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United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Key experience:Retail European Business Transformation - Project lead for the client who was looking to increase their presence in Europe by establishing more company-controlled services here. Fully owned the end-to-end commercial project, managing the CFO client relationship - Planned and managed all aspects of the deliverables, including a business case, a location analysis and an implementation plan. Project managed 3 cross-functional workstreams (Supply Chain, VAT and Customs), directly managing a colleague in our Supply Chain workstreamFMCG Enterprise-Wide Strategic Assessment- Project manager for a cross-functional review to find opportunities to increase value at scale across the breadth of the business- Owned the final deliverable presentation, managing stakeholders to gather inputs and demonstrating the total value opportunity to the client. Managed the project plan (showing key tasks and activities) to ensure timely delivery from all stakeholders, resulting in all fast-paced project deadlines being met FMCG Procurement Strategic Review- Deliverable lead for a UK food producer who required us to review their Procurement initiatives to obtain an accurate view (and understanding of implementation) of the opportunities available- Owned, analysed and developed the Excel savings initiative list (the primary component of the project), showing savings opportunity initiatives for 3 financial years

London, United Kingdom

Key experience:FMCG Supply Chain Transformation- Deliverable lead for a food wholesaler who required a strategic opportunity assessment throughout their supply chain to understand the initiatives they should prioritise to maximise value over 5 years- Analysed, evaluated and interpreted data to produce actionable insight recommendations, showing the value opportunity through operating expense improvements. Owned ‘work package’ documents for 13 recommendations, showing the financial / operational / ESG benefits, requirements, next steps, timeframes, key risks and dependenciesProcurement Mergers & Acquisitions Transformation- Programme Management workstream lead for high value merger between two major organisations- Owned the complex project plan, RAID log (Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies) and RAG document (Red / Amber / Green statuses for key activities). Developed a dashboard showing key status updates, undertook project planning with 3 sub-workstreams and presented progress updates to senior stakeholders, receiving positive feedback from the client Chief Procurement OfficerProcurement and Supply Chain Strategic Transformation- Workstream deliverable lead for a broad opportunity assessment for a major client, using a hypothesis-driven "answer-first" approach to decide on the value areas to target- Owned the workstream's deliverable presentation showing the value opportunity, using storytelling to explain insight and influence client stakeholders. Owned a benchmarking exercise, showing the value opportunities between current standards and best practiceEnterprise-Wide Strategy- Worked as a strategic analyst for a major client, who required market analysis to strategically position themselves in the industry- Analysed potential sectors for market scoring and entry recommendation, showing the potential revenue opportunity. Undertook strategic analysis of competitors and produced a list of key market trends + technology opportunity areas

London, United Kingdom

Major HR Transformation- Project Management Office lead for a FTSE 100 business looking to design and implement a people-based tool across the enterprise - Created and owned the project plan and trackers for Actions, Decisions, Risks, Open Questions and Resources. Created and facilitated working group PowerPoint presentations to 25 stakeholders, receiving positive feedback from the 2 Director-level clients

London, England, United Kingdom

Regulatory-Driven Programme- Business Analyst for a Tier 1 Global Bank looking to meet a global regulatory requirement- Delivered Sharepoint user access permission updates for over 300 stakeholders. Documented project procedures, working with stakeholders to source documentation and creating Visio material where necessary. Performed Excel data quality tests to ensure data consistency, and created plans on a page

Hammersmith, London

Responsibilities included new business development, owning integrated marketing campaigns, producing thought leadership content and managing client projects.

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Management And Entrepreneurship, Business, Ba (Hons) 1St Class

Activities and Societies: Entrepreneurship Society Social Secretary, College Football Team Captain 2014/15

A-Levels, Business Studies / Maths / Economics / Psychology (As), A* B B B