Competency Centre Manager (Product Management, Supply Chain & Stores)
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Managing the Product & Stores Competency Centre team, comprising 16 full-time staff and up to 10 contractors, including technical and application specialists with expertise in all aspects of IT solution development.Supporting approximately 140 application ranging from business critical systems (including POS, Stock and PIM systems) through to infrequently used systems.Providing skilled resource and delivering development work packages for major projects, with a combined value of approximately £3 million annually.Managing annual suppler budgets worth approximately £3 million and exceeded 2012 cost savings target.Project management of smaller-scale projects (£5k to £50k), usually 6 to 8 concurrently.Recent Projects Mainframe Product Capacity Project - removed operational limits across all channels. PIM replatform for relaunch of Argos Website Secured a 15% increase in team productivity. Reduced application problems within CC portfolio by approximately 40%.