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Dudley, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Managing a number of project streams including moving of core infrastructure to dual data centres leveraging EMC VPLEX and XtremIO technologies, introduction of new telephony system as part of a multi-channel business strategy.

Managing a number of project streams including; outsourcing of key infrastructure to cloud / hosted data centres including IFS (ERP) application and Oracle database servers, video conferencing and telephony, transition to a third party service desk, introduction of a resilient wide area network and implementing standard processes.

Ireland

International provider of health care services employing over 7,000 people worldwide and a turnover of c€2bnImplementation of a new service freeing up hospital beds by providing intravenous antibiotic treatment for patients at home. The solution including an on line portal for hospital clinicians to refer patients, implementation of a supply chain solution to deliver medicines direct to patients and a patient management system used by office staff and nurses via tablets and smart phones whilst administering treatment in the patient’s home.

Slough, United Kingdom

Managing a team of project managers to deliver a portfolio of projects ranging from £10k to £1m. Providing a single point of contact for senior and executive management.

London, United Kingdom

Group wide implementation across six divisions and over twenty sites of Epicor’s financial suite replacing a variety of incumbent financial systems interfacing to a range of production / MIS systems. Implementation of the full Epicor ERP solution in one division across it’s six plants.

Working at NSPCC / Childline managing multiple project streams within the £80m Helplines Development Programme

Children’s charity with income of c£150m, 4,000 staff operating in over 50 countriesResponsible for the overall quality of project and programme management• Responsible for recruiting and developing a team of Project Managers, Business Analysts and Developers. • Development of a 5 Year Global Investment Programme • Development of Programme Office processes and standards within a PRINCE2 framework

Distributor of office products selling through retail, wholesale and direct channels. Turnover c£250m. 1,000 staff in 7 locations in UK and Ireland. Responsible for the company’s ERP, E-commerce, Telecommunications and IT systemsMajor achievements included• Outsourcing key parts of the infrastructure to increase resilience and availability• Refresh of servers, desktops and laptops• Implementation of a company wide data and voice network using Voice Over IP (VOIP) delivering an Avaya contact centre• Heading up the companies online ecommerce initiatives to drive sales through online marketing including the creation and operational management of “white label” etail sites for major blue chip customers including HP and the Post Office• Roll out of EPOS including the back end merchandising, replenishment and ERP to 150 Post Office branches.

Distributor of office products selling through retail, wholesale and direct channels. Operating in UK, Ireland, Belgium, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Sweden and NorwayResponsible for the company’s pan European ERP, E-commerce and IT systemsMajor achievements included:• Implementation of new ERP systems in Germany, Italy and Austria• Conversion to Euro in France and Germany• Roll out of upgrades to ERP system in France, Sweden, Norway and UK• Migration from Lotus cc:Mail to Microsoft Exchange• Consolidation of French and Germany operations from two ERP hardware platforms to one• Introduction of Warehouse Radio Data systems • Outsourced warehousing and logistics operations in France and Germany to a central hub in Belgium • Implementation of ecommerce systems providing a variety of methods of integration including EDI, XML and web for Trading Partners

A global ERP provider with c1,200 staff. Formerly Geac and JBA • Responsible for JBA’s Infrastructure products• Responsible for internal business testing and roll out to customer base• Specialised initially in the implementation of Manufacturing and ERP Systems and progressed to the management of entire projects. • Customers included ISA, Dairy Crest, Forward Trust Rail, Swan National Leasing, Amstrad, Babcock, Bryant & May and Hepworth