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Senior Project Manager - Delivering focused quality IT solutions aligned with company strategies.
Philip Nicholls
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Kegworth, United Kingdom
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A proactive, resourceful and results driven Senior Project Manager with significant experience delivering system developments, implementations and IT migrations. Analytical and methodical in understanding stakeholder management requirements to translate into functional solutions and drive operational excellence through business change. Skilled in effectively coordinating resources, defining project scope and governing projects with precision to meet all deliverables and project milestones. Specialises in various ERP solutions as a technically astute leader of projects with £multi-million budgets and conflicting priorities, requiring decision making, initiative and natural intuition to identify and resolve project bottlenecks.
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English
Fluently
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Larger project
Ongoing relation / part-time
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2016 - ?
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Project Manager / Platform Development Manager
STRATEC BIOMEDICAL UK LTD.
• Planning and managing projects end-to-end to create middleware solutions in a highly regulated and compliance driven environment
• Leading a team of circa 20 project staff with Agile Sprint / Kanban for continual improvement and delegating project work streams to guarantee achievement of all deliverables and milestones
• Driving the advancement of the core enterprise platform product to enable OEM teams to produce a range of middleware solutions
• Coordinating the Change Advisory Board (CAB) using ITIL management processes to support the authorisation and prioritisation of change
Key achievements:
• Managed the programme of change to deliver numerous platform releases to OEM project team deadlines.
• Progressed the programme of change with budget in excess of £5m and individual OEM projects of c£1m
• Successfully provided the Quotient MosaiQ Middleware software solution to manage data with the customer laboratory information system
Travelling and personal project Jun 2016 - Aug 2016
• Leading a team of circa 20 project staff with Agile Sprint / Kanban for continual improvement and delegating project work streams to guarantee achievement of all deliverables and milestones
• Driving the advancement of the core enterprise platform product to enable OEM teams to produce a range of middleware solutions
• Coordinating the Change Advisory Board (CAB) using ITIL management processes to support the authorisation and prioritisation of change
Key achievements:
• Managed the programme of change to deliver numerous platform releases to OEM project team deadlines.
• Progressed the programme of change with budget in excess of £5m and individual OEM projects of c£1m
• Successfully provided the Quotient MosaiQ Middleware software solution to manage data with the customer laboratory information system
Travelling and personal project Jun 2016 - Aug 2016
Project Manager, Budget, ITIL, Agile, C, Management, Kanban, Compliance, Support, Middleware, Development, Advisory board, Software, Enterprise, Manager, Processes
2014 - 2016
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Senior Project Manager
ANTALIS UK.
• Led multiple business critical projects end-to-end as a specialist in PMO provision, senior stakeholder engagement and programme support
• Managed the implementation of a new credit management workflow solution to prioritise tasks and automate customer communications
• Directly supported a PMO team of Programme & Project Managers during the logistics programme and company reporting programme
• Continually sought to improve the PMO operating model with the creation of new standardised templates and toolkits for project coordination and reporting
• Developed and introduced best practice into PMO standard procedures, in addition to P3M3 assessments and improvement initiatives
Key achievements:
• Reduced DSO to below 60 days, decreased bad debt and improved balance sheet c£10m following on time/budget implementation of SunGard/FIS GetPaid credit management solution
• Facilitated a 50% cost reduction in finance documenting and improved credit control with implementation of the Swiss Post Financial Print & e-Bill solution
• Managed the implementation of a new credit management workflow solution to prioritise tasks and automate customer communications
• Directly supported a PMO team of Programme & Project Managers during the logistics programme and company reporting programme
• Continually sought to improve the PMO operating model with the creation of new standardised templates and toolkits for project coordination and reporting
• Developed and introduced best practice into PMO standard procedures, in addition to P3M3 assessments and improvement initiatives
Key achievements:
• Reduced DSO to below 60 days, decreased bad debt and improved balance sheet c£10m following on time/budget implementation of SunGard/FIS GetPaid credit management solution
• Facilitated a 50% cost reduction in finance documenting and improved credit control with implementation of the Swiss Post Financial Print & e-Bill solution
Project Manager, Budget, C, Print, PMO, Management, Finance, Support, Workflow, Implementation, Manager, LED
2013 - 2014
job
IT Project Manager
TNT EXPRESS ICS.
• Precision planned and managed a portfolio of varied business projects end-to-end with full accountability for budgets exceeding £1m
• Ran a project to enable sales teams to manage prospects, capture opportunities, make offers, gain commitment and monitor converted revenue
• Completed the agile build stage in two-week sprints based on high level requirements analysis and engagement with onshore/offshore teams
• Managed the roll-out of scheduled mainframe Oracle upgrades across 13 environments and deployment to production with minimal impact to international BAU operations
Key achievements:
• Delivered an estimated annual benefit of £2.3m in sales following implementation of a new global CRM solution with a project budget of £500k
• Drove a €600k special services initiative to develop a common solution for recording value added products outside the standard consignment procedures
• Enabled impact assessments and service recovery by putting new procedures in place for document repository and dashboard with drill-down functionality
• Ran a project to enable sales teams to manage prospects, capture opportunities, make offers, gain commitment and monitor converted revenue
• Completed the agile build stage in two-week sprints based on high level requirements analysis and engagement with onshore/offshore teams
• Managed the roll-out of scheduled mainframe Oracle upgrades across 13 environments and deployment to production with minimal impact to international BAU operations
Key achievements:
• Delivered an estimated annual benefit of £2.3m in sales following implementation of a new global CRM solution with a project budget of £500k
• Drove a €600k special services initiative to develop a common solution for recording value added products outside the standard consignment procedures
• Enabled impact assessments and service recovery by putting new procedures in place for document repository and dashboard with drill-down functionality
Project Manager, CRM, Oracle, IT Project Manager, Budget, Agile, Deployment, Sales, Service, It, Mainframe, Offshore, Implementation, International, Production, Manager
2008 - 2012
job
IT Project Manager
BRITISH MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL.
• Coordinated and delivered multiple IT projects end-to-end, from initial requirements capture to risk management, resource allocation and governance
• Managed the transition to British Airways following closure of BMI in partnership with the IT director and 12x decommissioning teams
• Reported to programme board to decommission IT systems for 3 separate airlines, including applications, infrastructure and contract terminations
• Fully utilised and optimised a range of project management methods, including the formalisation of a standard operating model in line with Prince2
Key achievements:
• Delivered revenue management solutions from tender and supplier selection to live migration to Sabre Revenue Manager systems, with a budget of approx. £500k
• Delivered wider projects to upgrade Sabre Fares Manager system, a new global property management solution and a new company loyalty scheme
• Managed the transition to British Airways following closure of BMI in partnership with the IT director and 12x decommissioning teams
• Reported to programme board to decommission IT systems for 3 separate airlines, including applications, infrastructure and contract terminations
• Fully utilised and optimised a range of project management methods, including the formalisation of a standard operating model in line with Prince2
Key achievements:
• Delivered revenue management solutions from tender and supplier selection to live migration to Sabre Revenue Manager systems, with a budget of approx. £500k
• Delivered wider projects to upgrade Sabre Fares Manager system, a new global property management solution and a new company loyalty scheme
Project Management, Project Manager, Prince2, IT Project Manager, Budget, Risk Management, Management, It, Infrastructure, Manager
2005 - 2008
job
Project Manager
Datacare.
Project Manager, Manager
2001 - 2005
job
IT Project Manager
Experian.
Project Manager, IT Project Manager, It, Manager
1997 - 2001
freelance
IT Consultant
Allied Domecq (EDS).
IT Consultant, It
1993 - 1996
job
Senior Systems Analyst
unknown.
Analyst
1985 - 1993
job
Operator/Programmer/Senior Systems Analyst
National Westminster Bank (RBS).
Analyst
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