Nadia Saeed
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Nadia is a senior project manager with a master's degree in business analytics and consulting from Warwick Business School, UK. She is an accredited Change Management Practitioner with over 12 years of experience leading projects to deliver business change. With a proven track record of leading teams to successfully plan and deliver projects and change initiatives within time and cost constraints, Nadia has recently worked at an FTSE 100 company in the UK.
Project Highlights
Expertise
Work Experience
Transformation/Change Management Lead
Crop Nutrition Company (via TopTal)
- Developed and led strategic change management and organization development initiatives, including strategy and planning, organizational design, change impact, stakeholder management, organizational readiness, communications, and engagement.
- Identified potential risks and resistance across individual teams and functions; partnered closely with key stakeholders to develop and implement actionable mitigation plans.
- Designed and implemented communications and stakeholder engagement plans, including identifying and defining methods and channels to drive the correct behavioral and organizational changes.
- Led and implemented change initiatives and captured synergies with related priorities and initiatives.
Operations and Change Management Consultant
Global Data Science Company (via TopTal)
- Executed change initiatives and supported the organization in adopting new initiatives and product changes, including improvements to ways of working and business processes.
- Managed operating model changes: assessed the change impact, conducted impact analyses, assessed change readiness, and managed all stakeholders by providing regular progress updates and managing expectations.
- Developed and ran training and upskilling engagements for new ways of working, documented requirements, and supported the design and delivery of training programs.
- Drove the finalization of the mid-term to long-term operating model, including role mapping and skill gap analysis.
- Consulted and coached cross-functional project teams.
- Led communication efforts and supported the design, development, delivery, and management of communications for stakeholders.
Transformation Projects and Change Manager
Severn Trent
- Facilitated workshops and completed data and process analysis, with benefits assessment to build the case for change and identify options for improvement.
- Planned the key change activities and delivery of the approved workstreams through the project lifecycle, ensuring that the project was delivered to quality within time and budget constraints.
- Managed the work and priorities of the project team and worked closely with other departments to plan and roll out technical and process changes required for delivering sustainable change.
- Managed stakeholders and communication at all levels, with regular project reporting and governance.
- Completed business impact assessments and made required changes to processes, systems, and technology.
- Led business readiness activities, including rolling out changes to job roles and organization structures and identifying training needs and content where required.
- Handled risk and issue management to monitor where project timescales and scope are impacted and delivered mitigation action plans.
- Implemented data collation protocols and reporting to allow measurement of change adoption and benefits.
- Led the delivery of the business change on the rollout of the card payment platform for 4.5 million customers, using Microsoft Dynamics for workflow management and end-to-end complaints, gap analysis, improvement of processes, and team restructures.
Senior Consultant
Elevate Services
- Updated e-billing software and streamlined operational processes.
- Implemented supplier selection and supplier management processes and systems.
- Processed mapping and data flow gap analysis and reporting processes for Tableau implementation.
- Improved a power of attorney (POA) set-up process and conducted an audit, a data validation exercise for the POA setup across the business globally, and requirement specifications for software customization.
Senior Project Manager
DLA Piper
- Launched a new client service in the UK and Australia.
- Established an international legal delivery center (LDC).
- Rolled out a legal project management capability within the business, including managing the build/customization and software implementation for legal project management.
- Implemented and rolled out a document automation system across international businesses.
Project Manager
University of Warwick
- Managed various projects to support the academic services in information management and monitoring objectives.
- Analyzed, improved, and redesigned processes involving data flow between Warwick Business School (WBS) and the central university to ensure efficiency and accuracy.
- Proposed automated solutions to process issues and coordinated with the software development unit to implement them.
- Identified system development and improvement requirements to aid management information recording and meet internal and external compliance requirements.
- Traced data relationships and dependencies within management information systems.
Project Coordinator
Learning and Skills Improvement Service
- Supported planning and delivery of a Microsoft CRM implementation.
- Redesigned and mapped business processes to incorporate the use of CRM functionality.
- Consolidated various supplier data sets, including data schema design and data cleansing activities.
- Managed system testing and customization for different user levels.
- Trained and supported system users across the organization, created user manuals and documentation of new business processes.
Assistant Manager - Business Systems Consulting
Sidat Hyder Morshed Associates, Pakistan (former member of Ernst & Young international)
- Managed stakeholders, oversaw the project plan's implementation, and provided progress and risk reports. Charged with project management of a business process reengineering and requirements specification program at a public sector institution.
- Completed process mapping of existing processes, conducted a gap analysis and proposed improvements to processes. Business analyst for software implementation projects at various clients in Pakistan, as-is and to-be processes designed and documented.
- Conducted business process analysis and reengineering of finance, human resources, operations, supply chain management, and project management processes.
- Supported implementation of Oracle Financials and procurement at Pakistan Oilfields Limited; conducted a gap analysis and gathered user requirements to assist module design.
- Worked on SAP Supply Chain Management implementation at Attock Refinery Limited; conducted BPR, gathered requirements, and managed data migration.
- Managed delivery of an SAP service and asset management implementation at FMCG client; carried out BPR and requirements gathering, maintained risk logs, progress reports, and client communication.
- Conducted business process reengineering at Comset Services Limited (UAE), which included business process evaluation (investigative interviewing and workshops) and business process mapping (As-Is/To-Be).
- Developed software requirements specifications for securities and exchange commission of Pakistan for an e-services implementation project, identified essential metrics and KPIs through information and data capture.
Project History
DHL Supply Chain
Planned and delivered project aiming to understand public sector supply chains and identify market opportunities for DHL
Card Payment Platform Upgrade
Oversaw the rollout of an online card payment platform for 4.5 million customers.
As a project manager, I oversaw project refinement, gathering of requirements, project planning, delivery, and governance. I ensured that the new system was integrated with all existing internal systems, users trained, and relevant communication rolled out while staying within budget.
Microsoft Dynamics for E2E Complaint Management
Spearheaded the rollout of Microsoft Dynamics to improve management and Power BI reporting of customer complaints and reduce SLAs.
Launch of an International Shared Service Center
Led the setup and launch of an international shared service center for a global organization.
Education
Master's Degree in Business Analytics and Consulting
University of Warwick - Coventry, United Kingdom
Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics and Computer Science
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) - Lahore, Pakistan
Certifications
Change Management Practitioner
APMG
Change Management Foundation
APMG International
PRINCE2 Practitioner Certification
AXELOS
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