Luca Collina
CHANGE CONSULTANT /PROJECT MANAGER
Professional Status
Freelancer
Open to opportunities
About Me
A versatile and results orientated professional, with 15 years of experience, in delivering transformational change activities along organisational areas such as Manufacturing, Supply chain, and Retail. in medium and large organisations ranging from 150 to 2000 employees.
My strengths are to create, propose strategies to achieve long-term improvements and successful, durable changes in the structures while leading successfully technical project’s deliveries related to ERP, Supply Chain and Manufacturing. Enabling changes in processes, people, IT technology, from the vision to the outcomes, is the core part of my skill set, with an excellent leadership and team-building and management skills.
My strengths are to create, propose strategies to achieve long-term improvements and successful, durable changes in the structures while leading successfully technical project’s deliveries related to ERP, Supply Chain and Manufacturing. Enabling changes in processes, people, IT technology, from the vision to the outcomes, is the core part of my skill set, with an excellent leadership and team-building and management skills.
International Change Consultant and Project Manager
Freelancer
Since January 2017
Freelancer
London
United Kingdom
- Outline
Engaged in a Change management and supply chain re-implementation project for multiple countries (Tunisia -China) with the selected bespoke technology- (process manufacturing- electronic components), working remotely with occasional travelling to the locations. - Key Responsibilities
● Change management project: assessment and design of the change strategy for the single organisations /locations to assure that changes related to operations and the bespoke software can meet the Board’s benefits expected from the change, coaching and supporting Managers and GMs during the transformational project, (6 managers/supervisors for each Company).
● Assessment of the supply chain processes (Procurement, Supply Chain, R&D, Technical Department, WHM, MES) making cost-effective proposals for the changes and improvements
● Developing strategies to optimise the duration of the whole process, including inter-company processes
● Design and managing the reimplementation of the supply chain system across companies and subsidiaries, defining high-level scope, plan, risk evaluation and implementation approach - Deliverables
● Assessment, recommendations and improvement plan for supply chain and inter-company processes
● Change management plan for each organisation, including training strategy and plan
● Blueprint for the implementation strategy, plan and High-level SOW
● New processes development and re-engineering: Demand forecasting, demand and supply planning, WHM, ERP support, Supply chain
Company Description
Providing solutions to business organizations by helping them to establish efficient and results-oriented Changes and/or ERP strategies. This is because most business organizations around the world find it difficult to actuate or implement them and can’t move along with the technological trends in the business world.
Company website
Project Manager Supply chain, manufacturing, retail
JDA Software
July 2016
to December 2016
Full-time
Bracknell
United Kingdom
- Outline
Project manager in delivering manufacturing and Supply chain technologies, in EMEA Market (Europe), - Key Responsibilities
● Responsible for all stages monitoring and controlling projects’ milestones and activities
● Securing and allocating resources to the different project phases and sourcing,
● Managing proposals with the customer through the agreed change control process
● Managing customer’s engagement during the life cycle - Key Achievements/Projects
● 3 Projects in a program: WHM, SoP. Budget from £ 200 to £450k - Offshore and onshore teams’ management -up to 10 – Heineken -SoP Pilot, B&Q- WHM,
Company Description
Information technology consultancy activities
Company website
Project Manager – ERP NAVISION
K3 Business Solutions
March 2015
to June 2016
Full-time
Surrey
United Kingdom
- Outline:
Project manager for multiple and concurrent NAVISION projects (implementation, upgrade, and integration) across various industries (manufacturing, retail, supply chain). - Key Responsibilities
• Delivering `cradle to grave` project management within strict time and budget limits, following Sure Step methodology
• Managing and engaging key stakeholders, to ascertain requirements and ensure all parties are effectively informed of project details and technical aspects, including risks, opportunities, and quality of the delivery
• Developing agreed project plans and customising approach to organisational needs - translating solutions and information to be understood by a wider audience
• Scheduling and managing meetings at appropriate points in the project with the customers’ stakeholders
• Reviewing of project risks and issues including escalation through the agreed channels where necessary
• Managing proposals with the client through the agreed change control process - Key Achievements/Projects
12 projects full life cycle, successfully go-live. Budget From £90 to £300k (only services-no licenses)- Change requests successfully agreed with the customers> 120K. Teams Managed: up to 4.
Company Description
Simply Dynamics ERP from K3 Business Solutions is the UK leader for all Microsoft Dynamics ERP solutions and services
Company website
Project management support /BA (Project manager UK)
One Peterson Ltd
March 2014
to February 2015
Full-time
ABERDEEN
United Kingdom
- Outline:
Project manager for UK side, on a large scale, multi-country AX 2012 implementation project (UK and Holland, responding to the Dutch, Project manager. A business analyst in two strategic integration sub-projects. - Key responsibilities
• Producing project plans, developing planning with Project Leads and monitoring the delivery of work streams against plans - • Working pro-actively to ensure the alignment of UK and NL work and successfully meeting the deadline of go-live
- • Checking the quality of output and compliance with business requirements and scope, including commitments in proposals with exposure to AX 2012 processes such as Finance, Project Accounting, HRM basic, Procurement, Workflow, and Security
- • Undertaking detailed Business analysis activity for Purchasing and the integration of 3rd parties’ software for Transport and F&F
- Key Achievements/Projects
Optimised internal resources with vendor activities, successfully managed and coordinated integrated UAT (inter-company).
2014 Project support ERP/BA implementation/integration-
One Peterson Ltd
December 2013
to February 2014
Full-time
ABERDEEN
United Kingdom
- Outline
Internal auditor for project organisation and governance, - Key Responsibilities
• Auditing the project, undercovering the issues encountered in the execution of the project initiation and analysis, making proposals to re-start the project.
• Defining with Project leads process analysis and modelling to improve the successful integration with AX 2012 (Finance, Project Accounting, HRM basic)
• Supporting Project management team in planning and scheduling - Key Achievements/Projects
Successful proposals to reduce risks, highlight changes opportunities to achieve the go-live for the phase 1 successfully.
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Change manager-Project manager ERP/CRM
Cutting Underwater Technologies- Group
June 2012
to December 2013
ABERDEEN
United Kingdom
- Outline
Project Manager in the implementation of a Corporate ERP system multisite and multi-country, (including UK parent company, Norway and Singapore subsidiaries) - Key Responsibilities
• Analysing and detailing project scope – working directly with the general manager and all key stakeholders to determine the business requirements for the ERP and CRM systems to maximise productivity and profits – responsible additionally for Software and vendor selection - • Developing and implementing Corporate ERP solution in the other subsidiaries, sharing parent company’s policy and procedures
- • Designing and implementing Corporate CRM solution (UK, Norway, Singapore) to optimise leads, opportunities and marketing activities in the decommissioning industry around the world - integrating RFQ and proposals with Sales and Finance ERP processes
- • Full-cycle Project Management: for both the supplier and key staff, to ensure the project was achieved within budget and timelines, reporting to GM and Board.
- Key Achievements/Projects
• Successful Implementation of a corporate ERP solution, for two countries, improving processes with efficiency’s service recovery of 10%, stock levels reduction of 7%, standardising processes and working methodologies across the group, including the sales and marketing work streams across the globe).
Senior Managing Consultant - Project Manager Supply Chain
HISKILL SRL
February 2010
to May 2012
Bologna
Italy
- Outline
Working with clients to identify Supply chain business issues that need addressing and then developing a strategy to resolve them by recommending practical solutions, and leading the delivery of the solution proposed Project Management for IT, ERP and Supply Chain vertical solutions implementations. - Key Responsibilities
• Development of organisational plans for business processes change management; transformation processes, effectively supporting a team of managers in plan execution
• Proving expert consultancy regarding Business case, coordinating business blueprint and presales activities
• Managing multiple and concurrent ERP / CRM projects, across multiple industries, multisite, from Project Initiation, through to project closure and customers’ approvals, planning and scheduling Partners’ and Customers’ staff, running stakeholder meetings and resolving problems arising
• Coordinating customer and supplier development teams, directing the implementation process while maintaining clear lines of communication - Key Achievements/Projects
● Reduced production lead time in different industries of 10/15%
● Stock optimisation of 10/12% in volume and value
● Gross margin increases of 15%
● Successful implemented 7 ERP and 1 CRM, with budget from euros 100 to 350k
Managing Consultant / Project Manager ERP-Supply Chain
SCI CONSULTING SAS
May 2004
to January 2010
Full-time
Ancona
Italy
- Instrumental in facilitating ERP systems implementation and migration (Tier III nr. 9 and III nr. 5).
- Accountable for developing budgets as well as negotiating project timescales and deadlines with clients
- Facilitated new organisational business models in diverse set-ups, while preparing recommendations in supply chain processes, logistics and e-procurements and presenting them to the clients.
- Coordinated the customer and supplier development teams regarding software functionality and development while maintaining clear lines of communication.
- Channelised team resources towards conducting acceptance testing.
- Played a key role in the development of organisational plans for business process change management, restructuring organisational job roles and other human resource support functions. Effectively supported managers in plan execution.
Senior Business analyst
VIS INDUSTRIE ALIMENTARI SPA
October 2001
to April 2004
Ancona
Italy
- Worked for a producer and distributor of breaded fish, with a turnover of €55M and 170 employees.
Entrusted with maintaining clear communication across four different departments while identifying, analysing, project risks and delivering significant business benefits.
Supervised the development of ERP and optimised implementation methodologies.
Coordinated writing and execution of user acceptance test scripts.
Collaborated with the partner and 3rd supplier parties in designing and developing customisations.
Business analyst
CARTIERE MILIANI FABRIANO-FEDRIGONI GROUP
April 1999
to September 2001
Fabriano
Italy
