SUMMARY:
- IT Manager with over 20+ years of experience managing IT operations at the strategic and tactical level
- My objective has always been to enhance the value of IT as a business enablement function by bringing the simplest and most cost-effective application of technology to any business challenge requiring an IT solution
- Leader with Strong Management Skills - Broad experience in technology assessment and deployment
- Strategic IT planning and implementation, as well as SAP project management, personnel administration, development, and cost accounting
- Able to effectively create a technological IT pathway aligned with business strategy, communicate it to managers at all levels and successfully incorporate it into business processes and systems in a cost-effective manner
- Thoroughly familiar with state-of-the-art ERP (SAP ECC & S/4HANA) solutions in operation
- Client-server architectures based on SAP HANA, Many full life cycles. Implementations, transformations, conversions, roll-outs including localization, upgrades, re-designs, system replacements and improvements
- Great focus on testing and data/object migration.
SKILLS:
- SAP ECC & S/4 HANA
- Project & Roll-Out Management
- Roll-Outs (LATAM/EMEA/APAC)
- Waterfall and Agile approach
- Budget & Reporting
- Time Management
- Change Management
- Risk Management
- Incident Management
- Communication Management
- Training & Test Management
- Data Migration - Cutover
- Hypercare Support
- Ability to Work in a Team
- Global Team (On-Offshore)
- Analytical Thinking Skills
- Work Under Pressure
- Ability to Multitask
- System Integration Partner
- Collaboration
Career History:
06/2005 - today
Place of Work: APAC/EMEA/LATAM/USA
Role: Global Program & Senior Project Manager at Freelancer,
Tasks:
- Contractor ? consulting positions up to Director level
- Global Projects: Systems 4.6 to 6.0 and 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)