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Willem Bisschoff
Project Management Office Lead
Centurion,GP
Summary
Professional Project Management Specialist with experience working with teams to accomplish short- and long-term project goals. Managed budgets and monitored project costs.
8+ years people management experience managing and coaching consultants and project managers.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages
Work History
PMO Lead
SAGE
Pretoria, South Africa, South Africa
10.2019 - Current
- Set up Project Management Office in services environment enabling governance, visibility and successful project roll-out.
- Liaise between professional services, legal, Business partners enablement, finance and sales to deliver expected result to clients.
- Manage, Enable and empower project Managers.
- Setup Project Governance in operational environment.
- Manage project risk during project contracting phase.
- Act as liaison between Clients and Business Partners.
- Contribute towards company sales targets and customer satisfaction rating.
- Provided training to end-users in Software implementation Industry, offering education in-person.
- Reported regularly to managers on project budget, progress and technical problems.
- Increased Project team utilization by over 10%.
X3 Engagement Manager
SAGE
Pretoria, South Africa, South Africa
03.2018 - 09.2019
- Manage client engagement from sales process to post implementation and maintenance phase.
- Liaison between professional services and sales to deliver expected result to clients.
- Assist project managers with delivery and execution on multiple projects.
- Performed coaching assisting team members through learning and growth process.
- Project Governance lead; increased process based operations.
- Act as liaison between Clients and Business Partners.
- Contribute towards company sales targets and customer satisfaction rating.
- Supervised work of contracted employees to keep on task for timely completion.
- Participated in team-building activities to enhance working relationships.
- Managed over 10 projects in this period.
Project Manager
SAGE
Pretoria, South Africa, South Africa
03.2016 - 09.2019
- Managing Software Implementation projects by using PMBOK methodology as guideline and management tool.
- Creating of Project Plans with MS Projects.
- Modified and directed project plans to meet organizational needs.
- Developed and initiated projects, managed costs, and monitored performance.
- Prepare for and lead progress meetings and Steering Committee meetings on regular basis during project implementations.
- Liaise with internal and external clients to achieve desired expectations.
- Enable project team leaders to develop and implement plans.
- Fostered relationships with vendors to promote positive working relationships.
- Managed over 50 projects in total.
Consulting Business Manager
SAGE
Pretoria, South Africa, South Africa
03.2017 - 02.2018
- Oversee project roll-out in various countries.
- Manage team of consultants and business partners to achieve company and department goals.
- Interacting with clients as central point of contact, liaising between various departments internal and external.
- Manage team members through frequent one on one discussions including coaching, performance measuring and general operational activities.
- Build relationships and establishing contracts for specific projects with clients.
- Manage consultant utilization and achieve utilization above 78% per consultant.
- Maintained energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment.
- Performed team building activities to increase team cohesion.
Project Team Leader
SAGE
Pretoria, South Africa, South Africa
09.2013 - 02.2016
- Managing Software Implementation projects by using PMBOK methodology as guideline and management tool.
- Managing multiple work streams with lead consultants per work stream.
- Defined project scope, goals and deliverables that supported company objectives in collaboration with management and stakeholders.
- Creating of Project Plans with MS Projects.
- Prepare for and lead progress meetings on regular basis during project implementations.
- Identified potential risks and devised contingency plans, preparing team members to avoid and respond promptly to possible obstacles.
- Provided ongoing cost and estimate analysis reporting and managed cost allocation.
- Communicated project expectations to team members and stakeholders to set tone for high productivity level.
- Managed over 50 projects in total.
Education
PMI PMP CertifiedPMP #2636761 -
Project Management Institute
International 11.2019 - 11.2019
Management Training -
Sage
Pretoria 01.2019 - 01.2019
BCOM - Tourism and Business management
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, GP 01.1999 - 01.2002
Skills
MS Office
Leadership
Customer relationship management
MS Excel
Risk Assessment Analysis
Project Timeline Generation
Project Status Reports
Governance Audits
Presentation Skills
Accomplishments
- Build Project Governance standards and monitoring tools during my time as a PMO
- Various Promotions during my career at Sage
- TEAM OF THE YEAR 2017 (UBA – X3 People) The received this whilst I was managing the project and team
- Multiple achiever awards at Sage
- Senior Consultant of the year 2009 - Highest billing
- Supervised project teams of up to 21 project members reporting to me directly
Affiliations
- Project Management Institute
Interests
Golf
Fishing
Farming
References
Previous Manager:
Sage Professional Services Director
Quentin Whittal
contact detail available on request
Current Colleague:
Sage Senior Project Manager
Sandra Botes
contact detail available on request
Timeline
PMI PMP CertifiedPMP #2636761 -
Project Management Institute
11.2019 - 11.2019
PMO Lead
SAGE
10.2019 - Current
Management Training -
Sage
01.2019 - 01.2019
X3 Engagement Manager
SAGE
03.2018 - 09.2019
Consulting Business Manager
SAGE
03.2017 - 02.2018
Project Manager
SAGE
03.2016 - 09.2019
Project Team Leader
SAGE
09.2013 - 02.2016
BCOM - Tourism and Business management
University of Pretoria
01.1999 - 01.2002