Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Websites
Accomplishments
Affiliations
Interests
References
Timeline
Manager
Willem Bisschoff

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

Cycling

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
Willem BisschoffProject Management Office Lead