Judith Du Plessis Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Working with the Bourton Group as an Associate Consultant helping clients to improve their Operational efficiency and help make their business better

An exciting role working with a range of companies from UK National infrastructure companies to Peruvian government bodies. Projects have included setting up knowledge management processes, redesigning processes and working with teams to embed a culture of respect and inclusion

London, United Kingdom

• In this role I managed multiple concurrent projects for the Arup People team and promoted project management within the function. Recent projects have included:
• Welcome Experience: In response to the current global challenges I led multiple cross functional workstreams to design and deliver a 3+month virtual welcome experience in place of a week-long face to face event to.
• Change of Occupational Health provider: I led a project team to design and deliver a SaaS based Occupational Health service in line with Arup’s digital transformation strategy. The change in provider has resulted in a.
• Additionally, I process mapped “as is” and “to be processes for functions and shared Lean Six Sigma process efficiency guidance as part of PM knowledge share sessions

London, United Kingdom

• A fast-paced global role for an American Bank managing projects across the UK, Europe, UAE, Hong Kong, Japan and the USA.
• Project managed the HR workstream for a Corporate divestment impacting 6 countries across EMEA, APAC and America: Worked with HR and Legal colleagues to deliver people related changes in accordance with local.
• Brexit Asset Management program: Led the HR work-stream of the program to set up two Asset Management branches in France and Germany including payroll and benefits set up and transition of existing Team Members.
• Brexit response: Worked with the HR Centre’s of Excellence to plan and deliver support for the Banks UK based employees throughout Brexit and review whether the existing HR business model was fit for purpose post.
• Additional projects included closing a banking entity in the UAE, harmonisation of French working time arrangements and movement of 1,000 staff from 4 offices into a new London Headquarters.

London, United Kingdom

The UK based IT department regularly delivered change projects across the collection of 10 hotels based in the UK, US and Europe impacting 5,000 staff and guests. The CIO recognised the need for a PMO function to provide governance and structure. I worked with the IT Directors to identify common pain points in project delivery and built PMO processes and.

London, United Kingdom

• I joined Coral to project manage the selection and implementation of a new recruitment system. I then went on to lead a project to review and revamp the induction process for high street staff before working on the.
• Managed a robust RFI process through a challenging and changing political landscape Gathered clear requirements from Coral and created a thorough process and framework to select both the vendor and the product.
• In addition to central project and vendor management provided hands on support to the payroll team; Created a robust testing plan, created and executed test scripts to ensure system and payroll/pensions integrations.
• Developed central communication and training plan; Drafted group-wide communications and training material, ran UAT sessions in order to test and develop user training materialOnline Retail Induction (Moodle):
• Project managed the review and revamp of the induction for shop staff which had been identified as a contributing factor to high staff turnover.
• Created a cross functional working party to redesign the induction: involved Shop Managers in the design to ensure content relevance and tone

London, United Kingdom

• Successfully passed the Engagement Manager training exams
• Joined a challenged project mid-way through implementation. Responsible for re-planning HR System deployment for a UK based global airline with 9,000 employees in 7 countries
• Successfully repaired the relationship with the client and assumed the role of trusted partner

London, United Kingdom

• A contract then permanent role with AXA delivering a number of projects and programs:
• Talent, Learning and Development Project Manager: Delivered a blended Learning Academy for AXA’s Senior Executives. Used creative problem solving skills to address budgetary and resource constraints to implement a.
• Project Manager: Strategic Reward Review: Managed a portfolio of 7 Reward projects commissioned by the Board to ensure that the AXA Benefits programme drove the desired culture, was competitive in the marketplace and.
• Pensions Implementation Project Manager: Transferred 11,000 pensioner payroll and 33,000 member records between two Pension providers delivering annual cost savings of £600k and improved customer experience. I project.
• Project Manager and PMO: HR System transformation (Oracle Peoplesoft): Led the PMO and business work streams in a £7m programme of work to replace outdated HR Systems with a market leading integrated HR system.

Supported the planning, creation and transition to a 24x7 offshore function providing global IT support whilst providing seamless support to the business. Implementation included the set up of the new office in Singapore, recruitment and training of support team, re-location of key support individuals to Singapore to provide continuity to the business. The.

Isle Of Man

• My role was to realise the patrons vision of bringing holistic health to the Isle of Man. This was an exciting and challenging role. I was responsible for the complete set up and management of the holistic day spa.
• Created operational processes and sales targets
• Recruited, managed and developed 7 full time staff and 10 contract therapists
• Designed gift and book shop fittings, visited UK trade fairs to select stock
• Designed promotional material and created marketing plan to launch the centre
• Manged the budget for the centre