Selosse Thomas
EMEA PMO Manager - Global IT, Marsh Ltd.
Head of Project Management Office (PMO)
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) since 2005 and Prince2 Practitioner since 2000.
- Skilled and diligent professional offering 12 years of experience in delivering multimillion-dollar complex and time-critical projects and programs for the financial, wireless and government industries.
- Decisive leader, with demonstrated team building and development skills, and 7 years of experience as Head of the PMO.
- Trouble-shooter, who combines strong business acumen with the ability to conceive efficient solutions, thrives on challenge and works effectively with all levels and cultures.
- Dependable achiever seeking to join a dynamic organization to champion best-in-class operational and project management practices.
Specialties
Project Management • Program Management • PMO Launch & Management • Project Portfolio Management (PPM) • Project Management Methodology (PMM) • Reorganization and Culture Change • Strategic business planning • Recruitment and Employee Management • Resource allocation and leveling • Budget management and cost avoidance • Scope and change management • Risk management and contingency planning • Process improvement • Team building and training
31 contacts2003 - 2010Reporting to VP of Operations & Customer Delivery. Budget : USD 130,000 ; team of 5 employees.
- Responsible for overseeing the management of projects and programs within the U.S. division
- Perform project selection and Project Portfolio Management (PPM)
- Track project status and provide visibility to management
- Establish and deploy a common set of project management processes and templates
- Adapt project management methodology to industry best practices and company culture
- Provide training (internal or outsourced) and coaching services to Project Managers
Achievement:
Install new plant in Mexico.
05/06 – 03/07
Contract Value: USD 10,000,000
Negotiated Scope of Work, prepared Business Case and got the buy-in from Executives. Oversaw plant layout preparation, building improvement specifications and ongoing construction. Directly supervised core project team of 17 Directors, 2 Project Managers, 1 General Contractor and 6 Contractors. Managed contract closeout after early termination for convenience and reduced financial exposure from USD 6M to 2.5M.
2002 - 2003Set-up GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) Personalization. Coordinated and oversaw all aspects of projects: setting deadlines, assigning responsibilities, monitoring progress and preparing reports for upper management.
Achievement:
T-Mobile USA
01/2002 – 01/2003
Contract Value: USD 3,100,000
T-Mobile (3rd largest GSM operator in the US) contracted with OCS for the manufacture, personalization and fulfillment of 1.1 million SIM Cards. Project involved the preparation of the platform, systems, process and resources required for this 1st wireless client in the US and to make OCS Rancho Dominguez a self-sufficient GSM personalization site. Completed technology and knowledge transfer from France so that 20% of the production was entirely produced in L.A.(California), which helped increase our local margin by 15%. Project was completed on budget and to expectations.
2000 - 2002Armed with PRINCE2 Practitioner certificate, delivered many large projects by managing cross-functional departments. Developed new business processes and managed 2 direct reports.
- Facilitated the agreement on project objectives, scope, deliverables and acceptance criteria between clients and OCS business stakeholders.
- Worked with technical teams to allocate resources, plan the work and monitor product delivery in a timely, cost-efficient and quality-driven fashion.
- Organized the phased delivery of products, achieving commitments to customers.
Achievement:
Microelectonics
11/2000 – 12/2001
Contract Value: USD 4,000,000
Project: Install a microelectronics line in Tewkesbury (UK) able to convert silicon wafers and printed circuit tapes into completed micro-modules ready for embedding. Sourced materials, managed contractors, coordinated workflow, ensured budgets and milestones were maintained. Team included 6 contractors and 53 resources.Business objectives were exceeded with 40-million chips/year capacity and roughly 90% of our embedding capacity was met with local production. Generated immediate savings of over $ 1,000,000.
1999 - 2000Reporting to Operations Director, moved the business forward by defining the role and scope of the project in the most strategically important sector for the N.E. region .
- Liaised with sales and operations to best allocate existing and new customers
- Worked with other OCS sites to uncover best practices and actively pursued subcontracting options for improved cost/benefits ratio
- Engaged additional resources, trained staff and brought about a culture change
Achievement:
Global Systems for Mobile communications (GSM)
06/1999 – 03/2000
Contract Value: USD 1,240,000
Ensure UK plant could host end-to-end GSM personalisation services by Q4 1999. 1st GSM card was produced in August and by December 99, we had already issued 500 000 units. Accounted for implementing the project to time, cost and performance objectives. Led a cross-functional team of 19 people, doubling our capacity, growing our market share by 27%.
1998 - 1999Reporting to Technical Support Manager.
- Interfaced with customers and internal stakeholders to define the project scope.
- Managed staff across departments to meet project objectives.
- Worked to solve commercial and strategic issues
Achievement:
ICO Global Communications
03/1998 – 09/1999
Contract Value: USD 500,000
ICO initiated a program to procure SIM cards in quantities for the launch of a global satellite based communication service. Oversaw the design and development of ICO SIM cards and coordinated their integration with the User Terminals and the ICO system. Established the order management and provisioning system for the ICO SIMs. Generated revenues over $280,000 as project was closed due to client bankruptcy.
