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London, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

Assuming the position of Chief of Staff for S/4 HANA provided a unique opportunity to take on a leadership role in the NSE Region (Northern South Europe).Main responsibilities:• Directed the business delivery plan.• Orchestrated the Marketing Plan and supported events, presentations, and digital materials.• Oversaw Risk Advisory large deals pipeline and resource forecasts.• Led Knowledge Management initiatives and global SAP Risk Advisory Methodology development.• Ensured alignment with Chief of Staff counterparts globally.• Collaborated across regions for consistency and knowledge sharing.• Optimized budget and investments for maximum impact.

RGP is a global consulting firm that enables rapid business outcomes by bringing together the right people to create transformative change. As a human capital partner for our clients, we specialize in solving today’s most pressing business problems across the enterprise in the areas of BusinessTransformation, Governance, Risk and Compliance and Technology and Digital Innovation. Our engagements are designed to leverage human connection and collaboration to deliver practical solutions and more impactful results that power our clients, consultants and partners’ success.

The Chief of Staff for the European Leadership Team is a critically important role, enabling the management team to focus on setting the vision and providing strategic direction for the organization. Main responsibilities:Project Management Provide high level oversight for the projects and initiatives which the management team is particularly interested inStrategic Projects Lead or co-lead discrete projects on behalf of the European Management Team. Scope, plan and execute these projects either independently or with the support of an internal (and often cross-functional) teamOperational Excellence Responsible for internal operations process improvementScoping and initiating system changes to achieve operational excellence Sales excellenceSupporting CRM adoption and best practice Responsible for the European Sales Support team Assisting the European Leadership team with roll out and adoption of the sales strategy

Pan-European transformation programme - working as a project manager on the implementation of a new operating model, incentive scheme for all staff and several smaller improvement projects such as enhanced performance management, forecasting processes etc. Implementation of the Global CRM system – responsible for providing project and change management support for a European roll out of a CRM system - working closely with IT on data migration, managing team of Super Users, responsible for regular communication and the end user training Working closely with the SVP Europe and the European Leadership team on improving financial reporting, data quality and visibility.

Hitachi Consulting is the digital solutions and management consulting business of Hitachi Ltd., a global technology and social innovation leader.Responsible for the planning and delivery of the Business Intelligence projects.Main responsibilities:Resource planning and on-boarding Managing delivery of each workstreamManaging the project cost – tracking cost based on budget, forecast and actuals Identify , analyse, minimise and manage risks and issues that arise during the execution of projectsProviding accurate reporting on project progress Manage the close-out and post-implementation activities of the projectEnsure that the knowledge transfer is completed and all documentation is filed as appropriate.

Role Summary:Responsible for project managing of the bid process from gathering requirements, creating projects plans, formulating milestones, securing resources; through monitoring progress, escalating issues to the senior management; to finalising and submitting deliverables to the client. Awarded EMEA Excellence Award – May 2015 in the Business Development category.

London, United Kingdom

Delivered PMO support for Management Consulting projects undertaken on behalf of high profile clients.Project managed the full project life cycle including preparing project plans, assessing skills requirements, securing resources, monitoring and reporting progressCarried out project financial health checks, reporting potential issues to the Delivery Excellence teamManaged SharePoint document libraries, creating and maintaining SharePoint collaborative spaces

London, United Kingdom

tehbigword provides translation, interpretation, localisation and language technology solutions for businesses, the public sector and individuals.Initially employed as a Project Coordinator, promoted to Senior Resourcing Coordinator in 2010, and to Buying Manager in the same yearOrganised and successfully managed large scale resourcing projects for £multi-million government accounts to meet challenging SLAs and KPIsAssessed, analysed, and forecasted client requirements, gathering information by attending discovery sessions with high profile clients, liaising with internal stakeholders, and analysing MIProject managed the implementation of new contracts, improving gross margin for key client accounts Implemented a new sourcing strategy to improve profit levels and optimise use of resourcesBuilt and managed relationships with new and existing suppliers, overseeing selection, performance reviews, rationalisation, negotiations, and contract managementStreamlined processes to maximise efficiency e.g. SMS freelancer contract / freelancer assessmentSupported a salesforce implementation and played a vital role in the transformation programme

Air Products is a global provider of of atmospheric and process gases, equipment and services. Played a key role in the implementation of SAP, acting as PA to the project team and organising the relocation of the team to Krakow, PolandProvided PA support to Project Manager, including coordinating key milestone events for this SAP ERP project

Advanced Business Russian Certificate, Russian Language

Government Scholarship

Ma, Marketing And Management

Activities and Societies: Principal subjects / occupational skills covered: Extended marketing and economics courses

Ba, English And Russian

Activities and Societies: Principal subjects / occupational skills covered: Business correspondence in Russian and English, negotiations.