Sohandeep Digpal

A highly driven and focussed University graduate, with over 3 years’ experience within IBM, and over 8 years’ experience within various other industries.  After joining the graduate programme at IBM, I developed skills in commercial awareness, attention to detail, teamworking, effective communication and strong networking skills.  I gained experience in software packages such as Oracle HCM, SAP, S4/hana, MS Office (Excel advanced user).  My role was Business transformation consultant where I was responsible for software implementation, early life support, and providing effective and sustainable solutions to client requirements.

I am very passionate about helping other people to develop and reach their full potential.  I am a strong advocate of mental health matters, and I designed an initiative within the workplace, which helped people access options to gain help for their own well-being and self-development.  My core values are hard work, logical reasoning and problem solving, leadership, altruism, teamworking,and motivation.

June 2018 – March 2021: IBM Business Consultant (Graduate Programme)

• Oracle HCM Functional Consultant: A key member of the core HR team in Oracle HCM for this project. Tracking client requirements, ensuring the wider HCM team knew of the clients’ requirements and ensuring we had a means of meeting them. Configuring the system, operated as part of a small team that configured the system – which needed to be done with accuracy, then tested and documented. This role included supporting the wider HCM team, with sole responsibility for documentation, ensuring they were updated and ensuring changes were tracked. This resulted in gaining additional knowledge of thefunctional Oracle HCM skills and improved organisation and planning skills due to the documentation and client requirements.

• Project Management Support: Coordinate the day-to-dayactivities of the project, this included team meetings, on-boarding/off-boarding resources, managing the commercials of the project and keeping the project track for deliverables and other timelines. During this time gained extensive skills in management of people and projects and investigating commercials, liaising with senior stakeholders providing updates on key milestone achievement and risk mitigation.

• Functional Analyst: Allocated this project to showcase the work that had been done as it was an S4/HANA implementation with an Agile delivery – not the most common mix. Operated withintight deadlines to get up to speed with the whole project, speaking with and interviewing key stakeholders from both the client and IBM. The key deliverable here was an internal presentation and recorded interview with the client; the presentation was an overview of the work being done between the client and IBM, which meant filtering through all the data andgathering, select the right data to showcase and then deliver this to senior IBM stakeholders.

October 2015 – May 2018: Next – Sales Assistant

• Developed team working skills through liaising routinely with the wider team to support other departments while delivering exceptional customer service. Responsible for replenishing stock, visual merchandising, furniture building and inducting and training new employees.  

• Operated within a fast-paced working environment, working with both Marketing teams and the financial manager. Management of store policies and processes, and the most effective ways for retailers to market themselves. Developed team working skills through liaising routinely with the wider team to support other departments whilst delivering exceptional customer service.

September 2015 – April 2016: Bella’s Banquette – Management Trainee Placement

• Supervising a small team, managing stock, and handling money, ensuring a high-quality product. Managing and communicating daily with team members, whilst at the same time being the first point of contact representing the business to customers.

• A key part of the recruitment processes and motivating staff, including the mentoring and training of new staff. Communicating regularly with team members to ensure a smooth operation, learned how to run and expand the company.

EMPLOYMENT SUMMARY

October 2011 – September 2013: IKEA Ltd – Sales Co-Worker

2013 – 2017 Aston University, Birmingham

BSc Business and Management with one year in industry – 2:1

2011 – 2013: City of Bristol College, College Green Bristol

BTEC Level 3 Business - Distinction* X3 (equivalent to 420 UCAS points)

First Aid at Work - Pass

2006 – 2011: Fairfield High School, Bristol

11 GCSE’s A*-C (including English, A and Maths, B)