Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Cloud Technology Workshop 17 November 2010

Cloud Technology Workshop
17th November - 18:00 to 19:30
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Back due to popular demand! This is a repeat session for all those B2E Resourcing members who were disappointed not to be able to make the last workshop....

We are pleased to be able to Invite B2E Resourcing Consulting Network members to a FREE Cloud Computing workshop to be hosted by Microsoft in London.
We had a great response to our earlier communication about a Cloud Computing Workshop, this is obviously a subject of great interest to the group.
Working with Microsoft and Perspicuity, a Microsoft Accelerate Partner for Cloud Computing, we are pleased to invite you to an informative event covering :

*New developments in Microsoft's Cloud Computing strategy
*Services opportunities for management consultants

The event will take place on Thursday 17th November at the Microsoft Office in Victoria
17.45 for 18.00 start, ending around 19.30

Click here for directions http://www.microsoft.com/uk/about/map-london.mspx

Beer and Pizza will be provided

Please register for this event by return email.

Places are limited so please book your place asap by using the "Contact us" button above to email Jo Young.

FILLED (ref #DB6062) Lean / Six Sigma Expert

Summary

Our client, a leading global law firm, is seeking a Lean / Six Sigma specialist to implement and instil a continuous improvement approach to business analysis across its portfolio of business transformation initiatives.

Deadline:

PLEASE NOTE: the deadline for responses and CV submissions is 5 pm on Friday 22nd October 2010. Responses received after this time may be considered but will not be included on the initial client shortlist.

Role and Responsibilities:

Working with the Global Programme Group, responsibilities will involve:

* Defining and delivering business analysis activities on 'higher value/higher impact' projects.

* Coaching/mentoring other Business Analysts, acting as a subject matter expert that can be approached for advice on specific areas of best practice or analysis.

* Providing a level of quality assurance on a number of business analyst activities within a programme portfolio.

* Building a culture of process excellence and continuous improvement within the transformation programme by ongoing development and delivery of the continuous improvement process toolset, approach and methodology.

* Leading/guiding continuous improvement teams and applying their experience to determine an optimal approach to implementing continuous improvement in complex and multi-dimensional environments.

* Leading continuous improvement training and workshop facilitation as required.

* Developing all continuous improvement coaches, including mentoring of Green Belt and Black Belt coaches to achieve certification.

Qualifications and experience

The following experience is mandatory:

1. Advanced Lean Certification and Six Sigma Black Belt or Master Black Belt Certification

2. Prior experience of instilling Lean / Six Sigma approaches on multi-disciplined, complex and strategically important continuous improvement programmes.

3. Extensive business analysis experience - able to demonstrate a proven background in applying a variety of business analyst tools on a range of both technical and business projects

4. Experienced Lean / Six Sigma coach - delivering training and/or mentoring including the accreditation of other continuous improvement coaches

Preferable experience:

1. Project methodology qualifications (e.g. Prince2, PMI or PMBOK)

2. Prior experience of working in a Legal or Professional services environment

Logistics

Salary: Up to 85K + benefits.

Location: Canary Wharf

Start Date: Immediate

Thursday, October 14, 2010

FILLED [ref#DM4127] Software Process and Change Lead

Summary:

Our client is a major Blue Chip Global professional services organization with offices in 19 countries around the world. They are implementing packaged software to manage and control information flow and data protection compliance within their business.
They are looking for a Business Process and Change expert to lead this workstream.
This is a package enabled solution and is at the beginning stages of definition post initial solution selection.

Role:

The consultant will be responsible for Leading Process & Change and deployment workstreams to deliver:

* To Be process definition and corresponding KPIs
* Business scenarios with acceptance criteria to underpin system configuration and form the Business User Acceptance scenarios
* Configuration and acceptance test plan and adequate resourcing.
* Requirements which are baselined and changes thereafter which are adequately managed and controlled
* The Identity of key stakeholder groups
* Communications
* Case for change (built and socialized)
* Understanding of change impacts and readiness
* Development of change enablement plan
* Deployment, Planned and managed

KEY skills/requirements:

The consultant will have/be:

* Process and change expert with at least 8 years direct experience of IT package implementation
* Full Package Delivery lifecycle exposure whilst working with a packaged software provider, from requirements definition to user test and sign-off.
* Experience of professional services Firm as an employee or as a consultant.

Logistics:

Duration: 3 month initial contract with a likelihood of renewal

Location: London

Rate: Up to £500

Start Date: ASAP

Wednesday, October 06, 2010

FILLED: INTERIM (ref #DB6061) BPR Project Manager

Role overview:

Our client is a global market-leader in the design and manufacture of hi-tech consumer and business products and applications.
They immediately require a hands-on, results-driven and pragmatic project manager to lead multiple internal business process improvement projects from initial requirements through to delivery utilising both internal technical teams and external vendors.
An appreciation of business context and technical understanding are required along with an ability to operate autonomously across multiple teams in a fast paced global commercial environment.

Deadline:
PLEASE NOTE: the deadline for responses and CV submissions is 12 pm on Wednesday 6th October 2010. Responses received after this time may be considered but will not be included on the initial client shortlist.

Role and Responsibilities:
The role sits within a larger Sales BPR function created to project manage strategic projects within EMEIA and worldwide. Responsibilities include:

* Autonomously managing projects of varying scale and complexity (multiple projects in a matrixed organisation)
* Leading cross-functional development teams with consultative direction from management
* Reviewing business requirements, ensuring clarity and establish expectations for services requested (the role sits between the business and internal IT, who are responsible for IT delivery)
* Helping establish processes for team members to ensure project goals are met
* Developing and executing project plans, defining scope, schedule, deliverables, resource and cost
* Helping prioritize team activities and drive resolution of risks, issues and dependencies across all areas of the project
* Effectively communicating status and issues to team members, management and other project stakeholders
* Facilitating focused, concise status and design meetings

Qualifications and experience

The following experience is mandatory:

1. 3 years + experience of planning and delivering multiple projects in a fast paced global matrixed environment (technology / telecommunications experience would be advantageous)

2. Business focussed but with an aptitude for new technical concepts - an understanding of the components and considerations required when building corporate systems (e.g.
key architecture components, security, scalability etc.)

3. Excellent oral and written communication, presentation, interpersonal and senior stakeholder management skills

The ideal candidate will meet all the above criteria and be a self-starter, pragmatic, results-driven individual used to working autonomously to achieve results in a matrixed environment.

Preferable experience:

1. Experience of implementing business projects within a sales environment would also be advantageous ( e.g. CRM / Salesforce / task management solutions).

2. Top tier consulting background

Logistics

Day Rate: Up to £600 per day depending upon experience.
Location: Central London
Start Date: Immediate

Duration: 6 months +

FILLED: INTERIM [ref#DM4126] HR Primavera & IT systems integration lead

Summary:

Our Client is replacing a number of legacy systems with new Document Management, Project Planning and HR/payroll systems, with planned go-live dates between December 2010 and April 2011. This role is required to co-ordinate and deliver the data migration and systems interfaces for the programme, working with the project teams, implementation partners and support organisations for the existing/legacy applications.

The document management system will be Documentum, the planning system will be Primavera and HR/Payroll is an outsourced service from Northgate Arinso.

Deadline for CV's - The deadline for Cv's for this role is 10am Thursday 7th October.
Any Cv's received after this time will be considered but will not be in the initial submission.

Role:

The role is split: 50% HR/Payroll integration, 25% Primavera and 25% Documentum.
Priority in skill set is HR/Payroll and Primavera. It is not essential to have worked with ResourceLink. This role will work closely with the business Project Manager, co-ordinating the IT/technical side of the project, focused on the Data Migration.
Candidates really need to have Primavera knowledge and strong HR/Payroll integration experience.

The activities include:

· Confirm and design the interface requirements between Northgate's ResourceLink
system and retained legacy systems, including Oracle.
· Where necessary produce detailed interface design specifications.
· Co-ordinate and manage all developments to deliver the interface requirements to meet the project timelines.
· Confirm and design the data migration requirements between Oracle and ResourceLink.
· Confirm and design the data migration requirements between Documentum 5.3 and 6.6.
· Where necessary produce detailed migration design specifications.
· Co-ordinate and manage all developments to deliver the data migration to meet the project timelines · Plan and manage the installation and Implementation of Primavera.
· Confirm and design the data migration requirements between Artemis and Primavera.
· Liaise and manage multiple external support organisations delivering technical solutions to meet the data needs of the project · Manage unit testing for data migration and interfaces.
· Manage the sourcing of the technical environments for testing, UAT and production · Manage the delivery of a legacy data solution · Manage the retirement of legacy applications

Key Skills and Experience

The candidates must have:

· HR/Payroll and Primavera experience are the priorities · Knowledge of SAP, Oracle, Documentum · Exposure to data interfacing with externally hosted applications · Data mapping, extraction and uploading from legacy applications · Experience working in a matrix project structure.
· Experience managing solutions in a multi-vendor environment

Logistics:

Rate: £400 - £500
Location: Gatwick
Duration: 6 Months

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