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YEJIDE TAIWO OMOGBENIGUN

Milton Keynes

Summary

As a skilled and driven professional with over a decade of experience, I have successfully developed and implemented strategies, managed complex projects, and led digital transformations for both early-stage startups and large-scale enterprises. My expertise lies in analyzing data, conducting market research, and collaborating with diverse teams to drive organizational growth. I have managed strategy and transformational program management engagements across multiple industries in the Middle East and Africa. My exceptional communication skills have enabled me to build strong trust-based relationships, exceed client expectations, and drive consensus for critical initiatives. I am confident in my ability to deliver outstanding results and significantly impact any project or organization I work with. I am seeking opportunities to leverage my expertise in solving complex business challenges.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work history

Strategy and Program Manager

3LINE Card Management Limited
01.2020 - 11.2022
  • Built 13 new business partnerships to drive customer acquisition and generated N327m (£327,000) additional revenue
  • Partnered with internal and external agency teams to create innovative strategies and implement marketing plans that drive awareness, engagement, and product adoption
  • Conducted in-depth market analysis, reviewing competitors and consumer behaviours to inform strategic planning and product changes to enhance customer interest and maximise sales
  • Improved business prospects by unearthing the root causes of recurring issues and developing impactful solutions
  • Provided oversight and collaboration through excellent documentation, organisational, analytical and communication
  • Collated consumer data for product preference analysis and campaign optimisation.

Strategy Consultant/ Project Implementation

IBM Nigeria
08.2014 - 06.2019
  • Realised a 12% operational performance improvement through innovative task scheduling and identifying key clients and priority service lines
  • Engaged project sponsors and facilitated discussions with stakeholders to make complex decisions
  • This included preparing and presenting written and oral presentations to senior executives on project status (weekly/monthly status reports), resource management as well as managing other project communications such as (1) status reports to stakeholders, business units, vendors, project team, and (2) metrics/assumptions on budget, time, and risk
  • Established a comprehensive risk and issue-tracking process that improved communication and issue resolution, reducing complaint resolution time from 19 days to 6 days over two 30-day cycles
  • Adequately planned and tightly managed the scope, costs, cross- functional teams, and the life-cycle of a project and multi-country projects.

Consultant, Digital Strategy &iX

IBM Dubai
06.2012 - 07.2014
  • Managed the PMO in delivering the enterprise transformation programme
  • It involved a total IT overhaul, multiple supplier contracts, and a complete infrastructure refresh valued at over $ 50 million to the Department for Defence
  • Supported the unit in delivering an entire project portfolio (3 programmes and 17 projects) towards fulfilling their committed obligations to the Road and Transport Authority
  • Meticulously handled the resource management for an HR project team of ninety (90) consultants
  • Accurately tracked all contracts, subcontracts, purchase orders and change orders to maintain projects' schedules and costs
  • Responsible for managing the entire RAID process; this involved Identifying, logging, and tracking Project Risks, Issues, Assumptions and Dependencies in appropriate logs and facilitating risk workshops
  • Ensured the project team followed the internal IBM business process controls, policies, standards, data security and privacy guidelines with zero (0%) bypass
  • Lead process-improvement focus groups as part of the process to achieve functional designs.

Business Transformation Consultant

Corporate Leisure Limited
01.2011 - 05.2012
  • Oversaw analysing and evaluating key market statistics and customer requirements to define strategies and identify products that increased the customer base by 8%
  • Meticulously monitored sales and marketing department budget, minimising excess spending by 6.5%
  • Enhanced outbound sales cycle by 83% by designing and implementing a customer acquisition platform for training and managing technical sales personnel
  • Prepared pricing strategies aligned with the budget to meet customers' needs
  • Led and conducted an in-depth analysis of business performance versus business goals
  • Oversaw sales, marketing, and business development goals and presented the report to the Managing Director
  • Streamlined post-sales support to increase customer retention rate among enterprise clients by 27%
  • Tracked performance and identified business improvement trends.

Procurement Analyst

Cityscape Limited
07.2009 - 09.2009
  • Secured and maintained trade relationships with 35 clients to achieve sales and trade goals
  • Worked to develop and implement purchasing and inventory management plans that reduced inventory costs by 24%

Inventory Supervisor

Guinness Nigeria Plc
02.2007 - 03.2008
  • Created and monitored key indicator metrics from order placement to product delivery that reduced inventory holding costs by 9%.

Education

Master of Business Administration -

Lagos Business School

Bachelor of Science - Microbiology

Olabisi Onabanjo University

Skills

  • Stakeholder Management
  • Leadership skills
  • Strategic Planning and Analysis
  • Program Management
  • Project Management
  • Market Research and Competitive Intelligence
  • Data Analysis and Interpretation
  • Business Process Optimization
  • Problem Solving and Decision Making
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Presentation and Communication Skills
  • Strong Analytical skills
  • Third-Party/ Vendor Management
  • Problem-solving and Decision-making
  • Risk, issue and dependency management
  • Excellent interpersonal skills


TECHNICAL SKILLS

  • MS Office Suite, including MS Project, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Visio Project and Portfolio Management systems such as Clarity and PlanView Agile and Waterfall methodologies

Accomplishments

  • Distinction from the IBM Global Sales School
  • Certified IBM design thinking Practitioner
  • IBM Manager's Choice Award (2014-2017)
  • Certified IBM Blockchain Consultant (Foundation level)
  • Graduated top 3 of 30 participants from different African regions in the IBM LEAD Africa leadership Program

Interests

 Mentoring & coaching, reading, travelling, Watching Formula 1, interior decorating.

Additional Information

Volunteer Consultant in Expert-in-Residence Sessions for Goldman Sachs Women's Enterprise & Leadership (WEL) Program organised by Enterprise Development Services (EDS) arm of Pan Atlantic University aimed at empowering 10,000 women.

Languages

English
Fluent
French
Upper intermediate

Timeline

Strategy and Program Manager

3LINE Card Management Limited
01.2020 - 11.2022

Strategy Consultant/ Project Implementation

IBM Nigeria
08.2014 - 06.2019

Consultant, Digital Strategy &iX

IBM Dubai
06.2012 - 07.2014

Business Transformation Consultant

Corporate Leisure Limited
01.2011 - 05.2012

Procurement Analyst

Cityscape Limited
07.2009 - 09.2009

Inventory Supervisor

Guinness Nigeria Plc
02.2007 - 03.2008

Master of Business Administration -

Lagos Business School

Bachelor of Science - Microbiology

Olabisi Onabanjo University

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