
Kate Cooper

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About me
BPO Service Manager, Business Transformation
Education

Porthcawl Comprehensive School
1988 - 1995A Levels in Maths (Grade A), Biology (Grade B) & Geography (Grade B);
University of Sussex
1995 - 1998BSc (Hons) Geography
Experience

Confederation of British Industry
Mar 1999 - Oct 2010As FM, reporting to the Director of Finance, I had day-to-day management for the facilities department and responsibility for facilities supplier contracts, property issues and health and safety. This was a varied role, encompassing a large spectrum of responsibilities, which demostrated customer focus, communication and organisational skills. During my time in this role my main interest was in the area's of FM that had IT focus such as Comms technology. This was demonstrated in the successful roll out of a new VoIP network through all UK offices in 2007 which I Project Managed and subsequently was offered a role within the IT department. Show less
Project and Business Process Architect (IT)
Aug 2008 - Oct 2010Facilities Manager
Mar 1999 - Aug 2008

London Metal Exchange
Nov 2010 - Sept 2017Management of the LME Helpdesk, dealing with escalation of requests and faults from internal & external stakeholders for the LME’s portfolio of services.SLA management – responsible for agreeing SLA’s between the business and IT as well as tracking and highlighting deviations in service performance.LME Incident Manager with responsibility for the Priority 1 communications & reporting process to internal & external stakeholders.LME Service Manager for LME Clear.Liaison with Problem Management to ensure that actions are tracked to completion.Recommendation of continual improvement initiatives for the Systems Operations department and managing their implementation.Compilation and presentation of regular performance statistics and analysis to senior management and external LME committee’s as requested.Member of the Service Assurance Committee.Member of the Information Security Board.Compilation of ad-hoc reports and statistics for the Director of Systems Operations and CTO as requested.Management of Member on-boarding process and co-ordinating technical requirements.Co-ordination of small project work.Recognised ‘go to’ person for all service performance matters. Show less
Transformation Specialist, IT Service Operations
Sept 2015 - Sept 2017Service Performance Manager, Systems Operations
Nov 2010 - Sept 2015
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OEConnection (OEC)
Sept 2017 - Oct 2022Responsible and accountable for customer experience within Data Services at OEC and the champion for driving service excellence. Includes Customer Relationships, Service Level Management, Service Desk, Service Availability, Customer Financial Management and End User Training.Project Management Support for the Data Services Product Team
Senior Product Specialist
Apr 2021 - Oct 2022Service Delivery Manager
Sept 2017 - Apr 2021

The One Love Project
Jan 2019 - Dec 2021Volunteer (Part Time)
Little Havens
Jun 2019 - Mar 2020Volunteer Staff
Sainsbury's
Oct 2022 - nowBPO Service Manager
Apr 2024 - nowService Assurance Manager
Oct 2023 - Apr 2024Service Manager
Oct 2022 - Oct 2023
Licenses & Certifications
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Certified Agile Service Manager
DevOps InstituteOct 2018 
Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Sainsbury's- View certificate

Agile at Work: Planning with Agile User Stories
LinkedInApr 2021 - View certificate

Scrum: The Basics
LinkedInJul 2022 - View certificate

Power BI Essential Training
LinkedInDec 2021 - View certificate

Transitioning from Waterfall to Agile Project Management
LinkedInMar 2021 - View certificate

Agile at Work: Building Your Agile Team
LinkedInMar 2021 - View certificate

Agile Foundations
LinkedInFeb 2021
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Kate CooperCertified Agile Service Manager DevOps Institute Aug 2018
- Awarded to Kate CooperKT Problem and Incident Management Kepner Tregoe Nov 2016
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