Expérience professionnelle
Accomplished, adaptable and tenacious Project / Programme Delivery Manager with a progressive career spanning 10 years
implementing and delivering multi-million technology, IT and enterprise solutions to organisations on a global scale. Strategic
and logical with an unbroken track record in consistently delivering high budget projects to demanding timescales and budgets,
with a focus on programme governance, best practice, compliance and quality assurance. Adaptable and analytical senior
manager with verifiable experience in leading, training and motivating multi-skilled, geographically dispersed staff in line with
project and organisational objectives whilst establishing and maintaining effective client, senior management and stakeholder
relationships. Now seeking a new challenge where skills and experiences can be utilised to deliver high-quality, value adding
programmes, change solutions and projects whilst reducing costs and minimising performance issues.
Areas of Expertise
Enterprise Project Management
Agile Scrum Methodologies
Business Partnering
Project Turnaround
Governance & Compliance
Resource Management
Programme Management
Solutions Implementation
Multi-Vendor Relationships
PMO Consulting
Operational Strategy & Planning
Stakeholder Engagement
IT Management
Cost / Budget Management
Team Collaboration
SAP ECC, SAP EHS, BPM, ERP
People Management
Mentoring & Coaching
NOTABLE CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Givaudan
Consistently delivered projects to stringent timescales, quality standards and budgets with 100 achievement of defect SLAs as
defined by customers and 85 having zero defects after the warranty period
Instrumental in the development and implementation of a 4m new customer master programme and execution of a major
QMS replacement programme with a new Master Data repository worth 3.5m. The projects impacted essentially the
Regulatory affairs, Compliance, planning, Controlling, Sales and Procurement teams and it included AS/400 system replacement,
development of a new audit trail tool and data quality tool, and SAP EH&S - SAP ECC implementation and customization.
Successfully delivered an e-invoice management compliance project 500k encompassing KPMG compliance audit
recommendations implementation related to Carriers invoicing process, new EDI file archiving and display tools, and EDI file
integration in SAP.
Spearheaded a project for Master Data Management tools release management worth 500k per annum
Dalkia SA - EDF Group
Spearheaded the implementation of PPM solutions which resulted in a significant decrease in project issues from 35 to 8 and
a decrease in budgeting issues from 55 to 15
Consistently met on-time delivery targets for the PPM implementation project and additionally achieved 9 gain
NATIXIS
Played a pivotal role in the management and delivery of 30 multi-disciplined projects with a combined value of 12m
Achieved significant improvements and enhancements to project delivery resulting in a reduction in project issues from 35 to
11 and cost reductions from 25 to 8 of project budget
Capgemini
Instrumental in the establishment, management and leadership of new local PMOs in Hyderabad, Hochi-Minh City and
Casablanca which included developing a transformational roadmap and implementation plan for deployment to support the
successful transfer of activities from France to the new locations
Successfully mitigated the non-quality cost in projects from 35 to 10 of the budget
CAREER HISTORY
PROGRAMME MANAGER / SCRUM MASTER
GIVAUDAN SA, PARIS, FRANCE JAN 2014 - PRESENT
Givaudan is the world's largest Manufacturer of flavours, fragrances and cosmetics ingredients with a turnover of 3bn and
nearly 10k employees
Key Accountabilities
Primarily accountable for managing the end to end lifecycle of a diverse project portfolio worth 8m encompassing the
Master Data Management and Business Process Management platforms
Led and coordinated a geographically dispersed team of 30 staff across 4 countries
Established project scope, schedules and budgets to deliver strategic solutions for project execution, leveraging IT vision and
project methodologies to achieve objectives
Played a key role in defining, developing and introducing new release management with scrum methodologies in the Master
Data Management Competency Centre to streamline and enhance change management on the platforms
Instrumental in establishing controlled planning and resources capacity through instilling rigorous frameworks
Implemented best practice initiatives for projects and changes to the master data management platforms
PROJECT COORDINATOR / PMO CONSULTANT
DALKIA SA - EDF GROUP, PARIS, FRANCE OCT 2012 - JAN 2014
Dalkia SA is a leading energy services provider providing management and maintenance services to industrial and commercial
clients. It has a turnover of 2.2bn and over 11k employees
Key Accountabilities
Led the implementation of the Project Portfolio Management tool across IT and Technical project divisions
Managed a portfolio of 15 complex and critical projects valued at up to 4m each across 6 countries tasked with managing
resources, training, methodologies, planning and execution
Oversaw and led a team of 3 direct reports Head of Project Office, Head of IS Department and Head of Financial Controlling
Department and introduced a PMO newsletter to improve communications between project team members
Conceptualised and introduced a support function for Project Managers which streamlined control and minimised failures
for critical and specific projects
Delivered training, mentoring and support to Project Managers and introduced frameworks to simplify project, programme
and decision making processes
PROJECT COORDINATOR
NATIXIS INVESTMENT BANK, PARIS, FRANCE NOV 2011 - OCT 2012
NATIXIS was formed following the merger of Natexis Banque Populaire and IXIS and is one of France's leading corporate and
investment banks with a turnover of 5.5bn and over 20k employees worldwide
Key Accountabilities
Tasked with overseeing and coordinating the day to day planning and execution of projects through optimising PMO to
meet project objectives and challenges
Led, mentored and coordinated a team of 4 PMO Analysts and 3 additional direct reports including Head of Project Office
and Head of Transverse IT department
Instilled a culture of operational excellence and lean processes to deliver best practice project management tools
Played a key role in defining and implementing a project effort estimation tool and capacity plan to optimise resources
PMO CONSULTANT
CAPGEMINI - FINANCIAL SERVICES BUSINESS UNIT, NANTES, FRANCE JUN 2009 - NOV 2011
Capgemini is one of the world's leading providers of IT services, consulting, outsourcing and professional services with a turnover
of 10bn and 14.5k employees on a global scale
Key Accountabilities
Accountable for leading, building and driving strong teams to facilitate successful delivery of a project portfolio of 20
Instrumental in contributing to, developing and reviewing project review boards, critical project reviews, progress reviews,
dashboard reviews, Earned Value analysis, resource and labour management, data delivery packs and risk analysis
Managed, recruited, trained, supported and coordinated a team of 4 PMO Analysts in each of the PMP locations
Hyderabad, Hochi-Minh City and Casablanca
Developed project management plans including programme management plans, quality control plans, risk management
plans, requirement management plans, work breakdown structures and cost breakdown structures
Led business process improvement work stream for the PMO including identifying needs for improvement and designing
and implementing new processes including the implementation of a project Quick Launch Toolkit
EARLY CAREER SUMMARY
PROJECT ENGINEER
ACTEOS GROUP, ROUBAIX, FRANCE MAR 2008 - JAN 2009
QUALITY ENGINEER
DAHER TECHNOLOGIES, TANGIER JAN 2007 - JUL 2007
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS
Specialised Master Degree in Project and Program Management
Skema Business School, France 2009
Master of Engineering - Industrial Engineering
ENSA, Morocco 2007
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Prince2 OGC Office of Government of Commerce
Certified MSP Managing Successful Programs - OGC
Certified SCRUM Master Scrum Alliance
Six Sigma Green Belt ASQ