Simon Hartland

Experience

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  ExxonMobil

  May 1991 - Aug 1992

  Degree Placement - Business Intelligence & TQM Analyst

  Business Intelligence & Total Quality Management project Lead for Customer Service & Delivery

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  ExxonMobil

  Sept 1993 - Dec 1993

  Business Analyst

  Petroleum Tax Process Design, Controls, Configuration & Implementation

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  TOTAL (was Elf Oil UK Ltd.)

  Jan 1994 - Jan 1997

  Trading Room Coordinator/Analyst - Energy Trading & Risk

  Stocks & Risk Management Systems (Refinery Optimization Model, Real Time Market Data & Risk Modelling, Trading Capture & Pricing, VaR Calculator design, Trade Strategy & Book Calculator, Shipping Operational Auditor (Phillips trained), SAP & JDE Trading Integration SME)

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  Shell International

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2004

  Regional business structure transformation and systems/controls implementation. Organizational and Control standards aligned with International Trade Standards (ITS). ERP & Business Intelligence Architect. Global Process Standardisation Delivery (Supply Chain & International Trade, Risk SME, ERP Systems Project Management & Implementation Services, Organisational alignement & Core Competence Training, Business Readiness Assessment. Finance, Distribution, Manufacturing)

  • Project Manager (Distribution, Manufacturing & Int. Trade)

    Jan 2000 - Jan 2004

  • Supply & Trading Business Analyst

    Jan 1997 - Jan 2000
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  BP Castrol

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2006

  Programme Delivery Manager (Global)

  Programme Delivery Manager (Business Intelligence & Global Standards - BIGS)Business Process and ERP system standards implementation (Kalido, Business Objects, J.D.Edwards, SAP)

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  Shell Turkey

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2006

  Merger Delivery Manager - Supply Chain & Trade

  Business Process harmonization, organizational review, segregation of duties, minimum control standards, merger wide systems alignement. (J.D.Edwards)

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  Avon Cosmetics

  Apr 2006 - Mar 2007

  Director of Product Systems : Supply Chain

  Director of Product Systems Management (Organizational re-design, Global Process Integration Re-Design, Shared Service Centre and Matrix Organisation Alignment, Process Standardisation and ERP Process alignment, Enterprise Data Governance)

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  Voyager Solutions Limited

  Sept 2007 - Nov 2013

  Associate Director

  (Program Management Advisory, Program Delivery & Risk/Success Assessments, SAP Change Management, Business Readiness Control and Reviews, Stakeholder Management)

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  Syngenta Seeds

  Sept 2008 - Nov 2008

  Change & Transformation Consultant

  Global Service Delivery Model and Systems Deployment Advisory

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  Rolls-Royce

  Nov 2008 - Dec 2008

  Change Management Consultant

  SAP Organizational Change Management for Global Shared Service Centre

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  Cable & Wireless (LIME Caribbean)

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2010

  Change & Transformation Manager : Retail Supply Chain

  Design & Implementation of end-to-end target operating model (TOM) processes across the Caribbean in an SAP Shared Service Environment. (Finance, Distribution, Service Delivery)

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  Bacardi

  Jan 2009 - Mar 2009

  Process Change & Implementation Consultant

  SAP Organizational Change Management for Global Shared Service Centre

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  Bank of England - Notes Division

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2011

  Program Manager : UK Bank Note Supply Chain

  Sterling Bank Note supply process, Money Supply Rulebook (Bank Note Printing, Sorting, Clearing, HM Treasury Relations) aligned with SAP upgrade and reconfiguration initiative. (Stakeholder Management, PMO, Project Planning, Resource Scheduling).

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  ED & F Man Group (Soft Commodities Division)

  Feb 2011 - Jan 2013

  Head of Systems Implementaton : Origin & Trading

  Programme Management, PMO (Budgeting, Resource Scheduling, Project Methodology, Roll Out Evaluation Model, Minimum Control Standards), Project Manager Forum, CTRM Replacement Strategy Oversight (Sugar, Coffee, Molasses & Liquid Products for iRely, Scalable, OpenLink, CommTrader, TriplePoint, iTAS, SAP), Trade BI (QlikView), ERP Manufacturing & Finance Solutions (MS Dynamics for Origin Countries), New Technologies Implementation & Adoption Governance (DAX, Sharepoint, Kulu Valley, Lync, CRM, Counter Party Risk System, MasterRisk VaR, iTAS, Trade Capture Lite), MAN Academy (Online Trading Skills & Systems Training initiative). Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Singapore systems appraisal. Capital Markets accounting platform scope & proposal. Show less

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  Armajaro Trading Limited (Commodities)

  Dec 2012 - Nov 2013

  Program Manager : Trading Solutions Platform

  New Technology adoption for re-engineered Soft Commodities CTRM platform (TriplePoint, SUN 6, Salesforce, Fendahl). Technical & Supplier Management (on-shore/off-shore). Deployment Toolkit design authority (Trade Model, Training Materials, Support Model, Technical Guides). Software Quality improvement initiative. Upgrade scheduling (V7.11 thru V7.12 and planning for V8.1), Configuration Control, Business Process Modelling for Upgrade control (scenario dashboard ideation and implementation). Program Management (Benefits Monitoring, Communications, Program Budget Control, Resourcing and Contentions Management), PMO (Program Planning and Project Control), Program Governance (Validation and design of delegated authority), Stakeholder Management. Show less

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  Baringa Partners

  Nov 2013 - Aug 2017

  Markets & Trading : Commodities (Ags, Softs, Metals, Oil, Power, Dairy, Chemicals, Supply Chain, Freight, Shipping)Global Commodities Trading House : Treasury & Trading Integration Strategy Global Commodities Trading House : Treasury & Trading Systems RoadmapUK Power Inter-Connector : Systems Governance and StrategyGlobal Commodities Trading House : ERP & CTRM StrategyInternational Retailer : Commodities & Treasury Risk Management Global Commodities Trading House : ERP Deployment & Integration StrategyCollaborations : Business Intelligence, Data Science, Blockchain, Robotics, Process Optimisation, Target Operating Models, System Selection, Treasury, Risk & Compliance. Show less

  • Associate

    May 2017 - Aug 2017

  • Director : Commodities

    Nov 2013 - May 2017
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  VENTURE MILLENNIUM LTD

  Apr 2017 - now

  Director

  Independent technology advisory. Exploring the increasingly complex data requirements of modern raw material, trading, manufacturing and supply chain companies, with a view to identifying cost-effective process and system based solutions. (Data Warehouses, Business Intelligence, Social Media, ERP, Digital Transformation, CTRM, Big Data, Algorithm Automation).

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  PCR Limited UK

  Aug 2017 - Jan 2019

  Associate Director

  PRIMARY COMMODITY RESEARCH Ltd. Commodity Trading & Agricultural Development Software. Promoting the cross-over between small scale in-country Agri-Development/Mining to aggregated cooperatives and international consumers. Integrated on the the Caja Data Platform (CDP) we offer Origination (Farm/Mine), Laboratory (Assay/Sampling), Trade (Risk/Position), Warehouse and Manufacturing profiles. Integrated traceability and sustainability program support (UTZ, Rainforest. 4C and others) as standard. Show less

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  HashNex

  Sept 2017 - Jan 2019

  Co-Founder

  We Build Trust - Developing supply chain and trading, public ledger middleware solutions on block-chain protocols for encryption, provenance, traceability and smart contracts that track trades and exchange of products. Configurations of HashNex- ACE Agriculture in Controlled Environments- CONVERGE-TX marketplace - GUVNOR trade-finance solution for commodities and warrants- CERTIFY authenticity, traceability, safety certificates for supply chains- EN PRIMEUR wine futures contracts Show less

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  Adaptika.

  Apr 2018 - Mar 2020

  Projects Director

  Adaptika is the alternative consultancy for the commodities trading and supply chain industry. We partner with market participants, professional service organisations and software vendors to source expert teams that deliver leading-edge, high ROI projects. Adaptika supports traditional ERP, E/CTRM and TMS initiatives, aligned with projects that look to gain competitive advantage from AI, ML, Un-/structured Data, IoT, RPA, Blockchain and Surveillance technologies.