Experience

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  Wm morrison supermarkets plc

  Jan 2002 - Jul 2005

  Regional project manager

  With close liaison with the Store and Area management teams and contractor base, I was responsible for overseeing the conversion of a Safeway store to Morrisons with budgets from £800k – 1.5m). As project manager I was responsible for the transformational process of which 80% was completed during a live shopping environment. Customer impact, sales and waste were all closely monitored using tolerances whilst extensions were built and the store assets were replaced, repaired or enhanced which involved refrigeration, HVAC, checkout and sales floor furniture replacement. Civil works in the car parks were also completed during live trading hours as were works to back of house areas. The final 20% of the transformation was completed during store closure (1 week) which was when the store was rebranded, cleaned, refilled and training completed on new specialised departmental equipment. Show less

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  Stace

  Jul 2005 - Aug 2007

  Project manager

  Working for a specific client ‘large food retailer’ I was accountable for delivering multiple small and medium sized projects ranging from £10k to £1m around the UK. Working directly with the clients category managers, cost managers, designers and store management teams I would complete projects working within budgets, targets and specifications which consisted of a store extension, capital replacement schemes, installations of new Phone Shops, catalogue shops, security system upgrades, cafes, including car park civil works, marketing schemes, competitor impact and store refresh projects. I would work on up to 15 projects at any one time delivering circa 50 projects in total. Show less

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  H.grover builders

  Aug 2007 - Sept 2009

  Construction project manager

  Reporting to the executive director and with the site management teams reporting to me, my accountabilities were to manage projects across multiple sites with responsibilities of producing and managing the construction programme, site set up, contractor management, client management, site H&S, resources, budget and ensuring all projects were delivered in line with the clients expectation and specifications. Projects consisted of retail acquisitions, DDA compliance (D&B) and retail store refresh schemes. Project budgets ranged from £10k to £1.5m Show less

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  Rider levett bucknall

  Sept 2009 - now

  Accountable for the temporary overlay development project from build commencement through to reinstatement. Managing a team of specialist consultants, architects, contractors, venue management personnel and security officials from various government agencies I was responsible for ensuring that the venue was delivered within budget (£10m) and meets the operational requirements of all stakeholders involved. Reporting to the director of venue development I had to complete daily exception reports on progress against plan and had to work within various tolerances. Show less Reporting to the Venue Security Infrastructure Group Lead I was responsible for the security overlay designs of 18 off park venues which consisted of perimeter fence, lighting, CCTV surveillance technology and hostile vehicle mitigation for all off park venues. Working with security consultants, Home Office, Secret Service officials, local authorities and venue teams I was leading a specific work stream for perimeter security fencing with a budget of £17m which involved chairing extensive design reviews, detailed budget control, problem solving, stakeholder management, risk management and staged sign off prior to implementation. I also consulted on processes for managing the CCTV surveillance work stream and managed and produced the strategy for obtaining anti terrorist traffic road orders (ATTROS) for all venues which would be receiving hostile vehicle measures. This particular role involved detailed and direct liaison with local authorities, MET, Home Office and officials from the centre of protection for national infrastructure (CPNI). Show less Operating in a variety of roles which included both project and programme management I worked on projects and programmes ranging from £50k to £50m. Working for a specific blue chip retailer I lead on projects delivering environmental and sustainable business objectives which included store voltage reduction schemes, new industry leading CO2 refrigeration technology, CHP (Combined Heat and Power) installation as well as delivering store refreshes, capital replacement schemes and a variety of store roll out initiatives. This particular appointment included extensive travelling around the UK and ROI Show less

  • Partner

    May 2020 - now

  • RLB Futures Board member

    Mar 2017 - Apr 2020

  • Associate

    Oct 2016 - Apr 2020

  • Senior Project Manager

    Mar 2015 - Oct 2016

  • Lead Project Manager

    Jan 2013 - Mar 2015

  • Venue and Infrastructure Project Manager - Major Events

    Apr 2012 - Jan 2013

  • Venue Security Infrastructure Lead Project Manager - Major Events

    Jul 2011 - Apr 2012

  • Project Management Consultant

    Sept 2009 - Jul 2011