Sandra Low - current

Sandra Low : Curriculum Vitae

Summary

Sandra has acquired over 14 years’ experience in Project Management, and 3 years in Portfolio and Programme Management.

Sandra has been an accredited PMP (PMI USA), with extensive experience using PMBok and Prince2 methodologies. More recently, within Standard Bank SA, Agile.

Over the last 3 years within Standard Bank SA, Sandra has gained invaluable knowledge of Core Banking systems, PBB and CIB peripherals and interfaces. She is currently a Programme Manager within the CIB IT OPS Team on the CDI (Cote d’Ivoire) Programme. During 2016 Sandra Programme managed and successfully Deployed:

1. SWIFT Standards 2016 (International, Africa and South Africa)2. GRP IT Integration Remediation: Decommissioning of the current integration tools in

Africa and South Africa.

Sandra has been exposed to many industries during her PM tenure such as, Retail, Mining, Banking, Financial, Petro Chemical, Hydraulic Engineering, and Government environments. She has implemented HCM tools, Financial reporting and MI / BI related tools such as BOBJ and SAP Design Studio, SAP BW, Core Banking systems, Data extraction and remediation and business processes.

Sandra is a qualified HR Practitioner and completed her HRM National Diploma through IPM in 1997. She has experience as a specialist in the fields of Training, Recruitment and Organisational Development and has also fulfilled the role of an HR Generalist.

Aside from her career in Project and Programme Management, she:1. 100% owner of SANDEV Consulting Services (Pty) Ltd.2. Shareholder (11%) of Nigel Panel and Paint (Pty) Ltd. Until recently she was 51%

shareholder, responsible for all the management of administration, financial and HR.3. Assisted with the setting up of and operationally managing a Hydraulic Engineering firm,

Specialised Steering cc, being responsible for all the administration, financial, general management and HR Management for the company.

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Personal Details

Full Names: Sandra Low

Commonly Known as: Sandra

ID Number: 6702250024085

Date of Birth: 25/02/1967

Race and Gender: White Female

Nationality: British / S.African

Marital Status: Divorced

Security Clearance: None

Disabilities: None

Language ProficiencyLanguage Read Write Speak Home Language

Afrikaans Good Good Good NoEnglish Good Good Good No

QualificationsQualification Institution DateNat. Dip. HRM - IPM IPM Johannesburg 1997

Subjects: Training Management 1,2,3, IR Management 1,2,3, General Management, Personnel Management 1,2,3, Statistics, Marketing

Matric Edenvale High School 1984Subjects: English, Afrikaans, Accountancy,

History, Biology, Typing.

PMI Accreditation

Prince2 Foundation Certification

PMP Certified(PMI USA)

Prince2 Methodology

2007

2009



Summary Of SkillsSkill Total Months Skills level Current

Areas of SpecialisationGeneral ManagementHRMBusiness Analysis

192240240

Solid practical experienceSolid practical experienceSolid practical experience

YesYesYes

Operations ManagementProject ManagementProgramme/Portfolio Management

19216836

Solid practical experienceSolid practical experienceExtensive practical experience

YesYesYes

Development Languages/ToolsVisio 60 Practical experience NoERP SoftwareSAP/R3 – HR ModuleOracle HRMS

612

Limited practical experienceLimited practical experience

NoNo

MethodologiesPMBOKPrince2Agile

1689612

Solid practical experienceSolid practical experiencePractical Experience

YesYesYes

Software PackagesBusiness ObjectsCognos

60

Appropriate training onlyAppropriate training only

NoNo

MS Office 240 Solid practical experience YesMS Outlook 240 Solid practical experience YesMS Project 168 Practical experience YesSpecialised SkillsClient Relationships 192 Solid practical experience YesData WarehousingBusiness Intelligence

926

Limited practical experiencePractical experience

NoNo

Quality Management 192 Solid practical experience YesRisk Management 192 Solid practical experience YesStrategic Planning 192 Solid practical experience Yes



Relevant TrainingDescription Institution Date Duration

AGILE Introduction

PM Bok 4th Edition Alignment

Standard Bank SA

PM Ideas

2016

2009

1 day

1 day

Prince2 Foundation APM Group 2009 6 weeks

Presentation Techniques PM Ideas 2009 1 day

Program Management PM Ideas 2009 3 days

Project Management Accreditation Preparation Course

Project Management Intermediate

PM Ideas

PM Ideas

2007

2006

4 months

3 days

Project Risk Management PM Ideas 2005 3 days

Finance for non Financial Managers SAB 1992 1 week

Implementing Strategy IPM 1996 3 days

Assertiveness Training Mike Bergen and Ass. 1996 2 days

Conflict Handling Mike Bergen and Ass. 1996 2 days

Building High Performance Teams Wits Business School 1997 1 week

How to Supervise People Wits Business School 1997 1 week

HR Best Practices for World Class Service IPM 1997 1 week

DISC Management Profiling Open Source 1997 3 days

Oracle HRMS Introduction release 11Oracle HRMS Core Setup release 11Oracle HRMS Systems Administration release 11

Oracle SA 2000 1 week

Powerplay User (Business Intelligence - BI)Powerplay Transformer (BI)Impromptu User (BI)Impromptu Administrator (BI)

Makana Business Solutions(these were separate coursesOrganised by the company)

2001 2 weeks



Project ExperienceCompany Project

Standard Bank (CIB IT OPS) – Sompisi-Calibre(August 2016 – Present)

Progamme Manager for CIB IT OPS over a number of programmes, where these impacted CIB IT OPS:

SWIFT Standards 2016 annual regulatory changes (International, Africa and South Africa) – completed successfully 20 Nov 2016.

GRP IT Integration Remediation Programme to decommission MAX, JCAPS and JAS with ESB through Africa and South Africa – Hand over to new PM in progress

Corte d’Ivoire’(Ivory Coast) (New CIB Bank) – Operations IT and Business. Programme Management of 4 IT Stream PM’s and related projects into the IT leg of the programme. Working with and assisting the enablement of CIB OPS / Branch resourcing, training, testing and deployment – Deployment May 2017

Standard Bank (CIB IT ROA Core Banking) – Sompisi-Calibre(May 2016 – July 2016)

CIB Peripheral Project Manager on the Africa Core Banking Programme. To facilitate the smooth implementation of the CIB Peripherals interfacing into the Finacle Core Banking solution for Nigeria, Zimbabwe and Zambia.

Standard Bank (CIB IT SA Core Banking) – Sompisi-Calibre(August 2015 – April 2016)

Project Manager on the CIB SA SAP Core Banking Programme, managing the AML project. AML (Anti Money Laundering). The purpose of this project was to derisk CIB on the PBB AML Core Banking AML Programme.Responsibilities:

Planning, Governance, Financial / Budgets andResource Management, Risk Management

CIB Core Banking systems (Retail Forex, CIF/GoldTier, Data Remdiation)

Standard Bank (PBB IT SA) – Sompisi-Calibre(August 2014 – July 2015)

Project Manager for the CCOE Measurement and MIS project with PBB Business Banking. The project is to provide a single view of client within the BI Layer for reporting and analytics. This is a full SDLC waterfall project making use of some Agile processes.The areas within PBB that this project touches are are:

Credit Capital Forex / Trade Home Loans VAF Debtors Finance Fleet Business Online

Sasol (Pty) Ltd - Gijima(Feb 2014 – August 2014)

Portfolio and Project Management for the Sasol Marketing and Sales Centre of Support team, managing the following projects:

SAP BW – Management Reporting SAP BW – Business Reporting SAP BW – Data Analytics (with BOBJ and SAP Design Studio) P2PR / Periscope KAMES : Key Account Management Reporting Opportunity Tracking Tool



Standard Bank (CIB IT) - Deloitte(March 2013 – Feb 2014)

Sales Process Optimisation: Salesforce SFDC Client Services (enhancement to Salesforce) Client Journey – Business Processes (Sales) Dashboard 1 – Microstrategy Client Engagement Programme: Client Metrics and MI

BCX-QDD (TK)(Sept 2011 – Sept 2012)

Access Control and Timekeeper installation and implementation projects: Unilever - across 4 sites Moolmans Mining – across Africa and S African locations eThekwini Municipality Sappi – POC installation and implementation of Access Control (assisted on

Operations) Konkola Copper Mine (Zambia) – Access Control hardware installation Distell (Cape) – Stabilisation of Timekeeper application and environment Exxaro Mining (New Clydesdale - Witbank) New Access Control / CCTV installation Exxaro Mining (Matla-Kriel) – various small hardware installations (Operations) Mozal (Mozambique) – Access Control, CCTV, Timekeeper upgrade installation /

implementation Natref (Sasolburg) – AVW and Impro upgrade implementation (Access Control) Natal Portland Cement (KZN) – Access Control, CCTV, Impro interface to SAP Time

implementation Toyota – New Warehouse Atlas Rd Benoni – Access Control and Timekeeper/T&A

configuration Huntsman Tioxide(KZN) – Access Control and T&A/Impro implementation /

installation

BCX – QDD(Oct 2008 – Aug 2011)

Dynamique Resource Link (HR and Payroll tool set) Implementation Projects: Altech National Research Foundation NECSA SA Bank Notes Saab SA Aurora 5 roll out – internal upgrade project

Sasol(Dec 2007 – Sept 2008)

HFM06 (Hyperion Financial Management)Standards and Guidelines – Financial documentationAssumptions Cube – back end of the project to drive it to completion

HR Focus(Oct 2003 – Nov 2007)

HR and ESS Core Projects: African Bank Osiris Banking Manguang Municipality Rentworks Boehringer-Ingelman Centricity PIC Massmart Kumnandi (KFC) PPECB (CPT) Direct Axis (CPT) Phumelela Gaming

Edcon Software Development ProgramBCL Mining (Botswana) – Fully integrated project with HR, Payroll, T&A and ESSProtekon / Transnet Projects/Contractors PayrollNandos PayrollDSS / ePerformance Projects:



African Bank Osiris Trading SAMSASystems Stabilisation and ePayslips projects: RMA Uthingo Rohlig-Grinrod

Discovery Health(2002)

KRA Development

Anglo Platinum(2001)

SAP Datawarehousing



Career History

Employer: Standard Bank CIB IT OPSPeriod: 01/08/2016 - Present

Position: Programme Manager

Technology: MS Project 2010, MS OfficeSandra started her role as Programme Manager within the Standard Bank SA CIB IT Operations Team in July 2016 and is responsible for the following projects:

1. SWIFT Standard 2016 (regulatory) – This required the co ordination and management of 17 countries and 30 SA based systems requiring development changes and testing for SWIFT Standards. This project was run as AGILE. This was successfully completed – on time – 20/11/2016.

2. Group IT: Integration Remediation Programme. This is specific to CIB IT OPS applications and the remediation of the integration layer from MAX to ESB in Africa and JCAPS to ESB in SA. The clean-up of the requirements was completed with the BA’s in October 2016. The programme was put on hold until SWIFT Standards was completed. Current focus is on the EE remediation with SWIFT/AMH for Uganda and Nigeria. This piece of work is more Delivery Management orientated and is being handed over.

3. Cote d Iviore Programme (Ivory Coast) : This programme is opening a new CIB Bank in Cote d’Ivore and Sandra is Programme Managing the CIB OPS (IT and Business) component of this programme. This includes:a. Management of 4 PM’s across the CIB peripherals Streams (Goldtier/Datastore, Intellematch,

SWIFT/AMH and EE (Trade) and Branch)b. Management of the resourcing, training, testing for businessc. Financial managementd. Management and Steerco reportinge. Schedule managementf. Resource management

Sandra’s contract concludes end June 2017.

Career History

Employer: Standard Bank CIB SA ROA (Africa Core Banking Programme)Period: 01/05/2016 – 30/07/2016

Position: CIB Peripheral Project Manager

Technology: MS Project 2010, MS OfficeAfter the successful deployment of the AML Project for CIB, within the PBB AML Programme, Sandra was moved into the Core Banking for Rest Of Africa (ROA) space where she was the CIB Peripheral Project Manager responsible for the CIB Peripheral enablement with the deployment of Finacle as the new Core Banking solution throughout ROA. Sandra was integral to the successful deployment of Nigeria in May 2016, subsequently she managed the enablement with the ACB Programme team for Zimbabwe and Zambia. Her areas of responsibility were:

1. Financials (managing the budget and actuals monthly for all CIB peripheral resources)2. Management of the BA’s (2) for Analysis of CIB peripherals in each country on the roadmap (Lesotho,

Malawi)3. Management of testing resources for SIT and UAT.4. Attend all related Programme meetings and sessions.5. Management reporting to Head of Core Banking ROA and Regional CIB IT OPS.6. Continuous liaison and relationship management in a Delivery Management capacity.

Sandra was seconded to CIB IT OPS as a Programme Manager in July 2016.



Career History

Employer: Standard Bank CIB SA SAP Core Banking Programme (JHB / Rosebank)Period: 15/07/2015 – 30/04/2016

Position: AML Project Manager

Technology: MS Project 2010, MS OfficeAML (Anti Money Laundering) is a SARB legislative requirement for all financial institutes. Standard Bank SA has embarked on a programme to ensure the Bank is compliant across CIB and PBB.

The purpose of this project is to ensure that the CIB risk is mitigated where PBB is making changes to their systems and environment which will have an impact on CIB, such as Retail Forex, CIB CIF, Go AML and any other impacted downstream system (nBOL, iTAPS, ExImBls).

Sandra has been tasked with the management of this project for the CIB SAP Core Banking Programme and is responsible for all:

1. Project Governance2. Planning and scheduling3. Budgets (+R20m)4. Identifying risk areas and manage plans for mitigation5. Resource management – 8 direct reports and business stakeholders6. Reporting to, and management of, allkey stakeholders and executives7. Ensuring consistent alignment between PBB and CIB8. Business Continuity, Incident and deployment management9. Post deployment support management10. Steerco and management reporting and daily / weekly dashboards for various stakeholders

The project was deployed on the 2 February 2016. Currently in post deployment support.

The project is completing hard closure at the end of April 2016.



Career History

Employer: Standard Bank PBB IT SA (JHB / Rosebank / CVOP – Florida)Period: 18/8/2014 –15/07/2015

Position: Project Manager - Contractor

Technology: MS Project 2010, EPM, Project Management Toolkit

This project was within PBB IT for Business Banking Measurements, Insights and Analytics. It was for the provision of one view of customer within the BI Layer for effective reporting and analytics on customer profitability to enable effective cross selling.

The project team consist of : Solution Integration Manager Business Analysts Data Analysts ETL / Modelling and Testing Resources

The project covered all areas within PBB Business Banking that related to the Customer such as Credit, Capital, Forex, Trade, VAF, Home Loans, Debtors Finance etc and all the related source systems that are required to feed the relevant customer data. It requires the interaction between Business, Source System and Data Services to achieve the objectives.

Sandra was responsible for the full SDLC Project Management and all the resources on the project. The project approach was Waterfall according to the PMO Governance, making use of some of the Agile processes in order to assist in fast tracking the deliverables while ensuring adherence to the governance.

Sandra managed all aspects of the R20 million budget and was accountable for the successful delivery of the Scope within the agreed timelines and budget and was accountable to the top management of PBB IT, Business Banking Finance and Data Services.

Project had been stopped and PBB IT Projects were on hold due to the AML programme.



Career History

Employer: Sasol (Pty) Ltd –Gijima (Rosebank)Period: 24/2/2014 – 15/8/2014

Position: Project / Portfolio Manager - Contractor

Technology: MS Project 2010

Sandra was seconded to Sasol (PTY) Ltd IM PMO to manage a Portfolio of related and unrelated projects within the Marketing and Sales Centre of Support.

The Portfolio of projects managed were:1. SAP BW – Management Reporting for Base Chemicals2. SAP BW / SAP R3 Business Reporting for Mining and Gas3. SAP BW / SAP Design Studio – Data Analytics for Base and Performance Chemicals (Global)4. KAMES – Key Account Management for Base and Performance Chemicals (interim solution)5. OTT – Opportunity Tracking Tool (still in vendor selection stage)

Sandra was accountable for the successful completion of each of these projects within this portfolio. She managed them from a portfolio and project management perspective and was responsible for ensuring that each project, and the associated vendors and team are in line with the Sasol BD&I PMO Methodology and Governance structure.

She is responsible for the following aspects of these projects: Resource Management Vendor Management Contract Management Financial Management Project Management

Sandra’s contract with Sasol ended as at the end of June 2014. There was the option of renew.



Career History

Employer: Standard Bank (CIB IT) – Deloitte (JHB / Rosebank / Sandton)Period: 1/3/2013 –14/2/2014

Position: Project Manager - Contractor

Technology: MS Project 2010

Sandra was seconded to Standard Bank (CIB IT Projects) as a Project Manager. Initially recruited to assist the SFDC Delivery Manager, within the CIB IT Change the Bank Project Team, and was given the responsibility of managing all the “Change the Bank” initiatives. This included being involved in:

6. Salesforce projects: Client Services and Sales Process Optimisation7. Dashboard 1 project : Microstrategy (MI)8. Client Journey project9. Client Engagement Programme: Client Metrics and MI (Finance/MI)

While part of the CIB IT Projects Change the Bank team, Sandra was tasked to assist the Delivery Manager with the weekly reporting for all projects and related programmes and was responsible for all the Salesforce related Change the Bank initiatives and projects. It was the intention for Sandra to take over the quarterly project financial reporting and to be able to stand in for the Delivery Manager on “Run the Bank” initiatives.

In May 2013, Sandra was moved onto the Client Engagement Programme full time in order to Project Manage the Client Metrics and MI Stream. The Client Engagement Programme is a programme that is responsible for managing the move of CIB from a product to client centric environment. The Client Metrics and MI Stream are responsible for providing decision makers with a mechanism to allocate resources at a client level in order to optimise returns for the franchise and to provide the ability to measure the success of this allocation in a timely manner. Accurate MI and metrics is the foundation on which the cultural change to a client centric organisation is to be built within Standard Bank.

There are 3 areas within this stream and Sandra was responsible for managing:

1. Operational Model Change – for South Africa Central Client data and MI teams, with proposed changed for the Rest of Africa countries (16 in total).

2. Consumption Layer – Upgrade the Business Objects reporting layer and the dashboard for executives (Franco and Manco level)

3. Roll out of the GBM (Global Business Mart) client data source into Africa to integrate with the Client Revenue Tracking (CRT) system to facilitate the requirement for timely, accurate and valid data for Client Revenue and Capital reporting.

This programme made use of a more Agile approach to Project Management, however, the required minimum Programme Management Governance was applied in line with Prince 2

Project was handed back to business to manage due to the Programme coming to an end.



Career History

Employer: DStv Mobile (Multichoice) –Digiterra (Randburg)Period: 15/01/2013 – 28/02/2013

Position: Business Analyst - contractor

Technology: MS Visio

Sandra was seconded to DStv Mobile as a Business Analyst for The Walka 7 Touch project. Sandra was responsible for defining the business processes for the following areas relating to this product:

Operating System Customisation (Device set up and Launcher) DStv Video in Demand Box Office Digital Requirements Management

This entailed meeting with various business units to establish how their product works and to determine what would be required to move this to an android environment. Sandra was instrumental in completing the Full Business Requirements Document with other Business Analysts.

The next step in this process was to complete the detail Functional Specifications for the vendors / business areas for development and/or customisation. She completed the specification for the Device Set Up prior to leaving the contract.

PM contract at Standard Bank

Employer: Tshipi Mining (PWC) (Randburg)Period: 14/10/2013 – 15/11/2012

Position: Business Analyst - contractor

Technology: MS Visio, MS Project

Sandra was seconded to Tshipi Mining as a Business Analyst for Time Management and Access Control Requirements definition for the new mine. This was a 4 week contract.

Sandra was responsible for defining all the business processes required for both Time Management and Access Control and was required to incorporate Industry Best Practice and guidance. She was responsible for defining the Functional Specifications for both Time Management and Access Control in conjunctions with proposed vendors.

Contract ended (short term)



Career History

Employer: BCX – QDD TK (Midrand) – permanent positionPeriod: 01/9/2011- 30/9/2012

Position: Project Manager

Technology: Timekeeper, Impro, Access Control, CCTV

QDD restructured in August 2011. Sandra moved into the position of Project Manager for the TK Team (Access Control and Timekeeper

During the year she was with this team she managed access control installation and Timekeeper implementation projects for the following clients:

Exxaro Mining – New Clydesdale, Arnot and Matla Mozal - Mozambique Unilever - KZN Huntsman Tioxide - KZN Natref (National Petroleum Refineries) – Sasolburg eThekwini Municipality – KZN Konkola Copper Mine – Zambia Natal Portland Cement – KZN Toyota South Africa – JHB Sappi – Nelspruit

Sandra was responsible for “downsizing” the methodology used within BCX to fit in with the fast moving projects in the Access Control / T&A / CCTV environment. The team was required to follow the stipulated process as set out by the SPO in BCX. She was responsible on each project for:

Assisting the Operations Manager with the SOW – Starting up the project Setting up the schedule for the project – Project Initiation Defining the PID and the Project Controls – Project Initiation Managing project progress meetings (weekly in most cases) this included Change Control

management, Resource management, Vendor management, Risk and Issue management – Controlling a stage

Project Closure Extensive vendor management in order to comply to agreed deadlines on the schedule.



Career History

Service Delivery Management was required for Premier clients such as:

Huntsman Tioxide Distell eThekwini Municipality Kellogs ACSA

The following was also part of her day to day responsibilities: Manage the Debtors for her allocated clients Assist the Operations Manager in KZN, JHB and CPT on issues relating to client service Acted on behalf of the Business Unit Manager while out of office

Division unstable. Decision to move into contracting

Employer: BCX – QDD (Midrand)Period: 01/12/2010 – 1/9/2011

Position: Manager: Service Delivery and Project Management

Technology: Dynamique Resource Link (DRL), Unique, Dynamique 1, Smartstream, Timekeeper and Access Control

QDD restructured in December 2010. Sandra moved into the position of Manager: Service Delivery and Project Management. The Project Management role remained the same as her previous position within QDD with the addition of Service Delivery Management duties.

During August 2011 Sandra took over a number of the T&A / Access Control projects, these included: Moolmans Mining Exxaro Mining Mozal (Mozambique) Unilever

Service Delivery Management covered all clients across all QDD technologies and included the following responsibilities:

Client relationship building in order to maintain existing client base or to build on the existing client base with new products

Managing the SLA agreements, where these did not exist, to put in place Work with the assigned BCX Account Executive on various accounts where applicable to ensure continuity

on Service Delivery across BCX Managing the outstanding support calls, ensuring that these are actioned according to the SLA agreements Manage the Debtors



Career History

Employer: BCX – QDD (Midrand)Period: 01/10/2008 – 30/11/2010

Position: Project Manager

Technology: Dynamique Resource Link (DRL) – HR and PayrollSandra joined BCX as a Project Manager within the QDD team, specifically to Project Manage the implementation of the Dynamique Resource Link product. This product was a derivative of the UK based company Northgate.

DRL is a position centric, integrated HR and Payroll solution localised for the South African Market.

Sandra’s high level responsibilities included:

The planning of and rolling out the FLC implementation to assigned clients as per the implementation process.

Making use of the Prince2 methodology for the implementation process Making use of, and updating, the SPO system with all relevant information on each project assigned Establishing a Project Management folder structure with relevant templates in order to assist Project

Managers obtain a smooth implementation roll out (PMO role) Assist with the managing of the process of updating and streamlining the Implementation Process used by

the Consultants on the projects Management of implementation resources per project Management of budget per project Management of schedule per project Client relationship management Extensive documentation as per the Prince 2 requirements per project Management of project time lines and deliverables per project

Division restructured and Sandra was moved to TK



Career History

Employer: UMT SA (Formerly Fulcrum)Period: 01/12/2007 – 30/9/2008

Position: Project Manager – Sasol Limited

Technology: HyperionSandra was deployed to Sasol Limited on an initial 6 month project which was extended for another 6 months. The assignment was to manager the HFM06 project and she assisted the Blueprint Program Manager in other areas, of which HMF06 was a part. The Blue Print Program was a large Financial Systems Program at Sasol Limited which covered the implementation of other Finance related tools in order to fully automate the entire Finance Process.

The HFM06 project was the third phase of the HFM project within the program and concentrated on the realignment of the Financial Accounting Structures within Hyperion across Sasol Limited. In order to achieve success on this project, Sandra was required to ensure that the project conformed to the Sasol BD&I Project Management Methodology, and met the requirements of the Sasol Finance Team.

Other areas of responsibility were:

Setting up and managing the project team Running weekly Project Meetings and updating relevant documentation Running monthly Project Sponsor status meetings All Project Documentation as outlined by the BD&I methodology Attending the Blueprint Program meetings to ensure communication

Two other projects were added to her portfolio while at Sasol:

Standards and Guidelines: Ensure the project fell in line with the BD&I method within the Blueprint Program The project was to establish a user friendly environment (extension of the Finance Web Site) for the

standards, policies and procedures for all financial related documentation, processes and procedures (including systems)

Work with the Project Sponsor on the Scope and Schedule Analyse various effective methods of implementation Devise the standards and guidelines for all documentation Establish a maintenance program and hand over process

Assumptions Tool:This was an additional tool which was part of the FST (Financial Scenario Tool) being implemented as part of the Blueprint Program. It was required to be available to users via the web. As the Standards and Guidelines also required integration with the Web, Sandra was tasked with this project as it made use of the same resources.

Given the opportunity to move into Project Management with Business Connexion



Career HistorySummary of Duties and Responsibilities

Employer: HR Focus (Pty) LtdPeriod: 01/09/2003-30/11/2007

Position: Implementation and Projects ManagerHR Impl. And Project ManagerProject Office ManagerProgram/Business ManagerAccount Manager

Technology: MS Project, HR Focus HR and ESS tools, MS VisioSummary of Duties and Responsibilities

Sandra started at HR Focus Holdings (Pty) Ltd as an Account Manager and ended as the Implementation and Projects Manager for all products across all projects and was integral in setting up the Project Management Approach and Standardisation of Project Management documentation for HR Focus in the role of PMO.

In March 2004 Edcon was established as HR Focus’s largest outsourcing client and Sandra was appointed as the Program/Business Manager for this account, while still maintaining her Account Management accountabilities. \

Program/ Business Manager (Edcon) (Apr 2004 – Nov 2004):The value of the contract was R6M per annum. The program started with 5 resources, and grew to 8 on site and 5 adhoc offsite resources.

The areas of the business involved were: HR Administration Talent Acquisition (Recruitment) Learning (Training and Development) Talent Management (Performance Management)

The Project Streams (Different Projects) identified were: Business Intelligence Learning Competencies / Job Profiling Performance Management Career and Succession Planning Talent Acquisition Ongoing Development (Administration and Interfaces)

Other duties in this role included: Management of documentation according to the Accenture PMO requirements Attend all Steercoms across all streams and most Project Detail Meetings to ensure integration between

project streams. Attended all management related meetings. Managing resources according to development requirements. Analysis of client requirements as SME for Talent Acquisition. Business and Operations Management – this included all time management, reporting and ensuring the

timeous payments of account.

In October 2004, Sandra was seconded back to Head Office in order to set up and manage a Project Office. She held the position of Project Office Manager (Nov 2004 – Apr 2005). Duties included:

Defining the Project Methodology for HR Focus Holdings to be used across all projects, and aligned with PMBok.

Created all related documentation from Business Case to Project Close out. Implementation of this process and documentation into the business. Defining training requirements and ensuring project teams were trained accordingly.



Career History Project Health checks and audits on all projects. Responsible for the smooth running of every project within the business.

In April 2005 Sandra was promoted into the position of HR Implementation and Project Manager. During this time she was the Program / Portfolio Management for smaller projects, Customer Services Manager for all HR Clients and managed the PMO.

In September 2006, the company was restructured into Business Units. At this point the HR and Payroll Consulting teams were grouped together and called Solutions Delivery which was headed up by a Business Unit Manager. Within this unit a Project Office was created and Sandra was responsible for this area. Sandra took up the role of Implementation and Projects Manager for all products in the company, which included third party products and partnerships.

This position included all her duties as the HR Implementation and Project Manager as well as the Project Office Management. She managed 3 Project Leads and 4 Consultants across all the products but only from a Project Management / Program Management point of view.

The BUM for this team was promoted to COO and elected Sandra as his 2IC to mentor for the position of COO in the future.

Company had gone through too many changes in management and this was affecting the environment. Sandra decided to move into contracting to get more diverse exposure

Employer: VariousPeriod: 01/04/2002-30/09/2003

Position: Independent ContactorTechnology: MS Office

Summary of Duties and Responsibilities HR Consulting Business Analysis Oracle HRMS Functional Consultant

Contracts came to an end and Sandra moved into a permanent position with HR Focus

Employer: Thutani / Makana Business SolutionsPeriod: 01/10/2001-31/03/2002

Position: Managing DirectorHR Manager / ConsultantDirector: HR Applications

Technology: MS OfficeSummary of Duties and Responsibilities

Employer: Various - Independent ContractorPeriod: 01/01/2001-28/02/2001

Position: Business AnalystTechnology:

Reason for Leaving:

MS Office

Contract ended



Employer: OLAP SolutionsPeriod: 01/05/2000-31/01/2001

Position: HR Manager /Oracle HRMS Functional Implementation Consultant / Business AnalystTechnology:

Reason for Leaving:

Oracle HR, MS Office

Retrenched

Employer: Infowave Information Technology SolutionsPeriod: 01/05/1999-31/12/1999

Position: IT & HR Consultant / Office ManagerTechnology:

Reason for Leaving:

MS Office

Retrenched

Employer: OpenSource Global Resource ConsultantsPeriod: 01/06/1997-31/05/1999

Position: Senior Recruitment ConsultantTechnology:

Reason for Leaving:

MS Office

Sandra decided to move into Oracle HR application implementations and was provided and opportunity with Infowave

Employer: Mike Bergen & Ass. (now USKO Software)Period: 01/01/1996-31/05/1997

Position:Reason for

Leaving:

HR Specialist / Generalist

Head Hunted by Opensource

Employer: SABPeriod: 01/09/1995-31/12/1995

Position: Independent Contractor – IT / Training Service AnalysisTechnology:

Reason for Leaving:

MS Office

Sandra moved to MB&A in order to gain better HR Generalist exposure

Employer: SABPeriod: 01/03/1991-31/07/1995

Position: IS T&D SpecialistIS Training OfficerTrainee Training Officer

Technology:

Reason for Leaving:

MS Office, Corel Draw, Lotus 123, WordPerfect, Walker and Other Business Systems such as MIDAS, SAS, OASIS

To gain better HR generalist exposure



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