FILLED:PERMANENT [DB6050] Global PMO Manager

Summary

Our client is a FTSE 100 organisation and one of the UK's leading General Insurers.

With over 20 million customers worldwide, they employ over 20000 staff and provide insurance products and services in over 130 countries.

They are seeking a dynamic global PMO manager to lead and run the Project Management Office for all group wide functions, supporting global governance protocols and developing capability across the group.


This is an excellent opportunity to be at the centre of shaping and managing key
cross region change programmes and to be highly visible within a global organisation.


Role & Responsibilities

You will be responsible for managing all aspects of the PMO including:


* Portfolio / Programme / Project Management
* Governance
* Financial Management
* Risk and Issue Management
* Reporting
* Planning
* Management of Steering Groups
* Project management tools and standards
* Supporting the change management capability build across the Group

Skills & Experience

The client is ideally looking for a bright, capable and hungry individual from a
consultancy background with experience of operating in the Financial Services sector.


Specifically the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:

* Project delivery and management of project budgets in large / complex organisations

* Strong change management/project management background with excellent senior stakeholder influencing / communications skills

* Financial Services knowledge and experience, preferably in UK Insurance

* Excellent MS Office knowledge

* Prince 2 qualified (desirable)

* Top tier consulting background (desirable)

In return they offer the opportunity for you to fulfill your potential and grow
into more senior positions in the future. In addition they are offering an attractive
salary and a wide range of benefits designed to attract the best talent.


Salary Package


Base Salary
Up to £70K depending upon experience with additional London weighting allowance

Other Benefits
Attractive Bonus scheme, Employer contributed pension scheme, 24 days holiday.

Location
City of London


Response Deadline
If you are interested and believe that you are suitable for this role please send
me:


1) your CV and a covering letter addressing the key criteria for this role.
2) your current / target salary package

Please note that the deadline for responses is 2pm Thursday 29th July.


Please use the "Contact us" button above to email David Bowen, quoting "BLOG REF: DB6050" for more information.

FILLED: INTERIM [ref#DM4111] Supply Chain IT Consultant

Summary:

Our client is a global leader in the design and sale of printed textiles for the apparel fashion market and retail dress fabric market. They are looking for an IT Consultant to review their Global Supply Chain and supporting IT system and provide recommendations and implementation plans for improvements to support their expansion plans.

Their key markets include Japan, UK, France, United Arab Emirates, Italy, Germany and the USA. Design work is completed in-house whilst production is commissioned to mills located in UK, Italy and China. A third party warehouse supplies warehousing and distribution. The business is currently supported by a textile industry specific software package, Mertex,

Key to achieving their business objectives is the implementation of an integrated global Supply Chain and an IT system that will underpin and support global business growth, customer service expectations and target cost reductions.

Role:

The company is seeking to retain an Operations/Supply Chain Consultant with deep IT skills to review two critical aspects of the growing business;


* the Global Supply Chain
* the supporting IT System

The consultant will also provide recommendations and implementation plans to address key business requirements.

The Operations & Supply Chain consultant will;


* Quickly understand the key elements of the Supply Chain
* Map existing supply chain and IT capabilities and requirements;
* Identity gaps in the IT capability and user / business requirements
* Recommend actions to create a global, integrated supply chain that will address current and future cost and service level expectations.
* Recommend the short and long term actions required to provide a "fit for purpose"
IT systems to support the supply chain

KEY skills/requirements:


* Outstanding IT and business transformation knowledge, ideally with experience specific to the Textile industry. (Mertex software knowledge would be desirable but not mandatory.)
* Supply chain knowledge and expertise - with a strong understanding of both European and Asian markets and sourcing (textiles & fashion).
* Extensive experience in FMCG, ideally Textile, Fashion industry.

Logistics:

Rate: Please state target daily rate.

Location: tbc

Approx duration: 3 months with opportunity for extension
.

Networking Evening

Invitation!

We really hope we'll see you at our next networking evening, at The Aqua Brasserie in Vauxhall, on the 16th September (6pm to 9pm).
Come along and meet other like-minded Interim Consultants, plus the B2E Team!

Event details

If you haven't been before, our networking events are very relaxed, friendly evenings - a chance to meet other Interim Consultants (and to meet all of us at B2E) and have an informal chat - a way to find out what's going on in the Interim world!

The Aqua Brasserie is a geat venue, conveniently close to Vauxhall station:

AQUA River Brasserie
Unit 12 Flagstaff House
9 St Georges Wharf
Vauxhall SW8 2LE

The £10 ticket covers your entrance and loads of food - enough that you won't need any supper! There is a cash bar.


Please use the "Contact us" button above to email David Meggitt for more information and how to purchase your ticket.

FILLED: INTERIM [DB6045] IT Business Analyst

Summary:

Our client is looking for an experienced IT Business Analyst to work on their back-office transformation programme. The IT Business analyst will be expected to work on the complete lifecycle of the project, from requirements definition through to UAT and implementation.

Deadline for responses:

This is an urgent requirement, and as such the deadline is tighter than we would normally provide. If you are interested in this role, then your CV needs to be submitted by 10 am Wednesday 21st July. CVs submitted after this deadline will only be considered if the client requires further candidates.

Role and Responsibilities:

The IT Business Analyst will be expected to perform the following tasks:

- Lead investigative work to determine requirements and specify effective business processes, through improvements in information systems, data management, practices, procedures, organisation and equipment.

- Apply appropriate modelling and analysis tools, methods and standards / utilising business experience to advise on the practicability of alternatives, marrying up technical limitations with operational realities.

- Define, plan and justify (in business terms) projects to develop/implement automated and non-automated components of new or changed processes.

- Follow project standards, methods and tools producing a consistently high standard of documentation of both a technical and a descriptive nature.

- Schedule and lead meetings, workshops and relations with client/user staff during system investigations and throughout subsequent development work.

- Assist the business/users in defining acceptance tests for automated systems, and take responsibility for delivering UAT.

Skills/Experience:

The ideal candidate for this role will be a 'career' IT business analyst, with the following experience:

1) 7+ years experience as an IT Business Analyst
2) 3 + years full lifecycle experience on large and complex projects / programmes
3) Excellent all-round suite of IT business analysis skills (requirements gathering, modelling skills, user facilitation, written and oral communication, UAT)
4) Professional BA qualifications would be advantageous Please make full reference to the criteria above in your application.

Logistics:

Rate: Up to £400 per day depending upon experience
Location: Gatwick
Approx duration: 6 months with strong possibility of extension.

Please use the "Contact us" button above to email David Bowen, quoting "BLOG REF: DB6045" for more information.

FILLED: INTERIM [ref#DM4110] French Speaking Asset Management Consultant

Role Description:

We have been approached by one of our Consulting Partners who are working with a Global Investment Bank and are expecting to engage in a new project. They are looking to enhance their team with a consultant who has extensive experience of the asset management function and critically is a French speaker.

The likely candidate will have:

* Fluent French (essential)

* Big 4 consultancy background

* Good asset management experience

* Around 10 years experience in this area

Logistics:

Rate: Up to £600
Location: UK with some European travel
Approx duration: 6 months (tbc)