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Service Delivery Manager
IT Service Delivery Manager: 25+ years running 24/7 service operations and holding suppliers to SLA. ITIL, ServiceNow, Major Incident Mgmt.
United KingdomService Delivery Manager at InPost (formerly Menzies Distribution)
InPost (formerly Menzies Distribution)
Responsible for around ten outsourced IT suppliers across the UK. Stopped or recovered over £500,000 of incorrect charges while overseeing £7.1 million of supplier billing, brought an underperforming network supplier back within SLA, and shaped the standards for a major new managed service provider contract before go-live.
IT Service ManagementServiceNowSLA ManagementVendor ManagementChange Management
Helped build and launch the business's new Edinburgh IT Service Desk, then ran it day to day, managing a team of 12. It covered the UK and Europe, and I monitored four other regional desks. Cut weekly SLA breaches by over 75% in a trial of a new ticket handling process. Major Incident Manager throughout.
IT Service ManagementSLA ManagementContinuous ImprovementStakeholder ManagementTeam LeadershipProject DeliveryCross Functional Collaboration
One of four team leaders on a 16-strong, 24/7 IT Service Desk giving 1st and 2nd line support to UK distribution sites. Led a team of four: workload, SLAs and Incident, Problem and Change governance. Trained and developed service desk staff, mentored two apprentices and hosted two Heriot-Watt University placement students each year.
IT Service ManagementSLA ManagementEscalation ManagementChange ManagementStakeholder ManagementTeam LeadershipContinuous Improvement
Provided 1st line IT support for more than 60 UK distribution sites on Unix and Oracle systems, including on-call cover through the critical weekend newspaper distribution, from Saturday morning through to Monday morning. Ran and monitored the weekly billing process, stepping in with on-call developers when it failed. Took part in numerous rollouts across the UK and Ireland.
IT Service ManagementTicketing1st Line SupportNetwork Support
Progressed through seven management roles in 12 years, from trainee manager to Operations Manager. In the Sunday newspaper and magazine roles, negotiated supplies with the publishers and allocated them to newsagents according to sales trends, to maximise sales and limit unsold returns. As Operations Manager and third in command of the Bradford distribution centre.
Stakeholder ManagementTeam Leadership
Completed the ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management at QA Training in Edinburgh.
Earned the MCSA (Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator) and MCDST qualifications at Carnegie College in Dunfermline.
Completed a BEC/TEC Diploma in Computing Studies at Darlington Technical College.
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