Umar Butt

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ABOUT UMAR BUTT

An inspirational leader with over 20 years of experience establishing and maturing capabilities across multiple global geographies for large scale digital transformational programmes spanning across Business and Technology.Subject Matter Expert in sourcing strategy, providing leadership and direction around vendor and partner management processes, leveraging relationships to improve operational efficiencies and drive business growth.Focused on the delivery excellence, with an ability to quickly identify the gaps and establish a plan of execution to turnaround failing or fragmented capabilities. Programme finance, governance and reporting experience.An outstanding reputation for leadership, with experience in assembling, managing & developing multiple teams of 50+ staff, setting goals & enabling people to grow within energised and delivery-focused environments.Key achievements and successes: Successful operational and performance leadership of Shared Service footprint consisting of c1100 FTE. Developed a lean portfolio operations capability as part of Lean Portfolio Management (LPM). Set-up a central Vendor Management Capability across Vodafone Business Platforms, €150m spend. Adopted standard budget forecasting and planning trackers for 82 Value Streams up to value of £132m. Built and developed offshore capability and teams internationally, across Romania, Egypt and India.Specialities: Leadership Essentials, Large Scale Digital Transformation, Lean Portfolio Management, Shared Service Centres, Vendor and Partner Management, Stakeholder Management, Programme Management & Delivery, Organisational Design, Change Management, Customer Experience, Influential Communications.