Peter Cornell Email & Phone Number

Rochester, Kent

Following internal reorganisations I am now looking for a permanent position or contract/consultancy work. I have a strong background in ERP and EDI and qualified as a Prince2 practitioner

Worked collaboratively with two major retailers on the implementation of their EDI change programs. Employed expertise and experience to help improve the robustness of the rollout program for one retailer, simplifying future phases. Worked closely with another as a selected partner in the pre-pilot stage to bring specifications in line with UK standards and best practice. Selected as Unilever’s representative in newly formed GS1UK EDI Standards Implementation Group eSIG. Worked… Show more Worked collaboratively with two major retailers on the implementation of their EDI change programs. Employed expertise and experience to help improve the robustness of the rollout program for one retailer, simplifying future phases. Worked closely with another as a selected partner in the pre-pilot stage to bring specifications in line with UK standards and best practice. Selected as Unilever’s representative in newly formed GS1UK EDI Standards Implementation Group eSIG. Worked alongside suppliers and retailers to develop and promote implementation guides for different aspects of the EDI framework in the UK.Developed a resource tracking tool to asses the impact of the Supply Chain project portfolio. This highlighted areas of concern to the executive board and helped to form recruiting policies in Plan, Customer Service and Distribution. Also highlighted the need for portfolio management and as a result a project management officer role was created.Developed and managed a third party software system implementation to automate manually entered customer orders reducing the department head count by two. Subsequently rolled out to 17 countries worldwide.Designed a new KPI to measure impact of IT issues on business performance following presentation to the CIO. The new measure was piloted in the UK and adopted across Europe. The results influenced the timing and priorities of multi-million Euro IT service improvement programs.Managed User Acceptance Testing across Supply Chain, Customer Development and Finance for a major software upgrade of the European SAP platform ensuring a smooth upgrade with no interruption to the business process and no loss of service to our customer base.Managed all IT aspects of a €12 million warehouse automation project, working with 3rd party providers, technical solution and process experts and factory project team. Delivering an IT solution integrated with the ERP system, in line with the factory led construction project. Show less

Selected for this role to improve the performance of the team and provide direction, following the departure of previous incumbent. Managed a Pan-European change of planning methodology project, coordinating the activities of 12 technical specialists, breaking down cultural barriers to form a strong team from a wide geographical spread that successfully concluded the project.Delivered high level IT reports that were used at Executive Committee level for strategic IT planning and… Show more Selected for this role to improve the performance of the team and provide direction, following the departure of previous incumbent. Managed a Pan-European change of planning methodology project, coordinating the activities of 12 technical specialists, breaking down cultural barriers to form a strong team from a wide geographical spread that successfully concluded the project.Delivered high level IT reports that were used at Executive Committee level for strategic IT planning and resource allocation with recommendations being accepted. Show less

Part of a cross functional business team, managing relationships with internal customers, suggesting process enhancement to IT systems and Sales and Marketing plans, enabling £4k cost savings p.a. Managed the design and implementation of a new product identification IT solution, attaining buy in from production managers in 6 separate factories. Delivered an IT solution for a manual process in a production environment, saving £60k p.a.