SUMMARY

• IT Manager with over 20 years of experience managing IT operations at both strategic and tactical levels. My objective has always been to enhance the value of IT as a business enablement function by applying the simplest and most cost-effective technology solutions to any business challenge that requires an IT solution.
• I am a leader with strong management skills and broad experience in technology assessment and deployment, strategic IT planning, implementation, and SAP project management, as well as personnel administration, development, and cost accounting. I can effectively create a technological IT pathway aligned with business strategies, communicate it to managers at all levels, and successfully incorporate it into business processes and systems in a cost-effective manner.
• I am thoroughly familiar with state-of-the-art ERP solutions (SAP ECC & S/4HANA) in operation. I have extensive experience with client-server architectures based on SAP HANA and have completed many full life cycles. My expertise includes implementations, transformations, conversions, roll-outs including localization, upgrades, redesigns, system replacements, and improvements, with a strong focus on testing, training, and data/object migration.

Career History:

06/2005 - today

Place of Work: APAC/EMEA/LATAM/USA

Role: Global Program & Senior Project Manager

Tasks:

• Contractor ? consulting positions up to Director level
• Global Projects: Systems 4.6 to 6.0 and S/4 HANA

Skills:

S/4 HANA

12/2001 - 06/2005

Place of Work: Zurich, Switzerland

Role: SAP Program & Project Manager

Customer: c-motion AG

Tasks:

• People and project management, system-design and re-design
• Implementations, roll-outs and upgrades, Quality- and budget control
• Project preparations, BBP, Global templates, Configurations, Tests, Training, Data Migration and Support
• Coordination of the operating department
• Advisory service, customizing, documentation, presentation

10/2000 - 12/2001

Place of Work: Cologne & Dusseldorf, Germany

Role: SAP FI/CO Consultant & Project Manager

Customer: IBM

Tasks:

• Project management, System analysis, System-design and re-design, Implementations, Roll-outs and Upgrades
• Project preparations, Business Blueprinting, Global templates, Configurations, Tests, Training, Data Migration, Support
• Coordination of the operating departments. Configuration, Documentation and Presentation

10/1998 - 02/1999

Place of Work: Utrecht, Netherlands

Role: Technical Engineer

Customer: Fujitsu ICL Sorbus

Tasks:

• Customer support (User Helpdesk) for most of the European countries such as UK, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden
• ERP Software (SAP and Baan)