Janice Dickinson

Experience

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  Various

  Jun 2003 - Apr 2008

  PA/Marketing/HR Manager/Sales Management/Company Secretary

  The Combustion Group:- Debtors- MIS - reporting for the MD on results and achievables- Engineering Project Accts and Costing- Sales Management- Manage 17 Sales people - internal and external sales- Set Sales Targets and manage sales funnel and project aquisition- Customer visits - Basic System design for burnersTiffindel:- Marketing of events- HR Management - staff contracts, disciplinaries, wages & salaries- Labour contracts & negotiation- Company Secretary- PA to the MD on sensitive issues Show less

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  Anglo African Personnel

  May 2008 - Sept 2009

  Operations Manager

  - General Recruitment but specializing in the engineering sector. - Managing Targets and Staff output.- Customer Needs analysis for human capital.- Manage customers relationships- Implementing systems and maintaining ethical relationship procedures with candidates and clients.- Interviewing and assessing candidates ito of client requirements and the candidate's capabilities

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  Premier Foods

  Sept 2009 - Jun 2014

  - Project management of route design and implementation- Liasise with various IT disciplines for implmentation of Routing section of project- Cost calculation for new designs- Manage project resources ito of availability and coverage on sites- Reporting and analysis for Director- System implementation and design for customer services ito applyling the Theory of Contraints- Site Visits to audit and monitor the use of the sytems and the gap analysis for reporting to regional director Show less

  • Specialist GP Consultant

    Dec 2012 - Jun 2014

  • Executive Businesss Reporting Analyst

    Sept 2009 - Dec 2012
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  Premier FMCG (Pty) Ltd

  Jul 2014 - Mar 2021

  Relationship management with Business unit executivesDevelop IT strategy for the business unit based on business execution strategiesAssesspProject business case analysis and feasibility against business strategic directionProject budget management Control and report on IT business unit spendCollaborate and consult with Enterprise Architecture and service delivery teams for business unit needBusiness analysis and stakeholder management for projectsEnterprise project deliveryStaff Management including coaching and performace appraisals Show less

  • IT Product Manager - Business Services

    Oct 2019 - Mar 2021

  • IT Lead - Customer Innovation

    Jan 2017 - Sept 2019

  • IT Manager - Baking

    Jul 2014 - Jan 2017
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  Appfie

  Apr 2021 - Sept 2022

  Agile coach and consultant

  Agile champion and coach for development teams Scrum master in certain delivery teamsSupport backlog refinement and prioritizationAgile ceremony facilitator for delivery teamsProject management and stakeholder collaborationAnalysis of client requirementsDesign in collaboration with developers and architects the low code solutions to meet client needsSolution estimations, proposals and sales closing

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  Wellcome Sanger Institute

  Sept 2022 - now

  - Helping teams formulate their roadmaps for delivery leading into prioritization and planning- Guiding and facilitating interaction between program build teams for scaled delivery and including functional business areas- Helping teams with risk management approaches and strategies- Supporting the definition of scope into epics, features and user stories for synchronicity across teams - Guide teams on Agile framework to be used, Scrum, Kanban, - Guide for release planning and CI/CD- Facilitating design workshops to help teams formulate the approach for their builds- Supporting project managers in their engagement with stakeholders and delivery teams- Determining an operational Agile delivery framework suited to the environment- Managing and mentoring BSAs- Building and executing an Agile transformation roadmap and target operating model- Involvement in COPs and support with training material and topics- Training and mentoring for new and intermediate agile teams towards maturity- Facilitating retrospectives as well as design and informational workshops feeding into project delivery and product evolution- Supporting and guiding analysis for project requirements “as is” and “to be” using various tools and processes- Supporting the definition and scoping of projects to feed into the larger project or program plan- Helping to define, refine and maintain backlogs Show less

  • Senior Scientific Manager

    Feb 2024 - now

  • Agile Delivery Lead

    Sept 2022 - now