Tara Berry

Tara Berry Mobile | - | Adelaide Profile Tara is a highly driven Project Management and Digital Marketing Consultant that delivers against client requirements within strict timescales, whilst maintaining high standards of quality. Having global experience, she adapts quickly to new challenges and diverse cultural environments to ensure the best outcomes are delivered whilst ensuring local cultural sensitivity is considered. With extensive experience working remotely on global projects, Tara is well adapted to working across diverse time zones and managing time effectively within highly autonomous environments. She is proactive in seeking continuous improvement and a balanced mix of high-standards, pragmatism and flexibility to ensure the timely delivery of quality objectives. Tara is an excellent communicator working closely with key Global C-Level stakeholders to manage requirements, expectations and to gain support in favour of project objectives whilst retaining strong business value Skills & Competencies Digital Marketing & Graphic Design Certified Customer Acquisition Specialist (Paid Traffic Mastery Course, Digital Marketer) Certified Direct-Response Copywriting Specialist (Direct-Response Copywriting Mastery Course, Digital Marketer) Digital marketing expertise across variety of platforms including Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube, Google and Bing Design & Development of Websites using WordPress, Wix and Squarespace Extensive ClickFunnels & Converti expertise developing digital sales funnels, landing pages and bridge pages Copywriting for advertising, social media and website content Basic video editing using Fimora9, iMovie and Loom Extensive graphic design using Canva and Visme for eBooks, social media, lead magnets, worksheets, templates etc Content scheduling & Social Media Management using Tailwind and Sendible Email marketing & list management using Aweber and Active Campaign Design & development of corporate intranet using Unily Project Management & General Prince2 Practitioner Certified Advanced Excel, MS Project and Visio expertise Strong understanding of Project, Program and Change Management within an international Consulting Environment across diverse industries Design and implement business process improvement activities Excellent PMO and benefits management realisation expertise Proven ability to influence and negotiate Ability to identify and develop effective relationships with stakeholders at all levels including C-Level Demonstrated experience in business development and key account management Excellent communication skills – assertive, credible and confident Motivated to achieve results Ability to manage self, time and a team Production of various business, operational & financial reports for C-Level Board meetings and Global Program Steer-Co Meetings Business operational & financial assessments for budget, forecasting & board reporting Comprehensive knowledge of the international recruitment & consulting markets across diverse industries including Oil & Gas, Mining, Financial Services, Health Insurance, Cyber Security, Management Consulting and IT Diverse system and platform experience including Salesforce, KeyedIn, SharePoint, Various CRM systems, Xero Accounting, Office365 Suite, Workday, Slack, ClickUp, MS Teams, Monday and Unily Page | 1 Tara Berry Mobile | - Career Summary Your Direction Your Lifestyle Kantar Group- UK & AUS United Outcomes- UK Practicus- UK Practicus- Asia Practicus- UK WorkPac - AUS Pursuit People Solutions- AUS PKI Solutions / York Civil- AUS Hays Specialist Recruitment- AUS Taurus Recruitment- UK Arcedia Marketing Pty Ltd- UK Director- PM Consultancy & Digital Marketing Project & PMO Manager Senior Consultant- Project Delivery Head of Resource Management & Community Associate Director- Resource Management & Projects Associate Director- Consulting Resources Management Technical Consultant Team Leader- Senior Consultant Recruitment & Operations Senior Consultant Recruitment Consultant Sales Consultant Oct 2018-Present Dec 2018-Jan 2021 April 2016- Dec 2018 July 2015- April 2016 April 2014- July 2015 Sept 2013- April 2014 June 2010- July 2013 Feb 2010-June2010 June 2009- Feb 2010 Sept 2005-April 2009 May 2004- Nov 2004 Oct 2003- May 2004 Employment History Your Direction Your Lifestyle Pty Ltd (United Kingdom & Australia) Established in October 2018 Your Direction Your Lifestyle is a Digital Marketing and Project Management Consultancy partnering with clients to deliver a variety of projects supporting business & technology change. October 2018- Present: Founder & Director • Project & PMO Consultant for global business change and transformation projects • Affiliate Marketer for global online training provider • Online Business Coach and leader for starting online businesses • Experienced digital marketer across social media, YouTube and Google • Website and Sales Funnel design • Content marketing and copywriting • Video editing, content creation and graphic design Kantar Group Ltd (United Kingdom & Australia) Kantar is a data and evidence-based consumer insights agency, with over 28,000 employees globally covering 90 markets. They assist their clients in understanding their customers to help improve brand awareness, attracting more consumers, increasing brand penetration and financial success. Kantar is a global leader in providing consumer insights by collecting and analysing data, including AI and machine learning. December-: Project & PMO Consultant- Your Direction Your Lifestyle Pty Ltd In 2019 Kantar was acquired by private equity firm and Tara was engaged as a Project & PMO Consultant within the global HR team to deliver transition projects across the HR function globally. Responsible for work stream and project reporting, setting up/maintaining project plans and RAID log, managing and reporting savings/milestones against program targets to global stakeholder groups and delivered project close out with lessons learned. Key projects included: • • • • • • • • AUS- Designed and development internal intranet sites using Unily UK- PMO and Project Manager for global restructure (780 redundancies & USD$34.8M savings) UK- Pre-sale preparation of employee data, functions, costs & savings initiatives AUS- Project managed the transition of 90 employees from independently run company into global parent company AUNZ- Project managed transition of 140 employees onto Workday AUNZ- Supported Australian Finance Transformation by leading HR Workstream associated with Legal Entity Rationalisation (AUS 10 entities down to 4), supported implementation of new finance systems and function restructure with HR data and HR activities associated AUS- Completed HR Function review and improvement recommendations to align with Kantar Global HR Model and Strategy AUS- Developed plan for setting up and implementing WHS function for AUNZ- pilot for global roll out Page | 2 Tara Berry Mobile | - • • AUS- Project managed the implementation of new Real Estate, Facilities and Work, Health & Safety Function AUS- Project managed implementation of global HR Model locally, including new frameworks, documenting processes and policies United Outcomes (United Kingdom) formerly Practicus Ltd United Outcomes is an organisation that is on a mission, to change the way people feel about Consultancy. This is our emotional purpose which makes what we do more enjoyable, and ultimately helps us better deliver change for our customers. April 2016- December 2018: Senior Consultant- Project Delivery Working within the United Outcomes Outcome Delivery team, supporting the delivery Business and IT Change projects with a focus on Program and Project Delivery, Program Management Office (PMO) and Benefits Management across a diverse client portfolio. PMO and Program Consultant- Bupa Global UK Bupa are a global Health and Insurance provider, which has grown by acquisition, located in 190 countries and employ over 86,000 employees globally. Due to constant changes in technology and the constant threat of cyber breaches, Bupa are undergoing a global cyber security uplift and transformation. Tara was engaged to set up and imbed the Global Information Security Transformation Program’s (GIST) PMO function, developing project tools, templates, reporting structure, processes and governance. Change Control, Dependency Management, Project Delivery Framework, Risk and Issue Management were all key functions and processes that Tara had imbedded to enable the Program to be delivered in a structured and controlled way, providing a consistent approach to reporting to program sponsors and stakeholders at Board level. PMO and Program Consultant- Allica Bank (formerly CivilisedBank) UK CivililsedBank’s “Build The Bank” Program was a Program established to build and launch a new UK Challenger bank. Tara was engaged to deliver PMO and Program consultancy across the entire Program which includes over 10 workstreams within two focus areas, IT Build & Operations Build Projects. The IT build includes the implementation of a Core Banking System with a Digital Customer Interface. PMO and Program Consultant - Kantar Group (WPP Group) UK Kantar embarked on a large-scale global transformation across a number of their operational functions including HR. The main driver for the HR Transformation (HR for The Future- HR4TF) is, right-sizing the HR function globally to fit changes to Kantar business structure. United Outcomes was engaged to support the HR4TF Program in delivering their new Target Operating Model. As the PMO and Program Consultant Tara set up and ran the PMO for the USD$12.4M Program, whilst supporting the Global Program Manager and Project Board in providing extensive HR data management and analysis, delivered program benefits and cost reporting, and undertook general PMO activities such as work stream/program project reporting, maintaining the project plan and creating, imbedding and maintaining RAIDD Log. In addition, there is a strong emphasis on Benefits Management Realisation and Tara was responsible for, managing and reporting against Program Targets to global stakeholder groups. Project Consultant– Lloyds Banking Group UK The main outcome of the project was to roll out a standard CIO engagement framework that could be embedded into existing governance and would lend itself to proactive project planning across the portfolio. Supporting the Lead Project Manager, Tara was a key contributor to the creation and submission of the Business Case for this project. Tara produced process maps & Infograms, financial & business benefit analysis, project delivery plan, contributed to stakeholder and vendor workshops and provided general PMO & project support to the overall Business Case delivery. Page | 3 Tara Berry Mobile | - July 2015- April 2016: Head of Resource Management & Community Management of the Community Frontline Team (CFT) consisting of 6 consultants, which is the resourcing function within the UK Consulting business, whilst delivering various business improvement initiatives to enhance the productivity and efficiency of the team. Project Delivery Completed as-is assessments of the UK resource function to identify quick wins for standardising operational processes including recruitment, project & resource management Identified key areas of improvement to improve operational effectiveness within the team Developed and embedded new business processes to improve resourcing quality and time for new projects Redesigned quality documentation for ongoing use within the resourcing life cycle Successfully developed and delivered business case for the selection and implementation of a new Candidate Management tool Project managed the roll out of the selected Candidate Management tool RDB, including new business processes, training plan and change management communication Developed various reports to manage and review the CFT’s activity and performance Resource & Recruitment Management Day-to-day team management- mentoring & training, weekly 121 meetings, quarterly reviews and performance management Daily management of project pipeline to ensure all projects are fully resourced in a timely manner Produced weekly reports on the business utilisation status Produced and managed weekly reports on Business Development Leads for the Business Development team Produced monthly reports on the Community- Permanent Vs Engaged Delivered monthly Practicus Inductions for new community members Contributed to the ongoing improvement of company IP such as proposals, inductions, client mobilisations and internal training modules Practicus Asia Ltd (Hong Kong) The Hong Kong office was established in 2013 and has gone through significant growth over this short period, not only from the team perspective, but also its maturity in the market place and the clients that is has partnered with across a number of industries including Financial Services, Telecommunications, Aviation and Investment Banking. April 2014- July 2015: Associate Director- Resource Management, Projects & Operations Developed, implemented and embedded Practicus best practice for project & resource management, recruitment, business development and operations, whilst ensuring the Practicus Culture is adopted and promoted throughout the business. Project Delivery Completed as-is assessments of the business to identify quick wins for standardising operational processes including recruitment, project & resource management, business development and account management Identify key areas of improvement to improve operational effectiveness Designed and implemented business improvement initiatives across all functions Designed and delivered business development strategy and defined go to market propositions for the Business Development team Designed skills and capability matrix to identify areas of focus for recruiting new talent and understanding capability strengths and development areas for the delivery team Developed and embedded account plans for strategic accounts for Directors Organisational and Role Design for each position within the business, including the delivery of new position descriptions and competency framework for promotions aligned with the UK Business Designed and implemented resource management plan against project pipeline for ongoing reporting and management Lead business initiatives for the improvement of the delivery team’s average utilisation and increase margin percentages through building credibility with clients, implementing new standard rate card and recruiting the right level talent Page | 4 Tara Berry Mobile | - Resource & Recruitment Management Reactively and proactively resource projects for strategic key accounts Demonstrated key differentiators of our approach at every stage of the recruitment process Identified new talent based on project pipeline and business growth strategy Increased head count from 15 to 24 within the delivery team over a 14 month period Business Development & Service Delivery Developed and maintained quality relationships with new and existing clients Provide a consistent high level of customer service Demonstrated key differentiators of our approach at every stage of the sales process Investigated and identified key sector drivers Built and grow the Practicus presence within Hong Kong Build, grow and maintained key stakeholder relationships Contribute and deliver pre-sales activities with proposals, presentations and meetings Practicus Ltd (United Kingdom) September 2013- April 2014: Associate Director- Consulting O&G Developed consulting opportunities for the delivery team and recruited suitable personnel in accordance with client and project requirements as outlined in SOW’s. Business Development and Service Delivery Developed new consulting opportunities for the delivery team Built a strong network of Practitioners who had a proven track record of delivery within the O&G industry Reactively resourced opportunities, including resourcing for strategic key accounts within the O&G Portfolio Developed detailed knowledge of the Program, Project and Change Management market and secured business within that market Developed and maintain quality relationships across the business and with external stakeholders Provided a consistent high level of customer service Built and grow the Practicus presence across the UK and within the O&G market Delivered resourcing requirements within expected timescales by following the standard Practicus quality processes Liaised with Clients and Candidates on a daily basis in order to generate, leads, business opportunities and meetings Delivered all requirements meeting the Practicus Model, complete with associated measures of quality WorkPac Group Pty Ltd (Technical Professional -Adelaide & Melbourne) WorkPac Pty Ltd is an Australian-owned, national recruitment company that specialises in providing human resource services for the mining, construction, engineering and manufacturing industries and provide an excellent level of service and support for clients and candidates throughout Australia. June 2010-July 2013: Resource Management Technical Consultant Responsible for the recruitment of suitable personnel in accordance with client requirements as outlined in Job Orders assigned by Business Development Managers. In addition, maximised individual fee performance, specialising in Mining, Oil & Gas, Construction and Engineering. Account Management and Service Delivery Identified client opportunities through client visits to build and maximise relationships Developed a range of effective candidate attraction strategies Evaluated candidate skills and match to job requirements Facilitated the recruitment placement process including status of positions registered, suitability of candidates and feedback from candidates after interviews Facilitated the recruitment placement process including status of candidate applications, suitability, expectations, feedback from interviews and opportunities available For remote site based placements, managed the client/site specific processes and logistics such as preemployment medicals, site access, inductions, flights and accommodation Page | 5 Tara Berry Mobile | - Managed ongoing logistics management of site based contractors Coordinated with WorkPac credit department and client to ensure purchase orders were valid for placed contractors Completed regular visits to BHPB Olympic Dam mine site to maximise business and strengthen client/candidate relationships, facilitate OSH interaction activities and promote safe work practices Undertook dispute resolution- both client and candidate Pursuit People Solutions Pty Ltd February 2010-June 2010: Team Leader-Senior Consultant Assisted Directors in the day-to-day running of the business, including team performance management, implantation of new management procedures and in-house recruitment. In addition, maximise individual fee performance, specialising in, but not limited to, Construction and Property industries, by effectively managing all aspects of the recruitment process in a timely and effective manner. Business development and delivering to end recruitment Leadership & Culture Management of recruitment team Implementation of new processes & procedures PKI Solutions Pty Ltd/York Civil Pty Ltd June 2009- February 2010: Recruitment and Administration Consultant Assist in the day-to-day running of the business including candidate management, clients and general administration within the Civil Construction Industry. Implementation of process improvement Service Delivery Day-to-day management of temporary labour hire staff- OHS, timesheets etc Developed, documented and implemented improved business processes and procedures Developed a range of effective candidate attraction strategies Evaluated candidate skills and match to job requirements Facilitated the recruitment placement process including status of positions registered, suitability of candidates and feedback from candidates after interviews Induction of candidates ensuring pre-employment medicals are confirmed and manage results accordingly Managed the process of timesheets and complete weekly payroll using MYOB Premier for over 80 temporary employees and processed weekly invoices and accounts Delivered general administration for daily operations Hays Specialist Recruitment- Construction & Property Adelaide June 2008- April 2009: Senior Consultant Hays Property & Facilities Management July 2006-June: 2008: Consultant Hays Architecture Sept 2005-July 2006: Trainee Consultant Hays Architecture Referees & Portfolio Available Upon Request Page | 6