ALEXANDRA NAUMANN

Took a planned career break to raise my children and provide full-time support at home while my husband worked away for extended periods. I am now fully ready, motivated, and enthusiastic to re-enter full-time employment and bring my experience and renewed focus to a new role.

• Supported day-to-day operations within a property development business, delivering clearer governance, documentation, and delivery oversight. Streamlined contracts, compliance workflows, and supplier relationships to protect quality and cost efficiency. Introduced practical process improvements that enhanced workflow visibility and operational control.

• Led workforce and resource management transformation projects for major UK and Australian law firms. Designed new operating models and implemented work allocation functions that improved utilisation, transparency, and employee experience. Managed consulting teams, guided stakeholders through change, and supported development of specialist resource management tools.
• Delivered operating models and process design for new work allocation teams
• Facilitated workshops to embed new ways of working
• Contributed to development of resource management software and best practice
• Represented the firm as a subject matter expert in legal resourcing

• Led an analyst team within the Intelligence, Strategy & Policy department. Oversaw budgets, workforce planning, and quality management initiatives, including ISO 9001 certification. Introduced structured workload planning and reporting disciplines that improved prioritisation, accountability, and visibility of team performance.

• Implemented a centralised work allocation model for the Capital Markets group (120 lawyers), increasing utilisation by 5–10% month-on-month. Developed reporting frameworks, integrated offshore support teams, and supported continuous improvement initiatives. Served as business lead for implementation of new work allocation software.

• Completed a diploma at the Inchbald School of Design and undertook freelance interior design projects.
• Maternity Leave

• Managed SAP demand across multiple sectors, aligning global and local workforce planning for a team of 220 consultants. Improved assignment closure rates by 75% and strengthened forecasting accuracy to support recruitment and capability planning.

• SAP consultant on international ERP programmes. Led process design workshops, logistics optimisation, and multi-country rollouts across Europe. Recognised as a key contributor to a 16-country implementation programme, delivering consistent systems and business process alignment.