• Line Management and mentoring of internal and external project management resources • Member of the Senior Leadership Team working on the delivery of strategic initiatives from Discovery to Hypercare• Release Management across the Digital Delivery Team • Key member of the Digital Continuous Improvement team • Responsible for Delivery from Analysis to Deployment across multiple Business Divisions • Audit and inspect of requirements, plans, comms, logs and other key project assets• Business Analysis mentor and audit across all Digital Value Streams • Pragmatic and realistic view of resourcing, capacity and business impact across development, analysis and delivery• Peer reviews with Senior Product Owners, Heads of Development and Infrastructure teams • Hands on Project Management and Scrum Master across key Digital initiatives• Audit and corrective action responsibilities for Scope, Requirements, Test Plans and Release planning

Senior BA working strategically and tactically across Howdens Digital Roadmap. Peer review and mentoring of Business Analysts (internal and contract) Lead Business Analyst on key Business Initiatives.Working across Portfolio and Delivery using SAFe and Waterfall MethodologiesLine management of Business Analysis team - internal and external Ensuring Best practise Business Analysis is adhered to using Waterfall and Agile Methodologies using Azure Dev Ops.Projects include: CRM (Lead Management) definition and deployment Website Enhancements for customer and consumer

Business Analyst across the Trade and Central business areas delivering projects covering Finance, HR, Payroll, Trade, Digital and Supply business areas across Agile (SAFe) & Waterfall project methodologies. Delivery of critical system enhancements including GDPR, Website security, CRM, Website enhancements and CAD designer toolsBusiness relationship and Portfolio management with senior stakeholders aligning to Business Strategy Key team member developing IT Demand Management and Governance Main point of contact with the Business Product Owner including responsibility for requirements prioritisationResponsible for development and implementation of best practice approach using ISEB methodology including introduction of benefits realisation within Waterfall and Agile approachesInfluencing the TO BE business process modelling across the Business divisions Development of Wireframes working with the UX and Product Management Team End to end process definition and improvement across existing CAD system and operational functions Responsible for management of external Business Analysis resourcesCoaching and mentoring across Business Analysis, Project Management and Testing teamsLeading analysis approach from discovery to deployment with external vendors and senior stakeholdersData analysis, reporting and recommendation across business-critical multimillion-pound licence agreementHigh level technical architectural design and Systems analysis across core business applications Projects include: Web based Trade systems improvement programme Implementation of electronic PO recognition across Contracts sector System implementation of branded appliances across the UK depots Introduction of hardware to depots Pricing initiatives Customer data management improvementsCAD designer system improvements GDPR compliance Depot account management improvements

John’s In The Garden have the know-how, tools and expertise to visualise your garden dreams.Whether you are local (Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire or Oxfordshire) or live on the other side of the globe, we can design your future garden.Products include: 3D current state walk through video – your current garden3D future state walk through video – how your garden could look High quality rendered visuals of your garden – both now and future Up to 5 changes to the future state design All services delivered from the affordable price based on complexity of the request

Instructor and owner of Ashridge Karate Academy. Teaching and leading Okinawan based martial art Goju Ryu. Treasurer and Website Owner for the International Karate association GKI

Based at Ashridge Executive Education Campus Lead technology Business Analyst defining requirements across the Custom and Consulting business division Workshop facilitation across site wide business divisions developing ‘Bid to Bill’ TO BE process flows for B2BFunctional specification, system design and configuration using Force.com platform Business analysis, project management and benefit realisation for Open Programme research mobile application project deployed across B2C developing user cases and wire frames for external developmentImplementation of business analysis standards across requirements engineering, process mapping, testing and deployment based on ISEB best practice Global business analysis lead engaging campus Technology Managers across the globe defining user requirements and systems options for student room booking projectWebsite project management across Ashridge including executive education, hotel, events and qualification divisionsStakeholder analysis reviewing system architecture and business requirementsCoaching and mentoring Business Analysis techniques across business and technology teams

Project Management and strategy for ground breaking stress management productProduction and management of Business Plan and strategyClient base analysis and marketing planning Digital strategy development and customer journeys Cost and Deployment planning

Governance and assurance responsibility across full project lifecycle from initiation to deploymentQuality assurance role covering Business Requirement Specification, Solution Design Document and WireframesMonitoring and controlling progress and status from offshore development factoryProject Management across Business and Technology interfacing with eSHOP Product Management team Risk Management and analysis Project tracking, reporting and executing corrective action

IS Business Consultant and Project Manager delivering process improvement and business benefit to multiple business departments. Projects included: Animal Health: CRM System Replacement and Business Improvement Global Project Manager and lead Business Consultant for Global CRM system deploymentPlanning, facilitation and execution of Business Requirements developmentResponsible for full project lifecycle including requirements traceability, High Level Design through to User Acceptance Testing, change management, communications, deployment and operational supportFull cost control and reporting to Global steering committeeImplementation of Update 7 from Siebel 6, migrating from SQL to Oracle back end systemsData migration, system integration and cutover planning and executionLaptop and iPad roll out across the UK to the sales and marketing divisionsAnimal Health: e-Detailing Delivery Requirements Engineering, Business Case development and implementation of sales e-Detailing applications Working with Marketing teams and external agencies in wireframe developmentSystem testing and User Acceptance management and governanceEnsuring compliance with Global business rules and strategy Product delivery and implementation to UK sales and marketing teams on mobile platformsAnimal Health & Consumer Healthcare: Web site template complianceGlobal standardisation and enhancement initiative Developing brand based user requirements with marketing teams Working with external web development agencies to deliver template HTML 5 web sitesProject reporting and tracking to Global programmeLegal team: Global e-Learning module development Requirements definition and wireframe developmentManagement of digital agency developing multiple e-Learning modules using Flash and HTML technologyManagement of User Acceptance testing and complianceDeployment and product compliance reporting to Global Programme

A Member of the Global Project team in place to implement SAP as part of a Global ERP business change project.Projects include:Finance: Lead Local Project Manager and Cut Over Manager ensuring local requirements are delivered to the required quality level and in line with Global Standards and guidelines. Finance: Ensuring Data Migration delivery and Data Quality standards and integrity are met in line with MHRA Governance Finance: Ownership and management of UK & Ireland subset of the Global BPCS - SAP Data Management Cut Over plan

Managing Business and IS Project Streams focusing on feasibility study, requirements engineering and process mapping leading to the implementation of the Global ERP SAP solution. Projects include:Finance: Lead Project Manager for Global Financial Reporting system, designed and planned in B.I. Brazil. Ensuring Data Mapping, Integrity and Implementation onto cutting edge reporting tool for the financial communityPMO: Standardisation of project management methodologies through application of PRINCE2, PMI & AGILE

Senior Project Manager delivering high risk projects across multiple business divisions. Projects included:Finance: ERP Cut Over Manager Data migration planning and execution covering P2P, SCM, O2C and A2R streamsData cut over from AS/400 platform and interfaces to Oracle DB SAP architectureFinance: Global Financial Reporting System DeliveryRequirements Engineering and facilitation in UK & EMEAProject delivery of web based reporting tool integrating with data warehouse Prescription Medicine: Global CRM MigrationBusiness Consultancy, developing user requirements and business processes documentationProject Management of data mapping and migration from Siebel 6 to 7.8 and SQL to Oracle System Integration from CRM to Data Warehouse Prescription Medicine: Siebel and laptop upgradeCountry wide sales force software and tablet upgradeProject Management of external build factory and testing execution Off site deployment to sales teams during conference Company Wide: High Availability (HA) Disaster Recovery Implementation Low Level System Design and Architecture across AS/400 platforms Project planning and execution ensuring GxP compliance

Technical design and delivery of multiple IBM AS/400 projects including:Company Wide: Management of external IBM Technical Architecture team developing functional specifications, data mapping and migration of critical data between three systems creating a High Availability Disaster Recovery System

Delivering projects and providing leadership and line management for the midrange and operations team

Directly accountable for the management of five IBM AS/400 systems covering hardware and data configuration

Business Consultant delivering Business process improvementFacilitation and documentation of as-is and to-be process flows for referral process with charity teamAdvice and analysis on technical solutions to support improved business processFinalised documented swim lane delivery covering business and system process requirements