Experience

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  Exertis uk

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2001

  Technical support engineer

  Day-to-day IT support for circa 100 users within AGP.End user support for Fujitsu HDD's and Mirai CDRW products - this involved meetings with and training from the vendors on their new and legacy products

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  Exertis

  Jun 2001 - Oct 2014

  General manager - mobile networks

  The major initiative that I focused on in position was to launch a new connected services platform that strengthened reseller sales channels. The platform comprised offerings in mobile airtime, hosted VoIP, employee benefits, BYOD, tablets for education, and hardware leasing. As part of my role I managed business managers and internal sales executives along with third-party technology vendor relationships. From a commercialisation standpoint I designed a strategy with strong margins and a compelling value proposition to drive sales.My progression to the role of General Manager within the Mobile Networks division comprised of a number of key roles within the organisation including;Business Manager - Projects (1yr, 6 months)Business Development Manager (2yrs, 4 months)Consumer Product Manager/Power Product Manager (4yrs, 1 month)Storage Product Manager (5 years, 10 months) Show less

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  Dcc technology

  Oct 2014 - now

  Chief information officer (cio) exertis uk

  * Defining and driving the strategy for the SAP platform and systems that power and runs Exertis UK - this enables us to maintain a market leading position, gives us a direction of travel, and a set of operating procedures and parameters so that we meet our shareholders and stakeholders expectations.* Board level responsibility for entire SAP estate of software, services and systems along with the management and engagement of key 3rd parties* Leadership & development of the teams that make up the SAP Centre of Excellence within Exertis UK- ensuring that we have the best people in the right roles for them and for the business* Project planning and coordination of all upgrades, system patching and new functionality across the SAP estate, ensuring budget accuracy and on-time delivery * P&L control and budgeting for the SAP Centre of Excellence teams and both Operating and Capital budgets* Stakeholder management including representation at board level including incident coordination and communication management * Business transformation activities across the Exertis platform to drive increased system and process efficiency through new and existing tools and processes as well as driving innovation to ensure best in class service to our customer and suppliers* Focus on sustainability and constant review of the areas we can improve our environmental footprint* Warehouse automation (project) - delivery of large scale SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) roll out to work side-by-side with our ECC estate and the post go live continual improvement to ensure achievement of our targeted 99% service efficienciesMy journey to SAP Platform Director within Exertis UK has seen me move from the General Manager of the Mobile Airtime/Network division to take on a series of pivotal roles within a major Business Transformation project to roll out a new SAP platform across the front office and warehouse including sales and commercial lead and Global Process Director Show less