Stephen Johnston
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Phone: 320-***-****
Alexandria,
MN 56803,
*****************@*****.***
Personal Attributes and Key Skills
. Leadership - Natural leader who builds relationships with key
stakeholders to meet customer needs and exceed targets and objectives
. Team Player - Key organizational player with experience across the
business in influencing effective change through people
. Financial Analysis - Diverse experience across the business in
analyzing various business plans and effectively reducing unit budget
. Business Process Improvement - Proficiency in Maximizing business
effectiveness while maintaining quality for customers through
utilizing innovations that improved business performance
. Motivation - Continuous self development both internally and
externally resulting in graduate membership of the Chartered Institute
of Personal and Development
. Recruiting and Business Development - Motivated new recruits to the
business through coaching and developed positive relationships with a
diverse customer base maintaining compliance obligations set by the
regulator
. Collaboration - Engaging those around me with complementary skill sets
to ensure the best outcome is achieved
. Experience in using Complex Computer Systems - SAP QM, Business
Warehouse, Pegasus, Resource Control System, Duty Management System,
Manpower plan and Microsoft Office Suite.
Work History
Royal Mail, UK 1989 - Present
2009 - Present
Regional Compliance Manager of Traffic and Hours Measurement; Quality,
Service and Integrity Unit Finance Department
. Proactive Traffic Reporting - Saved 20k by organizing and conducting
mail traffic volume audits across Northern Ireland to support the
strategic distribution of man hours across the delivery unit. Evidence
produced the introduction of the Hours lapsing scheme
. Led a HRMS data cleansing initiative - Closed gaps in three HR
management systems and cleansed data of 104k payroll errors the only
region to achieve 100 % compliance consistently nationally. Resulted
in pilot site for the business to launch a single system with the
information that will allow effective performance management
. Management - Daily lead for management team of traffic measurement;
effectively monitoring compliance and accurate recordings of traffic
and hours within the region
. Driving Compliance - Managed and coordinated team performance in
Revenue Protection to achieve periodic set targets and maintained
fairness and equality to customer base
. Interim Regional Head Manager - Revenue, Traffic and Hours team for
Northern Ireland
2008 - 2009
Northern Ireland Revenue Protection Administration, Finance Department
. Negotiated with Key Commercial Customers - Recovered 1 million in
revenue through invoice analysis and renegotiation of established
contracts by driving tailored services to fit customer needs
. Revenue protection - Enabled financial recovery through the
implementation of a uniform contracting mechanism and the universal
enforcement of customer compliance
. Coordinated Compliance - Managed data extraction from SAP Quality
Management (QM) to support the revenue team in proactively targeting
and achieving 100% compliance
. Launched a Business Process Improvement Initiative - Captured 180k of
previously unrecorded revenue. Ensured robust accurate and timely
recording across the business
. Increased contract conformance by 64 % - Designed and developed in
house applications which were used in conjunction with SAP QM tools
for effective performance monitoring
2006 - 2008
System Planning Coordinator, Planning Department
. Maintained Customer Relationship Management Database - Achieved
license compliance standard set by the regulator which generated local
savings of 250k worth of government fees
2003 - 2005
Operational Delivery Manager, Operational Department
. Managed Operations - Ensured on time delivery within government
standards while maintaining high quality of service for customers
. Change Agent - Implemented a service delivery plan that generated
fixed annual savings of 50k. Negotiated union buy in through
effective people management
1989 - 2003
Post person - Operational Postal Grade, Operational Department
. Represented the Business Brand Daily - Allocated various operational
roles across the business that involved daily face to face customer
interaction
Education
. Degree in Human Resources 2005, Graduate membership of the Chartered
Institute of Personnel and Development
. Diploma in Management and Training 2003
. Business Studies Higher National Certificate 2000