Andre Du Plessis

Agile Transformation Consultant at AgileSherpas
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(386) 825-5501
Location
City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, ZA
Languages
  • English -
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Experience

    • United States
    • Professional Training and Coaching
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Agile Transformation Consultant
      • Oct 2022 - Present
    • United States
    • Software Development
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Strategic Product Manager
      • Jun 2022 - Jan 2023
    • South Africa
    • Internet Publishing
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Senior Product Manager
      • Dec 2020 - Apr 2022
    • South Africa
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Associate Partner
      • Jun 2020 - Dec 2020

      Helping existing businesses drive significant change required to achieve business agility, key for surviving and flourishing in the Digital era. I help clients create the environment for innovation to thrive within their organisations, establishing relevant external partnerships and driving the necessary cultural, behavioral and operational change to sustain it. Helping existing businesses drive significant change required to achieve business agility, key for surviving and flourishing in the Digital era. I help clients create the environment for innovation to thrive within their organisations, establishing relevant external partnerships and driving the necessary cultural, behavioral and operational change to sustain it.

    • United Kingdom
    • Construction
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Agile Coach
      • May 2020 - Dec 2020

      Matured the organisation’s maturity in the adoption of the lean agile practices based on the SAFe framework, moving from scepticism to wide adoption by product development teams Matured the organisation’s maturity in the adoption of the lean agile practices based on the SAFe framework, moving from scepticism to wide adoption by product development teams

    • South Africa
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Digital Strategist
      • Nov 2017 - Apr 2020

      • Assisting clients to make sense from the nebulous need to transition to a next generation digital operating model by focussing in on the key building blocks of successful digital organisations, i.e. Customer Centricity resulting in Customer Loyalty, Innovation Capability & Culture, Agile & Responsive organisation, Data analytics for smarter decision making, new generation KPI's and the enabling role of Digital Technology• Create innovative digital strategies, solutions and user stories by deploying frameworks such as Customer Journey Mapping, Digital Capability assessments, Design Thinking, Digital Operating model design, Hackathons & Scaled Lean Agile working practices (Lean Portfolio Management, Prioritize workload, Agile Product Management, Scrum Master, DevOps, Lean Portfolio Management) Show less

    • Strategy Consultant
      • Jul 2015 - Oct 2017

      Tasked with identifying and developing business relevant digital solutions that addresses strategic business imperatives and help transform organisations to transform customer experience and better compete in the digital era. Working with clients to formulate business challenges, expose new business opportunities and develop technology enabled solution roadmaps for strategic initiatives, supported by the value stories on how the proposed solutions will deliver business value.

    • India
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Management Consultant
      • Aug 2005 - Jun 2015

      Infosys Consulting is a top tier global management consultancy practice within Infosys, an international system development conglomerate with an employee count in excess of 228 000 My responsibilities included: ⇒ Programme managing multiple large scale technology enabled transformation programmes (Financial Services, CPG, Pharmaceutical (validated environment), Communications & Manufacturing) through the various software development life stages (Business case and Value story development, Initiation, Project planning, resource allocation, establishing PMO & governance mechanisms etc.) in an agile environment ⇒ Leading numerous successful business development sales pursuits. ⇒ Provide strategic leadership and serve as active member of various Practice leadership forums. ⇒ Defining, designing & commercializing new product offerings, developing points of view & providing subject matter expertise on aspects of Value Realization. Show less

    • United Kingdom
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • European Process Innovation Manager
      • 2002 - 2005

      Samsung SDS is the sole systems integrator and hosting provider for the Samsung Group of Companies, the worlds’ largest information technology company. As Project Manager I delivered a global digital transformation project underpinned by an integrated management information system to 14 sales, marketing and manufacturing subsidiaries throughout Eastern and Central Europe. The project aim was to improve customer service, standardize and automate global processes and workflows, and strengthen internal controls, enable data driven decision making and accelerate innovation across the organisation through the establishment of an innovation community of practice. Show less

    • Italy
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Consultant
      • 1999 - 2002

      Deloitte Consulting develops and delivers innovative business solutions to a broad range of international clients across multiple industries in the UK, Europe and North America.✰ See major projects I worked on below.

    • Consultant / Senior Consultant
      • 1997 - 1999

      I was responsible for implementing manufacturing and logistics modules and managing functional team members on various large scale ERP projects.

    • Logistics Analyst
      • 1996 - 1997

      LGA Logistics Consultants is a consultancy firm specialising in the development of logistics strategies through to the detailed design and project management of distribution facilities. I performed strategic logistics analysis (channel and network design, location analysis) for various blue chip FMCG companies. LGA Logistics Consultants is a consultancy firm specialising in the development of logistics strategies through to the detailed design and project management of distribution facilities. I performed strategic logistics analysis (channel and network design, location analysis) for various blue chip FMCG companies.

    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Internal Auditor
      • 1996 - 1997

Education

  • Stellenbosch University
    M.Comm (Logistics)
    1994 - 1994

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