Adrian May Email & Phone Number

Bishopstone, Gb

Bath, England, United Kingdom

D365 Global business transformation programme governance review and Change lead.

Sandhill Farm, Shrivenham

Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom

Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom

Clevedon, England, United Kingdom

Leading an RFP process for a global PLM solution. Deliver a business case to substantiate the multi million dollar investment.

Bath, England, United Kingdom

Led the Change Team to support the business through the implementation of a global D365 deployment.Led the second phase of the global deployment of CE to the support / engineering staff

Accountable for deployment of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and management of the wider portfolio of Group IT projects

Bath, United Kingdom

1) Business lead for global implementation of first phase of new Microsoft Dynamics D365 (CE). c800 staff trained with extensive business engagement to accept new tool.2) Programme lead for global sizing and selection tool (SST) for customers and employees to use to identify most appropriate product for a specific operation - programme initiated and progressed through exploratory stage with user requirements and handed over to permanent replacement to progress the RFQ stage.

Bath, United Kingdom

1) Led global sales team restructure from vertical divisions to end market sectors - end market sectors established in APAC and EMEA and cookie cutter process made available for Americas 2) Led a project to optimise global customer order fulfilment process. Handover to a perm replacement once pilots defined and initiated in preparation for wider deployment

Swindon, United Kingdom

Career break to provide care and support for seriously ill family members

Swindon

Aligned the strategy for a global bp subsiduary, Chemical Management Services (CMS) ($80m turnover), with the evolving global Industrial strategy • defined the Marketing strategy - why the service was offered, what the offer was, target markets and customer and health and safety (HSSE) risk mitigation• minimised the stakeholders biggest concern - of potential HSSE risks by defining a global pre-contract HSSE audit at new customer sites• gained consensus and sign off with c10 CxO… Show more Aligned the strategy for a global bp subsiduary, Chemical Management Services (CMS) ($80m turnover), with the evolving global Industrial strategy • defined the Marketing strategy - why the service was offered, what the offer was, target markets and customer and health and safety (HSSE) risk mitigation• minimised the stakeholders biggest concern - of potential HSSE risks by defining a global pre-contract HSSE audit at new customer sites• gained consensus and sign off with c10 CxO stakeholders globally of the role of CMS within the Industrial strategy Show less

Swindon

Rescued a complex and ambiguous global transformation project to standardise and future proof (sell off or retain) a bp subsiduary - Chemical Management Services ($80m turnover).• A commercial framework by which BP would choose the customers it would engage with and how • Gained regional VP stakeholder agreement to change the project direction (retain instead of sell)• Addressed HSSE risk mitigations. A fundamental stakeholder criterion in defining the future customer/commercial… Show more Rescued a complex and ambiguous global transformation project to standardise and future proof (sell off or retain) a bp subsiduary - Chemical Management Services ($80m turnover).• A commercial framework by which BP would choose the customers it would engage with and how • Gained regional VP stakeholder agreement to change the project direction (retain instead of sell)• Addressed HSSE risk mitigations. A fundamental stakeholder criterion in defining the future customer/commercial relationship. • Financial modelling of the incremental benefits and costs of the options vs do nothing – NPV• Organisational design including integration with third party service suppliers Show less

Swindon, Wiltshire, Uk

Led an international team of eight sales and marketing project managers to deliver complex and innovative business end to end projects and programmes.• Implemented multimillion dollar route to market changes including selection of national distributors and the sale of BP Legal Entities in Bulgaria, Benelux, Austria, Hungary• developed a CRM strategy for sales and deployed Seibel in UK, Spain, France, Benelux• EU delivery of a web-based app and content for a “Customer Policy” for… Show more Led an international team of eight sales and marketing project managers to deliver complex and innovative business end to end projects and programmes.• Implemented multimillion dollar route to market changes including selection of national distributors and the sale of BP Legal Entities in Bulgaria, Benelux, Austria, Hungary• developed a CRM strategy for sales and deployed Seibel in UK, Spain, France, Benelux• EU delivery of a web-based app and content for a “Customer Policy” for consistency of Sales / customer engagement. Defined an audit process to ensure compliance • transitioned Customer Services in from national operations to a centralised hub in Hungary• defined and implemented a North-Western Africa distributor strategy moving from France exports • EU roll out of an app to bring better control t of the c$20m customer trade loan investments • led all significant regional Marketing launch projects • relocated the Castrol regional head office in UK with 250 staff • deployed a web based front end to SAP across Europe to enable customers to order products• developed business cases requesting redundancy in support of required reorganisations• led all governance processes for the project portfolio Show less

Swindon, United Kingdom

Led a regional Project Portfolio team (2) and engaged with senior stakeholders to define and own the three-year road map of strategic projects from a portfolio of over 300 projects and provide governance on progress.• Led other functions to review their annual project priorities. • Engaged the senior leaders to sign off the cross functional road map for the performance plan• Ensured adequate finance for active projects on the road map• Deployed a web-based Project Road Mapping… Show more Led a regional Project Portfolio team (2) and engaged with senior stakeholders to define and own the three-year road map of strategic projects from a portfolio of over 300 projects and provide governance on progress.• Led other functions to review their annual project priorities. • Engaged the senior leaders to sign off the cross functional road map for the performance plan• Ensured adequate finance for active projects on the road map• Deployed a web-based Project Road Mapping tool - adopted globally• Establishment of a monthly cross functional (Sales, Marketing, Technology, Supply Chain, Finance) Project Portfolio review as part of Sales and Operations management cycle for Europe and Africa (adopted globally).  - Maintenance of the Hopper of potential projects (PIDs) - Resource loading with a rolling two-year focus  - Strategic road map with a three-year focus - Review of Project interdependencies, prioritisation  - Establishment of monthly country level Project Portfolio reviews Show less

Swindon, United Kingdom

Led a team of 8+ Project Managers and developed and mentored the team to ensure their work complied with BP’s PM standards and utilised best practise from other methodologies. • Development of Project Management skills: - BP PM methodology (CVP), certified as Prince 2 Practitioners and PMP qualified - Defined standard ways of working - Extended to other key PMs in other teams through the delivery of PM training • Regular presenter to the region on Project management… Show more Led a team of 8+ Project Managers and developed and mentored the team to ensure their work complied with BP’s PM standards and utilised best practise from other methodologies. • Development of Project Management skills: - BP PM methodology (CVP), certified as Prince 2 Practitioners and PMP qualified - Defined standard ways of working - Extended to other key PMs in other teams through the delivery of PM training • Regular presenter to the region on Project management standards and compliance Show less

Swindon, United Kingdom

Led a pilot programme in Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia for a Route to Market change that required selling legal entities (c$9m) and appointing the buyer as the National Distributor • established the project team including PMO• modelled incremental NPV of all options • led an RFQ/RFP process leading to the selection of a preferred candidate• negotiated Sales and Purchase agreements and Distribution contracts • negotiated with regional and national Works councils… Show more Led a pilot programme in Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia for a Route to Market change that required selling legal entities (c$9m) and appointing the buyer as the National Distributor • established the project team including PMO• modelled incremental NPV of all options • led an RFQ/RFP process leading to the selection of a preferred candidate• negotiated Sales and Purchase agreements and Distribution contracts • negotiated with regional and national Works councils • communications and stakeholder planning and engagement including multi lingual town halls• managed approval documents - Business Case, Legal Entity changes and Authority to Negotiate• negotiated all payment terms with buyer and agreed fund payments through Group Treasury Show less

Swindon, United Kingdom

Management of a team of four who were focused on ensuring processes, at a country level, were standardised in preparation for SAP implementation• Country reviews in the UK, France, Spain/Portugal, Benelux, Nordics to review the purchase to buy and order to cash processes seeking to standardise fundamental elements such as payment methods and lead times

Swindon, United Kingdom

Delivered Programme Management and assurance of 200+ Supply Chain transformation projects with delivery of c$11m pa, capex spends of c$10m pa within the European Supply Chain function, including:• Conceptualised, developed and deployed a web-based project tracking assurance tool across Supply Chain globally that recorded all in flight projects and monitored the monthly spend and benefit delivery vs budget• Led the Sales and Operations Demand Planning project across Supply Chain Europe… Show more Delivered Programme Management and assurance of 200+ Supply Chain transformation projects with delivery of c$11m pa, capex spends of c$10m pa within the European Supply Chain function, including:• Conceptualised, developed and deployed a web-based project tracking assurance tool across Supply Chain globally that recorded all in flight projects and monitored the monthly spend and benefit delivery vs budget• Led the Sales and Operations Demand Planning project across Supply Chain Europe and analysis determined the development of a web-based application to collect the country data through which an integrated regional demand plan could be generated Show less

Swindon, United Kingdom

Delivery of a portfolio of regional Supply Chain projects• integrated BP and Aral supply chains to deliver a targeted $3.8m pa benefit savings in Germany• led divestment of the Global Special products business in Germany • closed the Scandinavian Distribution Centre in Denmark and transferred distribution to Germany• reorganised distribution, including France and Benelux.

Swindon, United Kingdom

Project benefit delivery and expenditure assurance across over 300 projects for the region. • Monthly benefit delivery and expenditure assurance of projects arising from BP’s acquisition of Castrol (2002 benefit delivery $7.6m) and later extended to include all project activity (300 + projects) capex ($21m)• Project assurance - ensuring all projects run by Supply Chain Europe complied with company project standards. Summarising and reporting programme status

Pangbourne, Uk

Creation of a new department (5 staff) within Strategic Marketing to support its migration from product focus to service focus, with the definition and delivery of global Customer Facing applications • led vendor analysis to deliver a global asset maintenance app for the Castrol+Plus business (Maximo)• conceptualised, developed and delivered a global Knowledge Management System (including CRM)• developed and delivered extranet applications, including used oil sample analysis and… Show more Creation of a new department (5 staff) within Strategic Marketing to support its migration from product focus to service focus, with the definition and delivery of global Customer Facing applications • led vendor analysis to deliver a global asset maintenance app for the Castrol+Plus business (Maximo)• conceptualised, developed and delivered a global Knowledge Management System (including CRM)• developed and delivered extranet applications, including used oil sample analysis and data sheets• off shored software development and maintenance to a South Africa based team Show less

Swindon, United Kingdom

A member of an international corporate IT team focusing on ERP system implementation. • implemented SoftM ERP for the Chem-Trend organisation in Denmark, Germany & UK

London, Uk

A member of the Project Management team for the Operations sector of EMI Music International. Managing Supply Chain projects and targeting operating cost reduction:• programme managed a JV distribution operation in Hungary on behalf of three music companies • implemented IT for a JV distribution operation in Poland involving three music companies• deployed new warehouses for Czech and Slovak Republics including warehouse mgmt. systems• implemented processes and IT for Pan… Show more A member of the Project Management team for the Operations sector of EMI Music International. Managing Supply Chain projects and targeting operating cost reduction:• programme managed a JV distribution operation in Hungary on behalf of three music companies • implemented IT for a JV distribution operation in Poland involving three music companies• deployed new warehouses for Czech and Slovak Republics including warehouse mgmt. systems• implemented processes and IT for Pan European inventory management for a new Central European Warehouse, including forecasting and DRP capability • integrated Virgin Records UK and Ireland distribution to EMI Music Show less

Swindon, Hayes, United Kingdom

A start-up IT department to support all aspects of production and back office to accommodate business growth of a 24/7 CD Manufacturing Plant (from £15m to £40m+) during the early days of CDs, and then extending to the management of the IT in support of Music Cassette and Vinyl manufacturing. Seven staff.• implemented a full ERP suite (HP) including Financials, inventory, Customer order processing, purchasing, a bespoke shop floor management system tracking CDs through the manufacturing… Show more A start-up IT department to support all aspects of production and back office to accommodate business growth of a 24/7 CD Manufacturing Plant (from £15m to £40m+) during the early days of CDs, and then extending to the management of the IT in support of Music Cassette and Vinyl manufacturing. Seven staff.• implemented a full ERP suite (HP) including Financials, inventory, Customer order processing, purchasing, a bespoke shop floor management system tracking CDs through the manufacturing process, and a bespoke system with basic robotics to distribute finished product to customers• managed IT Operations at the established Music Cassette and Vinyl manufacturing plants in Hayes. Show less

Swindon, United Kingdom

Early career work focusing on leveraging the new PC and LAN technology. Four direct reports• Establishing office standards for PCs, software apps across the group• Implementation of local area networks in new and existing offices • Project management of commercial projects based around payment options

Swindon, United Kingdom

Early career work focusing on Inventory Management• Inventory management of Video Cassettes and liaison between the Marketing company and the Supply chain facilities. Adhoc management reporting.• Introduction of the new PC technology to the department• Programming a bespoke product card system to replace the old manual cards• Took user ownership of the ERP system and worked with the systems team for all upgrades• Investigating and introducing a new inventory management… Show more Early career work focusing on Inventory Management• Inventory management of Video Cassettes and liaison between the Marketing company and the Supply chain facilities. Adhoc management reporting.• Introduction of the new PC technology to the department• Programming a bespoke product card system to replace the old manual cards• Took user ownership of the ERP system and worked with the systems team for all upgrades• Investigating and introducing a new inventory management concept to reduce the cost of inventory Show less

Change Management, Practitioner

Project Management, Pass

Practitioner, Agile Project Management (Dsdm)

Management Of Portfolios, Practitioner

Project Portfolio Management

Msc Supply Chain, Logistics, Inventory Mgmt, Manufacturing

Mba, Business Strategy

Biological Science, Marine Biology, Developmental Biology

Activities and Societies: RAF VR - University Air Squadron (SUAS)

Managing Successful Programmes, Practitioner

Prince 2 Practioner