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Joel (Vasco) Furrer-Business & IT Manager

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Hörbranz, Austria

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Oct 2025 - Dec 2025
Austria
Hybrid

CMS / CRM solution

Expertise details
Position Summary
CMS / CRM solution
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Quality Assurance
  • Requirements analysis of a new platform solution

  • Editorial revision of content

  • Technical integration of social media channels

  • Implementation, support and further development of the new solutions

  • Programming of customizations

  • Hosting, content updates and technical enhancements

  • Conducting functional & acceptance tests

Mar 2025 - May 2025
Switzerland
On-site

IT project management & ICT coordination

Expertise details
Position Summary
IT project management & ICT coordination
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Responsibility as a staff unit for digitization projects

  • Support and further development of the ERP system and the ICT landscape

  • Interface role between business and IT (analysis, consulting, implementation)

  • Organizational analysis for process optimization

  • Setting up efficient support structures

  • Ensuring maintenance of the ERP and IT infrastructure

  • Designing and implementing SharePoint solutions

Apr 2024 - Jun 2024
Austria
Hybrid

PPS / procurement planning

Expertise details
Position Summary
PPS / procurement planning
Industries
Manufacturing
Retail
Business Areas
Operations
Procurement
Supply Chain Management
  • Optimization of order proposals & inventory parameters

  • Analysis of dependencies from production planning

  • Development of a solution for group-wide procurement planning (wholesale & retail as well as production)

  • Calculation of internal requirements and external orders based on demand & consumption

  • Generation of automated procurement orders considering production, procurement, sales, contracts, inventory parameters, suppliers & purchasing

Nov 2023 - Sep 2024
Austria
On-site

ERP consulting

Expertise details
Position Summary
ERP consulting
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Logistics
Operations
Project Management
Supply Chain Management
  • Ensuring support & further development of the ERP system

  • Analysis, design and implementation of requirements

  • Consulting internal stakeholders (esp. sales, warehouse / logistics, retail)

  • Interdisciplinary management of projects and subprojects

  • Implementation & maintenance of ERP interfaces (EDI, converters)

  • Ensuring 2nd & 3rd level support

Mar 2023 - Apr 2023
Switzerland
Hybrid

Retail POS system

Expertise details
Position Summary
Retail POS system
Industries
Retail
Business Areas
Information Technology
Marketing
Project Management
  • Designing bonus & customer loyalty programs

  • Evaluating a suitable POS solution provider

  • Analysis & preparation of item & customer master data

  • Implementing & setting up the POS system

  • Training employees

  • Ensuring support & maintenance

Feb 2023 - Oct 2023
Austria
On-site

ERP Consulting & PMO

Expertise details
Position Summary
ERP Consulting & PMO
Industries
Professional Services
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
Supply Chain Management
  • Analysis & alignment of functional requirements

  • Process & data management with the specialist departments

  • Development of solutions in warehousing, logistics, production planning & control, sales & purchasing

  • Implementation of group-wide requirements in the ERP systems

  • Process & data management across different areas

  • Ensuring 2nd & 3rd level support for business applications

Apr 2022 - Mar 2023
Austria
Hybrid

External GDPR Officer

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Position Summary
External GDPR Officer
Industries
Healthcare
Pharmaceutical
Business Areas
Legal
Quality Assurance
  • Conducting optimizations & vulnerability analyses

  • Advising on data protection impact assessments & monitoring according to Art. 35 GDPR

  • Creating & maintaining the processing activities register

  • GDPR advisory services in clinical affairs projects

  • Training & audits for awareness & compliance

  • Conducting GDPR compliance checks

  • Supporting managers & employees with data protection questions

Mar 2022 - Feb 2024
Switzerland
Hybrid

External Data Protection Officer

Expertise details
Position Summary
External Data Protection Officer
Industries
Professional Services
Business Areas
Legal
Quality Assurance
  • Analysis of cross-border GDPR compliance

  • Advising employees & customers

  • Monitoring implementation according to Art. 35 GDPR

  • Compliance checks of POS, webshop & video surveillance systems

  • Cleansing & optimization of customer data

  • Training & support of employees on data protection topics

Dec 2021 - Nov 2022
Austria
Hybrid

External Data Protection Officer

Expertise details
Position Summary
External Data Protection Officer
Industries
Professional Services
Business Areas
Legal
  • Analysis of group-wide master data

  • Compliance audits & design of measures to ensure GDPR requirements

  • Organization for internal & external data subjects

  • Support & project services in the GDPR area

  • Cleansing & standardization of group-wide address data

  • Advisory & support on data protection issues

Oct 2021 - Nov 2021
Germany
Hybrid

Production Planning

Expertise details
Position Summary
Production Planning
Industries
Manufacturing
Business Areas
Operations
Procurement
Supply Chain Management
  • Requirement analysis for reporting & reporting systems

  • Analysis of production planning & production processes

  • Stakeholder management at executive, division & department level

  • Optimization of production & procurement processes

  • Adjustment of master data & system parameters

  • Implementation of an optimized production & procurement planning

  • Hybrid support for CSB systems

Jul 2021 - Jan 2024
Switzerland
Hybrid

ERP & IT Manager

Expertise details
Position Summary
ERP & IT Manager
Industries
Professional Services
Business Areas
Business Intelligence
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Analyze business applications for integration project

  • Design ERP & IT security and IT infrastructure

  • Document and optimize business and IT processes

  • Integrate all Swiss branches into the corporate ERP

  • Responsible for ERP interfaces, master and setup data, analysis and reporting

  • Lead interdisciplinary projects for applications, IT infrastructure and organizational processes

  • Provide IT support in German and French

Jun 2021 - Dec 2023
Austria
Hybrid

ERP Administration

Expertise details
Position Summary
ERP Administration
Industries
Information Technology
Manufacturing
Business Areas
Information Technology
Operations
Supply Chain Management
  • Analyze and align business requirements (sales, trading, production, warehousing, logistics, QA, R&D, finance)

  • Develop solutions in collaboration with internal stakeholders and external service providers

  • Advise on organizational and IT processes

  • Implement department-specific ERP solutions and ensure company-wide production and trading processes

  • Program ERP interfaces to external systems and suppliers

  • 2nd and 3rd level ERP support as well as ERP security

Sep 2020 - Dec 2020
Austria
Hybrid

PMO Central Warehouse Project

Expertise details
Position Summary
PMO Central Warehouse Project
Industries
Transportation
Business Areas
Logistics
Project Management
Supply Chain Management
  • Collect, consolidate and align requirements with internal departments and external solution partners

  • Coordinate project team, suppliers and stakeholders

  • Ensure time, cost and performance control of the project team

  • Merge and optimize warehouse and logistics processes (master data, configuration, reporting)

  • Coordinate internal and external partners (suppliers, stakeholders, project team)

  • Develop and implement company-wide warehousing processes in the ERP system

Apr 2020 - Oct 2020
Switzerland
Hybrid

ERP Implementation & IT Support

Expertise details
Position Summary
ERP Implementation & IT Support
Industries
Information Technology
Retail
Business Areas
Information Technology
Operations
Project Management
  • Gather, consolidate and align requirements between corporate, main representation and retail

  • Act as liaison between main representation and retail operations

  • Coordinate stakeholders

  • Implement the ERP system (processes, data migration, configuration)

  • Manage the POS system and IT infrastructure

  • Create and translate documentation and product master data (German/French)

  • Train and support users

  • Manage projects for updates and process adjustments

Mar 2020 - Apr 2020
Germany
Hybrid

ERP Consultant

Expertise details
Position Summary
ERP Consultant
Industries
Manufacturing
Business Areas
Information Technology
Operations
Production
  • Optimize production planning

  • Analyze requirements at the interface between ERP and production equipment

  • Analyze reporting for production

  • Develop interfaces between ERP and MES

  • Optimize control, monitoring and documentation of manufacturing processes

  • Create reports and analyses for production planning and control

Jan 2020 - Jun 2020
Switzerland
On-site

ERP Project Manager (Integration Project)

Expertise details
Position Summary
ERP Project Manager (Integration Project)
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Business Intelligence
Logistics
Operations
Procurement
Project Management
Supply Chain Management
  • Analysis & consolidation of procurement, sales, warehousing & logistics processes

  • Requirement management between headquarters & branch offices

  • Consulting on organization & process optimization

  • Stakeholder management with internal stakeholders and solution partners & external service providers

  • Optimization of company-wide warehousing processes in the ERP system (CSB)

  • Cleansing & transfer of master & setup data from legacy systems

  • Setup & configuration of clients in the group ERP

  • Creation of analyses & reporting

  • Training & support of the branch offices

Jul 2019 - Aug 2019
Switzerland
Hybrid

ERP Administration

Expertise details
Position Summary
ERP Administration
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Finance
Information Technology
Procurement
  • Requirements analysis (requirements specification & functional specification)

  • Alignment of business processes in branch offices

  • Data analysis for consolidation of corporate data

  • Configuration of ERP systems (order management, procurement, webshop, financial accounting)

  • Consolidation of master data & processes

  • Creation of reports & documents for the target system

  • Training & support of users in German & French

Mar 2019 - May 2019
Austria
On-site

ERP Administration

Expertise details
Position Summary
ERP Administration
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Business Intelligence
Information Technology
  • Analysis & coordination of requirements from internal departments

  • Consulting on solutions for organizational & ERP processes

  • Additional provision of ERP support

  • Management, development & integration of clients in the ERP system

  • Parameterization, configuration & customization of ERP processes

  • Creation of reports, programming of the graphical process management solution

  • Data migration & data analysis for process optimization

Jul 2018 - Sep 2018
Switzerland
On-site

Electronic Accounts Payable Processing

Expertise details
Position Summary
Electronic Accounts Payable Processing
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Business Intelligence
Finance
Information Technology
  • Consulting & support for the ICT manager in implementing the new solution

  • Getting familiar with AI-based invoice processing

  • Creation of analyses, preliminary studies & concepts

  • Optimization of the ruleset for AI-based accounts payable processing

  • Accompanying the implementation & providing post-launch support

  • Support, consulting & training for employees

Jul 2016 - Jul 2016
Switzerland
On-site

Extranet

Expertise details
Position Summary
Extranet
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
Quality Assurance
  • Analysis of internal & external requirements (ERP system, integration of service providers)

  • Developing a solution to ensure collaboration between internal and external parties

  • Setup & maintenance of the extranet for release testing & pending items management

  • Coordination of external development partners

  • Creation of documentation & user training

Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Switzerland
On-site

LVS / WMS Integration

Expertise details
Position Summary
LVS / WMS Integration
Industries
Transportation
Business Areas
Information Technology
Operations
Supply Chain Management
  • Analysis of logistics-related ERP processes & preparation of preliminary studies for the migration to the new LVS

  • Mockups for visual representation of the interfaces

  • Coordination of internal stakeholders & external ERP/WMS development partners

  • Conducting tests, documentation & support during the implementation of the new processes (change management)

  • Adjustment of reporting & report management

  • Training of users on the ERP & LVS/WMS system

Jan 2015 - Feb 2015
Switzerland
On-site

Intranet

Expertise details
Position Summary
Intranet
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Quality Assurance
  • Requirements analysis for technical management, sales & trade

  • Advising the organization on the intranet solution for development & distribution

  • Evaluation of solution partners for development

  • Coordination of internal departments & external partners

  • Setup of an ERP interface to customer data

  • Programming of customizations & processes

  • Conducting functional & acceptance tests

  • Training & support of users

Jan 2010 - Aug 2010
Switzerland
Hybrid

ERP System & HRM Solution Implementation

Expertise details
Position Summary
ERP System & HRM Solution Implementation
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Finance
Human Resources
Information Technology
  • Advising stakeholders on the setup & migration of the new Swiss solution for the Austrian branch

  • Analysis for the solutions to be implemented in financial & management accounting, order processing, route planning & optimization, payroll & personnel planning

  • Alignment of organizational processes in ERP & HRM solutions

  • Setup, configuration & programming of customizations

  • Migration of master & personnel data from the legacy system into the new solutions

  • Reconciliation of historical transaction data

  • Support & training of employees

Oct 2009 - Mar 2012
Switzerland
On-site

Consultant, Analyst, Programmer

Expertise details
Position Summary
Consultant, Analyst, Programmer
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Accounting
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Advising clients on mapping & implementing their business processes in the ERP solution

  • Analysis of requirements & development of solutions

  • Project support; from acquisition through implementation to support & further development

  • Programming of customizations & extensions

  • Training & support during the introduction of new solutions

  • Module responsibility for financial & payroll accounting

Apr 2007 - Dec 2008
Switzerland
On-site

IT Project Manager & Head of Central Services

Expertise details
Position Summary
IT Project Manager & Head of Central Services
Industries
Healthcare
Business Areas
Information Technology
Operations
Project Management
  • Setup & expansion of central services (accounting, human resources, IT)

  • Advising executive management on organizational & IT-related matters

  • Optimizing collaboration with external solution partners

  • Leading IT & organizational projects

  • Optimization of IT infrastructure & ERP systems

  • Leading business & IT projects

  • Installation & maintenance of clinical IT systems for medical technology

  • Disciplinary & functional leadership of the Central Administration team

Jul 1999 - Sep 2003
Liechtenstein
On-site

IT Administration & MIS Implementation

Expertise details
Position Summary
IT Administration & MIS Implementation
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Business Intelligence
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Ensuring the operation of the IT infrastructure

  • Leading interdisciplinary projects

  • Acting as deputy head of IT & Controlling

  • Maintaining & improving the IT infrastructure

  • Introducing & implementing the Management Information System (MIS)

  • Managing IT infrastructure & ERP projects

  • Training & supporting staff at various sites

Jul 1997 - Jun 1999
Switzerland
Hybrid

IT Support Technician

Expertise details
Position Summary
IT Support Technician
Industries
Tourism
Business Areas
Information Technology
  • Ensuring 24/7 IT support at headquarters & casinos

  • Acting as deputy System & Network Administrator

  • Providing technical support for IT infrastructure & slot machines

  • Procuring & managing IT equipment

  • Creating & maintaining templates & documentation

  • On-call duty, training & user support

  • Webmaster

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Manufacturing, Professional Services, Healthcare, Tourism, and Retail.

Information Technology
Manufacturing
Professional Services
Healthcare
Tourism
Retail
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Business Area Experience

See which departments and functions this freelancer has contributed to most.

Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Business Intelligence, Operations, Supply Chain Management, and Accounting.

Information Technology
Project Management
Business Intelligence
Operations
Supply Chain Management
Accounting
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Summary

Your organization, employees, customers & partners benefit from my experience at the interface between business and the requirements for business applications. When implementing solutions, I apply my business & IT expertise holistically in the interests of internal & external stakeholders, always taking data protection into account. This covers requirements analysis & consulting, implementation & rollout, maintenance & support, as well as the further development & optimization of business & IT processes using IT resources and the people involved. You can count on my services just like all my long-standing clients and employers.

Skills

Solution

  • Business & It Projects For Business Applications
  • Manufacturing & Trading Sector
  • Training & Support
  • Data Protection
  • Analysis, Consulting & Optimization Of Business Processes
  • Digitalization

Performance

  • Thorough, Systematic Working Style
  • Performance & Solution-oriented Way Of Working
  • High Level Of Commitment
  • Hands-on Mentality
  • Spatial & Temporal Flexibility
  • Empathetic, Honest & Reliable

Erp / It / Cms

  • Csb
  • Ms Nav/ax/bc
  • Enforpos
  • Selectline Erp
  • Swissaxiserp
  • Pro Alpha
  • Azure / M365
  • Ms Visio
  • Ms Project
  • Sql & Oracle
  • Vmware
  • Sharepoint
  • Exchange / Teams
  • Plesk
  • Drupal

Business

  • Purchasing / Sales
  • Warehouse & Logistics
  • Pps / Mes
  • Payroll & Finance
  • Qm / Qs
  • R & D

Languages

German
Native
English
Intermediate
French
Elementary

Education

Jan 2015 - Dec 2016

University of St. Gallen

Dipl. Business & IT Manager · Business Informatics · St. Gallen, Switzerland · 6

Legal fundamentals for IT business managers, IT marketing, financial leadership, digital technologies to optimize value creation, innovative business models, IT management, architectures / architecture management, process management. Thesis "Digital Transformation of the Value Chain - A Transformation Model for Digital Value Creation"

Oct 1992 - Sep 1995

Zürichsee Education Center

Commercial Employee · Zürich, Switzerland

Certifications & licenses

Data Protection Management System (NDSG)

Swiss Association for Quality & Management Systems (SQS) · Switzerland

NIS2

tecTrain GmbH · Austria

Certified GDPR Data Protection Officer (ISO/IEC 17024)

Austrian Standards · Austria

CAS Defining Transformation

University of St. Gallen · St. Gallen, Switzerland

Project Management

FernUniversität in Hagen · Germany

Oracle Database

Oracle University · Switzerland

Intensive Course Standard SQL

Digicomp Academy AG · Switzerland

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 27
Experience in Information Technology 11.5 y
Avg length 11 m
Longest experience 4 y 2 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 4 (Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein)
Primary country Switzerland

Expertise

Recent roles CMS / CRM solution, IT project management & ICT coordination, PPS / procurement planning
Main industries Information Technology, Manufacturing, Professional Services
Main business areas Information Technology, Project Management, Business Intelligence

Qualifications

Highest degree Bachelor
Certifications earned 7

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Where is Joel based?

Joel is based in Hörbranz, Austria and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

What languages does Joel speak?

Joel speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Intermediate), French (Elementary).

How many years of experience does Joel have?

Joel has at least 16 years of experience. During this time, Joel has worked in at least 24 different roles. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 7 months. Note that Joel may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Joel be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Joel would be well-suited for roles such as: CMS / CRM solution, IT project management & ICT coordination, PPS / procurement planning.

What is Joel's latest experience?

Joel's most recent position is CMS / CRM solution.

Which industries is Joel most experienced in?

Joel is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Manufacturing, and Professional Services. Joel also has some experience in Healthcare, Tourism, and Transportation.

Which business areas is Joel most experienced in?

Joel is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Business Intelligence. Joel also has some experience in Operations, Supply Chain Management, and Accounting.

Which industries has Joel worked in recently?

Joel has recently worked in industries like Information Technology, Manufacturing, and Professional Services.

Which business areas has Joel worked in recently?

Joel has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Operations.

What is Joel's education?

Joel holds a Bachelor in Business Informatics from University of St. Gallen.

Does Joel have any certificates?

Joel has 7 certificates. Among them, these include: Data Protection Management System (NDSG), NIS2, and Certified GDPR Data Protection Officer (ISO/IEC 17024).

What is the availability of Joel?

Joel will be available full-time from June 2026.

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