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.