Samiur Rahman Email & Phone Number

At the helm of NZ Post's portfolio planning, my focus lies in harnessing the power of MS Project and Project Online to meticulously manage our scheduling systems and practices. With a foundation in AgilePM®, I guide the organization through complex project interdependencies, ensuring a clear critical path for all stakeholders involved.My role as a connector fosters a collaborative environment, where I contribute to interactive planning workshops and offer best practice advice to third parties like Daifuku and MPI. My adeptness in developing resource forecasts and maintaining project timelines exemplifies a commitment to optimizing operational efficiency and enhancing decision-making processes for our team.

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  Portfolio Planner

  Nz Post

  Sep 2023 - Present - Auckland, New Zealand

  Manage the scheduling & system and practices• Develops, maintains and/or oversees project, programme and portfolio schedule(s) within MS Project and Project Online.• Develops and maintains integrated master programme and portfolio plans within MS Project and Project Online, ensuring interdependencies within the portfolio and across the wider organisation are identified and the critical path is managed.• Develops and maintains timelines in powerpoint for communication to key stakeholders.• facilitating interactive planning workshops.• Develops and maintains resources forecast needed by the programmes and portfolios.• Provides best practice advice and support to 3rd parties as required, e.g. Daifuku, MPI, Customs.• Leads the 90-day rolling wave planning, with levelled milestone reporting to differentiate between key high-level milestones and low-level milestones.Develop, maintain and co-ordinate schedules and changes• Supports Impact Assessments for Change Requests by performing what-if analysis and develops contingency plans with support from the PMO Lead and PMs.• Monitors progress, including identifying critical activities and reviewing forecasts and progress achieved to date.• Works with other team members to identify and analyse options to remove conflicts in the schedule, or to mitigate issues as they arise.Dependency ManagementDevelops and establishes processes to identify and manage dependencies across projects, programmes and the wider portfolio.• Ability to influence, engage and build cohesion and a sense of purpose across project teams in managing inter-workstream dependencies.• Facilitates dependency workshops / meetings.Communication and Relationships• Communicates the schedule using the level of detail appropriate to the audience.• Builds and maintains effective and constructive relationships with key internal and external stakeholders. • Uses appropriate interpersonal styles and methods to inspire and guide individuals.