Project Management Facilities Manager
Resume:
John Rae
Senior Project & Programme Manager
Profile
Results-oriented project and programme manager, a
motivated team leader, I am a confident, self-motivated, empathetic, reliable, and resilient professional and have gained a reputation for always delivering excellence in service.
As a strategic thinker and adept at working
simultaneously on a range of tasks with the highest accuracy to deliver the right services to the right places at the right time. I possess a natural talent and passion for strategising and executing innovative solutions to complex challenges and problems. Skilled in
understanding and managing business critical risks with an innate capacity to scrutinise core issues, devise creative and realistic solutions, while stimulating ‘buy-in’ and support from key stakeholders.
Hands-on team player and collaborator, with flexible and forward-thinking leadership, openly sharing information and providing quality input to decision making and team efforts. I ensure information communicated to others is accessible, relevant, informative and easily understood. My industry experience and highly transferable skill set enables me to adapt quickly to new situations while always delivering a high level of customer service. Awards & Achievements:
• Outstanding Service Award [SVP for Sales ADP
EMEA, 2015]
• Brandon Hall Award for Best Educational
Software [Interactive Training Courses for PwC,
2000]
• Best Interactive Training Application [Issued
by USA Computer Magazine, PwC 2001]
I recently gained SC Clearance which is valid till mid 2029
Skills
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE:
35 years’ extensive experience with SAP & Oracle
ERP/MRP, incl. SAP Hana/S4 Cloud and 5 years with
Microsoft D365; Software Development (SAP ABAP);
Warehouse Management Software, Manufacturing,
including BOM’s, Business Analysis (inc. Wireframe technologies), Workforce Management Systems –
Forecasting, Labour Demand and Scheduling modules; Due diligence; Budgeting & Forecasting (Projects); SAP, Microsoft D365 and Oracle Financial Module; Payroll & HCM (HR) implementation – Workday, Oracle Fusion
and SAP SuccessFactors; Time and Attendance
systems, Global Programme management, ICaptivate
methodology & SAP Activate methodology.
Recently I have been heavily involved with AI and ML
(Machine Learning) for People (workforce) Management and Goods and Services
PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS:
• Threshold Certificate in Data Processing and
Computer Studies (predecessor to BTEC/ONC)
• Prince 2 Foundation Course and Exam pass (self-
funded)
• Microsoft Certified Engineer (in Windows NT/95/98)
• Cisco-certified for intelligent routers and software
• Citrix & ITIL trained.
• Agile E0 and E1 certification
• Completed over 50 courses for SAP R3, Business
One, SuccessFactors, S/4 Hana, Financials, Oracle
11i/R12 ERP, IBM System 36/38/AS400’s.
Contact
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Employment History:
Aug 2024 – Date
Jigsaw Cloud
Lead Project Manager
Role Overview:
Short term role creating SOW’s and client Technical/Functional discussions in a Pre-Sales role for various clients requiring SAP SuccessFactors HXM and EC Payroll implementations globally from other platforms Achievements -
IRFU – Worked on the SOW and Jigsaw gained the business Implementing SuccessFactors HCM using Smart Start methodology. 5 LE’s as Munster, Leinster, Ulster and Connaught Rugby are separate from IRFU.
SRFU – Worked on the SOW and Jigsaw gained the business Implementing SuccessFactors HCM and EC Payroll for all SRFU divisions PA Media – Pre Sales ongoing discussions.
Implementing SuccessFactors HCM and EC Payroll globally for all divisions of PA Media group companies. Feb 2024 – July 2024
AmberLabs IO
Senior Consultant - Programme Management
Role Overview:
Technical arena –
Migrated to SAP S/4 Hana Financials, from ECC6
Configuring and Implementing SAP SuccessFactors HXM globally from ECC6 and older heavily modified SuccessFactors.
Achievements -
Short term assignment for BAE on a Programme to merge onto a single SAP SuccessFactors HXM platform, globally. Integration to and from existing systems. 10 divisions/LE’s and over 55,000 employees. I was asked to step in to lead the Data streams globally. Responsible for Data migration, Data modelling/Discovery, Analytics, Integrations data, test data, Cleansing/archiving, Reporting, Security/Governance/scrambling of sensitive data, Payroll collaboration, Unit testing for one of the largest SAP globally programmes ever in terms of numbers of countries and employees. I had 6 teams/workstreams with 16 direct staff and 30 indirect staff.
I was also asked to manage major changes to the Legal Entities, divisions and associated cost centres as part of a move from various older financial systems to SAP S/4 Hana Financials
- Was part of the overall strategy team and decision makers teams.
- Also delivering a range of Project and Programme Management for BAE globally. May 2023 – Dec 2023
LSEG (London Stock Exchange) Group plc
Project/Programme Management (Hybrid) Contract
Role Overview:
Technical arena –
Sage 300 migrated to SAP S/4 Hana Financials – O2C, Q2C, Cash-in/Cash-Out, Forecasting, billing & invoicing (reoccurring, Usage-based & Single task billing), Journalling and Sales. SAP Order Management, Procurement, Tax and treasury, financial controls (SoX), Compliancy Achievements -
Integrations to and from Salesforce systems, Salesforce includes Customer Services, Sales, forecasting, Quotations, Product Management, CRM, Vendor analysis. Delivered a range of Project and Programme Management services for M&A (Mergers & Acquisitions) group at LSEG. Running a company acquisition Programme to move a global company onto the LSEG platforms. Jan 2023 – Mar 2023
SSP Group plc
WFM Programme Manager (Remote)
Role Overview:
Was due to implement a global 5-year WFM Programme to 36 countries starting with UK and ROI. Unfortunately, after 6 weeks the CEO stopped the program and planned to restart the RFP process due to major gaps in the original documents, as the budgets and functional details were too vague to continue without major reworks. It was subsequently cancelled in April.
Sep 2021 – Jan 2023
TATA Consultancy Services (TCS)
Programme Manager
Senior Project Manager
Client Placement 3 - Oct 2022 - Dec 2022
Programme & Engagement Manager for TCS Banking Sector group, working on LSEG account Providing Technical details, planning details/next steps and provide costings for resources for Sales bids and change requests, ownership of next steps once a Sale/CR was agreed, own and oversee the delivery, overseeing Projects (or Knowledge Transfer) started/progressing according to a jointly agreed plan, Resource responsibility – from internal teams, contractors, vendors, implementation partners. Stakeholder Management, weekly reports on all workload, future Burn-rates (spend to date), brief overview of issues and challenges, Steering committee meetings.
Leading a team of Senior Consultants and Project Managers for escalations or issue-guidance. Sept 2021 – Sept 2022
TATA Consultancy Services (TCS)
Client Placement 2 - Acting Programme Manager – Part time Managed a Programme of approx. 5 projects in 2 countries, UK and Eire to convert Oracle Fusion and SAP S/4 Hana Financials to work in the same fashion for LSEG. This resulted in the entities having the same financial structure. We also used the Blackline application on both SAP and Oracle to standardise processes and procedure. Also, ran a project to migrate SAP SuccessFactors to S/4 Hana. 3 projects reporting to me and was the SPOC for all Programme-related discussions. Also had 13 staff allocated to my programme, including data migrators, developers, configurators, a BA, a solution design architect, and Bank Financial staff.
Managed forecasting for resources and budgets, Steering committees, Senior Reporting, escalations, future project needs, planning, budget approvals, recruitment, timesheet approvals and appraisals. Sept 2021 – Sept 2022
TATA Consultancy Services (TCS)
Client Placement 1 - Acting Programme Manager – Part time Managed a large Programme of approx. 28 projects in 4 countries, Romania, Poland, Spain and Portugal for store and order related systems for Kingfisher Group (B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama). Many of these developments were using AI and ML (Artificial intelligence and Machine Learning) 5 project managers reporting to me and was the SPOC for all Programme-related discussions. Also had 25 staff allocated to my programme.
Managed forecasting for resources and budgets (and reduced spend by 30%), Steering committees, Senior Reporting, escalations, future projects planning (reduced investigation time by 75%), budget approvals, recruitment, timesheet approvals and appraisals (reduced staff turnover by 85%). Achievements:
Implemented a brand-new Distribution Centre in Poland in a record time of less than 3 months. An EPOS system for self-checkout – interfacing to the SAP S/4 Hana systems. Implemented intelligent web-based ordering system, that checks stock as you order suggested alternatives, with a discount, based on SAP S/4 Hana. Implemented a store and distribution picking systems SAP CRM with call centre facility and WFM modules. This helped reduce complaints by 60%. Implemented a time & attendance system with intelligent forecasting (for staffing) reducing the ‘lost’ hours by 50%, SAP PMR for promotions, A 3d modelling system for kitchen designs with an online appointment booking system, a small portfolio of projects using Microsoft D365 ERP for Iberia region. Implemented the various integrations for above, using IIB middleware to the existing SAP S/4 Hana configuration. I also acted as a Programme Manager at TCS and have a group of Projects Managers using me as their point of contact for help/advice. Consequently, Kingfisher took on 100 more TCS staff, as I offered offshore staff that could work on tasks within 5 working days.
Dec 2020 – Aug 2021
WorkForce Software
Senior Project Manager (Remote)
Role Overview:
Delivered a range of projects & programmes using SAP, Oracle and Workday FM/Financials, SuccessFactors HCM and Payroll, SAP Time & Attendance, WFM Forecasting & Scheduling software solutions to clients within the Services, Manufacturing, Retail, Banking, Public Sector and Education arena, globally. Modules - Core HR, Recruitment, Onboarding and LMS (Learning and Development). I delivered 5 projects whilst at Workforce. Our offering was based upon SAP S/4 Hana but could be interfaced with any major system. Products were developed using AI and ML (Artificial intelligence and Machine Learning) Managed a partnership with Accenture to deliver various larger projects. Advised Pre-Sales team for large projects/programme quotes.
July 2020 – Nov 2020
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Project Manager (Contract)
Role Overview:
Worked for KGH Bank, providing Project Management services to the trust delivering the EPR (Electronic Patient Records) software to hospitals, clinics, records offices and surgeries in Leicestershire and Northamptonshire healthcare groups.
Achievements: Implementing modules within the Electronic Patients Records system (EPR) programme including – PDS for Pathology, Vitals for Paeds ED/Sepsis & Falls – thus reducing fatalities by 50%, Careflow connect for electronical referrals – reducing referral times by 75%, Clinical Noting - In-Patient Discharge Summary – ensuring correct handover to patient GP’s, EPMA - Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration – reducing waiting time by 50%, EDMS Project (MEDIViewer). Upgraded Hardware to host the above - 66 server upgrades, server software upgrades, external link upgrades (Internet connections) and implementing new, enhanced firewalls to tighten security. Implemented Covid registration and booking software for Covid vaccinations throughout Leicester and North Northamptonshire hospital trusts. I rolled this out to all clinics and hospitals in Leics and Northants and dramatically reduced booking time and drastically increased throughput of vaccinations. June 2016 – Date
TallTree Consulting Ltd Was Nicol Project Management Solutions Ltd, Managing Director
Led multiple projects concurrently for clients as Senior Project Manager or advisor for SAP, Workday, Microsoft D365 and Oracle ERP, Supply-Chain, Payroll, HCM, WFM, financials and time & attendance systems implementations on local and global programmes. I have been involved or delivered over 50 Programmes and projects in this time. I also have a medium portfolio of rental properties that I manage (at weekends). Apr 2019 – Jan 2020
Capgemini
Senior Engagement Manager SAP (Remote)
Role Overview:
Managed/owned the Implementation of SAP SuccessFactors, SAP B1 (Business one) and S/4 Hana software for various clients.
I ran 8 projects end-to-end whilst at Capgemini, 6 being SAP ECC/SuccessFactors and S/4 Hana. Migrated from SuccessFactors to S/4 Hana. Modules included SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central, Recruiting, Onboarding, LMS (Learning), Performance & Goals and SuccessFactors Compensation.
Also worked as the SPOC for certain clients for new requests. As a multi-skilled Manager, I also managed Oracle, Workday FM and D365 ERP, HCM, WFM implementations. Based on my recommendations our teams’ increased efficiencies by 75%.
June 2018 – Mar 2019
NGA Human Resources/Zellis
SuccessFactors Project Manager (Remote)
Role Overview:
Managed Implementations of SAP SuccessFactors HCM and Payroll within EMEA and Globally. I delivered 10 projects and Programmes during this role.
Modules included SAP SuccessFactors - Employee Central, Recruiting, Onboarding, LMS (Learning), Performance
& Goals and SuccessFactors Compensation.
Jan 2017 – June 2018
NGA Human Resources
Senior Project Manager (Remote)
Role Overview:
Implementation of SAP, Oracle and Workday ERP, Payroll, Time and Attendance, Portals, CRM, WFM and HCM software for multiple clients in parallel. Mainly SAP S/4 Hana. Modules implemented were SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central, Recruiting, Onboarding, LMS (Learning), Performance & Goals and SuccessFactors Compensation.
Pre-Sales, running workshops, project resourcing and finances, Change requests. During my time at NGA I was a buddy to 6 colleagues and the documentation I produced was used for all onboarding within the Implementation teams. This reduced the time taken (for a new starter) to be efficient from 2 months to 3 weeks. I delivered approximately 20 projects and Programmes during this role.
July 2016 – Dec 2016 - Time off to work on my Personal House business. Flipped a house and bought more rental properties.
Aug 2010 – June 2016
ADP Global View
Regional Project Manager (Global)
I delivered over 30 projects during my time at ADP. Implementations of Workday, SAP SuccessFactors and Oracle, ERP, Payroll, Time and Attendance, Portals, (FM for Workday) Financials and HR software for multiple clients in parallel. Pre-Sales, running workshops, CRM, project resourcing and finances, Change requests. The recommendations I made reduced testing time by 50% in some cases, reduced the SOW inputs by 50% and the KT
(knowledge transfer) process and documentation by 80%. The base Globalview system was originally based on an older version of SAP and later moved to SAP S/4 Hana. Ran a global, 3-year implementation for Unilever in 22 countries for Payroll, HCM, Time & Attendance, Workforce Management, and financial software.
Previous Experience:
Oracle Implementation Manager [Thales, Global Aerospace company 2009 – 2010] (Global) Contract Project Manager [Getronics, IT service company 2008 – 2009] Oracle Project Manager [Cummins Generator Technologies, 2008 – 2009] (Global) Oracle Project Manager [Cummins Power Generation, 2007 – 2008] (Global) SAP Project Manager [Volvo]
Project Management since 1998
Within industries such as Investment Banking (6 years), Automotive (Volvo), Mobile phones and telephony systems
(Nokia), Manufacturing, Supply chain and Government (Local and Central). SAP/AS400 Technical Support Manager [Volvo]
Experience spanning back to 1982, including -
Shift Leader on IBM Mainframe and AS400 for 5 years Technical Support Manager for 12 years
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