John Armstrong

Background

About John Armstrong

John is a seasoned Business and IT professional with nearly 30 years delivery & leadership experience working in supply chain and technology transformation roles across varying industries. For the last 7 years as a Vice President with Burberry reporting to the CIO he has transformed the Burberry IT team, by leading customer centricity and delivery excellence initiatives, into a professional technology services provider and a credible trusted partner to the Burberry business. Prior to Burberry he has 20+ years of experience in large blue chip consultancy organisations delivering and leading complex digital business transformation programmes. His IT & Business experience is both deep and broad, encompassing numerous projects and technologies across many industries, with experiences from solution delivery to senior board level strategic engagement, but all founded on his practical approach to problem solving and his people centric leadership. John engages with ease with both business and IT professionals at either a strategic or detailed level, and builds on these relationships with his open and honest style. His astute and engaging personality together with his entrepreneurial but objective approach means he quickly proves his value and becomes a trusted member of both operational and CXO teamsKey Skills- FTSE Organisation Executive leadership - Large SAP ERP centric technology transformations- Cloud Migration and cloud first execution- CXO & Board engagement, partnership and influence- Astutely aware of team dynamics and ability to influence- Ability to step back and see the big perspective- Ownership, Accountability and decision making- Digital Transformation – people, process & technology - Supply Chain and Supply Chain Techbology - Development of Shared Service capabilities- Dev/Ops and lean process and delivery management- Data and Analytics Leadership- Mental Health first aider- Energy Model - Team Wellbeing, purpose and resilience