Lindsey Purchall

Experience

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  Boots UK - Contract Manufacturing

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2000

  IT Project Manager for the replacement of a Warehouse Management System in a warehouse for health and beauty consumer products, owned by a manufacturing company and supplying a sister marketing company in the same group. Project Manager for a package selection by Invitation to Tender for a replacement system for Specials Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing, an independent cost centre within the company.

  • Project Manager

    Jan 2000 - Jan 2000

  • Project Manager

    Jan 2000 - Jan 2000
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  Boots UK - Boots Healthcare International

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2001

  Project Management Consultant

  Project Management support for change of third-party distributor for a French marketing company, working in English and French, including introduction of best-practice project management techniques, analysis and specification of interfaces to SAP, preparation of data for migration, and supervision of user testing.

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  Boots UK - Boots Healthcare International

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2002

  IT Manager

  Supplier management of a critical third-party supplier of sales force software to a French marketing company, including the finalisation of a system support and hardware maintenance contract for a sales force of sixty employees and the definition of a software development lifecycle to support the annual marketing drives.

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  EDF Energy

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2004

  Project Manager

  Project Manager for package selection by Invitation to Tender and subsequent package integration for a fuel management system for coal-fired power stations.

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  Capgemini

  Nov 2004 - Jul 2012

  Project Manager

  Undertake any or all aspects of the project lifecycle as assigned to client accounts, working either client-side or as Capgemini engagement manager for supplier responsibility projects. Responsible for project delivery, resource planning, quality management, budgetary management, risk and Issue management, commercial margin control, and client relationship management.

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  EDF Energy

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2005

  Project Manager for an extension to a Data Warehouse for Major Business in the Energy sector, responsible for IT deliverables, and introducing the IBM WebSphere DataStage product as the new corporate ETL tool. Project Manager for a Systems Review within an Energy Trading and Risk Management company, evaluating the capability of IT to support the business and the future business vision.

  • Project Manager

    Jan 2005 - Jan 2005

  • Project Manager

    Jan 2005 - Jan 2005
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  Allianz Insurance

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2006

  Project Management Consultant

  Assisted incoming project manager with project initiation, by formulating the project plan for a Rational Unified Process (RUP) project using planning workshops and individual interviews with project team.

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  Shell Trading and Retail Zone (STARZ)

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2007

  Project Manager

  Project Manager for the first project in a global rollout programme to replace legacy interfaces for the validation of transmission of Electronic Funds Transfer and Sales data from on-site Point of Sale terminals to the ERP system with new middleware. A very challenging role requiring the invocation of the fallback plan to avoid jeopardising the corporate ERP replacement programme, which had a dependency on this project.

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  Metropolitan Police

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2008

  Project Manager

  Project Manager for the Real Time Communications Design project, comprising options evaluation for a converged voice and data network, high level design, telephony vendor selection, detailed design, and preparation of detailed costing for the procurement, implementation and run of the solution.

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  Lloyd's Register

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2008

  Project Manager

  Preparation of budget submissions for three initiatives including a replacement corporate intranet and a knowledge base using Web 2.0 social computing software.

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  Government Department

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2009

  Project Management Consultant

  Assigned to provide an oversight role of the work of Capgemini resources on several projects within the account with the aim of improving delivery quality, and to enhance responses to emerging opportunities with project management input and review. Assistance provided to the client project manager on impact assessment of issues, developing contingencies for risks, and preparing communications for the project board, applying interpersonal skills carefully in order not to undermine the individual concerned. Show less

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  Marks and Spencer

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2010

  Project Manager

  Project Manager for the extension of a data warehouse to accept reference and pricing data from an ongoing SAP implementation, and to deliver reporting requirements. The project was Fixed Price with an initial timescale of five months and 1,500 man days, which was extended by multiple Change Requests to eleven months and 3,400 man days. A challenging role requiring constant escalation of issues and submission of change requests.

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  B&Q

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2011

  Project Manager

  Project Manager for first release of four in a major business transformation programme to develop a multi-channel capability via a redeveloped website and supporting business processes. Completed project initiation for the development of the first stage of the website and data interfaces. Developed pathfinder processes for definition of scope for release and for release planning, as well as building cohesive team from four suppliers plus client personnel.

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  Tube Lines

  Jan 2012 - Mar 2012

  Transition Manager

  Transition Manager for first release of major Oracle eBusiness Suite upgrade. Defined approach and managed delivery of transition into support for the solution and new Development and Production platforms. Worked with the Business Leads to develop a calendar of business activities spanning the cutover period, and managed the pre- and post-cutover business checklist to ensure safe close-down of the system and comprehensive post-upgrade verification checks.

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  National Theatre

  Aug 2012 - Dec 2016

  IT Programme Manager

  Responsible for defining and maintaining the National Theatre’s IT Change Programme to meet business goals; developing and leading the PMO (Project Office) team; producing monthly dashboards for the Business IT Steering Group; and managing individual projects where appropriate. Built a new IT Project Management team and designed and implemented a project delivery framework by prioritising the control and reporting of in-flight projects and then moving outwards to manage service transition and project closure at one end of the project lifecycle, and business cases and project initiation at the other. Enabled portfolio owners to participate in the strategic direction of the IT change programme by designing an “IT Future Projects Scorecard” process. Set up a complete purchasing process for IT, including a tender evaluation strategy, standard invitations to tender, tender evaluation tools, due diligence processes, and a standard Terms and Conditions template. Show less

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  CDP - Global environmental reporting system

  Jan 2017 - May 2018

  Project Manager

  Project Manager for CDP's New Disclosure Platform project, comprising a SaaS Online Reporting System, an upgraded and customised CRM, a new Online Guidance system, and integration of the Reporting System with the CDP website, data warehouse and CRM. Funded by philanthropic benefactors, management of the project's £3.8m budget was a key aspect of this role. The permanent IT team of 15 staff was augmented by upwards of 20 freelance and fixed term contractors working exclusively on the project team. I managed the working relationship with the software supplier, and collaborated closely with the Test Manager to ensure that functionality and data migration conformed to specification. The Business Working Group was a key element in the success of the project, forming a discussion and decision forum, and acting as project champions within their teams, as well as nominating resources for User Acceptance Testing and business process documentation. In preparation for Go Live I worked with the Technical Leads to develop a detailed Deployment Plan which was executed over five days with minimal system outages. Show less

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  Royal Opera House

  Aug 2018 - Jan 2019

  Project Manager (part-time)

  Project Manager responsible for the testing, implementation planning, pilot deployment and then roll-out of an e-procurement system to all departments of the Royal Opera House.