James Garwell
Head of IT @Verallia UK
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WORK HISTORY
Head of IT @Verallia UK
West Yorkshire, GB
Verallia Packaging is the largest manufacturer of glass packaging in Europe, the second largest globally. A company striving to decarbonise its activities, and using technology as a key pillar to meet these goals. With over colleagues globally, delivering cutting edge technology to a business with roots over a century old is complex challenge for our teams.
EDUCATION
Whitcliffe Mount School
GCSE's, General Education
SKILLS
ABOUT JAMES GARWELL
A highly experienced & business-focused professional - specialising in Service Delivery, Infrastructure and Project Management (Prince2 Practitioner)Proficient in MRP implementation, inc SAPExtensive experience in IT Infrastructure projects- design to deliveryFrequently called upon to deliver Business & IT Change ProgrammesCommercially astute, with experience of large budget planning and managementEnjoy influencing, shaping and bringing new ideas to engage organisations with ITKEY EXPERTISE & DELIVERY IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT Greenfield IT Infrastructure replacement (£2.4bn Co)Delivery of MRP/ERP solution (£60m Co)Designed SAP Project Process and approach (400 retail stores)Specification and fit-out of 600seat HQ at Tech CompanyEstimation and Budgeting - multiple acquisitionsIntegration of 16 factories - teams & techTECHNOLOGY CHANGE & IMPLEMENTATION Replaced BC/DR solution reducing failover from 48hrs to 7minsMigration to resilient & scalable private cloud infrastructureOffice 365 Public/Private cloud hybridMigration to Voice Picking WMS in conjunction with SAP BO (Retail)Hands on migration - 4 office campus to new Sales HQSTRATEGY, THOUGHT LEADERSHIP & INNOVATION Management of multi-site teams, including overseas resourcesDesigned resilient, high performing infrastructure to enable rapid scaleabilityDeveloped ‘Depot in a Box’ - a solution to allow a business to stand up a temp site with their std kit & operating processes (seasonal peaks & acquisition scenarios)Regularly responsible for setting & communicating IT StrategyManaged installation planning and costing for multiple acquisitionsINFLUENCING & STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT Presentations to Asda on investment and strategyDeveloped coaching culture within my teamsSet clear boundaries and responsibilities to empower, not limitCreated partnerships between IT and the business to enable engaged, measured changeIdentified & engaged stakeholders from factory to exec in multiple projects
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