Simon Read

Background

About Simon Read

Experienced & capable Programme/Project Manager adept at quickly grasping underlying business needs and developing effective solutions. Seeking short term, high impact business improvement project assignments, project mentoring, and/or collaboration on strategies to improve sustainability/progress towards B Corps accreditation. Recent activities include working with an EU manufacturing company to establish in-house IT infrastructure team, implement business continuity plan (thus securing cyber security insurance), and introduce effective controls over managed IT services. Generated projected annual savings of c€500k. Previous roles have been initiating/leading transformation programmes to support key business strategies. Significant experience in managing projects throughout life cycle, and remedial project work. Can work effectively with people from C-Suite to shop floor, to help create an environment which encourages empowerment and achievement. Strong communicator with extensive record of working effectively in different environments and cultures. Resourceful and creative problem solver with experience in process analysis and re-engineering. Have facilitated workshops to generate solutions to improve business performance/resolve issues. Successful outcomes include working with a business process offshoring function, helping to define Business Information needs/Key Performance Indicators to ensure service quality maintained/improved. Root cause analysis identified several barriers to successful process migration which were addressed.