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Highly effective management bridge between diverse Business

Work Experience

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Apr 2002 to date Strategist &Co-founder)

Strategic Analysis & Design – Market Research and preparation of business plan for fashion design startup business.

Business Funding & Organisation – Negotiated funding, designed and implemented business processes, set up Supply Chain and technical infrastructure. Zero to £ 180 K turnover in first 6 months’ trading.

Marketing, Operations & Finance – Devised innovative, highly effective Marketing Strategy. Implemented Financial Systems and Controls. Defined radical change to traditional industry business model.


Mar 2000-Jan 2002 ARIBA Technologies (UK Consulting Practice Manager)

Project Management – Application Design and Integration - Implementation of Ariba eProcurement, Marketplaces and Internet auction / sourcing solutions (Royal & SunAlliance-UK ($7m), Goldnet-Israel ($12m), Kingfisher Group / Worldwide Retail Exchange), with PM input to several others (ABN AMRO, ING Bank, ABB, BMW, Credit Lyonnais etc….). Royal & SunAlliance now regarded as model reference site for Ariba in Europe, with tight integration to SAP R/3 and pilot introduction of Purchasing Card payment functionality/reconciliation.

Strategic Management – Established & built successful B2B consulting practice. 25 direct reports.

Operational Management - Managing practice, covering diverse client base in EMEA.

Deployment planning - Managing project initialisation activities for several European projects.

Pre/Post Sales - Provided support to internal & external customers/partners regarding all Ariba products/solutions.

Relationship Management - At all levels within client base during Deployment phase, including Executive Sponsorship role during several complex projects, including multi-site/multi-product.


Jan 1999-Feb 2000 ARTHUR ANDERSEN (Manager level - Business Consulting Practice)

Project Management – Process Review & Knowledge Optimisation - For HFC Bank, led team tasked with identifying improvement opportunities within HR and Support Services. Analysis provided recommendations presented as an aid to future business planning. Raised awareness of knowledge optimisation opportunities provided by ERP and BI applications (ie. Self-service kiosks/forms/internal training/business & quality processes).

Systems Integration - For Marconi Communications, analysed and identified integration issues between an existing AA-led systems implementation project and another concurrent, but isolated, project. Objectives were to build own Practice expertise, develop existing Client relationships and opportunities whilst minimising exposure.

Business Development - Provided industry advice, research and documentation support to internal teams in preparing solution proposals for potential and existing clients.

Practice Development - Provided input to several internal projects, including new e-Commerce (Ariba) practice and “Business Architecture” service lines.

Mar 1996 - Nov 1998 MOTOROLA Internet Networking Group (Project Manager)

Project Management – Wide range of projects – highlights below:
Led European implementation of Oracle Financials, HR, Sales & Marketing, Supply Chain and Manufacturing. Provided direction for third party suppliers (hardware / software / consultants). Acted as focal point for European stakeholders and other Motorola sites during joint projects (both UK and overseas). Budget $2.5m, team size to 30.
Implemented BI (Brio) and Consolidation (Hyperion) applications – to support performance analysis (ie. Delivery performance, operational-order management, Supply Chain and to improve Financial Reporting / Consolidation capabilities.

Led Applications Development team for Product Configuration system and Sales Order Tracking and Reporting system.

Supply Chain Optimisation- Supply Chain Benchmarking study, analysing Order to Cash cycle and comparing to Best Practice – highlighting improvement opportunities – related project refined procurement process, with annual savings of $1 million in procurement costs.

Provided technical PM input to BACS payment system implementation.

Business Process - Author of strategic framework document for BPR project team in support of corporate objectives. Led “AS-IS” analysis activities, using process modelling, including SAP “ARIS” toolset.

Business Strategy Creation - Strategic Analysis and Choice – conducted review of manufacturing activities, providing evidence and strategic options for product development and marketing for European business unit.



Mar 1991- Dec 1995 BRITISH AEROSPACE - Saudi Arabia (Systems Accountant)

Systems Implementation - Full project lifecycle experience as member of Core Project Team during implementation of SAP Financials (R/2).

Project Management - Designed and implemented new payroll system for 5000 employees. Included Gross to Nett Element Design, Data Modelling, Report Planning/Preparation, Salary Re-structuring and Labour Costing.

Systems Management - Controlled day-to-day operation of Finance Systems - General Ledger (CA-Masterpiece), Purchase Ledger and Payroll (UNIPAY / UNI-2000). Responsible for Finance user support/applications development.



Jul 1977- Dec 1990 ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS (TO WARRANT OFFICER)

(1989-1990) Inward Visits IT Controller / Exhibitions Accountant (UK)

Project Management - Designed and implemented database and budget/cost system in support of an international exhibition (British Army Equipment Exhibition 1990). Controlled in-country delegate costs - budget £1 million +.

Business Process - Compiled process and training documentation to facilitate management control and reporting.


(1986-1988) Office Manager (Cyprus)

Operational Management - Responsible for Unit Pay and Administration Department.

Systems Implementation Project Managed data migration (Accounting and HR) from manual to electronic systems (LAN environment). Performed system configuration and user training. Completed 8 months before target date.


(1984-1986) Office Supervisor (Germany) (1979-1983) Military Accountant (Germany)
(1983-1984) Independent Accountant (UK) (1977-1979) Military Accountant (UK)

Education

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Skills

Experienced in planning for and driving change through organisations - recent focus on a start-up business. Excellent team-building and good project/programme management skills, with an MBA from a top European business school.

A highly motivated, results-driven, customer-focused senior manager, confident in his ability to achieve goals through people. Expresses intense drive to get things done, always striving to produce results above and beyond expectations. With many years in “end user” environments, Simon displays client empathy second to none, having the ability to deliver both process and IT-based business solutions. Career assignments include Business Planning and Startup of a new enterprise, also e-Business, Finance, Human Resources, Integrated Supply Chain and ERP (SAP & Oracle).

Languages

English
French (rusty)

Other

Member of Institute of Directors

ADDITIONAL TRAINING

PRINCE / PRINCE 2 - Project Management Total Cycle Time Reduction
Winning with E-Commerce A3S A. Andersen Architected Solutions
SSADM - Analysis and Design Reflecting in Action - Critical Business Issues
Six Sigma The Nature of Quality Foundations of Change Enablement
Ariba Live Methodology Novell Certified Netware Engineer (CNE)
AIM (Oracle Implementation Methodology) Various Ariba Product Training courses


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LANGUAGES & INTERESTS

French - Conversational; German - Basic

Travel, Mountain Biking, Tennis

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