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Strategic role responsible for Global KPIs and their alignment / relevance to the Target Operating Model (TOM)Through thought leadership and development of best practice KPI methodologies the tasks / achievements were as follows ...- Stress test of KPI landscape against existing strategic direction- Challenge the thinking around what a KPI actually is (Action vs Outcome, Performance vs Result)- Test the relevance and accuracy of the above to the TOM- Commercial implementation of above recommendations e.g. performance measurement in Manufacturing - Deliver physical representations of above by way of best practice analytical data visualisation’s

Identifying Critical Success factors and their underlying KPI'sTraining management and staff in best practice application and real time usage of KPI'sCreating and deploying visual dashboards / balanced score cards to facilitate the KPI's and ensure alignment to company strategy

Developing company wide Visual reporting decksBuilding in house forecasting models for assessing and controlling Burn Rate by Project by Client

• Reporting (SAP Web Intelligence (WEBI) & SAP Business Objects Dashboards 4.0 (Xcelsius)- Assessing business need in terms of data to support intelligent decision making both at Senior management level and in the general workforce- Develop company wide dashboarding solutions and analytics to support and enhance above decision making specifically with regard toCustomer specific Pricing Strategies- Review, Design and Development of ‘International’ Supply Chain KPI Xcelsius dashboards visually alerting Senior Management to High Risk Countries- Alerting Senior Management to High Risk Customers and Sales personnel with regard to profitability and forecasting objectives• Business Alignment to Time Warner Head Office- Aligning Business process and objectives to Time Warner objectives and plans in Home Office- Align all functions regards fiscal objectives to operate at and be accountable for ‘One Number’• Profitability- Develop full Account planning contribution by Customer by way of enhancing Siebel functionality and Sales forecasting process• Critical Path Planning (Workflow)- Swim Lane methodology (current state vs. future state)

• Responsible for all interaction between the Business and IT regards existing systems and required solutions and the introduction of Siebel as a full Customer Relationship Management solution (Siebel Business Lead UK)• Critical Path Planning / Change Management using Swim lane methodology (current state vs future state)• Developed Sales forecasting tools that dovetailed into Financials for reporting to NewsCorp (these were built in real-time and alerted Senior Management to problem areas within the business)• Responsible for training the all members of Commercial Planning team regards understanding financial and full forecasting process down to contribution• Responsible for developing a Full Account Planning system capable of forecasting and tracking all aspects of commercial deals down to contribution• Developed Xcelsius Visual Business Intelligence dashboards for Sales and Finance teams• 2 terms as stand in Commercial Planning Controller overseeing the Market Insight and Retail Planning teams

• Instrumental in planning, analysing and tracking all Q4 forecasts and financial commitments for the Virgin Retail Group• Responsible for communication of above to Senior Management• Responsible for collating and reporting of all disparate data sets

Volunteer - Taught English to Year 7 and 10 students (200 children)

• Instrumental in developing, assessing and monitoring the Fox European Budgets for Home Entertainment for FY 03 and FY 04• Developed matrixes for what-if scenarios with respect to above budgets• Responsible for training the Finance, Marketing and Sales teams throughout Europe in Business process (required numerous territory visits)• Liaised with IT on a regular basis regards improvements to Business Process at system level• Developed, implemented and maintained numerous KPI reports that were then implemented worldwide• Assisted European Directors (Finance, Marketing, Sales & Op's) in their need for accurate and timely sales data on a by country basis, European basis and International basis• Involved in Daily / Weekly / Monthly meetings with Home Office Finance and Home Office IT regards suggestions for future improvements in Business Process at Territory / Regional / International level• Developed a User Friendly database from Business Objects with Excel User Interface. This model allowed directors and staff to search for data from FY 2000 to current day. Enabled directors and staff to track their own progress as a territory against other European territories using Pivot Tables and graphical presentations. For examples of information tracked and queried please see below• Price modelling – DVD and VHS detailed price structures• Genre studies by classified film type• Sales periods by month / year• All Feature New Release data, i.e. Pricing, Box Office and Retail Sales, DVD vs. VHS percentages, Title as proportion of Total Sales etc• Catalogue data – DVD / VHS price structures and bands, seasonality studies, Catalogue Promotions vs. Catalogue Events vs. Back Catalogue etc• Yr on Yr detailed growth studies which included an updated monthly leader board by territory• Product mix data including the following splits Rental / Retail, FNR / Catalogue, Theatrical / Home Entertainment, DVD / VHS, FOX / MGM, differing price structures within DVD etc

• Prepared and analysed Time and Motion studies for proposed warehouse• Analysed sales of approx 2 million books per annum• Reported on the busiest months for sales, most popular genre’s, pick pack ship frequencies at warehouse level and Sales turnaround histories• Assisted in developing models (in Access, Sequel Server and Excel) that incorporated above data and produced crucial evidence in final recommendations to the Pearson Education and Penguin Board of Directors

• Reported directly to the European, Middle East and Africa Vice President for finance and operations• Involved in the transition of all Nordic licensees (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) to full subsidiary status grouped under one umbrella• Visited the Nordic territories regularly to assist with on-site set up and training of staff with new intra-net system (forecasting, budgeting and marketing tool)• Involved in the 2003 budget for 20th Century Fox, assisted both subsidiaries (UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Italy and Spain) and Licensees (Baltic’s, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Turkey and United Arab Emirates.• Involved in the quarterly re-forecasting of the above countries.• Created, implemented and maintained a KPI (key performance indicator) reporting model for Europe – this was updated weekly and looked at actual sales, estimated future sales and market breakdowns by genre, by territory, by film, by format, by licensor.

• Created and maintained Excel spreadsheet solutions for forecasting models i.e. various “What-if” models for forecasting and budget purposes.• Provided scenario analysis for different sections in the forecasting process i.e. changes in Net Price, Revenue, Cost of Sales, Marketing and Contribution.• Produced annual budgets for both Fox and MGM.• Assisted the subsidiaries (UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Italy and Spain) with their budget reporting and day to day running of business.• Responsible for the licensee’s, budgeting and day to day forecasting, (Bulgaria, Israel, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, United Arab Emirates).• Involved in initial forecasting and subsequent re-forecasting for above subsidiaries and licensees, this including using phasing models for revenue, units, returns and cost of sales.• Produced budgets and forecasts at title level i.e. film by film.