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Seraphine Valkeith

Seraphine Valkeith

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Summary

Proven Transformation Leader | 25+ Years' Experience | Strategic Program Management & Project Risk Advisory | Drives Business & IT Transformations | Leverages Technology for Business Impact | Delivers End-to-End Organizational Change

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work History

SERVICES ENGAGEMENT EXPERT

SAP
Brussels
07.2023 - Current
  • Providing advice on the co-creation and execution of digital transformation roadmaps.
  • Accountable for leading and management of Customer Premium Engagement plans, incorporating methods and tools, and best practices across all systems & landscape environments and platforms.
  • Escalation Manager for critical incidents and operational issues requiring high-level attention and escalation point for unresolved or difficult major incidents.
  • Collaborates with cross-functional teams to define requirements and features to build powerful and easy-to-use products and tools.
  • Achieving cost-savings through digital and functional solutions

Assignments:

  • Project Manager for S/4 HANA Upgrade, Data Migration & Data Centre Move - FMCG
  • Technical Quality Manager for Digital Manufacturing Excellence Program - FMCG
  • Bid Manager for S/4 HANA RISE Programme & Data Conversion Project - Government

GLOBAL PROGRAM MANAGER /SENIOR MANAGER

DELOITTE NL
05.2021 - 05.2023
  • Specialist program management for ERP transformation & implementation quality
  • Developed and implemented global program strategies to ensure successful outcomes.
  • Provided leadership and direction in the management of cross-functional teams.
  • Maintained effective communication channels between team members, partners and clients.
  • Actively tracked program performance metrics to identify areas of improvement or risk mitigation opportunities.

Assignments:

  • Global Program S/4 HANA Migration QA - Security Services
  • Global Portfolio Program S/4 Hana Transformation - Medical Devices
  • HCM and SuccessFactors Migration - UK Public Sector
  • Supply Chain Transformation S/4 HANA Migration - Chemical
  • Global COE Set Up - Green Energy

Industry: Consumer, Energy & Industrial, Medical and Automotive

Primary Location: Netherlands | Project Locations: Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium and UK

PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT

TRICENTIS NL
09.2020 - 04.2021
  • Primarily customer-facing on strategic accounts and prospects to help position and plan service programs prior to delivery as a Program Sponsor
  • Working with Executives and Project Leads ensuring delivery assurance and advice during implementations and transformation projects
  • Led workshops with clients to identify their needs and develop appropriate solutions.
  • Internally responsible as SME for portfolio consulting services strategy and accountable for leading and delivering key global initiatives relating to Programme Transformations for: Global Delivery Excellence, Communities of Practice and SAP Transformation Scalability.
  • Industry: Automotive, Tourism, Media, Primary Location: Netherlands, Project Locations based from Netherlands: Netherlands, UK, Austria and Switzerland

SAP PROGRAMME DIRECTOR/ ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

DELOITTE UK
12.2019 - 08.2020
  • Developed and implemented comprehensive strategies to improve operational processes and organizational efficiency.
  • Conducted regular meetings with department heads to review progress on strategic initiatives.
  • Reviewed internal reports and identified areas of risk or potential cost savings.
  • Created detailed plans outlining timelines, goals, budgets, staffing needs and other requirements for projects.
  • Programme Director – Template implementation and Pilot delivery for Phase 1 S/4 HANA Cloud Migration
  • Phase 2: Rationalisation of Global roll out of SAP S/4 HANA Programme postponed due to Covid
  • Industry: Oil/Energy
  • Location: Netherlands, Saudi Arabia and UK Associate Director UK - Internal Projects: SAP Borderless Consulting - Global Connectivity Programme for SAP Implementations, Agile SAP Proposition Lead for multiple successful SAP Programme Engagements.

BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION PRACTICE DIRECTOR / SAP PROGRAMME DIRECTOR

SYSDOC
04.2015 - 06.2018
  • Multiple Projects – Industries: Aviation
  • Location: UK
  • Automotive
  • Location: Brazil, China, India & Europe and Defence
  • Location: UK

GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION MGR (contract)

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
02.2014 - 09.2014
  • Industry: Media
  • Location: UK & USA.

EAME TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMME MGR

CATERPILLAR INC
06.2012 - 01.2014
  • Industry: Automotive Manufacturing
  • Location: UK, Hungry, Poland, Belgium and US.

CHANGE & EDUCATION CONSULTANT (contract)

SERCO
10.2011 - 04.2012
  • Industry: LGA Service Management
  • Location: UK

EAME CHANGE MANAGEMENT LEAD (IBM)

CATERPILLAR
04.2011 - 10.2011
  • Industry: Automotive Manufacturing
  • Location: UK, Europe and US

HCM PROJECT MANAGER (IBM)

NESTLE
12.2010 - 04.2011
  • Industry: Food and Beverage
  • Location: Switzerland

TRANSITION PROJECT MANAGER (IBM)

GSK
07.2010 - 12.2010
  • Industry: Pharma
  • Location: UK

SD & SUPPLY CHAIN SAP CONSULTANT (contract)

BRADY CORP
04.2010 - 07.2010
  • Industry: Manufacturing & Direct Marketing
  • Location: UK & Europe

SAP HR CONSULTANT (contract)

THAMES WATER
10.2009 - 02.2010
  • Industry: Utilities
  • Location: UK

EUROPEAN SAP OPERATIONS MANAGER

BRADY CORP
09.2007 - 12.2009
  • Industry: Manufacturing & Direct Marketing
  • Location: UK, Belgium, Bratislava, Slovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, USA and Australia

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER (contract)

RWD TECHNOLOGIES
10.2006 - 09.2007
  • Industry: Media, Utilities & Automotive
  • Location: UK

GROUP TRAINING & HR CONSULTANT (contract)

CHURCH & CO LTD
02.2006 - 10.2006
  • Industry: Footwear
  • Location: UK and US

PROJECT MANAGER

HBS LTD
05.2001 - 02.2006
  • Industry: Local Authority
  • Location: UK

PROJECT CONTROL/SAP SUPPLY CHAIN SME

MERCEDES BENZ UK
05.1996 - 04.2001
  • Industry: Automotive
  • Location: UK & Germany

S/4 HANA PROGRAMME DIRECTOR

HCL
07.2018
  • Industry: Medical Devices and Pharma
  • Location: Ireland

Education

Recent Experience

Programme Director | Business & IT Transformation Specialist, A dynamic, motivated, results focused Transformation Director and Principal Management Consultant with over 24 years’ consulting experience. A strong communicator and networker for Organisation and IT Transformations. Able to direct end to end organisation transformation from inception to business as usual operations. Seraphine’s key skills are in strategic programme management and project recovery. By utilising her extensive experience in this field, she works with leadership teams and organisations to analyse, assess, improve and define deployment technologies and processes, drive successful cultural and organisational change, open communications channels and embed effective strategies to enable organisations to achieve their goals and objectives.

Philosophy

EXPERIENCE Team Ethos “Every Job is a self-portrait of the person/Team who did it, autograph your work with excellence” Professional mentoring “Leadership is a choice not a place, it comes from influence and not from position” CORE SKILLS ARCHITECT Understands vision, demonstrates value and brings clarity COMMUNICATOR Listens first, thinks second and articulates with clarity TEACHER Building transferable skills through mentoring and coaching VISIONARY Creating the environment as an enabler of innovation EXPERT Grounded knowledge built on years of industry experience. THINKER Assesses, analyses, strategises and applies critical thinking PLANNER Short- and long-term foresight with results driven outcomes COMPOSER Inspiring the possibilities, bringing people and teams together GUIDE Leading by influence, serving others before serving self PROBLEM SOLVER Investigates, thinks laterally and imaginatively to the environment or situation DOER Makes things happen

Hobbies and Interests

  • Programme & Project Mgmt.
  • Organisational Change Mgmt.
  • SAP Project Recovery
  • Training & Transition Mgmt.
  • Communications Management
  • Stakeholder and Leadership
  • Risk Management
  • Resource Management
  • PMO – Planning & Governance

Timeline

SERVICES ENGAGEMENT EXPERT

SAP
07.2023 - Current

GLOBAL PROGRAM MANAGER /SENIOR MANAGER

DELOITTE NL
05.2021 - 05.2023

PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT

TRICENTIS NL
09.2020 - 04.2021

SAP PROGRAMME DIRECTOR/ ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

DELOITTE UK
12.2019 - 08.2020

S/4 HANA PROGRAMME DIRECTOR

HCL
07.2018

BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION PRACTICE DIRECTOR / SAP PROGRAMME DIRECTOR

SYSDOC
04.2015 - 06.2018

GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION MGR (contract)

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
02.2014 - 09.2014

EAME TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMME MGR

CATERPILLAR INC
06.2012 - 01.2014

CHANGE & EDUCATION CONSULTANT (contract)

SERCO
10.2011 - 04.2012

EAME CHANGE MANAGEMENT LEAD (IBM)

CATERPILLAR
04.2011 - 10.2011

HCM PROJECT MANAGER (IBM)

NESTLE
12.2010 - 04.2011

TRANSITION PROJECT MANAGER (IBM)

GSK
07.2010 - 12.2010

SD & SUPPLY CHAIN SAP CONSULTANT (contract)

BRADY CORP
04.2010 - 07.2010

SAP HR CONSULTANT (contract)

THAMES WATER
10.2009 - 02.2010

EUROPEAN SAP OPERATIONS MANAGER

BRADY CORP
09.2007 - 12.2009

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER (contract)

RWD TECHNOLOGIES
10.2006 - 09.2007

GROUP TRAINING & HR CONSULTANT (contract)

CHURCH & CO LTD
02.2006 - 10.2006

PROJECT MANAGER

HBS LTD
05.2001 - 02.2006

PROJECT CONTROL/SAP SUPPLY CHAIN SME

MERCEDES BENZ UK
05.1996 - 04.2001

Seraphine Valkeith