Experience

Ferrero
• Luxembourg
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee
• Director of Information Technology / IT Business Partner - Asia Pacific

  • May 2016 - Present


Inchcape Australia

• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Manager Information Services and Program Manager

  • Jul 2011 - Apr 2016

  I have been responsible for all of IT for Inchcape Australia and New Zealand, including Infrastructure, Applications and Service Desk. Inchcape is a Global Automotive company involved in Distribution (Subaru AU and NZ), Retail (multiple dealers across Australia) and Automotive Logistics (AutoNexus). I have recently moved into the program manager role for the SAP project. This project includes ECC, CRM, and BI (80 team members). The Support IT team is made up of 17 internal resources and 3 application outsourced partners. There are over 1700 users, 3 Enterprise Resource Planning systems and multiple additional CRM and BI environments. Show less



Sara Lee

• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• IT Director Asia Pacific and SAP Project Manager

  • Jul 2007 - Jul 2011

  I was responsible for IT Service Delivery and Account and Program Management within the Asia Pacific region, working across Coffee and Tea Retail, Foodservice, Household and Body Care and Bakery businesses. I sat on the country board of Australia, and I was part of the Global IT Leadership team and part of the Asia Pac Regional Leadership team. I was the Business Project Manager for a full SAP implementation into Sara Lee Au Coffee and Tea business. Within the region, I was responsible for 10 countries – AU, NZ, MY, SG, JP, ID, HK, CN, PH and TH. I also managed the outsourcing of the local Helpdesk, Infrastructure and Application teams across the APAC region, and the outsourcing of Infrastructure in AU and NZ. I worked on the divestiture project of the H&BC division, and was responsible for the IT side of the sale for 21 countries (from Mexico in the West to NZ in the East). Show less



UGL Limited

• India
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Applications Manager

  • Jan 2007 - Jun 2007

  I was responsible for all application implementation and support within the Rail Division of the United Group Limited, including ERP (SAP, MK, Scala), Asset Management (Maximo), Lotus Notes, and Business Intelligence tools. United Group is an Australian $2 billion Engineering and Services company in the top 100 ASX listing. I was responsible for all application implementation and support within the Rail Division of the United Group Limited, including ERP (SAP, MK, Scala), Asset Management (Maximo), Lotus Notes, and Business Intelligence tools. United Group is an Australian $2 billion Engineering and Services company in the top 100 ASX listing.



AstraZeneca

• United Kingdom
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Applications Manager and SAP Project Manager

  • Apr 2003 - Dec 2006

  I successfully completed a 14-month, mySAP ERP implementation as the Project Manager, for the fourth largest Pharmaceutical Company in Australia and New Zealand. I was the Business Services Manager, responsible for all IT application projects and Support for ERP (SAP), CRM (Dendrite Webforce) and Business Intelligence (SAP BW, COGNOS and Business Objects).. I was responsible for setting up the Project Management Office and the internal ERP support team, for IS Strategy, Computer Systems Validation and SOx compliance in the application portfolio. Show less



Cap Gemini

• India
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing

• SAP SERVICE DELIVERY MANAGER

  • Sep 2001 - Jul 2003

  I set up the Cap Gemini SAP Outsourcing department and managed transition for clients to an outsourced service. I managed SAP outsourced support for 2 clients:- Jones Lang LaSalle - Property- Colonial First State - Financial Services

• Cut Over manager and SAP Integration consultant to BHP Billiton

  • Apr 2000 - Sep 2001

  I was part of a Business Process Re-engineering and SAP 4.6b implementation project into a large Global Resources Company.This was a global project based in Australia that crossed multiple countries and time zones. It was a project that enabled BHP to move to a Shared Services environment.I worked as an Integration Consultant during the Blueprinting Phase of the project and a Controlling Functional Consultant during the Implementation Phase at Queensland Coal. I held the role of Cutover Manager for the Queensland Coal. Show less



Monsanto

• India
• Financial Services

• Integration Management and SAP Finance and Controlling Consultant

  • Jan 1998 - Mar 2000

  I was part of a Global Business Process Re-engineering and SAP implementation project at the Consumer Food division of a large global Life Sciences Company, installing SAP into 13 Countries. I was based firstly in Scotland and then in France. I was the Integration Test Lead and the Post Implementation Support Manager, and started out as the SAP consultant working on the FI, CO , MM and SD modules. I was part of a Global Business Process Re-engineering and SAP implementation project at the Consumer Food division of a large global Life Sciences Company, installing SAP into 13 Countries. I was based firstly in Scotland and then in France. I was the Integration Test Lead and the Post Implementation Support Manager, and started out as the SAP consultant working on the FI, CO , MM and SD modules.



Masstores - Retail/Wholesale

• Management Accountant

  • Jan 1996 - Dec 1997

  I was the Management Accountant for one of the largest Retail/ Wholesale groups in South Africa (Makro South Africa). I was responsible for all month end and year-end reporting for the group. I was responsible for the overall company budgeting process and managing the Finance team budget. I was the Finance Business lead on the SAP Retail project I was the Management Accountant for one of the largest Retail/ Wholesale groups in South Africa (Makro South Africa). I was responsible for all month end and year-end reporting for the group. I was responsible for the overall company budgeting process and managing the Finance team budget. I was the Finance Business lead on the SAP Retail project