Vanessa Mcdaid Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Advisory Associate - Providing strategic insight to guide $multi m investment decisions through comprehensive due diligence assessments of target software, evaluating product capabilities, market opportunities and customer needs.Digital Consultant - Delivering reduced operating costs, increased customer satisfaction and removal of manual processing hours through the development of digital transformation strategy and value driven roadmap.

London, Gb

Led the Regional CIO and Business Engagement & Transformation teams, spearheading the development and alignment of the Digital & Technology 3-5 year strategy; driving revenue growth and cost reduction. Led rolling 18 month portfolio planning approach to optimise £150m annual investment, prioritising investments through rigorous benefit analysis approach. Business relationship management securing sponsorship and resource capacity to ensure effective and timely execution of digital & technology execution plan. Leadership of 500 person high-performing global team to deliver strategic programmes across functions and markets, driving significant process, people, and technology change fuelling profitable growth and cost savings. Highlights: • Led complex multi function multi region transformation e.g. Leveraging Salesforce.com to deliver customer insight data driven outlet execution, eCommerce DtC, OMP to optimise supply planning, BlueYonder to standardise and optimise transport processes. • S4 Hana business case development, partnering with EY to create case for change containing rigorous benefit analysis, deployment approach and future organisation design. • Designed and led implementation of Digital & technology operating model to create more productive organisation (incl. process redesigns LEAN Six Sigma) • Development and implementation of “Women In Leadership” programme; coaching and mentoring to develop future female talent

London, Gb

As a member of the Exec team, representing £3bn annual sales, developed and implemented IT strategy to maximise business goals, leveraging effective business partnering across the region. Leadership of 80+ team, overseeing end user services and project delivery across the region, managing portfolio spend of £40m. Establishing and maintaining strong internal and external relationships, driving comprehensive agendas in analytics & data, digital transformation, process standardisation and cyber security. Playing an integral role on Crisis Management Committee, providing leadership during simulations of technology incidents, ensuring Europe employees are aware and actively report data breaches, and provide IT leadership required during geopolitical incidents. Actively contributing to Risk Management Committee; risk identification, ownership, and mitigation planning. Implemented regional cost efficiency management programs, involving significant business change such as transitioning services to shared service centres. Highlights:• Implementation of SAP ERP global template including standardisation of back-office processes, overseeing transition to global shared services alongside IT delivery, extensive change management: enabling OH cost reduction, improved customer service, reduced cost to serve through process automation and improved process compliance. • Development of Integrated Business Planning, utilising Anaplan platform, to drive efficiency and effectiveness in planning across functions, centralisation of above market planning capabilities• Orchestrated Business Performance Management transformation with the finance function; simplifying, standardising, and automating process, data and technology leading to significant operating cost reduction.• Improved employee experience (hardware/software/ticket resolution) through an end user focussed approach, leveraging design thinking to improve JML process.

London, Gb

Business relationship management with country leadership teams across the region, understanding business objectives to ensure IT strategy enables their delivery. Led the IT planning and portfolio execution for European region, to optimise portfolio value through robust business case definition and on-going benefit realisation measurement. Managed and monitored £40m IT investment, providing strategic management, reporting and leadership to European Executive team to enable timely corrective action to mitigate risks and avoid delivery issues.

London, Gb

London, Gb

London, Gb

London, Gb

London, Gb

London, Gb

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