Jürgen Windheim - IT Project Manager

Q: Where is Jürgen based?

Jürgen is based in Hemmingen, Germany .

Q: What languages does Jürgen speak?

Jürgen speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Spanish (Intermediate), French (Intermediate), Danish (Elementary) .

Q: How many years of experience does Jürgen have?

Jürgen has at least 35 years of experience. During this time, Jürgen has worked in at least 16 different roles and for 14 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 11 months . Note that Jürgen may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Jürgen's latest experience?

Jürgen's most recent position is IT Project Manager at Daimler Financial Services .

Q: What companies has Jürgen worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Jürgen has worked for Daimler Financial Services , Daimler Truck Financial Services , Volkswagen Financial Services , and Triple-A-Projekte .

Q: Which industries is Jürgen most experienced in?

Jürgen is most experienced in industries like Information Technology , Manufacturing , and Telecommunication . Jürgen also has some experience in Banking and Finance , Energy , and Professional Services .

Q: Which business areas is Jürgen most experienced in?

Jürgen is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology , Project Management , and Sales . Jürgen also has some experience in Human Resources , Operations , and Finance .

Q: Which industries has Jürgen worked in recently?

Jürgen has recently worked in industries like Information Technology , Banking and Finance , and Automotive .

Q: Which business areas has Jürgen worked in recently?

Jürgen has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology and Project Management .

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Hemmingen, Germany

Experience

Jan 2023 - Jul 2024

1 year 7 months

IT Project Manager

Daimler Financial Services

Implementation of a financing and leasing system for Market NL (Miles / Miles MMP) from supplier Sofico

Feb 2022 - Dec 2022

11 months

IT and Business Project Manager

Daimler Truck Financial Services

SAP S/4 carve-out and migration into SAP RISE Cloud

Feb 2020 - Dec 2021

1 year 11 months

Braunschweig, Germany

IT Project Manager

Volkswagen Financial Services

Restructuring and partial automation of the IT infrastructure demand process as PaaS

Jun 2018 - Oct 2019

1 year 5 months

Stuttgart, Germany

IT Project Manager

Daimler Financial Services

Project management for the integration of the bank’s default application (SAP ABAP OO custom development, SAP FI, SAP BW, SAP S/4HANA) to a new proposal and contract management system for corporate and retail customers through web services, proxy services and bulk data transfers

Nov 2017 - Jun 2018

8 months

Stuttgart, Germany

Program Manager / PMO

Daimler Financial Services

Program management for the automation of the bank’s credit approval process for retail customers in 14 countries globally

Jan 2017 - Dec 2017

1 year

Rüsselsheim, Germany

Interim Program Manager IT

GM Financial / Opel Leasing GmbH

Program management IT for the implementation of a European full service leasing system at Opel Bank

Feb 2016 - Oct 2016

9 months

Stuttgart, Germany

Program Manager

Daimler Financial Services

Program management for data migration, data anonymisation, test automation and reference data management for the implementation of a Europe-wide financing and leasing system

Oct 2014 - Dec 2015

1 year 3 months

Interim Manager IT Applications

SolarWorld AG

Management of Business Applications Department (Microsoft Dynamics Navision, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Microsoft Business Intelligence, Targit, d3, SharePoint)
Management of Software Engineering Department (development of technical applications for solar systems)
Head of Quality Task Force “Energy Manager” for global product management (increase in quality and stability of solar systems, management of suppliers)
Implementation of a change maturity process
Implementation of a ticketing system for technical support and customer service departments
Restructuring of the technical support department
Implementation of a global help desk for technical support of solar systems
Requirements analysis for a global solution for technical planning of solar systems

Aug 2014 - Present

11 years 8 months

Freelancer

Triple-A-Projekte

Implementation of various IT projects on a freelance basis

Jun 2013 - Jun 2014

1 year 1 month

Hanover, Germany

Head of Projects Department

Höft & Wessel AG

Program and project management of an annual IT project portfolio of approximately €65 M
Leadership of 15 IT project managers as direct reports
Customer escalation management
Turnover, cost and EBIT responsibility for the department
Project managers capacity and knowledge development planning

Sep 2012 - Mar 2013

7 months

Gifhorn, Germany

Interim Manager

Hönigsberg & Düvel GmbH

Integration of five fractal legal entities of H&D International Group to be restructured free of redundancies and according to economic business rules, reporting directly to general management

Apr 2011 - Mar 2012

1 year

Hanover, Germany

Interim IT Director

Deutsche Messe Interactive GmbH

Responsibility for all IT including budget, IT operations, IT support and IT projects according to business planning and IT strategy
Management of one internal and one external data center
Standardisation of IT service processes according to ITIL V3
Management of external suppliers according to agreed service levels
Software development according to Scrum based on Java, PHP, MySQL, Typo3 CMS for three business areas: media service (CMS), push services (dialog marketing and automation), pull service (web-based content targeting and B2B publishing services)
Leadership of 14 direct reports through three team leaders
Structured personal development planning for direct reports

Achievements:

Very high availability of production systems
High motivation of IT team and strong acceptance of IT within business departments

Jan 2010 - Feb 2011

1 year 2 months

Randers, Denmark

Director Service Transition

Vestas Wind Systems A/S

Organisational and operational department and process construction according to ITIL V3
Operational management responsibility for service introduction management (coaching of project management for optimal preparation of departments and infrastructure for project handover), service level management, change management (RFC developments and release planning) and release management (planning and cutover of major, minor and weekend releases)
Recruitment, contract negotiations and leadership of 17 direct reports through three team leaders

May 2008 - Dec 2009

1 year 8 months

Videbaek, Denmark

Director Global Support

Vestas Wind Systems A/S

Organisational development according to ITIL V3 and management of three application support teams in Denmark, Denver (CO, USA) and Singapore
Introduction of 24×7 follow-the-sun ERP application support for 38 factories globally
Recruitment, contract negotiations and leadership of 45 direct reports through three team leaders
Intensive staff development, cultural integration and team building for a multicultural global team

Jul 2006 - May 2008

1 year 11 months

Husum, Germany

Manager Business Applications

Vestas Central Europe

Management of all ERP and ERP-related business applications for Germany, BeNeLux, Austria and Eastern Europe
Implementation of new ERP systems (SunSystems and SyteLine of Infor) for sales, projects, service, field service, finance, controlling and human capital management
Management of ERP operations and support for 300 in-house users and 800 field service technicians

Feb 2004 - Jun 2006

2 years 5 months

Düsseldorf, Germany

Business Unit Manager IT Consulting

JM Management Consulting GmbH / XpectIT GmbH

Germany-wide responsibility for all IT consulting and IT outsourcing projects
Key account management and customer development
Leadership of four IT consultants and 45 software developers

Achievements:

Successful outsourcing of a large IT service business unit according to Section 613a of the German Civil Code

Mar 2002 - Dec 2003

1 year 10 months

Hanover, Germany

Business Unit Manager Performance Management

CS Consulting AG / PROCOS (Deutschland) GmbH

Responsibility for product sales and implementation of performance management products (STRAT&GO, PROCOS AG)
Key account management and customer development
Leadership of 10 direct reports (IT consultants and sales)

Achievements:

Successful outtasking of performance management business unit into PROCOS (Deutschland) GmbH as of 2003-01-01
Product sales to medium and large national customers in Germany

Aug 1989 - Jan 2002

12 years 6 months

Düsseldorf, Germany

Partner; Business Unit Manager; Team Leader; Project Manager; Consultant

Deloitte Consulting GmbH

International partner for telecommunications industry (1999–2002): key accounts Vodafone (UK), Colt Telecom (UK/DE), Mannesmann Arcor (NL); project sizes $3–15 M; sales of ERP consulting services; contract development; customer management; programme and project management of ERP and CRM implementations; monthly invoicing and receivables management
Development and leadership of a consulting team of 35 ERP consultants, managers and senior managers for Oracle Applications implementations (1994–1999); project sizes $0.5–3 M; customers in manufacturing and telecommunications

Achievements:

Built Deloitte’s European Oracle Application Competence Center as preferred European sales and implementation partner for Oracle in Germany, UK and France
Successful implementations of multiple ERP systems (finance, cost accounting, HR, payroll, material management, production planning)
Maintained high team spirit and very low team churn rate

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Manufacturing, Telecommunication, Banking and Finance, Energy, and Professional Services.

Information Technology

Manufacturing

Telecommunication

Banking and Finance

Energy

Professional Services

Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Sales, Human Resources, Finance, and Operations.

Information Technology

Project Management

Sales

Human Resources

Finance

Operations

Summary

Commonly known personality and leadership tests show my strong leadership skills with high social competences. I have learned to lead employees individually within international and cultural boundaries to meet annual goals and to exceed expectations continuously. Direct reporting managers will be guided through a coaching approach in identifying business directives and according to business best practices to optimize motivation and business results. Peer colleagues, customers as well as direct reports are looking at me as a well organized and structured leader as well as a very service oriented manager with fair decision making capabilities and a permanent open door for directions.

Skills

Erp Systems: Oracle, Peoplesoft, Sap, Mapics Xa (Infor), Sun (Infor), Syteline (Infor), Navision
Erp Business Processes: Finance And Cost Accounting, Human Capital Management And Payroll, Material Management (Purchasing, Sales, Inventory), Production Planning
It Process Standards: It Service Processes Acc. To Itil V2 And V3, Hp Service Manager
More It Systems: Ms Windows, Microsoft Exchange And Outlook, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), Ibm Lotus Notes, Microsoft Project
Database Systems: Oracle, Microsoft Sql, Mysql
Leadership Of Managers Through Coaching, Annual Goal Setting And Tracking, Negotiation Management

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Spanish

Intermediate

French

Intermediate

Danish

Elementary

Education

Oct 1981 - Jun 1989

University of Hannover

Diplom Engineer, High Frequency and Microwave Engineering · Technical Engineering · Hanover, Germany · 2.9

Oct 1972 - Jun 1981

Gymnasium Humboldtschule Hannover

Abitur · Hanover, Germany · 2.9

Certifications & licenses

ITIL Foundation Certification

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 18

Experience in Information Technology 16.5 y

Avg length 2 y 5 m

Longest experience 12 y 5 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 2 (Germany, Denmark)

Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles IT Project Manager, IT and Business Project Manager, Program Manager / PMO

Main industries Information Technology, Manufacturing, Telecommunication

Main business areas Information Technology, Project Management, Sales

Qualifications

Highest degree Master

Certifications earned 1

Profile

Created

February 2026

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Where is Jürgen based?

Jürgen is based in Hemmingen, Germany.

What languages does Jürgen speak?

Jürgen speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Spanish (Intermediate), French (Intermediate), Danish (Elementary).

How many years of experience does Jürgen have?

Jürgen has at least 35 years of experience. During this time, Jürgen has worked in at least 16 different roles and for 14 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 11 months. Note that Jürgen may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Jürgen be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Jürgen would be well-suited for roles such as: IT Project Manager, IT and Business Project Manager, Program Manager / PMO.

What is Jürgen's latest experience?

Jürgen's most recent position is IT Project Manager at Daimler Financial Services.

What companies has Jürgen worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Jürgen has worked for Daimler Financial Services, Daimler Truck Financial Services, Volkswagen Financial Services, and Triple-A-Projekte.

Which industries is Jürgen most experienced in?

Jürgen is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Manufacturing, and Telecommunication. Jürgen also has some experience in Banking and Finance, Energy, and Professional Services.

Which business areas is Jürgen most experienced in?

Jürgen is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Sales. Jürgen also has some experience in Human Resources, Operations, and Finance.

Which industries has Jürgen worked in recently?

Jürgen has recently worked in industries like Information Technology, Banking and Finance, and Automotive.

Which business areas has Jürgen worked in recently?

Jürgen has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology and Project Management.

What is Jürgen's education?

Jürgen holds a Master in Technical Engineering from University of Hannover.

Does Jürgen have any certificates?

Jürgen has 1 certificate: ITIL Foundation Certification.

What is the availability of Jürgen?

Jürgen is immediately available for suitable projects.

What is the rate of Jürgen?

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