He was an associate consultant for CVL Retail Management Consultants, and served as the Lead Retail Consultant on an assignment for ASDA plc (Supermarkets) The project focused on developing a new concept proposition called “ASDA INSTANT” to extend ASDA’s multi-channel retailing capabilities and to drive more sales through small and medium supermarket stores where linear...
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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...
CRM Solution Programme Delivery & Change Manager for a global consumer packaged goods supply chain
British Amercian Tobacco’s (BAT) Head of AME regional supply chain management needed an interim Solution Programme Delivery & Change Manager for a new business process and solution implementation. The role focused on the implementation of a customer complaints and resolution information solution. BAT were to capture requirements during a discovery and then design and implement...
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...
