Project management office director
Societe des alcools du quebec
Total years of experience :33 years, 8 Months
• In charge of a team of 20 project managers and 6 project control officers; Portfolio of 50 projects, value of 350 million $
• Succeeded in transforming the project management office for better project performance and better portfolio management : processes, tools, culture, etc.
• Leaded a companywide project prioritization aligned with company strategic goals for both IT and non-IT projects: tools development, stakeholders coordination and negotiation.
• Planned the global company project portfolio of 64 projects, analyzed portfolio financially, assigned project managers, built business cases, prepared project definition and launched projects.
• Monitored continuously projects based on KPI, diagnosed and rescued problem projects.
• Built business cases, prepared project definition and launched projects.
• Prepared and presented company project portfolio health status to the company Board
Management of a large project including the RFP stage and the selection of a solution and an integrator (Siemens). The project consists in selecting and implementing a meter data management solution and integrating the solution to the existing HydroQuébec application landscape, including SAP :
• Planned, managed and delivered the selection phase for solution and Integrator (RFP)
• Planned the implementation phase and organized it into a multi-project program.
• Managed day-to-day activities and tracked and reported progress to management committees.
• Managed the relationship with Siemens, the suppliers and the Integrator
BI and data analytics is becoming increasingly important in organizations in these times of availability of numerous and high-value enterprise data. Responsible to transform its sectoral and departmental "Analytics" into a transversal analysis for the benefit of the entire organization.
• In charge of developing the overall program delivery strategy.
• Defined and organized the initiative into a multi-stream program (5 projects)
• Planned the global program and the various projects start.
• Implemented governance, developed budgets, staffed and planned the work at the program level.
• Managed day-to-day program activities and reported progress to various committees.
• Coordinated and supervised the projects that are part of the program.
• Reported to senior management
Implementing an ERP solution specific to the recovery industry (ELEMOS) and integrate this solution with SAP into an Agile mode.
• Planned and organized and managed global client project.
• Managed supplier contract and delivery
• Coordinated multi-site teams in a mixed context (some teams in waterfall mode and others in Agile)
This crisis was related banking compliance products.
• Built awareness, gathered team and put in place quick response to control most urgent effects of the crisis.
• Diagnosed the overall situation, developed a plan for short, medium and long-term.
• Coordinated stakeholders’ discussions and negotiations for project prioritization and portfolio financial analysis.
• Implemented the plans, controlled evolution of plans execution.
• Make changes to existing project management office for better project performance.
• Reported continuously to Board.
Planned salesforce project portfolio; Started projects; Assigned project managers, Tracked suppliers projects status, Reported to senior management; Managed relationship with internal customers and stakeholders
Project Turnaroud.
Took over a problem project. Modernized and streamlined development processes and infrastructure (DevOps) to deal with the increasing number of projects to be delivered
Various SAP projects and ERP and CRM projects
Various implementations