An experienced and results-driven Business Change and Real Estate/ Workplace Professional, having achieved Master of Corporate Real Estate (MCR) and PG Cert. An excellent track record for delivery in leadership roles on major Estates Rationalisation, Workplace Optimisation and IT Transformation programmes in highly public and sensitive environments (BBC, MoJ, Rolls Royce, Met Police)Key skills include:• Stakeholder engagement/ relationship management, with the ability to align interests and create solutions• Developing and implementing project plans to hit deadlines• Workplace Strategy and “stack planning” of buildings, to successfully deliver complex business requirements• Management of internal teams and external supply chains to deliver targeted outcomesHas a background in working with organisations to understand their business strategies, objectives and commercial issues and developing and leading strategies to enhance business performance. Extensive experience in leading and delivering flexible workplace strategies, and associated change management and communication and move programmes. Enjoys creating solutions in complex stakeholder environments and has excellent influencing, negotiation and communication skills with the ability to work at all levels of the business. Genuinely passionate about improving quality of working life for people, and adding value for organisations.Key achievements• Accountable for introducing new flexible workplace strategies at multiple organisations’ HQ buildings impacting 10,000 staff• Workstream lead within large programme for physical relocation of over 5,000 staff to tight deadlines• Delivered change and communications programmes to 12,000 staff to engage, excite and prepare them for change • Designed Business Change Strategies and Plans for IT-enabled transformation projects affecting 46,000 staff• Design of several Workplace and IT Service Improvement surveys to identify business priorities and areas for action• Responsible for £5m pa savings at MoJ via analysis enabling significantly increased building capacity• Successfully worked with BBC subsidiaries to secure relocations and deliver £32.8m of BBC Workplace’s VFM targets• Acting as intelligent client, management of internal and external suppliers within several complex organisations to deliver large workplace change projects
Listed skills include Change Management, Strategy, Management, Stakeholder Management, and 26 others.