Bob Cunningham, PROGRAMME MANAGER

Bob Cunningham

PROGRAMME MANAGER

INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Location
United Kingdom - Manchester
Education
High school or equivalent, Project Management
Experience
22 years, 4 Months

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Total years of experience :22 years, 4 Months

PROGRAMME MANAGER at INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
  • Saudi Arabia
  • March 2016 to April 2017

Lead and drive forward a range of IT related projects.
•Produce programme-level management information, plans, progress updates, steering packs, and ad-hoc analysis. Provide guidance on project management processes, procedures, tools and techniques.
•Prepare and maintain project plans, resource schedules and budgets.
•Manage dependencies and ensure that business benefits are clearly articulated and then fully realised.
•Manage relationships with stakeholders and third party vendors.
•Plan and design ISE/IM&T programmes and projects, proactively monitoring their progress, resolving issues and initiating appropriate corrective action, and defining programme's governance arrangements.
•Ensure effective quality assurance and overall integrity of programmes, focusing inwardly on internal consistency,
and outwardly on its coherence with infrastructure planning, interfaces with other programmes and corporate, technical and specialist standards in-line with the LCM framework.
•Manage programme budget of SAR300 million, monitor expenditure and costs against delivered and realised benefits.

PROJECT MANAGER/TRAINING MANAGER at BAE SYSTEMS SAUDI TRAINING - RIYADH
  • June 2015 to March 2016

Developed and managed Workspace/RDM events across KSA and UK arm of BASSA.
•Facilitated Workspace/RDM workshops and training sessions to meet businesses requirements.
•Oversaw LfE repository including developing intranet functionality.
•Generated metrics for evaluating business Workspace/RDM performance.
•Developed Document Creation Retention and Disposal (DCRD) process, including guidance and governance.
•Identified and evaluated project risks and benefits.

PROJECT MANAGER LFE at BAE SYSTEMS MARITIME - SUBMARINES
  • United Kingdom
  • September 2014 to July 2015

Developed and managed Annual Business Schedule of planned LfE events. A
•Facilitated LfE workshops to meet the businesses requirements.
•Developed the role and co-ordinatied work of LfE Working Group.

PROJECT MANAGER LFE at BAE SYSTEMS MARITIME - SUBMARINES
  • United Kingdom
  • September 2014 to July 2015

Developed and managed Annual Business Schedule of planned LfE events. A
•Facilitated LfE workshops to meet the businesses requirements.
•Developed the role and co-ordinatied work of LfE Working Group.

HEAD OF APPRENTICE AND SKILLS TRAINING at BAE SYSTEMS UK WIDE
  • United Kingdom
  • July 2007 to June 2014

•Oversaw 13 sites UK wide composed of 14 Training Managers, 68 staff - delivering to 1000+ apprentices.
•Introduced two new higher apprentice programmes (software and project management).
•Introduced e-portfolios saving the business 45% of apprentice costs across the whole business.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - CONTINUED

•Led BAE Systems UK wide apprenticeship programmes.
•Awarded - consistent top 100 UK apprentice programmes, UK Marcro apprenticeship of the year, four English advanced apprentice of the year, 6 Scottish Modern Apprentice of the year, Xchanging HR team of the year three out the four years.
•Supervised a team of site based training managers, professional staff and subcontractors ensuring customer requirements were achieved in line with National standards and targets.
•Collaborated with NVQ governing bodies and Skills Funding Agency to ensure BAE Systems apprentices were fully qualified in the field of engineering and business.
•Established and delivered apprenticeships, advanced apprenticeships and higher apprenticeships.
•Secured funding, distributed funds and reported funds for both BAE Systems business units to the amount of 6M.
•Led operations and drive quality across all programmes, ensuring they maintain their Ofsted grade 1 status.

MARCONI - ERRICSSON UK WIDE, UNITED KINGDOM

JUNIOR MANAGER at ROYAL CORPS OF SIGNALS HMF
  • June 1984 to January 1997

installation, maintenance, operation, and testing of satellite, Ptarmigan, microwave, VHF, HF and UHF military radio equipment.
•Supervision and training of both superiors and subordinates both in peacetime and on active tours. Management and control of UN and troop stores with a budget of up to £70M

JUNIOR MANAGER at ROYAL CORPS OF SIGNALS HMF
  • June 1984 to January 1997

installation, maintenance, operation, and testing of satellite, Ptarmigan, microwave, VHF, HF and UHF military radio equipment.
•Supervision and training of both superiors and subordinates both in peacetime and on active tours. Management and control of UN and troop stores with a budget of up to £70M

Education

High school or equivalent, Project Management
  • at Prince 2
  • August 2010

grades (math, art, biology and social studies), e-learning developer Cert, e-learning Management CERTIFICATES AMP Practitioner PRINCE 2 Practitioner City & Guilds Fibre at 5 Cabling City & Guilds, United Kingdom

High school or equivalent,

grades (math, art, biology and social studies), e-learning developer Cert, e-learning Management CERTIFICATES AMP Practitioner PRINCE 2 Practitioner City & Guilds Fibre at 5 Cabling City & Guilds, United Kingdom

Specialties & Skills

Management
Project Management
Training
ASSETS RECOVERY
BUDGETING
HUMAN RESOURCES
MARCONI
MICROWAVE
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
QUALITY

Languages

English
Expert
English
Expert