
Programme/Project Manager at First Quench Retailing
Croydon, United Kingdom

Programme/Project Manager at First Quench Retailing
Croydon, United Kingdom
Project Management: Prince2 practitioner
Service Management: ITIL v2 Foundation certificate
Key Compentences:
- IT/IS Service Management: ITIL based service delivery/support (ex: Service Desk function implementation/mngt, SLA definition/mngt)
- Deep understanding of Retail business processes and the challenges facing the Retail Sector (in particular with products/services differentiation strategies) in the Knowledge Economy.
- Information Management (Information Systems Design/Implementation/Support, Quality Management).
- People Management/Team Leadership (Build/maintain team performance and lead by example, Change management).
- Knowledge Management (Identification and leveraging of existing and potential Knowledge creation/sharing processes).
- Interfacing between business management and IT (translating requirements in technological terms and explaining Information Technologies to non technical management)
- Information & Communication Technologies selection/ procurement/ implementation & support (ex: storage, networks, VOIP)
KM expertise:
-Popular website on KM launched in 2005 (http://leveragingknowledge.blogspot.com )
-Moderator for ActKM, a Forum for KM Professionals (www.actkm.com)
-Active member of the System Integrators KM Leaders Group (http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sikmleaders/)
-Regular participant of the famous David Gurteen’s Knowledge Cafés (www.gurteen.com)
IT, Shared Services Management & Implementation, IT Service Management, Fostering Innovation, Knowledge Management, Retail IT systems
(Privately Held; Food & Beverages industry)
June 2009 — Present (2 months)
(Internet industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
Social website about shopping. See our first site focused on Southampton shopping experience: http://www.myantz.co.uk
(Privately Held; Retail industry)
August 2008 — June 2009 (11 months)
www.firstquench.co.uk
2 roles:
Operational: Managing ITIL based IT support and delivery processes
Project: BRM and cutover manager for a SAP Retail implementation.
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Retail industry)
April 2003 — 2008 (5 years)
Responsible for the delivery of IT services to all the Richemont Group legal entities in the UK.
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Luxury Goods & Jewelry industry)
April 1998 — March 2003 (5 years)
Before the IT Manager position, I held the following 2 positions within Cartier Ltd: analyst-programmer and IT Supervisor.
(Luxury Goods & Jewelry industry)
April 2001 — September 2002 (1 year 6 months)
Interim management of the IT department for the Richemont Group Belgium subsidiary. Mostly remote management as I was based in London in my permanent role as IT Manager for Cartier Limited.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Retail industry)
April 1996 — March 1998 (2 years)
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Luxury Goods & Jewelry industry)
July 1993 — March 1996 (2 years 9 months)
MBA , 2001 — 2003
Diploma , Management , 2000 — 2000
Certificate , Management , 1999 — 1999
Diploma , IT , 1989 — 1992
BTS , IT , September 1987 — June 1989
BTS informatique et Gestion
Scientific research: Astrophysics, Physics Sports: Jogging, Wu Shu Kwan (Chinese Boxing), Golf, Tennis, Skiing, Basket Ball Other: Strategy Board Games, Music (plays the Piano)
Open University Business School Alumni, Association of MBAs, ActKM Forum, Gurteen's Knowledge Café, Tie UK, Gurteen Online Forum
Certificate in Management 1999, Diploma in Manangement 2000, MBA 2003