on track. Providing input and support into testing strategies, implementation planning and problem management in the delivery life cycle, prior to handing to production support.

Taun

Following on from my previous roles my focus is on system enhancement and processes within Fusion HCM across all modules along with Taleo Recruit and Learn, along with a heavy involvement in BI reporting with an aim to making the end user and specialist functions as user friendly as possible.

Taunton, United Kingdom

I manage a team of 6 who are responsible for all HR and Payroll Technical support for Debenhams. Key systems we use are Fusion HCM ,Taleo Recruit and Onboarding and Northgate PSe . As well as technical support for all Fusion HCM functionally we cover Talent, Performance and Goals. We cover the system configuration and also BI publisher reporting and dashboard reporting. Conduct the testing and implement monthly patching and bi- annual upgrades. This includes reviewing functional specifications , relating them to our business processes.Long side a high volume of daily BAU activates, ensuring that the data in the systems are accurate and working as expected. I am also responsible for the team who run the monthly payroll for 25,000 employees rising to 30,000 during peak trading periods.Day to day, I run a highly skilled team, liaising with internal departments and external support to review ways of working and improve business processes.

Taunton, United Kingdom And London

Debenhams introduced a new Fusion HCM System for all employees, due to my previous experience within the HR team I was seconded to the replacement project as a subject matter expert. My responsibilities include, the main point of contact for external and third parties, detailing business requirements, designing the ‘to be’ system and processes that surround it, attending workshops, updating colleagues on progress and ensuring engagement, Running user acceptance testing including scenarios and scripts. Working with the training teams to produce training documentation for core and end users. While doing this role I have gained or developed lots of skills which have added to previous experience, organizing and planning, attention to detail, I have had to be very challenging with people at all levels within Debenhams and with external suppliers. I have also has a lot more exposure to the wider business outside of HR. I have also delivered presentations and demonstrations to up to 30 people at a time.I have acquired many skills in computer software, just as good Microsoft office skills on Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Visio. Also contribute ( web based updates), PSE HR management system and Oracle Fusion.

Taunton, United Kingdom

I directly managed a team of 6 (up to 12) in a HR call centre environment, where they are the first point of contact for all staff with any HR query, dealing with employees from the shop floor to the senior executives of the company.Within my role I covered recruitment, performance management, monthly 1-2-1’s and annual appraisals, training and development with team, streamlining processes, managed restructures and redundancies projects across various parts the business sometimes affecting thousands of employees at a time. I was responsible for updating HR policies, communicating various updates to the whole business, part of my role is to run the head office inductions for new employees to the company and will often run training sessions for other departments, liaising everyday with second line support functions to ensure that the HR model we work to is working to the best of its ability. In addition to the above I have the responsibility of running a service centre on a daily basis; ensuring service level agreements are met across all areas. Compiling statistics and recognise trends, dealing with difficult customers and constantly coaching and supporting the team who are dealing with queries

London, United Kingdom

A two month secondment position arose in the Pay & Reward Department which offers second line support to the Debenhams HR Service Center and work on various projects throughout the year. I supported the team as an assistant during the busiest time of their year, with the run up to the new tax / holiday year many projects were all running simultaneously, pay review, holiday buy/sell, flexible reward, smart pensions, travel allowances, invoices, businesswear, benchmarking, staff discount, employee benefits. At the end of my two month secondment I was asked to stay for a further two months as I was doing very well in the new role and really helping out the department. After 4 months in the position it was offered to me on a permanent basis but circumstances at the time meant I was unable to remain in London.

Taunton, United Kingdom

I worked in a team of 14 in a call centre environment, and we are the first point of contact for all staff with any HR query, dealing with employees from the shop floor to the senior executives of the company.The job role entails receiving calls and emails from employees and line managers and giving consistent HR advice, explaining policies, administration, contact changes, providing good customer service, problem solving, fact finding, multi-tasking, organisation, strong communication skills, prioritizing importance of work load as it comes in and team work.

Taunton, United Kingdom

For the first 18 months I was only part time as I was still at college studying. When I completed college I stayed at the pub and became full time. I worked hard progressed to team leader, shift leader and then Duty manager responsible for running the establishment.