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Reshmee’s strengths include product requirements, stakeholder engagement, attention to detail, team development, project planning, budgeting, change management, software delivery, and building strong working relationships\. Reshmee uses Quadient Inspire for client\-correspondence templates and holds Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals and a Certificate of Completion: Claude 101 from Anthropic\. At Investec, Reshmee has held Product Manager, PBTech App Owner and Team Lead, and Project Manager Lead for IT Compliance roles\. Earlier work includes digital portfolio management at Absa programme management at CCBA and delivery of ITO, software development, Wintel infrastructure, finance, marketing, and HR projects at The South African Breweries\. At KellyGroup, Reshmee established and ran a Project Management Centre of Competence, led TalentOcean delivery, and supported the rollout of TalentOcean\-related products and publications\. ## Services - Attention to Detail - Quadient Inspire - Product Requirements - Team Development - Stakeholder Engagement - Build Strong Relationships - Stakeholder Management - People Management - Software Management - Development Management - Communication - Budgeting - Certified scrum and product owner \(CSPO\) - Certified Scrum Product Owner \(CSPO\) - Portfolio Management - Project Management - Business Analysis - Business Intelligence - Management - Change Management - SharePoint - Software Development - Business Process - PMO - Performance Management - Requirements Analysis - Software Project Management - Requirements Gathering - Project Planning - Software Documentation ## Highlights - Brings over 8 years of professional experience across product management, project and programme delivery, marketing operations, business analysis, portfolio management, and IT compliance\. - Works as a Marketing Operations Coordinator at Agilus and is listed as a current Product Manager at Investec Bank plc\. - Uses Quadient Inspire for client\-correspondence templates, with emphasis on product requirements and attention to detail\. - Held Product Manager, PBTech App Owner and Team Lead, and Project Manager Lead for IT Compliance roles at Investec Bank plc\. - Managed ITO, software development, Wintel infrastructure, finance, marketing, and HR projects as a Project Manager at The South African Breweries\. - Held the Programme Manager \- SA role at CCBA\. - Held the Digital Portfolio Manager role at Absa\. - Established and ran the Project Management Centre of Competence at KellyGroup\. - Managed IT resource allocation, staff KPIs, project allocation, EPM administration, escalation handling, and Steer Co project reporting at KellyGroup\. - Created and submitted annual project schedules to motivate for budgets at KellyGroup\. - Documented and presented IT project\-based operating processes to KellyGroup’s Senior Leadership Team for IT\. - Mentored junior project managers and project administrators and trained them in Microsoft Project 2007 and project\-management concepts, processes, and rules\. - Managed the TalentOcean application and its operations until an operational team was established\. - Created project schedules using Microsoft Project 2007 and EPM, and delivered EPM progress reporting and weekly stakeholder progress meetings\. - Sourced and managed internal and external developers for project delivery\. - Rolled out the first editions of TalentOcean Magazine and TalentedWomen Magazine\. - Rolled out TalentOcean\-affiliated niche sites and country sites\. - Supported the creation and rollout of TalentLoyalty, PayTalent, and White Label with TalentOcean\. - Managed business intelligence and SharePoint projects as a Business Intelligence Project Manager and Business Analyst at iSolve Inc\. - Approved time and client billing, reconciled SLA\-contract hours, led client progress meetings, created client reports, delegated work, supported client satisfaction, and managed damage control at iSolve\. - Led JAD sessions and business requirements workshops and created business requirements specifications and User Acceptance Testing test cases\. - Holds Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals from Microsoft\. - Completed Claude 101 with Anthropic\. - Completed an ND: Engineering in Computer Systems in Programming, Digital Systems, Networks, and Electronic Engineering at ML Sultan Technikon in 1998\. ## Experience - **Product Manager at Investec Bank plc** (2022\-12\-01–present) - **Project Manager Lead for IT Compliance at Investec Bank plc** (2018\-12\-01–2021\-12\-01) - **PBTech App Owner And Team lead at Investec Bank plc** (2018\-12\-01–2022\-09\-01) - **PBTech App owner and Team Lead at Investec Bank plc** (2018\-12\-01–2022\-12\-01) - **Programme Manager \- SA at CCBA at CCBA** (2017\-03\-01–2018\-12\-01) - **Digital Portfolio Manager at Absa** (2016\-02\-01–2016\-12\-01) - **Project Manager at The South African Breweries** (2012\-03\-01–2016\-01\-01) — Management of ITO, software development, infrastructure \(wintel\), finance, marketing and HR projects - **Manager of the Project Management Centre of Competence at KellyGroup** (2009\-08\-01–2012\-02\-01) — As the Manager of the PMO, the following functions were carried out • Line Management • Resource Management for the IT division • Created and carried out KPI’s for each staff member • Established and ran the Project Management Centre of Competence • Allocated projects to each project manager • Reported back to Steer Co for Kelly Group on all projects • Created and Submitted projects schedule for the year to motivate for Budgets • Did EPM Administration • Point of escalation for all projects • Investigated and enforced processes to allow for IT to run as a project based organization • Documented the processes mentioned above and presented it to the Senior Leadership Team for IT • Mentor to the junior project managers and project administrators in the team • Trained junior project managers and junior project administrators with MS project 2007 and concepts/processes/rules for project management, • As a project manager, the following functions were carried out • Was the project manager fo - **Business Intelligent Project Manager/ Business Analyst at iSolve inc\.** (2009\-01\-01–2009\-07\-01) — I project manage business intelligence projects and sharepoint • projects\. • I have a variety of teams to work with at any given time, • based on the project that I am working on\. • Some of the project of the management tasks are : • Approving of time spent and billed to clients • Recon of the hours worked on each SLA contract • Client meetings on the progress of work done • Reports created for the clients • Delegating tasks to staff • Assuring client satisfaction • Managing damage control • As a business analyst I have done the following: • Held JAD sessions with the business users and development team to interpret the need for the system/tool • Led, workshops that involved the business to sift out their business requirements and needs\. • Designed and created a business requirement specification • Designed and created test cased for User Acceptance Testing - **Marketing Operations Coordinator at Agilus** (2026–present) - **Product Manager at Investec** (2022–2026) - **PBTech App owner and Team Lead at Investec** (2022–2022) - **Project Manager Lead for IT Compliance at Investec** (2018–2021) - **Project Manager at South African Breweries** (2012–2016) — Management of ITO, software development, infrastructure \(wintel\), finance, marketing and HR projects - **Business Intelligent Project Manager/ Business Analyst at iSolve** (2009–2009) — projects\. • I have a variety of teams to work with at any given time, • based on the project that I am working on\. • Some of the project of the management tasks are : • Approving of time spent and billed to clients • Recon of the hours worked on each SLA contract • Client meetings on the progress of work done • Reports created for the clients • Delegating tasks to staff • Assuring client satisfaction • Managing damage control • As a business analyst I have done the following: • Held JAD sessions with the business users and development team to interpret the need for the system/tool • Led, workshops that involved the business to sift out their business requirements and needs\. • Designed and created a business requirement specification • Designed and created test cased for User Acceptance Testing ## Education - ND:Engineering: Computer Systems, Programming, Digital Systems, Networks, Electronic Engineering — ML sultan Technikon (1995\-01\-01–1998\-01\-01) - Seatides Secondary School (1985\-01\-01–1995\-01\-01) ## FAQ ### What does Reshmee do? Reshmee Odayan is a Marketing Operations Coordinator at Agilus\. Reshmee is also listed in the experience record as a current Product Manager at Investec Bank plc, while the profile headline identifies UK offshore Product Owner \- Quadient CCM\. ### What are Reshmee's strongest professional areas? Reshmee works across product management, product requirements, project and programme management, marketing operations, business analysis, business intelligence, portfolio management, IT compliance, application ownership, and software delivery\. ### What is Reshmee's experience with Quadient CCM? Reshmee uses Quadient Inspire for client\-correspondence templates and brings an emphasis on product requirements and attention to detail\. ### What has Reshmee done at Investec Bank plc? At Investec Bank plc, Reshmee is listed as a current Product Manager and has also held PBTech App Owner and Team Lead and Project Manager Lead for IT Compliance roles\. The work focused on app ownership and IT compliance\. ### What is Reshmee's role at Agilus? At Agilus, Reshmee is listed as a Marketing Operations Coordinator\. The profile summary also describes Reshmee as working as a Project Manager at Agilus on technology\-focused initiatives\. ### What was Reshmee's role at CCBA? At CCBA, Reshmee held the role of Programme Manager \- SA\. ### What did Reshmee do at The South African Breweries? At The South African Breweries, Reshmee was a Project Manager responsible for ITO, software development, Wintel infrastructure, finance, marketing, and HR projects\. ### What was Reshmee's role at Absa? At Absa, Reshmee held the role of Digital Portfolio Manager\. ### What did Reshmee accomplish at KellyGroup? At KellyGroup, Reshmee managed the Project Management Centre of Competence\. Responsibilities included line management, IT resource management, staff KPIs, project allocation, EPM administration, budget\-motivating annual project schedules, Steer Co reporting, escalation management, process enforcement and documentation, and mentoring and training junior project managers and project administrators\. ### What was Reshmee's work on TalentOcean? As a project manager at KellyGroup, Reshmee managed the TalentOcean application, prepared EPM progress reports, held weekly stakeholder progress meetings, sourced and managed internal and external developers, and created project schedules using Microsoft Project 2007 and EPM\. Reshmee also managed TalentOcean operations until an operational team was established\. ### Which TalentOcean products and publications did Reshmee help roll out? Reshmee rolled out the first editions of TalentOcean Magazine and TalentedWomen Magazine, as well as affiliated niche and country sites\. Reshmee also supported the creation and rollout of TalentLoyalty, PayTalent, and White Label with TalentOcean\. ### What did Reshmee do at iSolve Inc\.? At iSolve Inc\., Reshmee was a Business Intelligence Project Manager and Business Analyst working on business intelligence and SharePoint projects\. Project\-management responsibilities included approving time and client billing, reconciling SLA hours, running client progress meetings, creating client reports, delegating work, supporting client satisfaction, and managing damage control\. ### What business analysis methods has Reshmee used? As a business analyst at iSolve, Reshmee held JAD sessions with business users and development teams, led requirements workshops, created business requirements specifications, and designed User Acceptance Testing test cases\. ### What leadership and delivery skills does Reshmee have? Reshmee's skills include stakeholder engagement and management, relationship building, people management, team leadership and development, communication, performance management, budgeting, project planning, programme management, portfolio management, PMO, change management, business strategy, business\-process improvement, and management\. ### What technical, product, and delivery skills does Reshmee have? Reshmee's technical and product skills include Quadient Inspire, product requirements, software product management, product planning, software management, development management, software development, software project management, SharePoint, Microsoft Project, Microsoft SQL Server, business intelligence, requirements analysis, requirements gathering, software documentation, JAD, Agile methodologies, marketing operations, and Anthropic Claude\. ### Which certifications does Reshmee hold? Reshmee holds Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals from Microsoft and a Certificate of Completion: Claude 101 from Anthropic\. The skills record also lists Certified Scrum Product Owner \(CSPO\) and certified scrum and product owner \(CSPO\)\. ### What is Reshmee's education? Reshmee completed an ND: Engineering in Computer Systems, covering Programming, Digital Systems, Networks, and Electronic Engineering, at ML Sultan Technikon in 1998\. Reshmee also attended Seatides Secondary School, listed with 1995\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/reshmee\-odayan\-984ba826