Professional management consultant / project manager
Short description
Professional management consultant/project manager with over 5 years experience in the management and delivery of projects and initiatives.
Experienced in delivering change programmes on an international and multi-national project scale, resulting in the analysis, design & sustainable implementation of systems and initiatives.
Achieved to date in the region of £42 million benefits.
Experience
Jan 2006 - current Project Manager/ Management Consultant
NDI Consulting Ltd (freelance)
Management Consultant
- Oct – Nov 2006: APV Invensys (UK)
Undertaking of an analysis of and strategic/operational recommendations for Sales Order Management function within major European sites
- Jan – Sept 2006: Port of Felixstowe (UK) - container port
Accountable as Super Key User for the design and delivery of an Enterprise Asset Management system for Engineering & Procurement, liaising with direct clients and external IT solution team.
July 2001 – Oct 2005 Management Consulting Group Plc (Proudfoot Consulting)
Project Manager/Management Consultant
Alpha Airports (UK) - retail
Amcor Flexibles (Denmark) – packaging manufacturing & quality management
Uniq St Ivel (UK) – food and beverage production & waste reduction
Rockwell Automation (USA) – industrial automotive equipment sales effectiveness
PSA Peugeot-Citroen (UK) – automotive manufacturing
National Australia Group (UK) – banking back office process re-engineering
Astrium (UK) – military satellite communications project management
BP (UK, France, Azerbaijan) – pipeline & platform project management
Vetco Gray (UK) – oil well delivery systems project management & restructure
Invensys (USA, Mexico) – manufacturing & plant restructure
Business skills
analysis and identification of opportunities
process design & re-engineering
organisational restructuring
financial and operational business management
implementation of world class manufacturing processes and procedures
installation of continuous improvement programmes
skills programme design & implementation
design and implementation of management operating systems
design & implementation of auditing systems
root cause analysis & problem solving skills
management and direction of client task forces & workgroups
performance improvement & measurement
design & delivery of ‘Countdown’™ project management business course
Education
1995 - 1999 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) – German & Russian – University of Sheffield
(04/98 – 07/98) University of Giessen, Germany
(09/97 – 02/98) Interlingua West institute, Voronezh, Russia
1995 A Levels – Solihull School, Solihull
Other
Competences:
Ability to manage multi nationality teams across multi site programmes
Excellent communication skills
Change leadership and management; facilitation of change across differing disciplines and hierarchical levels
Proven experience in designing and implementing sustainable and measurable process improvements that have delivered financial and operational goals
Key involvement in projects across many sectors – packaging, banking, automotive, food and beverages, engineering, defence, oil and gas
Clients situated throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia
Interests:
Playing sports – Golf, Tennis, Football
Travel & languages