Jo Stead Cmgr Mcmi Email & Phone Number

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Farsely

Leeds

Ripon

• Supporting all users of Business Objects and Jira• Working with Business Objects users to define requirements, build solutions (reports and universes) and manage enhancements through the development lifecycle in an Agile environment• Jira System Administrator – defining processes for usage and maximising the investment

Leeds

• Responsibility for reporting on £1.1bn of stock across the Asda estate• Developed and lead the data strategy and technology roadmap for Supply Chain reporting – Moving away from excel towards Tableau, SSRS and SharePoint 2010• Managing a team of 2 direct reports, assigning projects and ensuring sufficient resource to cover business as usual work as well as improvements to existing reporting• Implemented hub and spoke model with a virtual team to develop reports and migrate in to the MI Team• Created SMEs in SharePoint 2010 and rolled the first every SharePoint out to the department of 350+ colleagues• Implemented processes where there had previously been none• Built relationships cross-functionally between other MI Managers across Asda and Business Intelligence colleagues in the IT department

Leeds

• Managing the portfolio of the top 16 IT vendors to Asda• Working with Procurement team (external to IT department) to ensure contractual and SLA obligations met• Implement a framework to periodically review the relationship performance and ensure actions are completed to develop mutually beneficial partnerships, bring innovation to Asda and bring cost saving opportunities• Identify risks and issues within the relationships and resolve• Brief CIO ahead of top to top meetings• Facilitating relationships spanning both Asda and Wal-Mart

Leeds

• Managing a portfolio Retail projects for the IT Department• Management of requirements gathering, solution design, solution and user testing to implementing solutions and maintaining stakeholder communications throughout• Budget planning and spend control• Maintenance of governance documentation; project plans, budget reports, RAID logs, whilst adhering to department and company governance policies• Completed projectso Product availability software on to store handheld devices (3rd Party)o Revision of all software on store handheld devices (Wal-mart)o All Store POS (Till) software upgrades (Wal-mart)o Lead UK work streams of Global Projects; Store mapping for item location & Global availability software migration led by Wal-mart• A member of Asda Tutor Network – delivering training cross-functionally across Asda

Leeds

• Managing a portfolio Retail projects for the IT Department• Management of requirements gathering, solution design, solution and user testing to implementing solutions and maintaining stakeholder communications throughout• Budget planning and spend control• Maintenance of governance documentation; project plans, budget reports, RAID logs, whilst adhering to department and company governance policies• Completed projectso Product availability software on to store handheld devices (3rd Party)o Revision of all software on store handheld devices (Wal-mart)o All Store POS (Till) software upgrades (Wal-mart)o Lead UK work streams of Global Projects; Store mapping for item location & Global availability software migration led by Wal-mart• A member of Asda Tutor Network – delivering training cross-functionally across Asda

Ripon

• Managed and coordinated the testing of Disaster Recovery plans• Recovery of databases and software for all core IT applications• Working with stakeholders internal and external to the department

Ripon

• Supporting website users (internal and external) and users of Business Objects • Working with users to define requirements, build solutions and manage enhancements through the testing process• Creating the means to view data from varying data sources, interrogating reports and code for anomalies• Adhering to company and industry best practice processes during the testing and development stages of application changes• Documented end-to-end processes for succession planning, training and knowledge transfers• Introduced the process and quality reviews associated with peer testing• Subject matter expert for Ecommerce and Business Intelligence applications - XML, EDI, SQL

• Managed a team of 15 goods not for resale clerks. • Managing supplier payment, reconciling accounts and working with suppliers to streamline the invoicing process. • Responsible for the accounts payable system upgrade for GNFR and GFR; developed test plans wrote training manuals and delivered training to the department of 70 staff plus other interested parties. • Lead and implemented a number of projects working with varying types of stakeholders; internal departments to external suppliers.

Level 5 Diploma In Leadership & Management, Organizational Leadership, Distinction

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