Experience

Lanroc

• Spain
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing

• Partner

  • Mar 2019 - Present

  Management Consulting Transactional Advisory Deal Structuring Asset Management Management Consulting Transactional Advisory Deal Structuring Asset Management



Absa Group

• South Africa
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager: New Product Development

  • Jan 2016 - Mar 2019

  o Responsible for translating business strategies into innovative customer value propositions and new product strategieso Responsible for leading the design and development of new products and propositions to support the business strategy.o Involves extensive collaboration across functional areas in order to develop viable customer value propositions. o Manage product development process end to endo Define stakeholder objectiveso Define product for enablement and implementationo Translate business strategy and objectives into clear propositiono Responsible for proposition specific research (customer research, competitor analysis etc)o Manage governance processes and stakeholder approvalso Execute product element during development and implementation process Show less

• Portfolio Manager: Business Banking Products and Customer Solutions

  • Aug 2014 - Dec 2015

  o Responsible for translating the business banking strategy into innovative non-core banking solutions that complement banking solutions to deliver world class business banking customer solutions across Barclays Africa. o Responsible to source and manage the accounts of strategic business partnerships with the establishment and monitoring of Service Level Agreements (SLA’s)o Managing the operational budget and coordinating the efforts of all partners as well as internal operational staff and technology teamso Responsible for translating the banks digital strategy into digitising Value Added Products and Services and thereby enabling customer access to these solutions via digital channels Show less

• Project Manager

  • Feb 2013 - Jul 2014

  o Responsible for translating business banking strategy into both customer led change initiatives and internal operational efficiency initiatives; along with leading the process of prioritising these change initiatives in collaboration with the key business stakeholderso Leading projects from translating business strategy into change concepts through to development, testing and final implementation. o Facilitating the definition of project scope and objectives with stakeholderso Creating and maintaining project schedules by developing project plans and specifications, monitoring milestone completion, tracking all phases of the project product/service lifecycle, providing timely reporting of issues that impact project progress, coordinating actions, and resolving conflicts.o Managing project budget and identifying resource requirementso Responsible for business cases, project governance and risk assessmentso Reporting to the project steering committee on a monthly basis. Show less

• Business Analyst

  • Oct 2010 - Jan 2013

  o Assisting business units in developing tactical and strategic products and services to support the business units goalso Eliciting business requirements through JAD sessions and facilitating requirement workshopso Perform feasibility analysis, scope projects, and work with the project manager and business owner to prioritizes deliverables, and negotiate on product functionalities.o Reviewing, analysing, and creating detailed documentation of business requirements, and processes and procedureso Define, develop and implementing quality assurance (QA) practices and procedures, end user test plans and other QA assessments. o Facilitating user acceptance testing with end user stakeholderso Facilitating end user training Show less



Synovate Aztec

• United Kingdom
• Information Technology & Services

• Account Manager

  • Jan 2006 - Sep 2010

  o Managing the accounts key players in the south African FMCG industry, namely Coca Cola, Clover and Alberto Culver o Responsible for driving strategic partnerships with these clients and consulting them on their marketing, pricing and distribution strategies o Responsible for delivering strategic insights o Responsible for on –going data analysis and ad-hoc operational and strategic reporting to the clients o Managing the accounts key players in the south African FMCG industry, namely Coca Cola, Clover and Alberto Culver o Responsible for driving strategic partnerships with these clients and consulting them on their marketing, pricing and distribution strategies o Responsible for delivering strategic insights o Responsible for on –going data analysis and ad-hoc operational and strategic reporting to the clients