FILLED[Ref#4025] Senior Supply Chain Consultant

Background:


A leading international niche consultancy with offices near to London are looking to recruit a senior supply chain consultant to lead their consulting work for manufacturers.



Role Requirements:



Supply chain Consultant who has worked for a major consultancy
Past responsibility for selling consultancy work
Business development experience in the UK and (ideally) across Europe
Extensive manufacturing experience including (ideally) the Pharmaceutical sector
Held a senior operational management position for a manufacturer

Logistics:

Salary: Six figure sum plus usual benefits
Location: Offices near London
Start date: January Start

FILLED [ref#DM4023] Sales Outsourcing Glasgow and London

Background:

An FMCG business is outsourcing its salesforce to improve the productivity of their existing field sales operations.

The client is an outsourcing business which is integrating the FMCG salesforce into its own activities.

The project manager will report to a Director of the outsourcing business.

The role is based in offices in Glasgow and London.

Role:

The key components of the role are:

Constructing the overall project plan
Co-ordinating the project team
Maintaining the project communication infrastructure including the construction of presentation materials as necessary
Identifying pinch points or risks to the plan and developing solutions to manage them
Working directly with the personnel which includes interaction at Director level in both businesses
Project cost management
Stakeholder management

Specific skills/requirements:

Outsourcing Project experience
Sales Productivity expertise
This is not a decision making-role but the person must have sufficient experience to be ensure the right questions have been asked, stakeholders engaged and options explored to support the decision-making process.
Able to balance high level tasks (e.g. influencing, stakeholder management etc.) with ‘process tasks’ (e.g. project co-ordination and, where necessary preparation of presentations)
Likely to have some experience of working with internal and external stakeholders
Experience in global FMCG would be a strong advantage

This role would suit a consultant with Outsourcing or Sales Productivity experience or someone with Sales Management or New Business expertise.

Logistics:

Rate: Competitive rate
Location: Glasgow and London
Approx duration: 5 Months
Start: ASAP

FILLED [Ref # DM4022] PMO Manager, FMCG

Background:

Our client is a leading Global FMCG business with a well known portfolio of brands. They are undergoing a large scale finance transformation project and are looking for a Programme Office Manager to set up and run the Programme.Office.

Role:

The role is to:

Ensure discipline in the quality and completeness of programme and project documentation
Support project managers in the completion of their documentation
Track the benefits delivery and the costs of the programme
Support the programme and project boards in preparing and holding board meetings
Supply information and coordinate with Global PMO


Specific skills/requirements:

Be familiar with Programme office tools and techniques
Have worked in similar large scale/change transformation projects
Be administratively efficient, and effective in working with colleagues.
Prince 2 and MSP qualifications an advantage.

Logistics:

Rate: Up to £500
Location: London
Approx duration: 6 months

FILLED Ref # DM4018 Interim Employment Law Consultant

Role

Our client is urgently seeking an experienced interim to help them with an EMEA acquisition. The role will be based in Slough.

Requirements

• Employment Law expertise.
• TUPE experience.
• EMEA experience.
• Acquisition experience.

Logistics

Rate Up to £550
Location Slough
Duration 6 months

FILLED Ref # DM4017 Interim Network Manager

Background

This interim position is a Network Management role.

Role

A proven manager is urgently needed to run the network infrastructure across Europe for a major organisation, with responsibility for all aspects of network services and a number of shared services in the Data Centre.

The job entails managing a small networks team but the main part of the role is to manage a range of outsourced suppliers on a day to day basis. This would also involve contract management.

Requirements

The scope is the voice/video/data network, shared storage, data centre backup & DR, blade architecture and network security.

Applicants must have experience of large distributed site business, ideally retail or similar. Although this is a "managing the fort" position there is scope for recommending and improving the provision of networks across the company.

Rate Up to £550
Location Dublin, Ireland with a little time in Reading, Berkshire
Duration 3 months, extension likely

FILLED [ref#JS5014] Business Analyst, IT Offshoring, Global Law Firm

This role will be of interest to anyone with an interest in a Business Analyst, IT Offshoring role based in London [Canary Wharf] who is available to start immediately.

Background:
Our client is a leading global law firm. They have built their own captive offshoring centre in Delhi, and are currently undertaking the transition of a number of back-office processes to this centre, including IT.
They are looking for a Business Analyst to assist in the successful offshoring of these processes.

Role:
We are looking for a Business Analyst to work with the IT Offshoring Project Manager to identify process gaps and training needs for candidate offshoring processes, and then design & implement the "to be" processes and target organisation needed in India to ensure these processes are successfully offshored.

Responsibilities will include:

Project Management & Planning
· Provide input and updates to the IT offshore project plan, owned by the IT Offshore Project Manager

Business Process Offshoring
· Determine which IT processes are suitable for being offshored
· Design and implement "to be" processes
· Identify process gaps
· Work with IT to ensure target offshore processes are documented and benchmarked
· Provide input to determining any system requirements needed to enable the offshoring

Organisation Design
· Design and implement "to be" target organisation
· Assist in the organisation and role redesign needed to support the offshored service
· Work with IT to ensure competent [trained] resources are in place to execute the offshored processes

Training
· Identify training requirements
· Assist in the training & education of all users impacted by the changes

Change Management + Communications
· Identify the people and change management issues arising
· Under the direction of the IT Offshore PM, manage relationships with key stakeholders in IT, HR and Comms to ensure comms are planned & co-ordinated
· Work with the Comms & Change teams to ensure effective comms take place with both stakeholders of the transferred service and staff affected by the move

Service Management
· Agree KPIs: measure the existing service & work out how to measure the offshored service to ensure there is no reduction in service
· Working with IT Service Management, ensure existing support models are modified to allow the offshored service to integrate seamlessly into BAU
Specific skills/requirements:

Mandatory requirements:
· Must have prior experience & understanding of IT process mapping, and business processes reengineering
· Must have worked on a transformation project from end to end, i.e. from establishing as-is, defining to-be, design build + test through pilots to go-live & BAU
· Must have prior experience on a project that has transferred an IT service to a captive IT offshore facility, ideally based in India

Logistics:

Rate: upto £467 per day
Location: London [Canary Wharf]
Approx duration: Initially 3-6 months, with strong possibility of extension

PLEASE NOTE:
We have been given a very tight deadline to submit CVs for this role by 12noon Monday 20th October. Unfortunately, CVs submitted after that time are unlikely to be considered.

Interested?
If this role is of interest to you, please send a recent CV by return email to jim.shaw@b2e-resourcing.co.uk , stating:
1. Your target rate [please note - client has stated max rate is £467 per day]
2. Your specific previous similar experience [mapped against the three mandatory requirements outlined above]
3. Your availability for the assignment

Many thanks, Jim

FILLED Interim Ref # DM4015 Shared Service Consultant

This message is going out to consultants in the B2E Resourcing Consulting Network who have stated capabilities in IT and BPR capabilitites and those with immediate availability.

This role will be of interest to anyone with an interest in Shared Services who can start immediately on a project in London

Background:

Our client is a large media organization.

Role:

They are implementing a shared service centre for Transactions including HR, Admin, Billing and Payments.

Specific skills/requirements:

They are looking for a consultant with expertise in creating, setting up and running a Shared Service Centre. The consultant should be able to shape the project, design, implement and run the Shared service Centre.

Logistics:

Rate: Competitive Rate
Location: London
Approx duration: 3 -6 Months

Filled Ref # 4014 Retail Planner for Mobile Telco

This role will be of interest to anyone with an interest in Retail planning in the Mobile Telephone sector who can lead a Project starting in November.

This role is going out to all those who have signed up as ALL interim and permanent consultants and to those with an interest in IT

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Background:

Our client is a small consultancy which works on supply chain projects for high technology companies. They are bidding for a large piece of work for a Mobile Telephone Company which requires putting together a plan for their retail operations. They are looking for a consultant to help them with this project. Please send CV’s by 9am 6th October to be included in the RFP

Role:

The consultant will be included in the RFP due out 6th October and their CV will be part of the bid. They will then lead the project with the consultancy if the bid is successful. The project is due to start in November. If successful the project is likely to be 1 month full time with the possibility of sell on implementation work.

The project includes

1 Developing a bottom-up assessment of the likely benefits of each of the initiatives that forms the Retail Transformation Programme;
2 Map out the key assumptions / milestones that underpin the benefits outlined in item 1;
3 Roll-up the individual initiative benefits into an assessment of the total programme benefit;
4 Propose the appropriate measurements and framework for tracking these benefits through the life of the Programme, using the output from items 1 and 3;
5 Baseline the measurements to be tracked in the framework developed in part 4; and
6 Review the proposed programme governance framework.


Specific skills/requirements:

The Consultant should have an Understanding of retail organization and performance preferably in a mobile telco environment. In particular they will be able to plan around the following:

Assessment of Retail/Agent performance, Pay structure and training
Estate Optimising and look and feel of stores
Merchandising and product offering
Retailing processes and systems.

Logistics:

Deadline: Cv’s by 9am 6th October
Rate: Please state target rate
Location: TBC
Approx duration: 1 month project work if bid successful.
Start: November

FILLED [ref JY1001]: SAP Programme Manager, Retail Sector

01/02/09 - Please note that this role has been filled

Details:

If you have extensive SAP Programme Management experience in the Retail sector, and are immediately available, I would very much like to hear from you.

We have an exciting opportunity in the pipeline which I'd like to tell you more about.

Interested?

If this sounds is of interest to you, please send me a recent CV (using the Contact Us button above), quoting ref # JY1001 and stating:

• Your target rate
• Your specific previous similar experience
• Your availability for the assignment

FILLED [ref#JS5009] Senior Project Manager, IT Offshoring, Global Law Firm

Background:
Our client is a global law firm. They are undertaking a Business Transformation Programme to off-shore many of their IT functions to India. The IT Off-shoring Programme Manager (reporting to the CIO) requires a Senior Projects Manager to help him drive the CIO's off-shoring agenda and successfully execute this programme.

Role:
We are looking for a Senior Projects Manager, with proven experience of off-shoring the IT function and its supporting processes.
Responsibilities will include:
- Helping the Programme Manager plan the various projects within the off-shoring programme
- Leading and assist other Project Managers to successfully execute these plans
- Evangelising the benefits of this change to stakeholders at all levels within the IT function
- Assisting Line Managers within the London IT function to:
- define the organisation structure and role responsibilities within their area
- define what their service offering should be in the Target Operating Model
- Providing 360 degree feedback to coach both the Programme Manager and the CIO
- Provide the change management needed to successfully achieve the programme's outcomes

Specific skills/requirements:
To be considered for this role, candidates:
- Must have a strong demonstrable track record in managing projects, ideally gained from a top-tier management consultancy
- Must have deep IT off-shoring content knowledge, and experience of delivering IT off-shoring projects
- Must have gravitas, coaching and facilitating skills, with the ability to influence at all levels of an organisation, up to C-level

Logistics:
Rate: Up to £635 per day, depending upon skills and experience.
Location: London [Canary Wharf], with some travel to the Off-Shore IT Centres in India
Approx duration: Initially 6 months, with the possibility of extension

FILLED Ref # 4012 Interim Global Change Manager

This role will be of interest to anyone with an interest in Change Management who can start immediately on a project in London

Background:

Our client is a leading FMCG business with a global portfolio of brands. They are undergoing a large scale finance transformation project and are looking for a consultant to act as a Global Change Manager for this programme.
The Finance Transformation Programme will fundamentally change the way of working for the finance function at every level of the group. Virtually all finance and management information systems, structures, processes and policies will be adapted to enable the transformation, fundamentally impacting the roles and responsibilities of a global population numbering c 3,000.
The increased communication flow associated with this radical functional reorganisation demands an enhancement of the specialist skills on the team, particularly change management (large scale organisational change) and global communications.
Every possible vehicle will have to be employed to constantly communicate the new vision and functional strategy. Cultural change will be embedded in a single global customer-focused and productivity oriented behaviour model, operating to a single global functional performance model.

Role:

The role of the global change manager will be to design and implement the change management enabling work-streams.

The jobholder should have a successful track record in global organizational transformation. They will be required to:

· Conduct an impact assessment on all parts of the organization and engage with key stakeholders
· Conduct a “change-readiness” assessment.
· Help coordinate the organization re-design, involving management structure, SAP role definitions.
· Establish and implement the global communications plan.
· Identify the training elements required to enable change.
· Establish the change programme schedule and reporting framework within the overall finance transformation programme.
· Ensure the effectiveness of the change management programme through tracking and measurement.
· Ensure alignment of change activities across the programme.
· Ensure ad-hoc functional communications are aligned to the functional strategy and overall objectives of the transformation.
· Leverage learnings across other functions in the overall business transformation programme.
· Building a Finance Transformation Community through innovative international networking tools.

Specific skills/requirements:

· Change management
· Innovation
· Communications planning, channels and execution
· Leading cultural and behavioural change
· Organizational design
· Programme Management

Logistics:

Rate: Competitive rate – Please state target rate for the role
Location: London
Approx duration: To be confirmed – around 3 months initially.

FILLED: Ref # 4007 HR Director - London

This role will be of interest to anyone with experience as an HR Director who can take on a permanent role in London

Background:

Our client is one of Britain’s leading Social Care Organisations providing support for people with complex social needs including addiction, mental health problems and learning difficulties.

Role:

They are looking for an HR Director to manage the HR function in a permanent capacity. This role requires someone with good experience of managing the HR function for a large organisation. The role would suit a HR Director or HR consultant who would be interested in working in a Social Care organization.


Specific skills/requirements:

Experience of Directing the HR function
In depth understanding of the HR function
Experience of HR transformation projects
Good communication skills
Good stakeholder management skills
Experience of HR IT.

Logistics:

Salary Competitive salary
Location: Central London

FILLED: Ref 4011 Management assessment German Speaker/Germany

Background:

Our client is based in Germany and has a proprietary Management Assessment Tool which has been adapted for recruitment work. They have sold a project to a German Bank and are looking for German Speaking consultants to work part time in Germany on the project.

Role:

The Consultants will be trained in the Methodology and will then apply it to the recruitment of Senior Managers in the Bank.

Assessment will be 2 - 3 days work. An assessment will require the consultants to do a 3 to 4 hour interview, to take up 10 references and to produce a 15 page report. The report will be done using the companies assessment methodology.


Specific skills/requirements:

The role will suit a Senior HR person who is able to work in Germany on a part time project.

They should have:

• Fluent German
• Financial Services background
• Experience of dealing with CEO/Senior management level executives
• Experience of assessing Senior HR recruiters and managers
• Leadership training or coaching backgrounds would be appropriate
• The ability to learn an assessment tool and apply it quickly

Logistics:

Rate: Competitive rate.
Location: Germany probably Frankfurt
Duration: 2-3 months initially

FILLED Ref # DM 4009 UAT Lead

This role will be of interest to anyone with an interest User Acceptance Testing who is available to start in early October in London

Background:

Our client is a leading Global Bank who are undertaking a Resourcing Transformation Project.

Role:

We are looking for a User Acceptance Test Lead to be responsible for designing & executing the UAT phase, as part of the build & test of a new PeopleSoft HR Resourcing solution. Responsibilities will include:
§ Supporting the design of the UAT phase
§ Developing test scripts
§ Organising the execution of the test scripts
§ Executing test scripts
§ Preparing regular status reports
§ Managing the completion of the UAT phase.

Specific skills/requirements:

Essential:
§ Experience of testing similar ERP systems, ideally PeopleSoft HRMS
§ Experience of managing UAT test phases
§ Strong track record of delivering solutions on large projects / programmes, ideally whilst working for a “Big 5” consultancy
Desirable:
§ Knowledge of Resourcing processes
§ Knowledge of Banking

Logistics:

Rate: Up to £475
Location: London
Approx duration: 3-6 months
Start: October 3rd

FILLED Ref # DM 4008 IT Project Manager

This role will be of interest to anyone with experience of IT project management who can start immediately on a project in Fulham/Stoke. An understanding of Epos systems and web design would be beneficial.

Background:

Our client is a ceramic manufacturer and retailer who manufacture and sell their own designer pottery through four retail outlets.

Role:

They are looking for an IT project manager to manage two projects:

The EPOS project
o To help select, design, implement a new EPOS system
o 4 shops
o Office based in Fulham
o Factory based in Stoke on Trent
o Expected to be 4 to 6 weeks

The Website Project
o To help understand new web design requirements
o Find a web designer
o Find a new web service provider (build/run/support)
o Manage build process
o Launch expected in April 09
o Part-time involvement

Specific skills/requirements:

The requirement is for:

A generic IT project manager
Specific experience of related projects would clearly be a huge bonus.
Someone used to a smaller business IT environment.

FILLED: Ref # 4006 Programme & Portfolio Management Training

This role will be of interest to anyone with an interest in Programme and Portfolio Management training who can work on a short project in New York.

Role:

Our client is looking for a trainer with practical experience of IT programmes who can provide PRINCE2 MSP training and has a knowledge of Microsoft Enterprise Programme Manager and/or SAP Project Accounting.

This role is for a short piece of work in New York.

The trainer will need to develop some training material for the project

Logistics:

Rate: £450 - £500 plus expenses.
Location: New York
Approx duration: This is a short training project.

FILLED:Ref # 4005 MSP Accredited trainer

This role will be of interest to anyone who is an accredited MSP trainer who can start immediately on a project in Oxford/Surrey

Role:

Our client has an opportunity for a freelance trainer to cover the following courses: (must be an MSP accredited trainer)


Course: Accredited Managing Successful Programmes
Location: Surrey
Dates: 5 consecutive days in September (dependent on trainer availability)

Course: Accredited Managing Successful Programmes
Location: Oxford
Dates: 15th - 19th September 2008

Course: Accredited Managing Successful Programmes
Location: Oxford
Dates: 27th - 31st October 2008

Course: Accredited Managing Successful Programmes
Location: Oxford
Dates: 8th-12th December 2008

If you have the availability to cover one, some or all of these courses please do get in touch ASAP with your daily rates to include expenses to the specified locations.

Some preparation time may be required but training is from off the shelf packages.


Logistics:

Rate: Competitive rate
Location: Oxford and Surrey
Approx duration: 20 days training

FILLED [ref# JS5003] Process Consultant, Global Law Firm

This role will be of interest to anyone with an interest in a Process Consultant role based in London [Canary Wharf] who is available to start in September.

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Background:

Our client is a global law firm. They are undertaking a Programme to off-shore many of their in-house Finance functions. These include:
· Month-end accounting
· Payment processing, e.g. of invoices & expenses
· Management reporting

The client require a Process Consultant to provide support to this Programme.

Role:

We are looking for a Process Consultant to assist the Finance Off-shoring Programme. Responsibilities will include:
· Facilitating workshops
· Requirements gathering
· Process design, standardisation & improvement
· Benefits realisation tracking

Specific skills/requirements:

This person:
· Must have extensive Business Process Re-engineering experience, ideally gained in a Big-5 Management Consultancy
· An understanding of and experience in Finance functions is not mandatory but would be highly advantageous
· Accounting experience is not mandatory but would be an advantage
· Must a basic understanding of IT systems, but does not have to have deep “technical” knowledge
· Must have excellent attention to detail, and have a concise, polished communication style
· Must be delivery-focused and have a robust personality


Logistics:

Rate: Upto £467 per day
Location: London [Canary Wharf], with some UK travel
Approx duration: Initially 3 months, with the possibility of extension

If this role is of interest to you, please contact Jim Shaw using the Contact Us button, quoting ref# JS5003, stating your availability, your target rate and outlining any relevant experience

CHANGE OF VENUE: B2E-R Summer Networking Event Thurs Sept 11th 2008

Invitation: Summer Networking Event 2008

Thurs 11th Sept 6.30 - 9.00pm

Following the success of our previous events, we are holding our Summer Networking Event on Thursday 11th September.

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CHANGE OF VENUE: B2E-R Summer Networking Event Thurs Sept 11th 2008

Invitation:
Summer Networking Event 2008
Thurs 11th Sept
6.30 - 9.00pm

Following the success of our previous events, we are holding our Summer Networking Event on Thursday 11th September.

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BECOMING AN INTERIM CONSULTANT?

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PLEASE FEEL FREE TO INVITE YOUR CONSULTING FRIENDS!

*** PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE! ***

DATE: Thurs 11th September

TIME: 6.30pm - 9.00pm

LOCATION: The Saint Bar & Kitchen, Paternoster Square, London EC4M 7DQ

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BY TICKET ONLY: Please pre-pay via PayPal
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FILLED Ref 4004 Medical Devices Market Research

Background:

Our client is an online marketing company and they are currently looking for someone to do a piece of market research on medical devices.

Logistics

Rate: Competitive rate
Duration: 1 month
Location: London
Start: Immediate

FILLED : ref DM4003 HRIS/Payroll System Selection

This role will be of interest to anyone with an interest in HR/Payroll systems who can start immediately on a project in South West London

Background:

Our client is a Media company based in West London looking to select a new HRIS/payroll system. .

They are looking for a consultant to work part time (an average 2/3 days per week) to provide expert support over a period of about four months to help select the new HRIS/payroll vendor. It is desirable that the consultant is flexible on work schedule as some weeks may not require any effort and some may require full-time effort.


Role:

The role will involve supporting a full-time in-house client project manager:

developing requirements
producing a tender document
evaluating vendors
developing a detailed solution specification with the vendor
developing test plans based on the specification for later UAT (likely to be late Spring 2009)

Specific skills/requirements:

The suitable consultant will have the following capabilities:

Experienced in developing RFPs for HR/Payroll software and able to provide expert guidance on the requirements which must be specified in that document
Knowledgeable about the vendors in the HRIS/Payroll marketplace and able to provide guidance on the appropriateness of their particular strengths
Experienced in the evaluation of potential HRIS/Payroll vendors
Experienced in the development of Requirements specifications which the vendor can accept and which can be bound into the vendor contract
Experienced in developing test plans

Logistics:

Rate £400 to £550
Location South West London
Duration to mid January 2009
Start w/c 26th August

Interested?

Please send a cv to David Meggitt using the Contact Us button below and quoting desired rate and reference number DM4003.

FILLED [ref# JS5001] Senior Process Consultant, Reinsurance Underwriting

This role will be of interest to anyone with an interest in a Senior Process Consultant role who has a background in Reinsurance Underwriting and is available to start a role in London at the end of August.

Background: Our client is a Business Processing Consultancy who have just sold a piece of work at a Reinsurance Underwriting company.

Role: We are looking for a Senior Process Consultant to undertake a business process reengineering project, working under a Project Manager from the Consultancy. Responsibilities will include:

• Process analysis and mapping
• Establishing baseline operational metrics and KPI’s
• Operational modelling (benefit projections) for identified improvements.
  

Specific skills/requirements:

This person:

• MUST have a background in reinsurance underwriting and technical accounting as it relates to reinsurance underwriting [must understand the terminology and be able to leverage previous experience in this field]
• MUST have an in-depth understanding of the Bureau [London Market] – process and constraints
• MUST have experience in the full range of process design methods and able to establish a process architecture
• MUST have a pragmatic and systematic approach, good verbal & written presentation skills, and be able to work collaboratively with client personnel and effect skills transfer
  

Logistics:
Rate: Good
Location: City
Approx duration: 2 months with the possibility of extension

If this role is of interest to you, please contact Jim Shaw using the Contact Us button, quoting ref# JS5001, stating your availability, your target rate and outlining any relevant experience

FILLED Management Assessment - ad hoc basis

Background:

Our client is based in Germany and has a proprietary Management Assessment Tool which is being adapted for recruitment work. They are starting to recruit Senior Managers in the UK using this tool. The initial work will be with a Middle Eastern Bank and experience of the Financial Markets will be a distinct advantage.


Role:

They are looking for Consultants to manage these assessments for them. They will be trained in the Methodology and will then learn to apply it to the recruitment of Senior Managers. Each assessment will be 2 - 3 days work. An assessment will require the consultants to do a 3 to 4 hour interview, to take up 10 references and to produce a 15 page report. The report will be done using the companies assessment methodology. There is an initial batch of assessments in the pipeline with the expectation that, if successful, there will be a further 25 - 50 of these assessments over the next year.

Specific skills/requirements:

The role will suit a Senior HR person who wants flexible work doing Senior Management assessments. They should have:
Experience of dealing with CEO/Senior management level executives
Senior HR recruitment and management assessment experience
Leadership training or coaching backgrounds would be appropriate
The ability to learn an assessment tool and apply it quickly

Logistics: Rate: Please apply stating target rate for the work.
Location: Wherever interviews are scheduled
Approx duration: Available on a flexible basis to complete the assessments as they come in.

Interested?

If this role is of interest to you, please reply using the Contact Us button below sending a recent CV, stating your target rate and outlining your relevant experience. Please quote reference DM4001

FILLED Organisation Design 3 months

Background:

Our client is a Global Construction Company. They have just appointed a new leader of their plant hire business. He has a 60 day plan to undertake a strategic review of this area, and needs a Senior Organisation Design & Effectiveness Consultant to assist him in this review.

Role:

We are looking for a Senior Organisation Design & Effectiveness Consultant. Responsibilities will include:
§ Work closely with strategy team to make sure all Organisation Design issues are aligned with the "To Be" vision
§ Work with the Business to create OGSM (Objectives, Goals, Strategies & Measures) to align to the Business Plan
§ Review and challenge the Organisation Structure
§ Develop role profiles for all key roles (top 2 layers)
§ Work with internal teams to develop an assessment centre (for top 2 layers)
§ Establish clear and aligned accountabilities and help embed behaviours to drive desired outcomes
§ Agree meeting and governance structures
§ Establish control room to drive interventions required to achieve desired outcomes
§ Communicate change to improve employee engagement


Specific skills/requirements:

This person:
§ MUST have considerable experience in Organisation Design and Effectiveness, ideally from a Big 5 Consultancy background
§ MUST have experience of the full ‘OD&D’ lifecycle – Organisation & Job Design, working with employees to transition to the new organisation structure and directly improving organisational performance as a result
§ MUST have experience in scoping, planning and managing complex change projects
§ MUST have an understanding of project-based businesses
§ MUST have excellent stakeholder management & communication skills
§ DESIRABLE – experience in asset / plant hire business

Logistics:

Rate: Up to £450 per day
Location: Dartford with some UK travel
Approx duration: 12 weeks with the possibility of extension

If this role is of interest to you, please contact David Meggitt using the Contact Us button, stating your availability, your target rate and outlining any relevant experience and quoting reference DM4002.

INTERIM – Bid Support Project Manager, Financial Services

This role will be of interest to anyone with experience of Bid Support, who is available to start immediately on a role based in London.

Background:

Our client is a global Professional Services firm in Financial Services. They currently have more high potential opportunities at the proposal stage than they have qualified personnel to generate responses.

They are looking to hire interim Project Managers, to report into a Senior Commercial Bid Partner, to develop commercial responses to new opportunities.

Role:

We are looking for Project Managers with experience of bid co-ordination and writing.
Responsibilities will include:

• Understanding the RFP / response process for each bid
• Assembling & leading a team [~8/9 people] to craft a response structure
• Mobilising content production into a consistent proposal
• Liaising with the Partner to understand competitive positioning, determine key messages, shape solutions & articulate benefits
• Producing a high calibre response that is compliant with the RFP / response process.

Please note, this is NOT a deal-shaping role. All commercial aspects of the bids are dealt with by the Partner.

Specific skills/requirements:

This person must be able to demonstrate:

• Successful track-record of leading / co-ordinating & writing large consulting bids
• Financial Services industry experience
• Excellent writing skills
• Ability to lead & manage geographically dispersed teams
• Technical awareness.
  

In addition, the following would be a distinct advantage but are not mandatory:

• Government experience
• Knowledge of Offshore Solutions

Logistics:

Rate: Good
Location: London
Approx duration: Initially up to 1 month, but may be extended

Interested?
If you are interested, please contact Jim Shaw, using the Contact Us button above, stating your target rate and outlining any relevant experience.

FILLED – Senior Strategy Consultant, Global Construction Company

This role will be of interest to anyone with an interest in a Senior Strategy Consultant role based in Dartford.

Background:

Our client is a Global Construction Company. They have just appointed a new leader of their plant hire business. He has a 60 day plan to undertake a strategic review of this area, and needs a Senior Strategy Consultant to assist him in this review.

Role:

We are looking for a Senior Strategy Consultant. Responsibilities will include:

• Undertaking a current state analysis of the business compared to the market (As Is)
• Defining the strategic aspirations (To Be), including the following areas:
• Vision [products & markets served, target service culture]
• Operating Model [alignment with global businesses & IT]
• Defining KPIs and SLAs for the business
• Gap Analysis
• Developing workstreams to close the gap
• Developing an Implementation plan to achive the To Be state within agreed time frames.
  

Specific skills/requirements:

This person:

• MUST have considerable experience in strategy consultancy, ideally from a top-tier strategy house or the strategy function of a Big 5 consultancy
• MUST have experience of financial modelling and value chain analysis
• MUST have an understanding of project-based businesses
• MUST have excellent stakeholder management & communications skills
• DESIRABLE - Experience in asset / plant hire business
  

Logistics

Rate: Upto £600 per day
Location: Dartford with some UK travel
Approx duration: 8 weeks with the possibility of extension

Interested?
If you are interested, please contact Jim Shaw, using the Contact Us button above, stating your target rate and outlining any relevant experience.

FILLED – Hedge Fund, Commodities SME

This role will be of interest to anyone with an interest in a Commodities SME [Subject Matter Expert] role based in London who is available to start immediately.

Background:

Our client is a leading European Asset Manager, based in London. They are launching a Commodities Hedge Fund before the end of 2008. They are looking for a Commodities SME to help define and implement an operating model for the fund.

Role:

We are looking for a Commodities SME. Working alongside a Project Manager, responsibilities will include:

• Reviewing and extending the draft operating model
• Helping to bottom-out the outstanding operational challenges (e.g. trade capture, market data, valuation etc.)
• Acting as a Subject Matter Expert / advisor to the project
• Liaising with IT and Business Analysts to ensure successful implementation of the operating model
  

Specific skills/requirements:

This person:

• MUST have excellent knowledge of Commodity Derivative products (in particular ETDs, ETFs and other OTCs), ideally on the buy side
• MUST have excellent front-to-back operational knowledge of Commodities trading and processing, ideally on the buy side
• IDEALLY will have prior experience in a Commodities operational line role in either an asset manager or a hedge fund
  

Logistics:

Rate: Upto £900

Location: City

Approx duration: Until end of 2008

Interested?

If you are interested, please contact Jim Shaw, using the Contact Us button above, stating your target rate and outlining any relevant experience.

FILLED - Cancer Charity Strategy & Change Manager

This role will be of interest to anyone with an interest in a Strategy & Change Management role based in London who is available to start immediately.

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Background:

Our client is one of the leading UK cancer charities. They are undertaking a programme to transform how they distribute the funds they raise towards scientific research.
This will include redesigning the organisation structure, IT systems and processes, and accompanying change management.

Role:

We are looking for an experienced Strategy & Change Manager to report to the Programme Manager.

Responsibilities will include:

• Formulating strategy
• Gaining buy-in and engagement from senior stakeholders
• Writing & delivering communications
• Driving through change

Specific skills/requirements:

This person:

• Will probably come from an ex-Big 5 consultancy background
• Must have sufficient gravitas to gain buy-in and overcome resistance to change
• Must have extensive experience & knowledge of the public sector and not-for-profit organisations

Logistics:

Rate: Competitive
Location: Central London
Approx duration: 3 months approx

Interested?

If this role is of interest to you, please contact Jim Shaw using the Contact Us button, stating your availability, your target rate and outlining any relevant experience.

FILLED - Investment Bank Benefits Realisation & Implementation Planning

Interim - Investment Bank Benefits Realisation & Implementation Planning

This role will be of interest to anyone with an interest in a Benefit Realisation & Implementation Planning role based in London who is available to start in early July.

Background:

Our client is a leading global Investment Bank who are undertaking a Resourcing Transformation Project.

Role:

We are looking for a Benefit Realisation & Implementation Planning Consultant to:

• Ensure solutions are implemented into the Bank's resourcing operation
• Ensure all resulting benefits are tracked and reported
• Identify and complete actions that need to be taken to ensure benefit is realised
• Work in partnership with other stakeholders to implement new preferred supplier lists.

Specific skills/requirements:

Essential:

• Strong track record of delivering solutions on large projects / programmes, ideally whilst working for a "Big 5" consultancy
• Very good MS Excel and analytical skills, including the ability to build complex models, pivot tables etc

Desirable:

• Knowledge of PeopleSoft HRMS
• Knowledge of Resourcing processes
• Knowledge if Investment Banking

Logistics:

Rate: Competitive
Location: London
Approx duration: 3-6 months [TBC]

Interested?

If you are interested, please contact Jim Shaw, using the Contact Us button above, stating your target rate and outlining any relevant experience.

FILLED - Process and Solution Design - Global Bank

Interim - Process and Solution Design - Global Bank - 3 months initially

This role will be of interest to anyone with an interest in a Process & Solution Design role based in London who is available to start in early July.

Background:

Our client is a leading global Bank who are undertaking a Resourcing Transformation Project. This is a complex worldwide organisation with many stakeholders.

Role:

We are looking for a Process & Solution Design consultant to:

• Analyse current state processes
• Design new processes & solutions
• Plan and organise the necessary work and stakeholders
• Develop new standard letters, templates and forms
• Provide additional support to the Organisation Design lead on an ad hoc basis

Specific skills/requirements:

Essential:

• Strong track record of delivering solutions on large projects / programmes, ideally whilst working for a "Big 5" consultancy
• Evidence of having designed well thought out processes and solutions that integrated well with existing designs

Desirable:

• Knowledge of employment / contract law
• Knowledge of PeopleSoft HRMS
• Knowledge of Electronic and other Resourcing processes
• Knowledge of Banking

Other: Long hours and international travel may be required

Logistics:

Rate: Competitive

Location: LondonApprox duration: 3-6 months [TBC]

Interested?

If this role is of interest to you, please email David Meggitt using the Contact Us button above, stating your target rate and outlining any relelvant experience.

FILLED - Interim - User Acceptance Testing Lead - Global Bank

Interim - User Acceptance Testing Lead - Global Bank - 3 - 6 months (TBC)

This role will be of interest to anyone with an interest in a User Acceptance Test Lead role based in London who is available to start in early July.

Background:

Our client is a leading Global Bank who are undertaking a Resourcing Transformation Project.

Role:

We are looking for a User Acceptance Test Lead to be responsible for designing & executing the UAT phase, as part of the build & test of a new PeopleSoft HR Resourcing solution.

Responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the design of the UAT phase
• Developing test scripts
• Organising the execution of the test scripts
• Executing test scripts
• Preparing regular status reports
• Managing the completion of the UAT phase.

Specific skills/requirements:

Essential:

• Experience of testing similar ERP systems, ideally PeopleSoft HRMS
• Experience of managing UAT test phases
• Strong track record of delivering solutions on large projects / programmes, ideally whilst working for a "Big 5" consultancy

Desirable:

• Knowledge of Resourcing processes
• Knowledge of Banking Logistics:

Rate: Competitive

Location: LondonApprox duration: 3-6 months [TBC]

Interested?

If this role is of interest to you, please email David Meggitt using the Contact Us button above, stating your target rate and outlining any relevant experience.

FILLED Management Assessment - Ad Hoc basis

Management Assessment Ad-hoc work

This role will be attractive to anyone with an interest in Management Assessment who can be available for ad hoc work.

Background:

Our client is based in Germany and has a proprietary Management Assessment Tool which is being adapted for recruitment work. They are starting to recruit Senior Managers in the UK using this tool. The initial work will be with a Middle Eastern Bank and experience of the Financial Markets will be a distinct advantage.

Role:

They are looking for Consultants to manage these assessments for them. They will be trained in the Methodology and will then learn to apply it to the recruitment of Senior Managers. Each assessment will be 2 - 3 days work.

An assessment will require the consultants to do a 3 to 4 hour interview, to take up 10 references and to produce a 15 page report. The report will be done using the companies assessment methodology.

There is an initial batch of assessments in the pipeline with the expectation that, if successful, there will be a further 25 - 50 of these assessments over the next year.

Specific skills/requirements:

The role will suit a Senior HR person who wants flexible work doing Senior Management assessments. They should have:

• Experience of dealing with CEO/Senior management level executives
• Senior HR recruitment and management assessment experience
• Leadership training or coaching backgrounds would be appropriate
• The ability to learn an assessment tool and apply it quickly

Logistics:

Rate: Please apply stating target rate for the work.

Location: Wherever interviews are scheduled

Approx duration: Available on a flexible basis to complete the assessments as they come in.

Interested?

If this role is of interest to you, please email David Meggitt (using the Contact Us button above), attaching a recent CV, stating your target rate and outlining your relevant experience.