FILLED: IT/Business Project Managers - NEWBURY

We have a client who is hoping to find a number of general (IT/Business) Project Managers to join them over the next few months.

Key requirements are :

• Business and IT project management experience
• 5 to 10 years relevant experience
• Experience of working within a consulting project environment
• Rate is likely to be in the £400 to £450/day range
• Based in Newbury
  

If you are interested or know someone who might be, please let me know.

Please contact Tony McNeill for more information.

FILLED - IT Support Process Improvement (ITIL) Based in KL

Another opportunity for anyone who fancies a bit of exotic travel....

Background:

Our client is responsible for a Global IT Applications Support team of approx 200 people operating mainly out of Kuala Lumpur, Amsterdam, Cape Town and Porto Alegre (Brazil). This support includes:

• Incident management
• Problem management
• Service Level management

The team provides approx 30 Service lines, some with additional support from outsourcers
Some services are provided internally, others are outsourced or a combination of the two.

Requirement

The client is looking for someone to start in early March, to:

• introduce aligned and consistent practises that leverage international standards (like ITIL) and share the best internal processes across the function
• run a 3 to 4 month pilot project focused on one service line to demonstrate potential benefits

This pilot will include :

• ‘As Is’ analysis (brief)
• Development of a ‘To Be’ Operating Model
• Implementation of new practices (affecting about 30 people)
• Benefits realisation

Most staff are in KL and it is expected that the consultant would need to spend at least 1/3 to ½ time in KL

Key requirements of the consultant are :

• Done a similar project before
• Pragmatic
• Knowledge of ITIL and similar
• ‘get it done’/’hands on’ attitude
• 8 to 12 years experience

Please contact Jo Young for more information.

FILLED - Hands-on Web-solutions Architect

We have an interesting role for a technical person to work extensively from home.

Our client, a major UK telco, is rolling out a series of "next generation" services for use internally and externally.

The role, best described as a web-solutions architect, will involve working on interface design to legacy systems, network storage, output management and interaction with Windows mobile clients, configuration of VOIP services via web interface.

Key Skills

experience of SOA, J2EE architecture
Experience of interface and operations architecture
Experience in designing and working with high availability architectures
Aqualogic 6.x (to current versions) administration and development
Weblogic 8.x admin and development
Oracle 9i/Oracle 10G SQL
Html/Javascript/CSS
Apache/SunOne webservers
Struts
Solaris 10


ability to work extensively from home and join a "virtual" team in that members are based in multiple UK locations and also interfacing and possibly managing components of an offshore team.
Computing equipment provided.


Please contact Doug Stoddart for more information.

FILLED - Part-time Role - 4 weeks only

We have a very unusual opportunity with one of our clients that may be of interest and a chance to earn a bit of cash whilst looking for a longer term project.

Key points are :

• Our client wants someone to manage the process of getting 2 Execs sorted (from an admin perspective) to be able to work in India for an extended period
• This will involve dealing with visas, hotels, flights and general admin and paperwork
• The task starts immediately
• The Execs are expected to be in India by the end of February
• The clients offices are in Canary Wharf
• Some time will be needed in the office but this is all about managing the process to successful conclusion
• No prior knowledge needed, just the ability to manage this to a successful conclusion
• The client will pay £4,000 for successful completion of the task

Please contact Doug Stoddart for more information

FILLED - IT Process Analyst - London - Up to 2 years

One of our clients, a leading law firm, is running a 2 year back office transformation programme to transform their IT function into a consolidated global function.

They are looking for an analyst to design and implement their target "to be" offshore processes. This is likely to be suitable for someone with 3-5 years of consulting experience.

KEY SKILLS:

The client has the following key criteria:

- demonstrable expertise in definition of IT processes
- experience with a captive off-shore service facility project
- prior experience of identifying training needs and defining/implementing a solution

Please contact Jo Young for more information.

FILLED: Software company seeking permanent consultants with Financial/Supply chain modelling skills

Our client helps identify and realize strategic value chain improvements through a unique blend of people, methodology and proprietary software. To grow the business, they are seeking highly effective individuals to lead the implementation of the platforms within premier clients. The two roles being being considered are Business Architect and Business Modeler. Successful candidates will have the appropriate blend of relevant consultancy, modelling, finance, and supply chain skills

Business Architect

Responsibilities

• Understand and communicate clients’ challenges across a range of and supply chain issues
  
• Map the business problem to the application software
  
• Become expert in configuration and use of the software
• Building dynamic simulation models to support problem analysis and identification of opportunities
  
• Deploy applications to enable new business processes in the client
  
• Communicate the results of analyses and work with senior management to identify options
• Support channel partners with business development and solution delivery
  
• Provide input on product requirements and solution delivery

Skills and Experience

• Functional expertise & experience in value / supply chain strategy, operations and design
  
• Sound understanding of supply chain management including: demand and supply planning, network design, new product introduction & launch
  
• Working knowledge of the economics of business and value / supply chains
  
• Strong process or electronics industry background
  
• Good leadership skills, including the ability to facilitate a group design session
  
• Familiarity with translation of business concepts into computer simulation models
  
• Familiarity with configured packaged software and modeling applications
  
  Requirements
  
• Practical experience in supply chain / operations management or strategic decision support
  
• Practical experience of client planning processes such as long range planning and strategic S&OP
  
• Ability to develop multi-level relationships and trust with customers and colleagues
  
• Bachelors degree (Masters preferred) in engineering, operations research, or similar numerate / technical discipline
  
• Solid financial understanding, CIMA / MBA desirable
  
• Available for a consistently high rate of business travel (typically 70%)
  

Behavioural Qualities

Adaptive to change
Independent self-starter but team player
Good conceptual thinker
Numerate and highly analytical approach to problem solving
Customer, quality and results-oriented
Calculated risk-taker and decision maker
Business perspective and orientation

Competitive salary

Business Architect from £80,000 to £110,000

The Business Modeler will require similar skills but the role will be more focused on implementing the software and less on meeting the clients strategic needs. Salary from £50,000 to £80,000

Please contact Tony McNeill for more information.

FILLED - HR Tranformation - DUBAI

We are trying to field a team of six people with Change Management / HR experience to work on a large HR Transformation project for an Oil Company. The client has a good idea about the end goal but needs help to make it happen. Therefore we are looking for people who can help to build, manage and coach the implementation teams.

The good news depending on your lifestyle aspirations, or for those suffering from SAD, is that it based in Dubai, the client is happy for the team to work one week on, one week off and the rates will be very good.

Please contact Jo Young for more information.

FILLED IT Programme Manager - ERP Harmonisation - LONDON

Our client is a large media company who has 5 different subsidaries, all using different versions of the same ERP software to manage their major business processes (mainly financial).

They are looking for someone to run a project to harmonise into a single, best practice version of the ERP software, and to lead the company to a target state where IT support is provided centrally at reduced cost.

Key requirements (in addition to the standard programme management skills) are:

• sound financial background/experience
• IT application/ERP implementation experience
• experience of re-organising/re-structuring IT departments
• managing vendor/3rd party relationships
• PRINCE2 or equivalent

The role is London based, for 9-12 months. If you are interested, please contact Jo Young for more details.

FILLED: Life and Pension Strategic Review - 2 months - Scotland

A consultant is required to participate in a Strategic Review of a large Life and Pensions Provider in the UK. The candidate would be involved in both an operational review of the company’s current capability and in leading an assessment of the likely market demands within the individual pensions space over a 3 – 7 year time period. The candidate therefore needs extensive experience in the Life and Pensions industry, with particular expertise in SIPPs, Wraps and other individual pensions solutions. Experience of product design is essential, together with the ability to apply creative thinking to a rapidly changing product environment.

Please contact David Meggitt for more information.

FILLED: Programme Manager - 6 months - South Hampshire

Our client is a government department responsible for collecting and analysing large volumes of statistical data. They are undertaking a major programme planning and management process to develop the staged delivery of a large number of “downstream” projects (e.g. data collection, processing and management; IT development and management; information provision and dissemination) associated with a major data collection round.

They are looking for a senior business manager to work with the Programme Leader to help plan, co-ordinate existing projects and develop more detailed scoping documents.

The successful candidate will have deep skills in the following key areas:

Programme planning
Management of large, complex, workstreams
IT project management

Expertise in Prince 2 and experience of working on large Government programmes are also required

The project is for 6 months initially and is based in South Hampshire.
The rate is competitive for the right candidate.


Please contact David Meggitt for more information.