Didier J. Fernandez
RETIRED Senior IT Programme/ Project Manager - Principal Consultant
Project Management (Agile & Water Fall)
Enterprise Architecture
SAP Deployment
Business Process Management
Energy
62 years old
Driving License
Lyon (69160) France
Professional Status
Employed
Unavailable
About Me
I am an experienced IT Programme/Project Manager and Consultant with a proven track record of delivering complex, multinational programmes on time and within budget, particularly in the Oil & Gas and Consumer & Industrial Packaged Goods sectors. My career is built on driving results through strategic planning, cross-functional collaboration, and meticulous execution.
Recognized as an innovative self-starter and pragmatic leader, I’m passionate about problem-solving and delivering reliable outcomes. With strong intercultural and interpersonal skills, I am adept at navigating diverse environments, fostering collaboration across global teams, and managing the complexities of international projects.
I lead by example, striving to create an open, honest, and empowering work culture that values mutual respect and encourages team members to reach their full potential. My focus is always on delivering high-impact results while building sustainable, positive relationships within the teams I manage.
Recognized as an innovative self-starter and pragmatic leader, I’m passionate about problem-solving and delivering reliable outcomes. With strong intercultural and interpersonal skills, I am adept at navigating diverse environments, fostering collaboration across global teams, and managing the complexities of international projects.
I lead by example, striving to create an open, honest, and empowering work culture that values mutual respect and encourages team members to reach their full potential. My focus is always on delivering high-impact results while building sustainable, positive relationships within the teams I manage.
- Track record of successful delivery of complex IT and business transformation programmes across international boundaries
- Skilled at business process management, quality assurance, data management, budgetary, planning & resource management
- Good reporting and communications skills
- Part of the leadership teams, I worked through the full lifecycle of 2 major global ERP programmes (SAP and OED) for the Oil & Gas Downstream businesses, in multiple global or country design and deployment roles
- Bridging the business and IT, I partner with the businesses to deliver value, via my knowledge of sales and supply chain of the fuel (bulk), consumer & industrial (packaged) products across a number of direct and indirect B2C and B2B channel of trades
- Deep understanding of how business process effectiveness impacts business delivery and customer satisfaction
- Constant drive to improve the “As Is” and embed “silent running” as the norm
- Prepared to challenge current practices, innovative in developing new approaches and eliminating waste
- Communicate strategic direction and rationale
- Show passion and enthusiasm for shared mission and business goals
- Encourage innovation, appropriate risk taking and a continuous improvement culture, enabling staff to be comfortable with and embrace the value in change
- Significant leadership experience in multi-cultural environments, having worked across 5 continents for long periods of time
- Seek to create win/ win partnership, through sourcing procurement and active, onshore and offshore, supplier relationship management; in particular by building in depth understanding of mutual needs
- Programme Management
- Project Management
- Project Delivery
- Business Analysis
- Enterprise Architecture
- ERP Implementation
- SAP Implementation
- Change Management
- Business Transformation
- Business Process Management
- Business Process Improvement
- Process Engineering
- PMO
- Software Development Methodologies
- Team Leadership
- Management Consulting
- IT Strategy
- Management Consulting
- Oil & Gas Industry
- Petroleum Systems