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Kat Ellis

Kat Ellis

Summary

Dynamic HR and Digital Strategy Leader with over 20 years of transformative experience dedicated to unlocking the potential of people and organizations. With a proven ability to build high-performing hybrid teams and penetrate new markets.


I believe that empowering individuals is the key to driving extraordinary business outcomes. My passion for strategic HR transformation fuels my commitment to aligning people strategies with business goals, inspiring organizations to reach new heights of success where talent flourishes and innovation thrives.


Digital HR Transformation Strategist | AI 4 HR Leader | Change Management Advisor | BPO/SSC Architect

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Partner, People Consulting, CoE EMEIA and Poland

EY, EMEIA and Poland
10.2021 - Current

Primary role:

  • Consolidate, develop and grow Centre of Expertise across EMEIA region for Digital HR offering (Top managed portfolio >50m USD)
  • Responsible for strategic planning process and execution with capability building, investment planning, go to market campaigns and analyst/partner pipeline growth. Driving Client facing engagements to C level Executives.

Achievements:

  • Designed and implemented HR Transformation offering strategy for People Consulting Centre of Expertise across all EMEIA structure (MENA, UKI, Europe West, Central and East)
  • Created and lead HR Community of Practice across EY globally with EMEIA focus
  • Managed analyst channel (Gartner, HfS, Everest).
  • Increased client portfolio with new logos, supporting Partners across the region running an effective pre-sales function.

Secondary role:

  • Create effective People Consulting Practice in Poland to deliver high value expertise to clients globally and locally across HR Transformation, Organisational Workforce Transformation and Change Management

Achievements:

  • Designed and currently managing (Interim) successful People Consulting Practice in Poland (20+ people); Full ROI achieved in the first 12 months of operations; FY24 YoY revenue growth achieved circa 40%; Average deal value growth in 3 years 300%;

Director, Global Offering Leader, Digital HR

DXC Technology, Global
03.2017 - 09.2021

Primary role:

  • Consolidate, develop and grow Digital HR offering (Top managed portfolio >120m USD)
  • Responsible for strategic planning process and execution with capability building, investment planning, go to market campaigns and analyst/partner pipeline growth. Driving Client facing engagements to C level Executives.

Achievements:

  • Designed and implemented Digital HR offering strategy for BPS consolidating all assets across the organisation post-merger (HPE, CSC, Tribridge, Xchanging).
  • Developed and lead HR Community of Practice across New DXC
  • Managed successful go to market campaign with 600% pipeline growth over first two quarters.
  • Managed analyst channel: put DXC HR on the MPHRO map achieving major contender status FY19, built strategic relationships with ISG and Hackett.
  • Expanded offering to APAC region through strategic acquisitions.
  • Increased client portfolio with new logos, no run offs in existing client base.
  • Deployed deep data mining tool for HR Process Discovery (APA) and implemented consulting led approach to opportunity building as a standard offering go to market approach.
  • Led and expanded HR Automation portfolio with over 1000 bots deployed to HR clients and 50 HR processes automated with RPA.

Sales Leader, Business Transformation DACH

Accenture (Objectivity BSS) , Wroclaw, Poland
06.2015 - 03.2017

Primary role:

  • Responsible for taking the full offering into the DACH market. Designed a go to market strategy for DACH region and managed the execution building new market pipeline incl. introducers and partners. Full commercial offering responsibility. Full bid life cycle management.

Achievements:

  • Designed and implemented go to market strategy for DACH region;
  • Established continuous pipeline growth with two contracts signed in the first year;

Presales Lead, Business Transformation

Exela Technologies (BancTec), London, UK
10.2014 - 05.2015

Primary role:

  • Responsible for the analysis and development of the SaaS/ITO/BPO solutions for pre sales team including process definition, solution offering to support the process, IT enablers analysis, and infrastructure requirements for process implementation. Full commercial offering preparation. Bid life cycle management.
  • Secondary role: Project Manager for change and business process management projects.

Digital HR Solution Architect (BPO)

NorthgateArinso, London, UK
05.2013 - 10.2014
  • Responsible for the analysis and development of the business process outsourcing solutions for UK&I including process definition, solution offering to support the process, costing, IT enablers analysis, and infrastructure requirements for process implementation.
  • Project Manager for change and business process management projects with HRIT.

HR Transformation Consultant

NorthgateArinso, London, UK
06.2008 - 04.2013
  • Managing HR business transformation projects with full product implementation including SAP HR and eWS/euHReka (SAP based), tracking and ticketing tools, time and motion study tools, business process analysis, improvement and re-design, implementation of operational business processes.
  • Regional Product Implementation Methodology Champion for UK&I and S.A.

UK / IRE Training Coordinator / Trainer

Bausch and Lomb, London, UK
01.2005 - 01.2008
  • Implement Vision Care Customer Relations training strategy. Manage and deliver training to the UK/IRE team.

Achievements:

  • Established and coordinated an effective and time efficient training programme for UK/IRE Customer Relations Team.

This was a role taken to pay for my Master Degree Course [managed full time work and part time study]

Education

Master's Degree - LL.M. (M&A)

City St George's, University of London
01.2008

Master's Degree - LL.M. (Law)

University of Wroclaw
01.2004

Master's Degree - MBA, Public Administration

University of Wroclaw
01.2003

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University of Bari
01.2001

Skills

  • Domain: People Transformation & Strategy; Digital HR; HR Automation, Impact of AI on People Function, Skills Based Organisation and AI Skills Gap, SSC/BPO; HR technology (Workday, SAP, SF, ServiceNow, Eightfold);
  • Cross- functional: change management; sales process management; bid management; pre-sales; new market entry;
  • Industries: Government and Public Sector, Retail, Manufacturing, Banking, Oil, IT, Consulting

Languages

English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Polish
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Italian
Advanced (C1)
German
Intermediate (B1)
French
Elementary (A2)

Additional Information

Mentor, Wroclaw School of Economics, 2020-2022

Member of the Women in business "Hexen" Club at the German Consulate, Wroclaw, 2015 -now

Timeline

Partner, People Consulting, CoE EMEIA and Poland

EY, EMEIA and Poland
10.2021 - Current

Director, Global Offering Leader, Digital HR

DXC Technology, Global
03.2017 - 09.2021

Sales Leader, Business Transformation DACH

Accenture (Objectivity BSS) , Wroclaw, Poland
06.2015 - 03.2017

Presales Lead, Business Transformation

Exela Technologies (BancTec), London, UK
10.2014 - 05.2015

Digital HR Solution Architect (BPO)

NorthgateArinso, London, UK
05.2013 - 10.2014

HR Transformation Consultant

NorthgateArinso, London, UK
06.2008 - 04.2013

UK / IRE Training Coordinator / Trainer

Bausch and Lomb, London, UK
01.2005 - 01.2008

Master's Degree - LL.M. (Law)

University of Wroclaw

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University of Bari

Master's Degree - LL.M. (M&A)

City St George's, University of London

Master's Degree - MBA, Public Administration

University of Wroclaw
Kat Ellis