Marie Wright Email & Phone Number

Huddersfield, GB

• Aligns strategy to prioritising investment for transformation activity.
• Shapes the organisation's ideas; packaging them up with the right ingredients for the best start in life, before handing over to a Project Manager to deliver as a strategic programme or project.

• Developed the service offering including leading its strategy and operational plans. Developed lean models promoting customer self-service.
• Developed, implemented and managed all project and change management processes, standards, tools and templates used in project delivery. This included leading the continuous improvement process.
• Managed planning to rollout a PPM solution to c. 150 cross-team stakeholders. Included developing requirements, change management, communications and engagement.
• Championed a culture of change, and sharing of knowledge for continuous improvement. Included creating and leading a Community of Practice of c. 50 in Project and Change Management.
• Fostered strong relationships with cross-teams and national bodies to align and embed ways of working and share best practice.

• Provided portfolio services including; assurance of project / programme delivery, planning, RAID.
• Secretariat to University's Change Governance body.

Manchester, United Kingdom

• Obtained ‘Exceptional Performance Award’ in spring 2019.
• Project managed and developed future vision, 5 year strategic plan and its supporting implementation plans, for a University with a turnover of over £1 billion per annum.
• Led a consultation process, in which over 4000 staff and stakeholders participated to share their views on the future direction of the organisation. Contributed to creating a culture of two way communication, one of.
• Led and managed a team of three to analyse all 1000 future ideas, feeding into senior leadership strategic planning and ascertaining the direction of the University’s next vision and strategic plan.
• Facilitated senior level discussion to reach consensus, developing organisational strategic priorities and building on current strengths, based on staff views, and my sector and external environmental market.
• Developed KPIs in line with aspirations of 5 year strategic plan, with respect to operating in a challenging external environment and newfound sector regulation.

• 3 placements of 5 months each in 2 universities. Placement 3 Procurement, The University of Manchester
• Identified strategic drivers and progressed associated activity within Procurement aligned to the University’s core goals, most notably towards Social Responsibility. Placement 2 Strategic Planning & Governance.
• Redefined the student discipline regulations, its governance structures, policy and processes to ensure parity of service provision for students. Injected clarity, creating clear guidance for staff following review of.
• Developed options to support decision making and implemented efficiency and effectiveness recommendations for the senior governing body to its governance framework, procedures and processes.
• Advanced institution towards its strategic objectives for digitalisation by adopting use of digital papers across governance bodies. Gained senior stakeholder confidence via change best practice; trialling, listening.
• Shaped University strategy refresh, including submission through appropriate governance channels. Placement 1 Communications & Marketing, The University of Manchester

Huddersfield, United Kingdom

• Designed and configured the fitness instructor online management system across the organisation’s 10 fitness sites.

London, United Kingdom

• Sourced and purchased desired products and ensured correct product delivery to franchisees across the globe.
• Advertised products to franchisees, analysing their current and past spend to detect further potential spend on our products.
• Analysed franchisee product orders, ensuring they were in line with each of their projected season spends and compared previous season spends.
• Generated ideas and researched their feasibility for solutions to logistical issues.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Manchester, United Kingdom

Besançon Area, France

Ba (Hons) French And Linguistics, 2:1

Education record

A level - Maths (A), French (A), English Language (A) AS level - Physics (A)