He was an associate consultant for CVL Retail Management Consultants, and led a small team of consultants to undertake an assignment to review and add to IT/IS architecture strategy. The client was TK Maxx, a European retailer of “out of season/end of lines” fashion merchandise brands who was expanding into other countries than UK and...
Merchandising software evaluation, selection and subsequent solution programme management for a fashion retailer
For the CFO and Buying & Merchandising Director he was requested to undertake an initial feasibility study and RFP for the adoption of COTS to bring about a common way of working for the Italian buyers and merchandisers of this fashion retailer. He was the chosen consultant to provide Solution Architecture & Programme Management on...
Solution architecture for IT Roadmap changes to improve retailing of media entertainment product supply chain
For Glue Reply’s an architecture boutique consultancy, he undertook and assignment for one of their retail clients, Games Stores Group plc. They required an external Supply Chain Solution Architect consultant to undertake high level solution scoping for a portfolio of strategic roadmap change assignments. He was engaged as an associate managing solution architecture for the...
Solution Architecting in a Complex Landscape for a global MRO supply chain
ElectroComponents plc, an omni-channel provider of products and services for designers, builders and maintainers of industrial equipment and operations. In this Maintenance & Repair Operations (MRO) engineering marketplace they serve over 1 million customers in more than 80 countries. The company continues to grow through acquisition and key competency is the supply chain distribution of...
Supply chain technology strategy for a major multiple on-line UK supermarket (non-food)
He was engaged for his expertise in Enterprise Architecture to assist Tesco Direct (as an associate consultant through TRANSFORM/ENGINE LLP in London). The focus of the assignment was to develop a future supply chain technology strategy for the non-food sector of this major multi-channel retailer.
5 year IT/IS change & strategic roadmap planning for a Major UK retail multiple- Enterprise Architecture
J. Sainsbury’s plc CTO was wanting to review their technology strategy and 5 year roadmap in readiness for budgetary approval expenditure. He needed specialist external & interim support to provide techniques, know-how and procedures leveraging from an experienced Enterprise Architect for Retail IS/IT Strategy & Roadmap Refresh He undertook an assignment for the architecture boutique...
IS/IT Infrastructure Change Management for a large food hospitality service wholesaler and logistics group provider
He was contracted and engaged at Brake Brothers (a Sysco company), a large food service wholesale and logistics group, in Ashford (Kent) for his infrastructure architecture programme portfolio and change management capabilities. The company was undertaking a significant IS/IT Infrastructure Change Programme requiring comprehensive management across its lifecycle. This involved a complex landscape of internal...
Solution Architecture Design & Implementation of Retail Fashion Merchandise Financial and Assortment Planning
The IT Director needed solution architecture expertise with a specific retail fashion planning systems and vendor management capabilities to ensure the design and implementation of a newly acquired COTS system could be successfully introduced and integrated within their legacy landscape to meet new business planning processes . FatFace, a UK-based fashion retailer, was facing limitations...
Enterprise Architecture strategy study for a Blood and Transplant Supply Chain
In early 2015, NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) faced significant challenges due to an aging core IT system (“Pulse”) that supported its national blood supply chain. The system had become a risk due to its reliance on a single supplier and its limited ability to support modern digital capabilities. As part of a wider digital...
Consumer Electronics & Electricals – Merchandise Planning & Execution Transformation – Programme Architecture
The Commercial Systems Transitional Senior Programme Manager and Head of Architecture & Design Director for Dixons Carphone plc needed Enterprise solutions architecture from an experienced advanced retail planning systems practitioner. Following the merger of Dixons and Carphone Warehouse (now Currys plc), the newly formed FTSE100 retailer faced major challenges integrating disparate systems and processes across...
