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Austria

Experience

Aug 2025 - Present

8 months

Hybrid

Project Management of an SAP RD implementation

International food production company

Project management of an SAP RD implementation in a complex international food production company.
Project planning & control.
Scoping.
Risk & mitigation management.
Coordination of implementation partners.

May 2025 - Oct 2025

6 months

Hybrid

Project Management of SAP migration

Food production company

Project management of SAP migration in a complex production environment from on-premise to SAP RISE Cloud for a food production company.
Project planning & control.
Cut-over planning.
Test planning and implementation.
Cut-over management.
Coordination with SAP.

Oct 2024 - Jul 2025

10 months

Hybrid

Project Manager & Quality Management Coach

Food production company

Coaching of Project Manager & Quality Management for Change Project and outsourcing in HR-Operations (payroll & time management).
Goal definition.
Scenarios definition.
Requirements definition.
Project planning.
Setup of risk management process.
Setup of communication plan.
Setup of stakeholder management process.
Selection of outsourcing partner.

Nov 2023 - Present

2 years 5 months

Hybrid

Project Manager

Food production company

Project Management of the international roll-out of digital workplace environment (M365, O365, …).
Project preparation & project planning.
Risk & mitigation management.
Budget controlling.
Third-party management.
Establish communication plan.
Detailed planning and monitoring of each country roll-out.

Jul 2023 - Sep 2024

1 year 3 months

Milan, Italy

Hybrid

Project Coordinator

Food production company

Introduction of a field service system SAP Sales Cloud.
Independent and professional support as contact person and communicative interface between business and IT during the introduction of the new field service system.
Support for the field service in Milan, Italy with the system conversion.
Recording of requirements from the business and forwarding these requirements to the responsible persons internal departments.
Takeover of coordinating tasks in relation to this project.
Organization of training and workshops for users and their support in the project.
Support and coordination during the roll-out of the digital workplace in Italy.

Sep 2022 - Jun 2023

10 months

Hybrid

Project Management

Agriculture machines industry company

SAP S/4 HANA migration preparation.
Development of migration scenario.
Definition, alignment & validation of business requirements according to implementation scenario.
Management of PMO.
Development and maintaining of WBS.
Management of business stream leads.
Stakeholder communication and management.
Risk management.

Aug 2021 - Feb 2022

7 months

Strategy Consultant

SaaS-provision company

Setup go-to market strategy for SaaS-provision of a process management application including workflow and RPA.

Mar 2021 - Feb 2022

1 year

Switzerland

Quality Assurance Specialist

Energy company

Quality assurance within an SAP S/4 HANA transformation project.

Mar 2021 - Oct 2021

8 months

Germany

Consultant

Medical device industry company

Consulting for conception of finance processes as preparation for a SAP S/4 HANA transformation within a restructuring program.

May 2020 - Mar 2021

11 months

Test Manager

Construction industry company

Test management within a software development project for a company in the construction industry.

Oct 2017 - Sep 2018

1 year

Consultant

Services industry company

Design, implementation, and establishment of a consulting method to increase automation of accounts payable.

Jun 2017 - Sep 2017

4 months

Consultant

Cloud Service Company

Establishing and implementing performance KPIs.

Jun 2013 - Feb 2014

9 months

Poland

Steering Board Member

University

Steering board in the SAP implementation.

Mar 2013 - Dec 2014

1 year 10 months

Poland

Steering Board Member

Chemical Industry company

Steering board in an SAP implementation in the chemical industry.

Jan 2012 - Dec 2012

1 year

Project Manager

Large international engineering enterprise

Project management of an international project for “Asset based Risk Management” in a large international engineering enterprise.

Feb 2009 - Nov 2009

10 months

Serbia

Steering Board Member

International Insurance company

Steering board in SAP HCM implementation for an international insurance company.

Dec 2008 - Sep 2009

10 months

North Macedonia

Steering Board Member

Automotive Industry company

Steering board in SAP ERP roll-out project in the automotive industry.

Sep 2008 - Aug 2009

1 year

North Macedonia

Steering Board Member

Service and IT-Wholesale company

SAP ERP implementation.

Nov 2006 - Aug 2007

10 months

Romania

Steering Board Member

Public service company

Steering board SAP ERP implementation.

Jul 2006 - Jan 2007

7 months

Romania

Steering Board Member

Service company

Steering board SAP ERP implementation.

Jun 2006 - Aug 2005

-1 years -9 months

Italy

Project Manager

Production company

IT-review in a production company.

Apr 2006 - Nov 2006

8 months

Project Manager

International Consulting company

Implementing and roll-out of a common consulting approach and method.

Oct 2005 - Jan 2006

4 months

Austria

Software Selection Specialist

Chemical industry company

Software-selection for ERP-System in a company of the chemical industry.

May 2005 - Dec 2005

8 months

Project Manager

Oracle Financials project

Project for harmonizing the IT-solutions of project-accounting, controlling, and financial accounting based on Oracle Financials in Central Europe.

Mar 2005 - Jan 2006

11 months

Project Manager

Retail company

Software selection, feasibility study and prototyping for Microsoft Axapta.

Sep 2004 - May 2005

9 months

Austria

Steering Board / Program Management

Paper industry company

Turnaround in an SAP rollout in a company of the paper industry segment.

Mar 2003 - Oct 2004

1 year 8 months

Czech Republic

Project Manager Financials

Bottling industry company

International SAP implementation started in Czech Republic.

Jul 1999 - Dec 1999

6 months

Austria

Project Manager

Service-industry company

Project-management within the implementation of SAP HR.

Jun 1999 - Dec 1999

7 months

Austria

Project Manager

Large bank-group

Project-management within the implementation of SAP HR.

Apr 1998 - Oct 1998

7 months

Austria

Project Manager

Large bank

Project-management and conception of the migration of several general ledgers in one SAP R/3 ledger.

Jul 1997 - Dec 1999

2 years 6 months

Austria

Project Manager

Bank

Project-management, conception and implementation of SAP FI.

Apr 1997 - Dec 2000

3 years 9 months

Project Manager

Wood-industry company

Project-management, conception and implementation of SAP MM in an international company of the wood-industry including a rollout in several countries in Europe.

Mar 1997 - Sep 1997

7 months

Austria

Project Manager

Large bank-group

Project-management, conception and implementation of SAP MM (incl. WM).

Aug 1996 - Nov 1996

4 months

Austria

Software Selection Specialist

Service-industry company

Software-selection for ERP-system in a company of the service-industry.

Jul 1996 - Jan 1997

7 months

Austria

Project Manager

Bank

Project-management and conception within the implementation of SAP FI and CO.

Apr 1996 - Feb 1997

11 months

Austria

Project Manager

Large bank-group

Project-management, conception and implementation of SAP FI.

Nov 1995 - Mar 1996

5 months

Germany

Consultant

Non-profit organization

Consulting, customizing, training within the implementation of SAP FI, CO, MM.

Jun 1995 - Sep 1995

4 months

Germany

Consultant

Large bank

Consulting for the extension of the implementation of SAP CO and BC.

May 1995 - Mar 1996

11 months

Austria

Consultant

Mechanical engineering company

Consulting for the extension of the implementation of SAP MM.

Mar 1995 - Jun 1995

4 months

Germany

Consultant

Large hospital

Feasibility-study for the implementation of SAP MM.

Feb 1995 - May 1995

4 months

Germany

Consultant

Fair company

Feasibility-study for an implementation of SAP MM, CO for the controlling of advertising budgets.

Aug 1994 - Dec 1994

5 months

Turkey

Trainer / Consultant

International engineering company

Conception and training within a SAP MM implementation.

May 1994 - Jun 1995

1 year 2 months

Germany

Project Manager

Electronic-industry company

Project-management and process-management within the implementation of SAP MM (incl. WM).

Oct 1992 - Apr 1994

1 year 7 months

Project Manager

Paper Industry company

Project-management, conception, and customizing within the implementation of SAP R/3 FI, CO, AM, MM.

Mar 1990 - Mar 1994

4 years 1 month

Project Manager

Paper Industry company

Project-management and conception within the implementation and extension of standard-software of purchasing, invoice checking, investment controlling, materials management, plant maintenance, as well as individual-software for production planning, and quality checking.

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Manufacturing, Food and Beverage, Professional Services, Banking and Finance, Information Technology, and Chemical.

Manufacturing

Food and Beverage

Professional Services

Banking and Finance

Information Technology

Chemical

Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Project Management, Information Technology, Procurement, Finance, Production, and Quality Assurance.

Project Management

Information Technology

Procurement

Finance

Production

Quality Assurance

Summary

International business and division manager with over 25 years of management experience in the IT and consulting sector.

Experienced in setting up and developing branches (especially in the CEE region), their structures and processes. Management of international consulting and sales teams up to 450 employees.

Many years of experience in IT project and program management, as well as in stakeholder management. Entrepreneurial thinking, flexible mindset, strong analytical skills, sociable, interpersonal sensitivity.

Skills

Project/program Management
Process Management
Business Development
Sales- And Marketing Management
Key Account Management
Alliance- And Partner Management
Regional Team Management
Operations Management
Startup-management
Business Reengineering
Benchmarking
Software Selection
Design Thinking
Cloud Solutions
Keynote Speaker
It-software/service
Manufacturing
Banking
Retail
Sap
Oracle Financials
Axapta
Ms-office
Aris
Jira
Confluence
Slack
Zoom
Goto-meeting
Zoho

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Italian

Intermediate

French

Elementary

Education

Johannes Kepler University

Diploma in Engineering · Computer Science · Linz, Austria

Certifications & licenses

Design Thinking

MIT Executive School

Leadership For Senior Managers

University Of Yale

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 45

Experience in Manufacturing 11 y

Avg length 11 m

Longest experience 4 y

Global Experience

Countries worked in 10 (Austria, Germany, Italy, Poland, North Macedonia, +5)

Primary country Austria

Expertise

Recent roles Project Management of an SAP RD implementation, Project Management of SAP migration, Project Manager & Quality Management Coach

Main industries Manufacturing, Food and Beverage, Professional Services

Main business areas Project Management, Information Technology, Procurement

Qualifications

Highest degree Master

Certifications earned 2

Profile

Created

January 2026

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What languages does Christian speak?

Christian speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Italian (Intermediate), French (Elementary).

How many years of experience does Christian have?

Christian has at least 25 years of experience. During this time, Christian has worked in at least 15 different roles and for 36 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 7 months. Note that Christian may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Christian be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Christian would be well-suited for roles such as: Project Management of an SAP RD implementation, Project Management of SAP migration, Project Manager & Quality Management Coach.

What is Christian's latest experience?

Christian's most recent position is Project Management of an SAP RD implementation at International food production company.

What companies has Christian worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Christian has worked for International food production company, Food production company, Agriculture machines industry company, SaaS-provision company, and Energy company.

Which industries is Christian most experienced in?

Christian is most experienced in industries like Manufacturing, Food and Beverage, and Banking and Finance. Christian also has some experience in Professional Services, Information Technology, and Chemical.

Which business areas is Christian most experienced in?

Christian is most experienced in business areas like Project Management, Information Technology, and Procurement. Christian also has some experience in Finance, Production, and Quality Assurance.

Which industries has Christian worked in recently?

Christian has recently worked in industries like Food and Beverage, Energy, and Construction.

Which business areas has Christian worked in recently?

Christian has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Quality Assurance.

What is Christian's education?

Christian holds a Master in Computer Science from Johannes Kepler University.

Does Christian have any certificates?

Christian has 2 certificates. These include: Design Thinking and Leadership For Senior Managers.

What is the availability of Christian?

Christian will be available full-time from April 2026.

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