Marc Cross

Experience

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  British Steel

  Oct 1999 - Oct 2001

  Apprentice

  Business Administration ApprenticeServed placements in management accounts, training, logistics & marketing departments

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  Corus

  Nov 2001 - Apr 2005

  Accountant

  • Maintain the accuracy and development of the consolidated cost of sales system• Reconciling financial accounts• Liaising with external customers in maintaining external stocks• Liaising with the internal/external customer technical service teams in regards to customers complaints• Preparing a weekly sales reports for management• Weekly stock reconciliations and resolving issues that arise

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  Tata Steel

  Apr 2005 - Aug 2016

  Supported the commercial activities of the Distribution and Building Systems businesses (Channels) across the UK, RoI and Europe through the development of IT solutions and services. The definition and delivery of Customer / End User documentation using StreamServe to produce bespoke documents. Drawing data from multiple sources including the main business ERP system STRATIX (400 users UK and mainland Europe) and from a Oracle and Informix data warehouse.Business analysis and technical design of Management Information services including data extract and system interfacing functionality. Other duties:• Writing effective SQL & PL/SQL• Maintenance and upgrades of the STRATIX Informix databases (UK, RoI & Europe), Orace and Windows environments• Processing of ascii, .xml and odbc data• Cognos 10 toolset (incl Data Manager & Framework Manager)• Provide work estimates and timescales for new projects• Design and implementation of effective C programmes & Shell Scripting for system interfaces• Develop & test management reports/Applications/Interfaces to published specifications• Assist in the development of functional specifications pertaining to system design / requirements• Develop technical change specifications pertaining to system design / requirements and system test plans• Work with the project managers to successfully implement new systems / IT initiatives• Provide technical expertise to the development of reports / interfaces / applications / End User documentations including implementation, training & post delivery support• Adhere to development standards defined• Provide support to ensure all Service Desk calls are resolved to end user satisfaction within agreed Service Level Agreements• 4 month kt transformation project to develop offshore teams• Assisting Development Manager in compiling work request quotations and analysis of impact• Configuration Management• Projects and development times varied from a few days to months/years Show less • Managing the collection and processing of data from various external sources to be fed into the Data Warehouse• Maintaining the Data Warehouse to ensure maximum reporting efficiency• Create and maintain views/tables for external sources to access Data Warehouse and ensuring the appropriate keys, constraints, joins and indexes are used• Extract, analyse and manipulate data to enable the provision of reports, management information and insight that enables better-informed decision-making within the business• Create SQL statements for quick output of information when required• Ensure that all complete projects are correctly documented, and any changes made be reflected in a Change Management Database• Adhere to project plans and communicate to end users the development schedule• Create reports to the requirements of the user using HTML• Implementing a waste elimination process• Creating work process flows for the first stage of SAP implementation• Conversion of Lotus applications into Microsoft• Improving tasks to eliminate errors and improved time restrictions by ensuring a single source of reporting Show less

  • Development Analyst

    Nov 2012 - Aug 2016

  • Data Analyst

    Apr 2005 - Nov 2012
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  Capgemini

  Aug 2016 - now

  Supported the commercial activities of the Distribution and Building Systems businesses (Channels) across the UK, RoI and Europe through the development of IT solutions and services. The definition and delivery of Customer / End User documentation using StreamServe to produce bespoke documents. Drawing data from multiple sources including the main business ERP system STRATIX (400 users UK and mainland Europe) and from a Oracle and Informix data warehouse.Business analysis and technical design of Management Information services including data extract and system interfacing functionality. Other duties:• Writing effective SQL & PL/SQL• Maintenance and upgrades of the STRATIX Informix databases (UK, RoI & Europe), Orace and Windows environments• Processing of ascii, .xml and odbc data• Cognos 10 toolset (incl Data Manager & Framework Manager)• Provide work estimates and timescales for new projects• Design and implementation of effective C programmes & Shell Scripting for system interfaces• Develop & test management reports/Applications/Interfaces to published specifications• Assist in the development of functional specifications pertaining to system design / requirements• Develop technical change specifications pertaining to system design / requirements and system test plans• Work with the project managers to successfully implement new systems / IT initiatives• Provide technical expertise to the development of reports / interfaces / applications / End User documentations including implementation, training & post delivery support• Adhere to development standards defined• Provide support to ensure all Service Desk calls are resolved to end user satisfaction within agreed Service Level Agreements• 4 month kt transformation project to develop offshore teams• Assisting Development Manager in compiling work request quotations and analysis of impact• Configuration Management• Projects and development times varied from a few days to months/years Show less

  • ABAP Developer

    Mar 2019 - now

  • Lead Software Engineer

    Aug 2016 - Feb 2019