FILLED (ref # DB6081) SAP IT Infrastructure Project Manager

SAP IT Infrastructure Project Manager, Business Separation Programme, Interim, 6-9 months, Gatwick, Immediate start, up to £550 per day ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Role Summary

Following on from a corporate acquisition, our client is in the midst of a multi-million pound transformation programme designed to separate the systems and processes of the new company from the selling company and subsequently transform its operations.

They immediately require an experienced project manager with deep experience of the end-to-end deployment of SAP IT infrastructures and end user environments to lead this workstream as part of an ERP SAP Implementation.

Application Deadline

This is an urgent requirement, so please ensure that your CV is submitted ASAP or by 12 pm on Wednesday 2nd March at the latest.

Role Detail

* Deliver required supporting IT infrastructure and end user environment to support the
implementation of SAP
* Manage Solution Architect(s) and System Integrators to design, build, implement and test the
required infrastructure and end user access to support the successfull SAP implementation

Key Skills and Requirements

The successful candidate will have a mix of strong project management skills, exceptional delivery focus, and multiple project experience delivering IT infrastructures to support SAP Implementations.


* Strong Project Leadership & Delivery Experience working under minimum supervision
* Subject Matter Expert in end-to-end delivery of IT infrastructure and end user environments
for SAP - min 5 years experience
* Excellent communicator at all levels
* Degree qualified in a technical or numerate discipline

FILLED (ref # DB6079) SAP Data ETL Project Manager

SAP Data ETL Project Manager, Business Separation Programme, Interim, 6-9 months, Gatwick, Immediate start, up to £550 per day ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Role Summary

Following on from a corporate acquisition, our client is in the midst of a multi-million pound transformation programme designed to separate the systems and processes of the new company from the selling company and subsequently transform its operations.

They immediately require an experienced interim project manager with deep experience of delivering Data ETL on SAP implementations to head up this workstream as part of an ERP SAP Implementation.

Application Deadline

This is an urgent requirement, so please ensure that your CV is submitted ASAP or by 12 pm on Wednesday 2nd March at the latest.

Role Detail

* Successfully lead and execute the Data ETL Stream
* Manage the end-to-end process of Data Extraction from the source system, Reconciliation,
Data transformation activities pre-load, Loading into SAP and Business Reconciliation
* Manage multiple suppliers and stakeholders (legacy client and their supplier, new client and
3rd party suppliers) to achieve a successful outcome

Key Skills and Requirements

The successful candidate will have a combination of strong project management skills, exceptional delivery focus, and multiple project experiences of leading Data ETL workstreams within SAP implementations.

* Project Leadership & Delivery Experience working under minimum supervision
* Subject Matter Expert in end-to-end Data ETL process into SAP - min 5 years experience
* Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
* Degree qualified in a technical or numerate discipline

FILLED (ref # DB6080) SAP Interfaces Project Manager

SAP Interfaces Project Manager, Business Separation Programme, Interim, 6-9 months, Gatwick, Immediate start, up to £550 per day ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Role Summary

Following on from a corporate acquisition, our client is in the midst of a multi-million pound transformation programme designed to separate the systems and processes of the new company from the selling company and subsequently transform its operations.

They immediately require an experienced interim project manager with deep experience of delivering new interfaces in and out of SAP implementations to head up this workstream as part of an ERP SAP Implementation.

Application Deadline

This is an urgent requirement, so please ensure that your CV is submitted ASAP or by 12 pm on Wednesday 2nd March at the latest.

Role Detail

* Successfully deliver the required tested interfaces for in and out of SAP
* Quality manage the design of new interfaces for SAP
* Manage the migration of existing interfaces in and out of SAP from existing legacy applications
supported by 3rd parties
* Deliver required changes to SAP feeder systems and receiver systems
* Manage the 3rd party development team delivery of the PI Programs

Key Skills and Requirements

The successful candidate will have a mix of strong project management skills, exceptional delivery focus, and multiple project experiences of end-to-end intreface migration in SAP.

* Strong Project Leadership & Delivery Experience working under minimum supervision
* Subject Matter Expert in end-to-end Interface Migration, Development and Testing in SAP-
min 5 years experience
* Experience of using SAP PI module during Interface migration
* Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
* Degree qualified in a technical or numerate discipline

FILLED (ref #DM4146) Senior Business Analysts and Project Managers with NHS experience

Senior Business Analysts and Project Managers Interim, 3 months, London, South East, Manchester and Midlands, Immediate start

Role Summary

Our client is a Big 5 Consultancy Company working on NHS Projects. They are looking for three Project Managers or Senior Business Analysts with NHS consulting experience.

Details

This is an opportunity to work on process improvement / cost efficiency initiatives in the NHS

Key skills and Requirements

· Ex-top tier consultants with Ex Big 5, or blue chip NHS experience

· Good consultancy knowledge with analytical and BPR skills, and strong client
facing attributes

FILLED (ref # DM4145) Business Analysts, Retail

Permanent Business Analysts for Retail Business Watford, Salary Package £70,000 OTE

Role Summary

Our client operates in the retail sector and is an expanding business with 224 stores currently and 30 stores being added per annum. The business is developing the IT function to improve bottlenecks and increase performance in a number of areas.
These include:

· Legacy systems which are fragmented

· Core system replacement which could go to an ERP solution.

· Customer facing POS systems being rolled out to stores.

· Web channel and development of multi channel retailing.

To help manage these improvements the company is looking for 2/3 permanently employed business analysts to work at their head office in Watford. These will be experienced individuals with at least 5 years experience who can engage on large scale pieces of work across the full lifecycle and who can work on the business in a holistic way.

Role

The activities to be undertaken by the Business analysts include:

· Working with the business in developing new business initiatives.

· Analysing and producing comprehensive and accurate business requirements and
perform gap analysis to proposed solutions

· Assessing the impact of changes on systems, interfaces, processes and people

· Analysing operating procedures, work flow improvement, organizational changes,
introduction of controls and procedures, evaluation of equipment and automation requirements, etc.

· Working with key business stakeholders, other Business Analysts and business
users in ensuring that the requirements, risk and cost/benefits of each project are thoroughly explored

· Working alongside the IT technical development and testing teams in defining
test scenarios, test acceptance criteria and database design ensuring that the business requirements have been interpreted correctly.

· Developing a thorough understanding of the existing applications and technologies.

· Working with external third party suppliers as required and within the context
of a given project.

· Adhering to and promoting the governance process (Prince 2 based).

· Keeping apprised of the latest technical and commercial developments within
the IT and retail finance industries

Key skills and Requirements

The client is looking for:

· Experienced Business Analysts who have been involved in largescale systems
or business transformation projects with top tier consultancies e.g. (Accenture, Deloitte, IBM / PWC & Cap Gemini or within 'blue chip' companies.

· Consulting expertise in Strategy, Business Process Re-engineering, Organisational
Design, IT or Change Management.

Logistics:

Salary: £55,000, plus 20% bonus, plus car allowance, private healthcare and 25 days holiday.

Location: Watford.

FILLED (ref#DM4144) GP Consortia Leadership Development Bid

Consultants for GP Consortia Leadership Training Bid Interim, Contract over next few years if bid successful, London Based ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Role Summary

Our client B2E Consulting is preparing to bid for Leadership Development work in the NHS. If successful B2E Consulting will be added to a framework agreement and be eligible for contracts to help support the new GP Consortia in the London Region.

We are looking for consultants who would be interested in working on the project if the bid is successful and are happy for their information to be included in the bid process.
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Background to the Bid

GP Consortia will be responsible for commissioning and purchasing healthcare following the abolition of the Primary Care Trusts. The bid is to provide them with the relevant organisation development and leadership skills to carry out this new function.

KPMG have been engaged to develop a toolkit to help GP's in their new role in commissioning healthcare in London. The toolkit will cover three aspects of support for GP's:

· development for individual leaders

· development of leadership teams

· organisational development

The successful bidders will be providing leadership and organization development coaching for the consortia over the next few years using the toolkit

The toolkit will include a range of interventions such as:

· 360 degree feedback

· Individual leadership development plans

· Team leadership development plans

· Leadership development

· Coaching

· Organisational development plans (including governance and key business actions)
outlining the steps that the pathfinder will need to take to achieve authorisation in March 2012

· Resources and 'how to' guides

· Self-assessment tools which include business challenges

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Key skills and Requirements

We are looking for consultants who are willing to lend their experience to the proposal and who would be interested in taking a role in any subsequent work that follows from the bid.

To be successful they will require the following Key/Skills

· Leadership, Organisational development and Coaching skills and experience.

· Experience of these activities working with GP's or in the NHS is particularly
sought after
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FILLED (ref#DB6077), Pricing Data Strategy Consultant, Investment Bank

Pricing Data Strategy Consultant, Global Investment Bank Interim, 3 months +, Canary Wharf, £market rate, immediate start ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Role Summary

Our client, a leading global investment bank, immediately requires a consultant with experience of securities pricing processes to define a new pricing data strategy to improve its product pricing processes.

Application Deadline: 5 pm Monday 14th February.
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Role Detail

The scope of the role covers the evaluation of existing pricing data processes and the tolerances set for the securities being valued (e.g bonds, swaps, equities).

The key tasks are:


* to review internally with stakeholders and conduct external market analysis on all types of securities to determine to define best practice
* to review existing pricing data processes (these vary by product with different systems used for pricing different products), determine the impact of proposed changes upon existing systems, and make tactical recommendations for improvement
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Key Skills and Requirements

* Experience of pricing data processes within Investment Banking
* Strategy / consulting background
* Strong stakeholder management / project management skills

Desirable requirements:

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FILLED (ref #DB6076) Project Manager, Business Transformation Programme

Project Manager, End User Computing Initiative Interim, 6-12 months, Gatwick, excellent day rate day, Mid-late February start ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Role Summary

Following on from a corporate acquisition, our client is in the middle of a multi-million pound transformation programme required to separate its operations from the selling company and transform its business.

They immediately require an experienced interim project manager with a Big 5 consulting background to steer and deliver a high profile end user computing initative that impacts all employees in the business.

Application Deadline: This is an urgent requirement, so please ensure that your CV is submitted ASAP or by by 9 am 14th February at the latest.
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Role Detail

This role fits within a business-wide IT Infrastructure Programme rollout scheduled over the next 18 months incorporating step change software and hardware rolluts.
The End User Computing project is primarily focussed on the development of business user computing requirements to improve and enhance workplace connectivity and also productivity for the client's 2200 employees.

Working with the IT work-stream lead and reporting to the Transformation Director, the project manager will define the key stakeholder groups across the business, define their diverse set of user requirements, liaise with IT to determine what can be delivered, and then manage the delivery of the solution.

Key tasks:


* Develop, deliver and implement appropriately detailed project plans for the end user computing project
* Apply project management tools as determined by the Business Lead around risk and issue management, status reporting, stakeholder management and benefits realisation.
* Manage project interdependencies with counterpart projects within the Programme, taking any issues to resolve to the relevant forum.
* Ensure that key stakeholders are identified and managed to facilitate project delivery (this initiative impacts CEO to shop floor)
* Take ownership and be proactive to ensure quality and timely delivery while keeping stakeholders appraised.
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Key Skills and Requirements

Given its high profile within the business, senior stakeholder management is central to the success of this role. The ideal candidate for this role will have a Big 5 consulting background at manager to senior manager level, and will be comfortable operating at C-level and liaising with multiple business stakeholders in a complex environment.

* Experience of delivering business-led IT projects within a complex stakeholder environment (acting as a bridge between Business and IT to achieve improved business
outcomes)
* Effective influencer / exceptional stakeholder management skills / self-starter
* Big 5 consulting background
* Educated to degree level

Desirable requirements:

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INVITATION: B2E Resourcing Networking Evening 17th March

Invitation!

Our next networking evening is going to be held at The Aqua Brasserie in Vauxhall, on Thursday 17th March (6pm to 9pm).

We really hope you can come along to meet other like-minded Interim Consultants, plus the B2E Team!

As always, the cost of the evening will be £10, and includes substantial "eats"
- there will be a cash bar.

To register, please visit our new B2E Community Page using this link:

http://www.b2e-community.com/events/b2e-resourcing-networking ]

Within the 'Event Description' section, you will be able to register and pay through Paypal.

All the best,

Tony, David, David, Jo and Selina (the B2E Team)

For more information, please use the "Contact us" button above to email Jo Young.

FILLED (ref#DB6075) Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement Expert

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Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement Expert Interim, 6-12 months, Gatwick, up to £650 per day, Immediate start ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Role Summary

Following on from a corporate acquisition, our client is in the middle of a multi-million pound transformation programme required to enable its technology, processes and people to operate as a separate entity.

They immediately require a certified Six Sigma Black Belt / Lean expert with deep experience of improving transactional processes to join their team and work with different areas of the business to review existing processes and define improvements using these approaches.

Application Deadline: This is an urgent requirement, so an immediate response is required - 12 pm Thursday 3rd February.
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Role Detail

The scope of this process improvement programme includes the entire back office operations of the client.

Working as part of a small team, the consultant will be allocated to different areas of the business to work with project teams set up to review and improve business processes.

The main responsibilities involve working with the project teams to instil a consistent LSS approach to BPR activities and developing knowledge bases of methods, tools and approaches that can be adopted across the programme.
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Key Skills and Requirements
The ideal candidate will have a combination of Lean / Six Sigma Black Belt skills and the experience of implementing process improvements across a number of different cultures and environments thus being able to demonstrate flexibility in approach.

* Certified Six Sigma Black Belt
* Lean Manufacturing experience
* Deeply experienced in improving transactional processes across back office operations
* Effective influencer / strong change management skills / self-starter

Desirable requirements:

* Prince 2 / MSP practitioner
* Lean Six Sigma training experience
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Interested?

If this role is of interest to you, please send me a recent CV by return email,
stating:


* your target daily rate for the role
* your availability
* your specific relevant experience, as outlined in [Key Skills and Requirements]

FILLED (ref #DB6074) Global SAP HR Consultant

Global SAP HR Consultant
Interim, 6-12 months, West of London with some overseas travel, Market rate, Immediate start

Role Summary

Our client, a niche consulting company, is working with a global mobile communications company. They immediately require an interim consultant with global HR SAP implementation experience to join their team and conduct a review of their client's global HR SAP rollout programme against a new business operating model.

Application Deadline: 12 pm Thursday 3rd February.

Key Skills and Requirements

The ideal candidate will be an experienced project manager, with deep global HR SAP experience who can act as a bridge between business and IT.

Mandatory requirements are:

* Full lifecycle experience of implementing HR SAP across multiple countries
* Experience of rolling out standardised processes across countries to support HR SAP AND knowledge of how to configure SAP locally for non-standard implementations
* Excellent suite of project management, consulting and stakeholder management skills

Experience of delivering HR SAP enabled processes into a virtual shared service environment (incorporating both local and offshire delivery) would be an advantage.

Interested?

If this role is of interest to you, please send me a recent CV, stating:

* your target daily rate for the role
* your availability
* your specific relevant experience, as outlined in [Key Skills and Requirements]
above