London, England, United Kingdom
A highly accomplished, commercially focused and dynamic C-Level Technology Executive with a wealth of transferable technology and IT leadership skills honed during an accelerated and progressive career trajectory delivering complex initiatives across international businesses with multi-site divisions and billions of dollars in gross revenues in the FMCG and Consumer Goods sectors. Equipped with a deep knowledge of cross-cultural, cross-border relationships based on providing IT and business leadership through multiple acquisitions, strategic partnerships, systems integrations, e-commerce business initiatives, programme management and ERP implementations/upgrades throughout Europe, Asia, and the US. Well versed in the management of IT Teams of 100+ staff, frequently operating as a member of senior executive teams with over 25 years’ experience aligning IT and Technical Team delivery to the organisations overall strategic and commercial objectives.
VP & CIO Alliance Healthcare - Team size 7 direct reports - 300+ FTE’s in and external Key accountabilities - Defining and aligning strategic solution architecture and roadmap to the business goals - Leading key transformation programmes at Alliance Healthcare - Leading Digital & Supply Chain CoE’s and associated transformation roadmap - Executive Technology leader of the Alliance Healthcare integration into Cencora Successfully delivered: - Modern B2B omni channel strategy & associated technology platforms - Seamless transition to SAP S4 ERP and Manhattan Active WM, on time and within budget, delivering material customer and business benefits - Achieved material process and system simplification in a complex and regulated environment whilst improving the customer experience - Successfully separated Alliance Healthcare from WBA and integrated into Cencora
VP & Subsidiary CIO, 350+ FTE’s, IT Budget $100M Operating Expense, $45M Capital Expense per annum (in country and transformation) Key accountabilities - Full operational accountability of all Alliance Healthcare operating companies - Technology delivery & executive technology owner of the transformation programme. - Advisory board member of German subsidiary - Alliance Healthcare as technology lead during WBA / AB pre-deal and pre-close negotiations – deal closed in June 2021. Key Accomplishments - Turned around the troubled transformation programme, causing major business & customer disruption. - Aligned business and technology stakeholders to re-think the transformation approach with an off the shelf and simplified and proven solution, SAP S4/HANA & Manhattan Active WM – $ 120M Business case has been approved and commenced in 2021 with initial deployment in July 2022 and rollout till 2026. - Led the technology integration of a Joint Venture created in Germany between Alliance Healthcare and McKesson. Combined size of the business: $ 8B, Integration budget $ 16M – expected synergy saving overall, $ 60M p/a.
Leading the turnaround of a global Finance and HR Transformation Programme, replacing various legacy systems in a highly complex and acquisition rich environment. Team size 200+, Budget £ 120M - Restructured team with focus on stronger business engagement, increased solution capability and stronger ties to global functional and regional teams. - Re-assessed overall business case, ensuring the programme is aligned with the long term business vision & strategy - Completed ERP solution assessment, resulting in a revised “cloud first” system architecture strategy, adopting platforms like Workday for HR, Concur for expenses, Dynamics 365 for Core finance and AWS / Tableau for analytics - Developing programme roadmap of the above SaaS platforms, inclusive of the total cost to complete and ongoing TCO. - Increased team capacity and capability, which combined with a best practice methodology allowing a rapid deployment model, adopting agile into the methodology, whilst improving governance & budget control - On track to deliver go-lives for all SaaS platforms / work-streams, followed by a ramped up roadmap following the pilots.
Leadership responsibility for the design and operational deployment of a large scale global SAP programme to replace legacy systems in 100 plus business units with significant business benefits. Wider remit included leadership of a Global team of 100 with responsibilities ranging from programme start-up, including structure, governance model, resource on boarding, both internal and external, SAP license negotiations & infrastructure hosting.
Delivered a Global Integration of a £ 2.5B acquired company - Global integration of all commercial business units in 6 months maximizing the synergy savings - Full integration of all IT systems and networks established within 12 month
Rapid organizational, system & process alignment of newly created region. - Streamlined & restructured IS teams in the new region. - Rationalized application portfolio, harmonizing business processes - Integrated two business units driving £ 2M annual synergy savings
Drive double-digit profitability increases, leveraging technology improvements, process redesign, and strategic alliances to slash implementation and ownership costs and spur aggressive revenue growth. Deliver all IT programs and projects for $19B global supply chain business. Lead international, multi-location team of 60+ IT staff and 20+ consultants. 4 senior management direct reports. $20M budget. Business Leadership - Integrated independent deployment/development teams into single business solution organization. - Generated billions in projected income, implementing Consumer Direct business model. Achieved advanced scheduling and routing capabilities by integrating partner ERP systems and B2B portals. 2008 revenue $250M. Projected 2011 revenue $3B. - Defined team management strategy, using functional and technical skills assessment methodology to provide visibility in skills, training plans, potential skills, and capacity gaps. Technology Implementations - Achieved 20%+ efficiency improvements in US distribution centers (2.1M ft²), implementing large-scale warehouse management system (Manhattan). - Increased productivity 10% while reducing working capital 15% by implementing SAP Manufacturing in multiple European factories. - Powered supply chain efficiency improvements enterprise-wide with dozens of initiatives, including OCR scanning, SAP WMS in Mexico, multiple SAP upgrades, and more.
Realized $70M+ annual savings, spearheading initiatives to consolidate operations and implement technology-driven efficiencies. Powered $750M North American supply chain operation delivering $12B in revenue. Led team of 40+ IT professionals in providing supply chain solutions, including order, eBusiness, EDI, advanced planning, transportation, and warehouse management. $10M budget. Business Leadership - Cut overhead $60M by consolidating 10M+ ft² from 32 to 14 distribution centers. - Regained profitability of product catalog project, streamlining workflow and shortening lifecycle. Technology Implementations - Reduced operating expenses $10M by increasing electronically captured orders 20%+ with B2B Web Commerce, OCR Fax, and EDI solutions. - Boosted efficiency 10% in multiple Mexico distribution centers through SAP WMS implementation
Achieved complex integration of $5B acquired appliance business in 8 months through exacting prioritization and innovative technology consolidation strategies. Planned all project streams and managed their interdependencies. Led 100+ member team in merging of order management, logistics, and financial processes and systems. - Achieved technology integration/optimization by retiring several Maytag legacy systems and creating interfaces to remaining warehouse management and manufacturing systems. - Boosted efficiency 30% and met aggressive rollout timeline by limiting focus to mission-critical projects and proactively resolving major roadblocks.