FILLED: Project Manager for Project Office [ref#DM4139]

Summary:

Our client is well know international retailer with a prominent multi channel presence.
An important project is underway to review how to grow and enhance the customer's experience through out their International markets.

The Project Team is established, a Programme Manager appointed and the work underway.
There is a need for a Project Manager to set up and run the planning, control, reporting and governance process to ensure the work is completed in a timely, efficient and effective manner.

Role:

The Project Manager will take responsibility for the project administrative processes and help ensure the delivery of outcomes that are on time and on budget. The Project Manager will not be responsible for the solution itself but will work to ensure the programme is completed in a professional, controlled, risk assessed and effective way.

KEY skills/requirements:

· At least 5 years Project Management Office experience

· Experience of working for a multi national company

· Experience of the Retail Sector would be a real bonus

Logistics:

Duration: 3 -6 months

Location: Yeovil

Rate: Up to £400/day

Start Date: Jan 2011

FILLED (ref #DB6069) Retail Consultant

Summary

Our client is well known international retailer with a prominent multi channel presence.
An important project is underway to review how to grow and enhance the customer's experience through out their International Markets.

They are looking for a Retail Strategy Consultant to join their team.

The Role

The Head of Strategy and Planning has initiated a project to review the organisation's multi channel access to it customers. The project aims to ensure that the company's investments are aligned to ensure the customer experience is optimised and growth is achieved in the most cost effective manner.

They want a consultant to join the team to provide information and experience in the following areas :


* Content and Content Management
* Community building - social networking, websites etc
* Interfaces into stores
* International growth strategies

Key Requirements

The successful consultant will have the following experience :


* A blue chip retail or top tier consulting background
* At least 10 years experience within the Retail Sector
* Experience of Multi Channel strategies
* International growth exposure

Logistics

Rate: Up to £700/day

Location: Yeovil

Start: New Year

Duration: 3 - 6 months

FILLED: INTERIM (ref #DB6068) Solution Centre Operations Manager

Summary

Our global client has recently set up a central design and development organization, called The Integration Solutions Delivery Centre (ISDC), to help deliver enterprise systems solutions more efficiently across its businesses.

They immediately require an interim demand and control manager to oversee the operational running of the ISDC to meet its delivery requirements, taking over from the current incumbent who is shortly going on maternity cover.

Deadline for responses

5 pm Friday 17th December. Responses received after this point may be considered, but will not be included in the initial shortlist sent to the client.

Role and Responsibilities

Reporting directly to the Director of the ISDC, and with 4 direct reports, the Demand & Control Centre Manager has responsibility for:

* Customer engagement - Developing and maintain productive senior level relationships with ISDC customers across Enterprise Systems (principally the Project and Application Support Leadership teams).

* Project and application maintenance demand management - Managing the review of demand with the ISDC Leadership team to plan the most appropriate resource solution which maximises the utilisation of internal resources; supporting headcount planning and capability development processes.

* Project costing and internal cross charging - Managing the mobilisation and ongoing activities of the D&CC Operational Controls team to ensure that efficient and accurate costing and internal cross charging mechanisms are executed.

* Operational Performance - Implementing and managing the data gathering and reporting of operational performance indicators; establishing an appropriate governance forum to support Centre based operational reviews; identifying risk areas and ensure mitigating plans are put in to effect.

Requirements

The following requirements are mandatory for this role. Please make reference to your experience in relation to these requirements in your application:

* Demonstrable track record of success in management roles of a similar nature within an SAP led IT function of equivalent scale

* Experience of internal cross charging processes, setting up and monitoring operational KPIs and metrics

* Sound knowledge of SAP project delivery environments, preferably across geographically dispersed locations

* Excellent stakeholder management capability and can demonstrate a track record of fostering strong customer focussed working relationships

Desirable Criteria:

* Operational management experience within a shared service environment (mix of on-shore / off-shore teams)

* Experience of estimating models to size and cost project delivery teams

* Awareness of ITIL 3 processes

Logistics

Rate: Please state target rate.

Location: Uxbridge

Start: New Year

Duration: 9 months +

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FILLED [ref#DM4138] IT Programme Test Manager

Summary:

Our client is a Transport Company and they are looking for an IT Programme Test Manager to work on a Programme migrating to SAP from Oracle. The Consultant will be responsible for ensuring Test Quality Assurance against Projects.

Role:

Test phases will include: Unit, Systems, Integration, Performance, Security, UAT and Operational Readiness.

The consultant will understand & apply the appropriate test management disciplines, i.e. planning, resourcing, scheduling, monitoring, reporting and risk, issue and defect management.

They will:

* Establish an effective working relationship with project managers
* Be responsible for ensuring the project delivers testing to defined standards
* Contribute to solutions evaluation & design to ensure the delivered solution is tested in an efficient, cost -effective and accurate manner.

This Programme is widely based throughout the business and the Test Manager will be experienced and assertive enough to ensure that the testing is properly done, working with the IT Programme team and business managers.

KEY skills/requirements:

· At least 5 years solid experience in a test manager role.

· Minimum 1 year SAP testing

· Confident, sssertive individual with good presentation skills who can manage customers.

Logistics:

Duration: 6-12 months

Location: Gatwick

Rate: Up to£450

Start Date: ASAP