Wayne Thomas Email & Phone Number

Johannesburg Metropolitan Area

Role Overview: Implementing of new Oracle M8 Servers and upgrading of current Oracle M8 Servers, overseeing IT Infrastructure and Configuration tasks as part of a project.Key Contributions:● Managing daily project activities.● Facilitate alignment sessions to ensure project scope is accurately defined, and all stakeholders are engaged.● Detailed planning and project schedule including scheduling with operation departments, cost control, estimating, and quality assurance.● Ensure a stable working solution and/or service that meet the business requirements by implementing necessary quality control processes as required by the client and enforcing Project governance.● Project execution, operation, close-out, scope changes, change management, Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid approach.● Identify and manage risks and issues on projects, including prioritisation and mitigation.● Weekly/monthly project reports and Steering Committee meetings.● Manage a multi-disciplined project team across multiple workstreams. ● Project financial management - tracking and projections and cost control.● Project Sign-off and Cost Recovery.● Handover to operations team after project completion/implementation.

Secunda, Mpumalanga, South Africa

● Contribute directly to the quality of IT Service Management.● Instill service orientation and ITSM awareness within the team.● Own specific IT Services and ensure their effective delivery, management, and improvement to meet client needs.● Drive continuous improvements across the supporting teams to meet customers contract/statement of work, Service Level Agreements (SLA), and compliance requirements.● Working with the National SDM, deliver both short- and long-term service and process goals, and maturity levels to be achieved over the specified time-period.● Working with the National SDM, deliver a holistic ITSM program with a coordinated set of continuous improvement initiatives.● Working with the National SDM, to provide thought leadership on ITSM and ITIL process development, on the current position, road-map, and strategic direction.● Looking after team KPIs, and critical success factors (CSFs) for IT Services, processes, operations, and work environments.● Facilitate cross-functional teams to develop, deliver, operationalise, document, and support solutions.● Assist with resources for successful Project Implementations.● Management and upkeep of the on-site company vehicles and petrol card● Oversee all and ensure compliance with all Health and Safety on site.

Secunda

Senior Project Manager● Scope clarification sessions on-site.● PID (Project Initiation Documentation)● Project Proposals, Quotations and Cost Forecasting.● Facilitate alignment sessions to ensure project scope is accurately defined, and all stakeholders are engaged.● Detailed planning and project schedule including scheduling with operation departments, cost control, estimating, and quality assurance.● Ensure a stable working solution and/or service that meet the business requirements by implementing necessary quality control processes as required by the client and enforcing Project governance.● Project execution, operation, close-out, scope changes, change management, Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid approach.● Identify and manage risks and issues on projects, including prioritisation and mitigation.● Weekly/monthly project reports and Steering Committee meetings.● Manage a multi-disciplined project team across multiple work-streams.● Project financial management - tracking and projections and cost control.● Project Sign-off and Cost Recovery.● Handover to operations team after project completion/implementation.

● Scope clarification sessions on-site.● PID (Project Initiation Documentation)● Project Proposals● Project quotations● Project Cost forecasting● Facilitate alignment sessions to ensure project scope is accurately defined and all stakeholders are engaged.● Responsible for detailed planning and project schedule including scheduling with operation departments, cost control, estimating, and quality assurance.● Ensure a stable working solution and service that meet the business requirements, by implementing necessary quality control processes as required by the client and enforcing Project governance.WAYNE THOMASSouth Africa • +27 83 658 4597 • wayne.thomas27482@gmail.com • linkedin.com/in/wayne-thomas-31635265Confidential - Curriculum Vitae● Project execution, operation, close-out, scope changes, change management, Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid approach.● Identify and manage risks and issues on projects, including prioritisation and mitigation.● Weekly/monthly project reports and Steering Committee meetings.● Manage a multi-disciplined project team, across multiple workstreams.● Project financial management - tracking and projections and cost control.● Project Sign-off and Cost Recovery● Handover to operations team after project completion/implementation.

Responsible for the Programme Manager (Acting) duties on the Sasol account from July 2015 to February 2017 which included:•To ensure the clients deliverables are met and delivered to time, cost, technical and performance parameters.•Working with clients to define project goals and to establish the overall success criteria for projects.•Identifying and implementation of tools and systems to proactively maintain project governance.•Co-coordinating, controlling and directing the activities of all staff and project team members to ensure the project success criteria are met.•Monitoring an applying performance management techniques. •Respond promptly and efficiently to the clients’ needs, changes and requests for projects.•Monitoring and advising on upon project finances.•Managing the flow of project information between the team and the client, through regular meetings and written communications and reports.•Ensuring the project teams comply with agreed systems and procedures.•Preparing formal project progress reports in order to provide timely and accurate project information and status updates to all stakeholders.•Taking a leading role in interfacing with clients and other team members at all project stages.•Taking a role in business development and client engagement with the aim to establish client relationships.

● Pre-Feasibility meetings and site inspections.● Project financial management - tracking and projections and cost control.● Compiled/assisted with Proposals for projects.● Facilitate alignment sessions to ensure project scope is accurately defined and all stakeholders are engaged.● Detailed planning and project schedule including scheduling with operation departments, cost control, estimating and quality assurance.● Project execution, operation, close-out, scope changes, change management, Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid approach.● Identify and manage risks and issues on projects, including prioritisation and mitigation.● Weekly/monthly project reports and Steering Committee meetings.● Managed a multi-disciplined project team, across multiple work-streams.

Project Management Professional (Pmp) ®, Project Management

Post Graduate Diploma In Programme And Project Management, Programme And Project Management, Post Graduate Diploma Nqf Level 8

Activities and Societies: Programme and Project Management Advanced Diploma: Project Management 3 October 2008 – 20 July 2009 (NQF Level.

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