Ian Sim
Consultant
Industry Focus
- FMCG/ Retail (Britvic, M&S, Dixons, Argos)
- Construction /Building Materials (Anglo American, Tarmac, Amey )
- Manufacturing (Ericsson, Mitsubishi, BAe Systems, Nortel)
- Pharma/Chemical(BP, Ciba, Abbot)
Ian’s core attributes
- Business Transformation and strategic change management
- Senior stakeholder engagement
- Programme and Project Governance
- IT, Supply Chain, Commercial, Finance
- Technology leadership, strategy & governance
- Enterprise Systems strategy & management
Meet Ian Sim
Ian is a business-focused IT professional with a history of successful delivery of complex business transformation and major IT programmes. I have over 20+ years of experience in working with senior leadership teams to deliver overall business change to drive both functional improvements and bottom-line benefits.
Key Skills
IT Strategy and Leadership – experienced in the development of all aspects of IT strategy and operating model, including alignment to corporate objectives and business goals.
Business transformation – worked across most functional areas in many business sectors to deliver sustainable business benefits, often involving the implementation of new technologies
Programme and Project Management – led the delivery of complex programmes and projects, including the development and operation of PMO
Stakeholder Management – develop strong relationships with key Business and IT leaders, including major suppliers
Key Assignments
Defence Client – Set up and managed the IT PMO, including implementation of new LCM and PM processes and tools across the UK internal team and key IT suppliers
Defence Client – Project leadership for a major HR change programme, including the development of HR IS strategy, business case and SI partner selection. Working with HR and IT leadership teams
Britvic – Programme leadership, senior stakeholder management & governance for the business transformation program. Worked closely with senior functional leaders to develop a target operating model for the global business; developed an end-to-end business case, overall programme timetable and delivery milestones, including setting up a PMO to ensure delivery and reporting to the board on progress. Successfully delivered target benefits to allow reinvestment in priority business areas, including M&A.
Defence Client – IT director and part of the BU leadership team for a £1bn business unit. Responsible for IT support and transforming business operational performance using technology. Developed and agreed on the BU IT strategy, 5-year implementation roadmap and standard operating model. Successfully implemented the IT roadmap across the Highways division
