Supply Chain Operations Manager

Stella Anierobi

Email: *********@*****.***

Contact Number: +447*********

Professional Summary

Dedicated and results-driven PMO professional with over 10 years of experience optimizing processes and maximizing efficiency. Proven track record of streamlining operations, reducing costs, and increasing revenue. My interpersonal skills, attention to detail, and work ethics make me a strong team player, and I greatly enjoy working both on my own initiative and collaboratively with others. Seeking a challenging role where I can utilise my skills to drive business growth and achieve organisational goals.

Areas of Expertise

Professional Skills:

People Leadership

Budget Management

Financial Analysis

Coaching and Training

Stakeholder Management

Data-driven decision making

Change Management

Business Strategy and Operation

Project Portfolio Management

Business Process Improvement

Vendor & Supply chain Management

Process Optimisation

Technical Skills:

Proficiency with Microsoft suite

Expert in Excel- VLOOKUP, PIVOT Table, HLOOKUP

Expert in Power BI

PPM Tools: Clarity, Version One, Confluence, Jira, Huddle, Trello, Planview, ServiceNow

Procurement Tool: COUPA, SAP ARIBA, HYPERION

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Employer: AstraZeneca PLC

Dates: April 2022 – Date

Job Title: Business and Operations Manager – Global Medical Affairs

Project Title: Critical transformation program to develop a world-class medical network and lead the company to scientific leadership.

Responsibilities:

Manage the project plan including maintenance of Evidence Generation Project Plans. Develop operational and financial forecasts ensuring resources are allocated to maximize value creation and deliver a robust Medical Plan.

Led cross-functional teams to streamline operational processes, resulting in a 15% increase in efficiency and cost savings

Develop the business strategy narrative for Evidence Generation team and work closely with all parts of the business to develop an aligned, cross-functional strategy that interlocks with the global strategy

Continuously evaluate the programme impacts and support the definition of the future strategy in collaboration with the Business as we transition through the various rollout phases.

Manage third party relationships, such as vendors and consultancies working on the Programme, to make certain they are performing to the standard expected and any issues and queries are proactively addressed

Responsible for the quality and accuracy of financial and business data in the key AZ systems to enable teams to make effective business decisions. Support the MEOR and Strategy and Planning Teams to manage financial budgets for specific Therapeutic Areas.

Developed and implemented training programs for staff members, resulting in a 25% decrease in employee turnover and increased team morale.

Monitor compliance and quality of the clinical OPAL data and ensure that activity durations and resource forecasts are consistent with costs & quality targets, completion of milestone dates, etc.

Employer: Deutsche Bank

Dates: May 2019 – March 2022

Job Title: Global PMO Manager and Quality Assurance

Project Title: Global Cloud- Networks is a £75M programme that will enable the business to connect globally to Google Cloud Platform using high capacity and resilient Direct connect between DB on-premise network and Google network.

Responsibilities:

Define and manage the governance framework and portfolio structure in order to deliver the programme and projects capability to support delivery of the road map and business objectives

Assurance of the IT Roadmap delivery through forward planning and oversight of in-flight programme, the project pipeline and cross programme dependencies

Track monthly CapEx spend against forecast, and produce reporting to the Portfolio Manager on budget risks and opportunities.

Draft the SoWs of resources on the programme and manage the end-to-end procurement process

Define and manage Programme governance and actively ensure that the standard methodologies and toolset are utilized across the team

Monthly review of Exco and management level risks and issues with the project managers and PMOs

Assist the development of current change governance framework to ensure effective coordination of Programme and project assurance activities such as scheduling of tollgate reviews.

Implement continuous improvement and lessons learnt against Programme delivery governance

Provide coaching and guidance to the portfolio team, and building and managing meaningful and supportive relationships across the organisation.

Track and report of Benefits realization for the initiative as agreed with Head of Delivery and Sponsors

Monitoring the quality outputs of programmes and projects in the portfolio to ensure strategic objectives are met.

Employer: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Dates: August 2017 – April 2019

Job Title: PMO Manager

Project Title: Operational Effectiveness and Efficiency Programme

Responsibilities:

Engaged regularly Portfolio director to understand and effectively prioritise pipeline projects.

Define project scope and delivery planning for assigned projects

Support the Product Owner in managing customer expectations for project deliverables, managing stakeholder communications, and helped to implement an effective system of project governance

Enable and support the formation of sustainable teams that focus on delivering policies and improvements with more value

Promote empowerment of the team, ensure that each team member is fully engaged in the project and making a meaningful contribution

Organize and lead project status and working meetings; prepare and distribute progress reports

Maintained the Programme Plan by tracking and reporting on key milestones and any anticipated slippage.

Tracked and managed risks, actions, issues and dependencies through to resolution.

Facilitated stand ups / team meetings to review progress within sprints and address blockers or escalate where necessary.

Managed all change control activities including impact assessment and communication to wider organization.

For each defined Programme Increment oversee the smooth transition into the target business process, including oversight of end-user testing (including usability) and the provision of training (as required)

Managed implementation of the new Acceptance into Service (AIS) process across the Monarch Programme, working with IT and Programme staff to identify and manage dependencies

Employer: The Caravan Club

Dates: Jan 2016 – June 2017

Job Title: Senior PMO Analyst

Project Title: Transformation Programme

Responsibilities:

Implemented governance standards, including tracking, monitoring and updating the status of Programme deliverables.

Established robust control and management of the Programme's finances - including reporting and forecasting for senior stakeholders.

Facilitated the Risk and Issue Review Board to identify common themes across projects, ensuring Programme efficiency.

Held fortnightly review meetings with Project Managers, focusing on early detection of risks and mitigation strategies.

Monitored status reporting, ensuring all project managers produced updates for consolidation into Steerco packs.

Provision of secretariat duties to various governance bodies, preparing agendas and capturing key actions / decisions.

Managed documents in SharePoint / shared drive, ensuring correct storage location naming conventions / access rights.

Established a robust change control process (so that all changes had an impact assessment and challenge process).

Supported project managers in translating objectives into clearly defined business requirements

Employer: Nationwide Bank

Dates: Feb 2014 – Dec 2015

Job Title: Senior PMO Analyst

Project Title: Simplification Programme:

Responsibilities:

Facilitated key Portfolio level governance forums, providing accurate information and ensuring project standards met.

Identification and management of issues and risks and maintenance of RAID documentation.

Facilitated daily stand-up meetings with the project team to identify areas to be addressed and agree actions.

Planning support, progress reporting, change control, milestone monitoring, and quality / configuration management.

Project cost interrogation and reporting, ensuring cost plans and actual performance in line with budgets/forecasts.

Established regular project and business unit level meetings to ensure adherence with the operational framework.

Utilized the Agile methodology to facilitate the delivery of several mandatory sub-projects.

Managed Change Requests submission and approval.

Employer: Santander Bank

Dates: Oct 2011 – Feb 2014

Job Title: PMO Analyst

Project Title: Data Centre Migration

Responsibilities:

Provided support to the Information Services (IS) PMO, ensuring all project teams adhered to governance process.

Generated monthly Management Information reports, consolidating into high-level dashboards and MI Packs.

Administered RAID logs and ensured robust commentary from project managers to articulate their risks and issues.

Tracked, monitored and reported progress against plans so that any potential risks or issues could be escalated in time.

Ensured all invoices and timesheets were validated before authorization and payment.

Raised Purchase Orders, ensuring correct authorization was obtained, ensuring suppliers received payment on time.

Conferred weekly with work stream leads to discuss slippages, potential risks to plans, and actions to resolve.

EDUCATION:

ITIL v3 Foundation Certification

Prince2 Foundation Certification

P3O training

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