Lorien Spilkin

Experience

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  Smartsource Change Solutions

  Mar 2006 - Dec 2008

  Junior Change Consultant

  Pam Golding PropertiesCommunication and Implementation Manager for the rollout of Alchemy; a new web-based programme for managing contacts and properties within an office.ShopriteDevelopment and design of Training Materials for Shoprite Checkers to be used on Nationwide rollout. Including paper-based manual / guide and electronic format. Project documentation including Sign off sheets, Specified Training for Roles and Role Specification.Basic communication skills including articles for “The paper for the Shoprite Checkers people”. Coaching Shoprite Employee on MS Office 2003 and other basic computer skills. Show less

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  Truworths

  Jan 2009 - Feb 2010

  Analyst Programmer

  Programmer in the Merchandise and Logistics Application Support Team. Working with Business to analyse problems and develop solutions. Working on Oracle PL/SQL, Forms and Reports, performing SQL queries using Toad.

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  Pick 'n Pay

  Sept 2011 - Aug 2013

  Training Developer

  Development of training material (paper-based and e-Learning (SPP)), Training Logistics,Stakeholder Analysis, Impact Assessments, Communications.Projects Included: Smart Services, Transforming Merchandise, BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) Finance & Planning Models, BW

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  Signals Intelligence Group

  Sept 2014 - Mar 2015

  Research Analyst

  Research Analyst on projects for Western Union, Johnson & Johnson, 3M Orthodontics and Nestle,with some exposure to Sourcing.Lead on/managing the Pricing Dashboard Project, liaising with a Project Manager at Eastern Peakin Ukraine.Participating in daily Scrum sessions, monitoring of events for ongoing projects, exposure to thecreation of a taxonomy and rulebase. Working on Tableau.

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  Clicks Group

  Mar 2015 - Jan 2016

  Data Analyst

  ClubCard Data Analyst in the ClubCard Customer Marketing Team. Develop campaigns in theRetalix Campaign Management System and data mine customer data for targeting and postanalysis. Exposure to SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence reporting. Mentoring Junior Analyst.

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  GetSmarter

  Feb 2016 - Dec 2020

  Business Systems Analyst

  Finance Business Systems AnalystGetSmarter was acquired by 2U in May 2017

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  2U

  Feb 2016 - now

  Finance Business Systems Analyst2018 Sole BSA in the implementation of our new Payroll System (Payspace)2019 Implemented Billing Logic in our Custom ERP to cater for EU VAT2020 Sole BSA involved in designing of our Custom Billing and Tax Engine to cater for local ZA Tax, US State Tax and EU VAT, encompassing electronic supplied services tax as well as additional country tax2020 Part of the core team that built and implemented the Getsmarter e-commerce website, incorporating the above Billing Engine, Invoicing and Payments Show less

  • Finance Applications Product Manager, Corporate IT

    Oct 2022 - now

  • Portfolio Product Manager, Enterprise Systems

    Dec 2020 - Oct 2022

  • Business Systems Analyst

    Feb 2016 - Dec 2020