Harps (Harpreet) Singh Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

London, Greater London, Gb

- Overall management and delivery accountability for the implementation of Global SAP and Dynamics D365 programmes circa £15-30M+ as Programme Manager leading the Business, Technology Teams and Systems Integration Partners- Accountable for project planning, overall delivery, team management, adherence to project governance methodology, stage gate deliverables, delivery quality, risk/issue management and project and financial reporting- Provide support and guidance to the Senior Business Leadership and drive all business transformation activities and related project steering activities- Achievements to date include successfully completing the implementation of SAP into a New Manufacturing Plant in China in 2020 and an existing Plant in 2021 (£10M+) leading one of the largest Programme Portfolios of work for the Global Licensing and Catalyst Business (£20M), now leading a Dynamics D365 Implementation and other Portfolios of SAP Delivery (S/4 HANA, SAC, GR)

Tokyo, Jp

- Global Programme Delivery Manager, accountable for Deployment of a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Global Template, to Dentsu Aegis Network's Global Markets and Brands (EMEA, APAC, US, MKTG, MERKLE, 360i)Specific accountabilities:- Accountable for deployment of Dynamics D365 into New Markets (both Media and non Media) with the business target of 80% of Global revenue on platform within 2 years- Responsible for Programme Release management of multiple Global Template Market Implementations in parallel (includes Release and Environment Strategy)- Collaborating with PWC "in Market" Project Managers, ensuring alignment of Market readiness activity and delivery of the the Platform and technical solution.- Working with the business, specifically CFOs and their direct reports to define and execute the business and technical Go Live Strategy- Accountable for the Design of future Live Markets Target operating Model, Global Demand Management process and Release and Environment planning for Deployments and BAU Releases

Leuven, Be

- Selected to be part of the IS Leadership Integration team post acquisition of SABMiller. (3rd largest acquisition in corporate history - $107B). - Implemented the Global IS GHQ and Zone interaction model, underpinning management routine and performance tracking model for the CIO of the combined company (quarterly revenue circa $15B)- Managed the monthly performance review cycle of Global IS Function for the CIO with all Global VPs and reported Portfolio, synergy targets, key Programmes, to the CTO and CEO- Delivery accountability of ERP Global Template Releases to all Live Markets (as Global Head of Delivery and Release Management)- Divestment delivery accountability, enabling the mandatory legal separation of ex SABMiller EU brands (Peroni, Grolsch, Meantime and others), from the newly combined SABMiller/AB-InBev entity. - Delivered knowledge transfer in key strategic areas - Release Planning, Release Management, Release Delivery and governance to the new owners Asaahi working with EY who managed the legal seperation and divestment and protection of the assets pre-divestment

Woking, Surrey, Gb

SABMiller was one of the world’s leading brewers with more than 200 beer brands, a turnover of circa $30bn and approx. 70,000 employees in over 75 countries. - Delivered a $2.5M annual BAU Global Template Release Programme into 13 markets.- Managed key strategic Tax, Statutory, Legal projects circa $3M annually. - Programme Release Manager for a new country Global Template deployment (Ecuador) and 7 key strategic live Market projects, combined value $27M.- Governed delivery of five system integrators and managed internal country delivery teams across Africa, APAC, Europe and Latin America through a decentralised matrix structure.- Led an internal, offshore delivery team providing capabilities in demand management, testing, training, change management, cutover, for 11 Live Markets (approx revenue $16B)- Developed a BAU delivery release model for Live Markets, gained approval from Global CIO to implement into countries across Africa, APAC, Europe and Latin America.- Designed and introduced new release strategies and re-defined the commercial model with system integrator partners reducing average man-day delivery cost by 30%.- Created a release management strategy and designed a 3-year Global Template rollout plan whilst optimising BAU delivery opportunities for the countries that were already live.- Developed a release governance process, to manage the risk of new country global template deployments combined with project releases for live markets on a shared go live date.

London, England, Gb

- Designed release management strategy for the SAP implementation into the Integrated Supply and Trading organization covering release planning, environment management and cutover. - Implemented a release, environment and deployment management programme capability for BP and transitioned the function into the support organisation post go-Live.- Created a SAP release, cutover and environment shared service capability model and led a technical delivery team of onshore and offshore resources (in excess of £1M revenue stream annually).- Implemented Transport Express to manage technical delivery of all SAP releases into Production.- Successful release planning and environment management of all SAP projects circa $5M annually over 3-years, leading a team of Axon consultants, external consultants and BP staff (12+).- Managed all SAP cutovers successfully leading teams of 80+ consultants and client teams.- Created an offshore SAP Release Management Shared Services function, to provide the capability to manage ongoing SAP Projects at a 35% lower total cost of ownership.

Swindon, Wilts, Gb

- Proposed the high-level design of a release management function to manage and govern the delivery of the ongoing SAP rollout delivered by multiple systems integrators, including BAU releases.- Delivered a position paper to the CIO, advising best practices in the areas of release planning, demand management, environment landscape design and SAP transport management tools.- Subsequently, managed a team to deliver the detailed design of the programme and BAU release management function, including key roles and activities for the CIO.

- Built a 24 by 7 offshore shared service capability to provide ‘follow the sun’ support services at a lower cost to clients. This enabled different models to be part of the support service offering (onshore/offshore and a blend of both) to match customers’ budget and support requirements. - Recruited 40+ consultants in Kuala Lumpur, to provide a pilot support service to a leading UK FMCG company. Subsequently rolled out the shared service model to additional global clients.- Created a Global Service Management capability, implemented key metrics, management reporting, that aligned to the companies vision and BHAGs.

Miami, Florida, Us

- Provided on-site business continuity support across the logistics sites in Jamaica, during the pre and post Go live phase of the SAP implementation. - Key responsibilities: coordinating resolution of business critical issues with team in Jamaica and London, leading war rooms, training key users, planning of future enhancement releases with the business

Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, Gb

- Responsible for configuration, training and post go live support during the multi phased rollout of a FMCG SAP solution. - Subsequently transitioned the project into a newly formed offshore shared services support organization as a pilot client

Montreal, Qc, Ca

- SAP MM/WM consultant delivering configuration, testing and training to key clients.- Clients: Orange, Centrica, Medical Research Council, UK Hydrographic Office, various Local Government Projects and pre-sales engagements.

Santa Clara, California, Us

- Account manager for EMEA OEM Tier 1 and 2 accounts

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