
Senior Solutions Strategist at i2 Technologies
Reading, United Kingdom

Senior Solutions Strategist at i2 Technologies
Reading, United Kingdom
Highly experienced industry and software consultant specialising in Transportation Management applications covering network design and modelling, tactical transportation procurement, operational transportation planning and execution, visibility and freight settlement processes.
15 years of consulting experience in a number of industry verticals (3PL, CPG / Retail, Manufacturing, Hi-Tech) with leading edge clients (Tesco, MISC, Toll Logistics, Elkem, DHL) using a variety of Transportation Management / SCM systems including Paragon, Manugistics, G-Log (GC3 / OTM) and i2.
(Public Company; ITWO; Computer Software industry)
October 2007 — Present (1 year 10 months)
I work as part of a global team of logistics and supply chain specialists focusing on Transportation and wider Supply Chain projects using a variety of applications including i2 Transportation Manager, i2 Transportation Planner, i2 Transportation Modeller, i2 Supply Chain Strategist and i2 Transportation Bid Collaboration.
Much of the work involves translating detailed business requirements into IT solutions using the i2 suite of applications and the underlying Agile Business Process Platform (ABPP) capability.
(Public Company; MANH; Computer Software industry)
March 2007 — October 2007 (8 months)
Experience of working with the Manhattan Associates Transportation Planning and Execution (TP&E) solution covering transportation planning, execution, yard and appointment management and freight settlement capability. Supported various sales cycles, providing detailed knowledge of the Manhattan solutions and associated business processes.
(Computer Software industry)
January 2003 — February 2007 (4 years 2 months)
Four years implementation experience covering versions 3.7, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0 and 5.5 of the GC3 / OTM application. This involved projects in the UK, Europe, Malaysia and Australia. Acted as lead functional consultant on a number of high profile projects.
Implementation experience covers all aspects of the application including master data loading, Order Management, Bulk planning, shipment tendering, SAW's, SCEM, Freight pay, buy side and sell side rating, Freight Forwarding functionality and integration design.
(Public Company; SAP; Computer Software industry)
June 2001 — January 2003 (1 year 8 months)
Experience of working with the TP/VS component of APO as well as standard SAP R/3 Sales and Distribution (SD) processes around shipments and shipment costing as well as the associated integration between SD and FI/CO.
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
July 1997 — June 2001 (4 years)
Experienced Networks Transport consultant involved in a number of implementations of Planning solutions (Problem Solver), Freight Payment and Networks Carrier.
Functional experience on version 4.7 through to 6.1 including a high degree of interaction with the development team on European functional requirements and those developments needed to sell the product in the European market.
(Computer Software industry)
July 1994 — July 1997 (3 years 1 month)
Implemented the Paragon vehicle routing and scheduling software in a number of key clients in the 3PL, retail and home delivery sectors.
2:1 , Transport and Distribution Management , 1988 — 1992