Paul Allen

Head of Applications Delivery at ASOS.COM

Peterborough, United Kingdom

Current
  • Head of Applications Delivery at ASOS.com
Past
  • Head of Systems Development (eCommerce & Call Centre Systems) at NEXT Retail Ltd
  • Systems Development Manager at NEXT Plc
  • IT Systems Manager (Head of George Systems) at ASDA / George
Connections
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Industry
Retail
Websites

Paul Allen’s Summary

IT Senior Executive with business change and large programme management experience with 3 major retailers.

Multi-channel experience, eCommerce, Application development & operational service delivery spanning over 18 years.

Paul Allen’s Specialties:

E-commerce strategy, roadmap and implementation, multi channel integration, project management, usability and customer experience, site measurement and analytics, Application development, IT service delivery, Vendor management, supply chain, contract negotaition,


Paul Allen’s Experience

  • Head of Applications Delivery

    ASOS.com

    (Public Company; Retail industry)

    2008Present (2 years )

  • Head of Systems Development (eCommerce & Call Centre Systems)

    NEXT Retail Ltd

    (Retail industry)

    June 2004October 2008 (4 years 5 months)

    Responsible for formulating and implementing the IS strategy based on the NEXT group's vision and objectives for the NEXT Directory business.

    Management of the day to day operation and service delivery for all NEXT Directory IS across the business environment.

    Strategic and architectural responsibility for the no 1. apparel & Accessories website within the UK (www.next.co.uk).

    High level vendor management with some of the largest international service providers.

  • Systems Development Manager

    NEXT Plc

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; nxt; Retail industry)

    June 2004October 2005 (1 year 5 months)

    Programme and application development management of IT and business strategic initiatives. Responsible for IS development for 3 call centres supporting over 1000+ contact centre agents, receiving 500k calls per week.

  • IT Systems Manager (Head of George Systems)

    ASDA / George

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Retail industry)

    June 2002May 2004 (2 years )

    A key member of the senior IT team. Responsible for strategic development, enhancement and implementation of George Systems.


Additional Information

Paul Allen’s Websites:

Paul Allen’s Groups:

  •    InternetRetailing - for leaders in e-commerce and multichannel retail
  •    E-Commerce Network
  •    Retail Test Professionals UK
  •    Interactive Fashion & Retail Network
  •    Social TV - next generation media (Web 2.0, mobile, digital video broadcast, DTV, STB, MHEG, IPTV)
  •    Syntax Consultancy
  •    eCommerce / Digital Jobs & Networking

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