Experience

Distell

• South Africa
• Beverage Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Regional ICT Manager, Europe

  • Mar 2018 - Present

  Distell is a global producer and supplier of alcoholic beverages across South Africa, Africa and Internationally. The main SKU’s produced and sold are Wines, Spirits, Ciders and RTDs.I manage all aspects of ICT across Distell’s European based sites (7), as well as provide ICT support for the wider international business including Taiwan, USA, Canada, Brazil and sites across Central/Eastern Europe. Distell is a global producer and supplier of alcoholic beverages across South Africa, Africa and Internationally. The main SKU’s produced and sold are Wines, Spirits, Ciders and RTDs.I manage all aspects of ICT across Distell’s European based sites (7), as well as provide ICT support for the wider international business including Taiwan, USA, Canada, Brazil and sites across Central/Eastern Europe.



Müller UK & Ireland

• United Kingdom
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• UK SAP Team Lead / Senior IT Project Manager

  • Oct 2015 - Mar 2018

  Initially I managed the IT SAP team in the UK on a day to day basis including resolution of fault calls raised by the business and various improvement initiatives/projects Latterly, programme managed the implementation of Muller IT systems (mix of SAP and non-SAP) across 3 significant manufacturing/distribution sites across the UK following the acquisition of a large dairy business. Initially I managed the IT SAP team in the UK on a day to day basis including resolution of fault calls raised by the business and various improvement initiatives/projects Latterly, programme managed the implementation of Muller IT systems (mix of SAP and non-SAP) across 3 significant manufacturing/distribution sites across the UK following the acquisition of a large dairy business.



ScottishPower

• United Kingdom
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• SAP COE Workstream Lead / IT Project Manager

  • Oct 2010 - Oct 2015

  My role was firstly as a Project Manager for two complex workstreams on a large scale SAP Implementation and latterly as a SAP Workstream Lead within a COE (Centre of excellence) environment . This contains among others the following duties and responsibilities* Design, delivery and monitoring of project plans * Documentation and delivery of business requirements * Co-ordination and supervision of a large group of Senior BAs and BAs * Incident management and resolution for large, complex work queue * Large scale, high volume and frequent, IT change management for key area within COE* Working with a number of 3rd party vendors, ensuring that solutions for both areas are fit for purpose and in line with documented requiremements * Ensuring that a large number of SAP BW reports and the underlying BW data models are well delivered on time and on budget* Exception management environments are well designed, performant and efficient for end users* All exceptions points from the ingoing implementation are documented, understood and have technical resolutions* Plan and manage testing phases for SAP BPEM and SAP BW environment * Stakeholder management for both areas to Senior Management teams up to and including Director level.

• Business Change Lead

  • Sep 2008 - Oct 2010

  Acting as the Business Change Lead for the Billing and Invoicing workstream on a large scale SAP Implementation* Definition of future proofed business requirements covering the Billing, Settlements and Meter Reading area* Development and agreement of Business Process Models and Use-cases detailing the Billing & Settlements requirements with senior stakeholders* Work with 3rd party IT vendors to assess solution approach in response to requirements and ensure they are fit for business purpose* Work with senior business stakeholders to ensure business improvements were captured within requirements* Supported the development of the business case for the impending SAP implementation* Ensured all business requirements for area responsible were communicated to 3rd party IT vendors during procurement processes and all clarification requests were answered in detail* Evaluated all responses from 3rd party vendors ensuring no gaps in functionality and/or understanding of requirements* Stakeholder Management of this activity to senior management and up to Director Level

• Workflow Dvelopment Manager

  • Feb 2008 - Oct 2008

  Business Project Manager for Design, Implementation of consistent work delivery and allocation tool. * Baselined existing positions within Energy Retail buisness on work delivery and allcoation tools* Gathered reuirements for an improved, consistent application to be deployed across the Energy Retail Business* Document and sign-off of full business requirements describing the ingoing workflow applications* Validation and sign off responsibility for IT functional specifications* Participation in governance forums with Senior Managers and Directors reporting project progress* Compile full UAT plan and schedule for each project release/delivery* Prepare and present to all areas of the buisiness highlighting ingoing workflow capability and processing techniques