Gareth Lofts

Angestellt, IT Service Desk Global Operations, BMW Group South Africa

Rosslyn, Südafrika

Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse

IT Operations management
SLA
Budget
Service Delivery
CRM
Siebel
ITIL
Continuous Improvement Project
6 Sigma
Global experience
Software Development and management
Fluent
Software
Manufacturing
Provider Management
Offshore Services
Global Management
Telecommunications
Scrum

Werdegang

Berufserfahrung von Gareth Lofts

  • Bis heute 5 Jahre und 11 Monate, seit Juli 2018

    IT Service Desk Global Operations

    BMW Group South Africa

    Responsible for the Global IT Service Desk within the BMW group

  • Bis heute 11 Jahre und 9 Monate, seit Sep. 2012

    Referent Global IT Helpdesks at BMW

    BMW Group

    During my time at BMW I was responsible for 2 areas, upon joining I was tasked with managing the transition of the 1st level services to new providers (for more details see my projects) Following completion of this project I focused on the task of integrating local business units into the global group standards,

  • 2 Jahre und 8 Monate, Jan. 2010 - Aug. 2012

    IT Operations Manager (World Wide)

    Alstom

    Global operations management of ALSTOM Powers CRM and Field Service applications. • Managing global operations and project teams (with Near and Off Shore teams). • Management of vendor relationships and compliance to SLAs • Budget management • Business Relationship management. • Managing the Incident and Change processes according to ITIL. During my time at ALSTOM I was also responsible for transitioning the provision of service to a near and off shore team and an continuous improvement project.

  • 1 Jahr und 8 Monate, Juni 2008 - Jan. 2010

    Siebel Business Analyst (World Wide)

    Alstom

    Business Analyst • Responsible for translating business requirements into IT solutions Siebel CRM and field force management tool. • Project Manager for the e-Learning tool development and roll out (for more details see projects) • End user training

  • 6 Monate, Jan. 2008 - Juni 2008

    IT Project Manager (BT GmbH)

    British Telecom GmbH

    IT Project Manager, Lead to Cash End to end project management of IT application development projects

  • 2 Jahre und 5 Monate, Sep. 2005 - Jan. 2008

    Sr Business Systems Analyst (EMEA)

    BEA Systems

    EMEA Siebel Business Analyst within the Sales Operations organisation, responsibilities including: Business analysis Ad Hoc consultancy services End user training and roll out management Single point of contact for the external user help desk Management of a continuous improvement project.

  • 3 Jahre und 2 Monate, Aug. 2002 - Sep. 2005

    Business Analyst/ Project Manager (EMEA)

    Cable and Wireless EMEA

    EMEA IT business analyst and project manager.

Ausbildung von Gareth Lofts

  • 1995 - 1998

    Politics and Philosophy

    University of Wales Swansea

Sprachen

  • Deutsch

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  • Englisch

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Interessen

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