Projects
Jamie MacAlister Projects
- Set up and launching Go4 Enterprises, which seeks to combine entrepreneurial flair with business administration expertise to provide meaningful paid employment and coaching for disadvantaged young people
- Worked with a Christian charity to plan transition of a chain of loss-making bookshops to a more sustainable business model based on coffee houses and in-store internet portals
- Managed web-based stakeholder management projects in Government (DfES): online teacher recruitment (now Schools Recruitment Service ), Every Child Matters, learning enrichment portal to facilitate access to online resources, school trips and use of external facilitators
- Business planning and CRM for performance improvement for leading accountancy institute
- Set up a social enterprise to run a Community Coffee House with internet-based income, supported by the local church
- Conducted a business review for a hotel and conference centre to identify ways of improving financial performance
- Led turn-around based on multi-million pound cash & profit improvement with Board of a leading UK gift retailer
- Multi-million pound cost reduction in three leading travel companies, including retail and call centre re-organisation
- Business modelling and franchise manual for petrol retailer
- Analytics and dashboard for performance improvement based on standard costing to Trust Boards in the NHS
- 12 years of projects with PwC (formerly Coopers & Lybrand) to deliver marketing effectiveness, CRM and cost reduction / performance improvement to large and medium-sized organisations
Jamie gained marketing expertise with Procter & Gamble, and business planning & CRM with PwC. He has an MBA from Wharton and MA Engineering, Cambridge, is an Associate Member of the Market Research Society, and a part-qualified Cost and Management Accountant.
Sample client testimonials:
"Jamie was involved in managing and supporting a number of projects for me These required the ability to effectively consult with a range of different stakeholders in the public and private sectors, to develop clear strategies for the way forward, to present these effectively to senior staff, and to ensure effective implementation. At all times during this work I have had full confidence in Jamie, particularly in the way in which issues are raised and dealt with quickly. Jamie’s ability to communicate effectively ensured success" Head of E-communications, Government department.
“Jamie led a business review project .[this] was successful in improving profitability across the company. [He] showed himself to be not only personable and hard-working, but a skilful facilitator and rapporteur who focussed participants on the key issues, and introduced additional resource appropriately”. Founder & MD, major UK gift retailing chain
“As a result of your involvement, we have sharpened our focus and I am pleased to report that we have substantially grown market share.., you demonstrated considerable skill in getting participants in the strategic discussions to identify and make trade-offs and as a result, a conclusion was reached that all could buy into” MD, building products company
“You brought discipline to our thoughts regarding future strategy in the way that we diversify our business to make greater and more profitable use of our manufacturing, distribution and design capabilities. This has led to a re-structuring of our business with excellent results to date”. MD, machinery manufacturer
“Jamie was instrumental in setting up the strategic review process with the Directors of the Company, facilitating the review and ultimately producing the strategic vision for the business... conducted himself with the highest levels of professionalism, integrity and competence and comes highly recommended” MD, FMCG company
“The meeting was great fun and even succeeded in clearing some of the undercurrents of bad feeling ... that I mentioned to you at the beginning of the meeting; we are now much more of a team than we were..” Project manager, German sporting goods manufacturer