Edwin Howe
Senior Consultant at VIMA Group- Claim this Profile
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Spanish Professional working proficiency
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Portuguese Professional working proficiency
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Italian Professional working proficiency
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Bio
Credentials
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MSP® Certifications
AXELOS Global Best PracticeJul, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
PMQ
Association for Project ManagementAug, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
PFQ
Association for Project ManagementApr, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
PRINCE2® Foundation Certification Training
AXELOS Global Best PracticeFeb, 2020- Nov, 2024
Experience
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VIMA Group
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United Kingdom
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Consultant
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Sep 2022 - Present
Project, Programme and Portfolio Management (P3M) & Controls consulting within the Defence sector.Current - DT Risk Lead within Defence Equipment & Support(Previous - Programme Scheduler in Defence Digital; PMO Controls)- Risk identification, review, analysis (SRA)- Strategic Risk Management- Governance design & implementation- Project & Programme planning and scheduling (MS Project)- Schedule reviews- Social Value delivery, including: Carbon Reduction planning, initiative delivery, governance & reporting design & implementation- People management
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Consultant
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Aug 2021 - Sep 2022
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Junior Consultant
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Jul 2020 - Aug 2021
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BDO UK LLP
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United Kingdom
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Accounting
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700 & Above Employee
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PMO Executive
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Jan 2020 - Mar 2020
BDO is a multinational professional services network, and a global leader in public accounting, tax, consulting and business advisory services. My role as PMO Executive within the firm involves a high degree of project support, coordination and management to facilitate the delivery of international accountancy services – I have progressed quickly in the firm, and have worked on several clients in transition, to this end I have gained experience in change management.Responsibilities include:- Compliance coordination and tracking *Liaising with local offices and client teams in different territories to ensure deliverables are completed within the right timeframes, coordinating the flow of technical information *Tracking and building workflows in compliance tracking systems (OneSource Workflow Manager, *SharePoint Portals, PM.com etc.) *Creation and maintenance of compliance planners and trackers (project plans, compliance trackers, etc.); ensuring these are accurate and detailed in order to feed-into status reporting- Client-facing project coordination and support *RAID log maintenance and updates (RAG reporting) *Leading and attending client calls *Leading team meetings in the absence of the Project Manager and running through RAID updates *Following-up with internal teams as well as clients to ensure deadlines are met *Transition planning and coordination of phased client on-boarding *Managing multiple client mailboxes, and coordinating the flow of technical information between teams to ensure nothing is missed *Re-evaluating and improving on existing processes to boost efficiencies *Diligently escalating issues accordingly *Minute taking for client meetings *Capturing Lessons Learnt for inclusion in future project work- Internal project management *Project managing an international non-client project aimed at facilitating and standardising the bidding and proposals process- Mentoring and support
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Senior PMO Administrator
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Nov 2019 - Dec 2019
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PMO Administrator
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Oct 2018 - Oct 2019
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SDL
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United Kingdom
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Translation Administrative Coordinator
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Apr 2017 - May 2018
SDL is a global leader in language technology and translation services. My role as Translation Administrative Coordinator primarily involved coordinating life sciences/medical devices translation projects handled by the English Language Office based in Sheffield. Responsibilities included: - Project coordination/management - Coordinating work to external vendors and in-house resources - Controlling and being responsible for project budget - RegEx implementation/creation - Day-to-day administrative tasks
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Diverse Employment Sheffield
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United Kingdom
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Staffing and Recruiting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Marketing Administrative Coordinator
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Nov 2016 - Feb 2017
Authentic Recruitment is a specialist recruitment agency covering the tech industry in a variety of different sectors - spanning from software salespeople (BDMs/ Account Managers), to designers (creative/ digital), to I.T. support technicians (1st-3rd line), and beyond. Authentic Recruitment is a specialist recruitment agency covering the tech industry in a variety of different sectors - spanning from software salespeople (BDMs/ Account Managers), to designers (creative/ digital), to I.T. support technicians (1st-3rd line), and beyond.
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Education
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The University of Sheffield
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Modern Languages BA (Hons) - Spanish, Portuguese, Italian -
Universidade de Coimbra
Portuguese History, Language and Literature -
Universidad de Sevilla
Spanish History, Language and Literature -
Queen Elizabeth's Hospital
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