Jürgen Windheim-IT Project Manager
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IT Project Manager
Daimler Financial Services
- Implementation of a financing and leasing system for Market NL (Miles / Miles MMP) from supplier Sofico
IT and Business Project Manager
Daimler Truck Financial Services
- SAP S/4 carve-out and migration into SAP RISE Cloud
IT Project Manager
Volkswagen Financial Services
- Restructuring and partial automation of the IT infrastructure demand process as PaaS
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
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
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
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
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
Freelancer
Triple-A-Projekte
- Implementation of various IT projects on a freelance basis
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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Experienced in Information Technology, Manufacturing, Telecommunication, Banking and Finance, Energy, and Professional Services.
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Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Sales, Human Resources, Finance, and 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
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Education
University of Hannover
Diplom Engineer, High Frequency and Microwave Engineering · Technical Engineering · Hanover, Germany · 2.9
Gymnasium Humboldtschule Hannover
Abitur · Hanover, Germany · 2.9
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Jürgen is based in Hemmingen, Germany.
Jürgen speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Spanish (Intermediate), French (Intermediate), Danish (Elementary).
Jürgen has at least 36 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. Note that Jürgen may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Jürgen would be well-suited for roles such as: IT Project Manager, IT and Business Project Manager, Program Manager / PMO.
Jürgen's most recent position is IT Project Manager at Daimler Financial Services.
In recent years, Jürgen has worked for Daimler Financial Services, Daimler Truck Financial Services, Volkswagen Financial Services, and Triple-A-Projekte.
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.
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.
Jürgen has recently worked in industries like Information Technology, Banking and Finance, and Automotive.
Jürgen has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology and Project Management.
Jürgen holds a Master in Technical Engineering from University of Hannover.
Jürgen has 1 certificate: ITIL Foundation Certification.
The availability of Jürgen needs to be confirmed.
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