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Egham, Surrey.

Working at GSK, GSK House, Brentford as Project Manager and SME.Managing the Global Hazard Label project. Visiting UK sites and identifying capacity to meet the latest CPL regulations. Surveyed all GSK sites to identify print programs and hazard label regulations, to map the ability of the latest ERP system rollout to meet hazard label printing requirements at all sites. Compiled list of stand-alone label systems for decommissioning.

Creation of bid documents and win plans. Pre-sales meetings with prospective new clients and partners.

Working at Wilkinson in Worksop. Senior Process lead, responsible for three Process Leads and a Procurement, logistics and Stock team of six consultants.Ensuring project deliverables are met to time and standard. Assisting the client with SIT, UAT testing and cut-over.

Currently working at Dunelm Mill at Syston, Leicester. Project managing, designing, documenting and configuring a new Warehouse and supporting processes. Producing Blueprint and Functional Design Documents. Specifying developments. Configuring, unit testing and supporting user acceptance and regression testing. Managing go-live and post go-live support with Dunelm Project Manager.Previously working on the Fenix Outdoor pre-sales project with Ciber Sweden, based in Stockholm… Show more Currently working at Dunelm Mill at Syston, Leicester. Project managing, designing, documenting and configuring a new Warehouse and supporting processes. Producing Blueprint and Functional Design Documents. Specifying developments. Configuring, unit testing and supporting user acceptance and regression testing. Managing go-live and post go-live support with Dunelm Project Manager.Previously working on the Fenix Outdoor pre-sales project with Ciber Sweden, based in Stockholm. Demonstrating SAP retail through a series of workshops. Capturing local business processes and issues. Assisting with bid documentation.Previously worked as Testing Manager at Dunhelm Mill in Stoke on Trent. Writing User Acceptance test scripts in conjunction with the business. Securing test resource and monitoring and reporting test progress through to completion. Previously working on the Marks and Spencer retail project in London and India as Senior Retail Consultant, responsible for the localisation of the template design for India.Interacting with business leads to formulate the enterprise structure and local requirements. Designed warehouse structure and stores process. Specified, configured and transported local changesWorking with project managers on project planning and timescalesDriving through Integration and User Acceptance Testing and then go-live and initial post go-live support. Responsible for four local consultants. Previously working on the CZ cutover Project at Halfords. Moving Czech sites to new sales and purchasing orgs.Creating test and cutover plans and data migration/change processes. Previously working on the MFI retail project in London.Upgrading MFI from SAP R/3 to SAP Retail ECC 5.0.Writing functional and technical specifications and process mapping. Specified and running interface testing with external WMS system. Cutover and post go-live support. Show less

I worked on new SAP4.6C role outs to Germany, Italy and Spain, replacing non SAP legacy systems. I was involved in data and business process gathering and upload, configuring organisation specific requirements and interfaces from a standard template, end user training, and working as a resolving agent for post go live issues, I specialised in Warehouse Management, Purchasing and Inventory Management issues but helped with other functions such as Sales and Distribution and Production… Show more I worked on new SAP4.6C role outs to Germany, Italy and Spain, replacing non SAP legacy systems. I was involved in data and business process gathering and upload, configuring organisation specific requirements and interfaces from a standard template, end user training, and working as a resolving agent for post go live issues, I specialised in Warehouse Management, Purchasing and Inventory Management issues but helped with other functions such as Sales and Distribution and Production Planning solutions, I was involved with the SAP upgrade from 4.6 to 4.7, identifying possible problematic areas and writing end user test scripts.. Specifying and implementing IDoc and Ale solutions between Brother and third party warehouse providers across Europe. Initially as part of SAP go lives and subsequently as part of process improvements. Utilising IDoc templates such as DESADV, WHSORD and WHSCON and creating partner functions and conditions. Show less

Working as a second line resolving agency in the Site Competency Centre. Assisting the business in resolving post go live issues and problems with SAP R/3 and new MRPII ways of working, primarily for WM/MM but with extensive knowledge in all other functions. Liaising with the business and Core competency to aid understanding and drive continuous improvement. Leading continuous improvement projects. Leading Clinics with Business process experts to identify and resolve functional and… Show more Working as a second line resolving agency in the Site Competency Centre. Assisting the business in resolving post go live issues and problems with SAP R/3 and new MRPII ways of working, primarily for WM/MM but with extensive knowledge in all other functions. Liaising with the business and Core competency to aid understanding and drive continuous improvement. Leading continuous improvement projects. Leading Clinics with Business process experts to identify and resolve functional and cross-functional issues. Sharing best practices across sites and functions. I identified the requirement and lead a design and rollout project to implement SAP R/3 in the neighboring GlaxoSmithKline Beckenham plant. Show less

Montrose, Dartford, Slough

Started in Montrose as a chemical storeman, worked my way up to the dispatch store supervisor, responsible for the shipping of intermediates and final products. I moved to the GSK Darford site in 1998 to work on the new ERP design and roll out. First working with BPCS, I was logistics lead on a 20 person team, designing the ERP template. BPCS was dropped and SAP adopted. I worked out of Slough for 8 months as part of the warehousing and logistics team designing SAP to ASAP principles… Show more Started in Montrose as a chemical storeman, worked my way up to the dispatch store supervisor, responsible for the shipping of intermediates and final products. I moved to the GSK Darford site in 1998 to work on the new ERP design and roll out. First working with BPCS, I was logistics lead on a 20 person team, designing the ERP template. BPCS was dropped and SAP adopted. I worked out of Slough for 8 months as part of the warehousing and logistics team designing SAP to ASAP principles, returning to Dartford to ensure a smooth cutover to SAP. Show less