Manager the long term strategic planning of critical resources (machinery and manpower).

National Consolidated Planning Process Owner

Successfully delivered an effective governances and control capability across 5 portfolios of over 100 live projects with an investment of €130 million. These ensured measures to drive good management of all projects that flow through the end to end project lifecycle are in place. Designed and implemented an optimized Capacity and resource management process using Lean to improve resource allocation and minimised resource bottlenecks to ensure effective delivery of projects.. • Significantly improved and managed the project Assurance review process.• Delivered several process improvement initiatives in the Resourcing and Assurance space applying Lean practices and principles. • Built strong stakeholder relationships at all levels of the organisation whilst working on cross functional initiatives.• Reviewed project artefacts and supported the Project managers and Business analyst with their submission ensuring they are in line with governance standards.• Implemented a Risk Assurance capability to further improve the quality of our project delivery. • Key influencer in extending the in-house project delivery methodology across all portfolios. • Act as Liaison, collate artefacts for submissions and implement changes in response to Audit findings. • Defined and agreed measures to demonstrate and monitor the effectiveness of Resourcing across the division.

Established and operationalised resource management MI analysis and reporting capability across the function. Lead advocate of tool usage along with good people management to improve the efficiency of project delivery. Established a centre of Excellence; delivering 1:1 training, coaching and knowledge transfer sessions for resource and project managers.• Facilitate the engagement between Resource managers and Project managers ensuring any resourcing conflicts or constraints are discussed and suitable resolution agreed. • Supervising and mentoring of junior colleagues and new recruits. • Introduced a continuous improvement opportunities using Lean by analysing MI, user feedback, querying trends and compliance metrics then develop a case for change to present to Senior Management. • Represented my department at cross divisional resourcing forum ensuring any Initiatives proposed are confidently challenged and assessed to ensure it’s a fit for our business needs. • Procurement of good and services via 3rd Party Suppliers.

Implemented and managed new processes to optimise the management of the utilisation and demand picture for existing and upcoming projects & BAU for a multi-function team of 36.• Worked with Technical Project Managers & Team Managers to identify appropriate deliverables & resources.• Control of Risk and Issues, ensuring they are reviewed and managed appropriately.• Managed a resource capacity plan or resource forecast to help understand resource availability for projects. • Established new processes to facilitate open communication regarding resource allocation and utilisation, project status and project board decisions.

The primary interface for several key Infrastructures within the VISA Europe distributed estate, engaging with project, SME, and Business teams to ensure the applications are performing optimally and are able to accommodate increases in growth and usage while continuing to achieve Service Level expectations.• Ensured that sufficient IT infrastructure exists to meet business requirements with responsibility for several key systems. • Analysed metrics to produce Service Performance Reports on many of the core infrastructures including making appropriate recommendation to eliminate future system degradation.• Provided planning information to stakeholders, detailing projected requirements in terms of growth and procurement to meet customer demands and peaks in processing.• Assisted Project Managers and other senior stakeholders with potential concerns on systems with performance issues working as the Capacity Planning representative in matrix project teams.• Assist Project Managers and other stakeholders with potential concerns on systems with performance issues working as the Capacity Planning representative in matrix project teams.