Richard Griggs Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Responsible for the day to day operation of several parks, whilst aligning to the strategic direction of the wider business. Reviewed operational models, identified and recruited strong teams whilst managing the P&L for the park. Performed risk assessments to ensure legal and H&S compliance, implemented best practices and efficiencies and developed.

Bexhill-on-Sea, England, United Kingdom

Stabilised a struggling business through implementation of a revised operating model that controlled the costs whilst revisiting the business strategy. By developing an online presence with a booking capability linked to a cloud based business system and re-launching the brand on social media, I increased the footfall to the site leading to an upturn in.

Bexhill-on-Sea, England, United Kingdom

Having returned to work with my IT career, I continued with an oversight role to ensure that the business tracked to the new strategy and budget. I continued to regularly attend BHHPA meetings and trade shows, as well as visiting site to assist with decisions and direction.

Bexhill-on-Sea, England, United Kingdom

For 9 months I stepped away from my IT career to work full time in the business as the park was not profitable and required a fresh, more realistic strategy. Pivotal to my review was examining all aspects of the business and understanding the detailed finances so I could restructure them, streamline the expenses and implement controls to prevent.

Bexhill-on-Sea, England, United Kingdom

In parallel to my professional IT career, I was heavily involved in the development of the park. From designing and undertaking the building work, through to developing the business plan, implementing working practices and IT systems, I was instrumental in supporting the early establishment of the business. Over time, I delved into HR, park and finance.

London, United Kingdom

Delivered a successful rollout programme of Bureau de Change and FX Services to John Lewis, delivering an annual £2M turnover per bureau. Implemented initial 5 bureau’s as well as implementing a multi-channel travel money platform, enabling online ordering. I previously established a significant transformation programme to replace the suite of bespoke.

During Richard’s time at the FSA, he has been integral to facilitating the transition from an in-house development structure to an outsourced arrangement with multiple suppliers (including offshore). He has a natural aptitude for problem solving and has worked closely with third party suppliers, the Project Management Office and the business to deliver.

Strategic Contact & Case ManagementRichard joined this significant top category project, with an expected budget of £5-10M, during the requirement gathering phase. It immediately became clear that the scope was not tightly defined and therefore the project was struggling to establish itself. Richard challenged the board structure/composition, the project.

Enterprise Content Management (ECM) ProcurementRichard joined this project to bring focus and control over a project that had failed to materialise during the preceding months. Richard’s immediate focus was to deliver a cohesive work package within a contractual framework as part of a RFP to an aggressive timeline for the multi-million pound.

Data AuditRichard was required to transform this FSA system wide Data Audit from a business-as-usual task into a project detailing several cost options, appropriate controls, deliverables and governance. The two key challenges on this project that Richard had to manage were the un-motivated existing staff and the wide ranging stakeholders with.

Business Intelligence Project - Financial Services AuthorityAs a lead developer, Richard was required to design, develop and lead a data warehouse implementation using SQL Server 2000, DTS and Cognos products. Within this complex system, data from diverse source systems had to be consolidated, cleansed, de-normalised and transformed (ETL) to produce a.

Richard was a Visual Basic developer on a client/server system, interacting with SQL Server and Oracle databases. A prominent stream of work that Richard led was developing interfaces to third party products. He was responsible for delivering project schedules, technical documentation and training in accordance with ISO 9001 quality standards.

Richard was involved in delivering a collision warning system for RAF fast jet aircraft, from securing the contract, through to design and implementation. Additionally, he was involved with several other contract bids enabling him to gain an insight into the processes and documentation required for successful bids.