Manfred Böttcher-Interim Manager as CIO and Managing Director
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Experience
Interim Manager Managing Director
- Optimization of business results and expansion of sales activities
- Responsible for personnel organization
- Introduction of a document management system (DMS)
- Introduction and optimization of the ERP, CMS and CRM landscape
- Introduction of digital signatures
- Increase in revenue, reduction in costs and increase in EBIT
Interim Manager, Project Manager
- Concept development for print-on-demand for labels
- Process optimization
- Master data optimization
- Supplier selection and support during implementation
Interim Manager, Head of Purchasing and Production Planning
- Optimization of personnel management as well as purchasing and planning
- Optimization of procurement processes
- Supplier support and regular Teams meetings
- Ensuring agreed delivery dates (delivery on time)
- Optimization of delivery times, search for new suppliers and supplier evaluations
- Creation of supplier statistics (on-time delivery, quality)
- Master data maintenance, optimization of production planning and capacities
- Avoidance of overlap and idle times
- Creation of production planning statistics
- Increase in customer satisfaction
Interim Manager, Project Manager Digitalization
- Digitization of production for a special machine builder
- Approved concept from the board
- Increase in efficiency and clarity in production
- Equipping all workstations/work centers/machines with scanners, tablet/AIO and signal light
- Displaying drawings and setup specifications via displays with zoom function
- Detailed planning of production orders to optimize running and setup times
- Optimization of operational data collection to improve data quality for post-calculation
- Tracking of start, interruption and end of each work step
- Ability to make simple schedule changes, add, remove and move orders and priorities
- Control center function for the production management overview
Interim Manager, Production Manager
- Leading 25 people, including 5 direct reports
- Optimization of process flows in production, warehousing and quality management
- Optimization of order planning and reduction of rework orders
- Improvement of work processes between production areas and reduction of backlogs
- Improvement of people management among department heads and communication between production and management
- Raising employee awareness for quality and cleanliness
- Avoidance of non-value-adding activities
Group Chief Information Officer
Pharma Konzern
- Authorized signatory, member of the management board and executive board
- Responsibility for IT and group organization
- Leading all IT-related topics and company organization
Interim and crisis manager
- Management and company organization
- Restructuring and integration
- IT management, IT organization and IT outsourcing
- Project and IT project management
Managing Director and Director Information Technology for Europe
H.B.Fuller GmbH Zürich
- Authorized signatory and member of the Global IT Steering Committee
- Responsibility for all IT areas in Europe
Head of IT and Organization
Grote & Hartmann GmbH & Co KG
- Authorized signatory and member of the management board with participation in supervisory board meetings
- Commercial Managing Director (acting) for 2000 employees
- Responsibility for HR, IT, organization, purchasing, financial accounting and controlling
- Responsibility for all IT requirements worldwide
Manager IT and Organization
Autoliv Elektrolux GmbH
- With power of attorney, reporting line to Head of Finance
- Responsibility for all IT requirements in Germany including organization
Industry experience
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Experienced in Pharmaceutical, Automotive, Chemical, Professional Services, Manufacturing, and Information Technology.
Business area experience
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Experienced in Information Technology, Operations, Human Resources, Project Management, Finance, and Production.
Summary
As a graduate computer scientist (business informatics), I have more than 30 years of experience as a CIO and IT managing director and, in this context, extensive experience with business processes, structuring and restructuring companies, as well as broad experience with ERP systems and many other major projects, such as the introduction of the security code for medicines and print-on-demand for package inserts and labels for the pharmaceutical industry, including Braille.
In addition, I have also gained experience as an interim production manager, interim purchasing manager, and production planner, as well as an interim manager for the digitization of production.
Skills
25 Years Of Experience In Top Management
- International Core Applications, Development And Support
- Development And Support Of International Infrastructure Including Data Centers
- Services For All Topics In It And Organization
- Management Of External Service Providers, Licenses, Etc.
- Decisions (Make Or Buy)
- Decisions On Whether To Continue Existing Applications (New Releases) Or Implement New Applications.
- Restructuring And Reorganization Of Companies And New It Organizations
- Contact Person For Executive Management And All Other Departments For It/Organization
- Responsible For Projects (It, Organization And Business Projects)
- Etc.
Main Responsibilities In Previous Positions
- International Core Applications, Development And Support
- Development And Support Of International Infrastructure Including Data Centers
- Services For All Topics In It And Organization
- Management Of External Service Providers, Licenses, Etc.
- Decisions (Make Or Buy)
- Decisions On Whether To Continue Existing Applications (New Releases) Or Implement New Applications.
- Restructuring And Reorganization Of Companies And New It Organizations
- Contact Person For Executive Management And All Other Departments For It/Organization
- Responsible For Projects (It, Organization And Business Projects)
29 Years Of Responsibility For Staff And Budgets
- 80 Employees And At Times 30 External Employees
- €12 Million Budget (€6 Million Cost Budget; €6 Million Investment Budget)
- Strong Social Skills And Integrity
- Management Of Internal And External Staff
27 Years Of Experience Leading Large Projects
- Dms Systems As Well As It Infrastructures, Etc.
- Netherlands, Sweden, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, England, Austria, Poland, Switzerland, South Africa, Usa, Denmark
- Business Process Analysis And Definition Internally For All Company Areas And Externally From Supplier To Customer (Supply Chain)
- Conducting It Due Diligence As Preparation For Company Acquisitions (Denmark And Portugal)
- Integration Manager In Portugal And Denmark (It, Organization And Business Processes)
- Digitization Of All Business Areas In An International Environment
- Development Of An Erp System For The Automotive Supplier Industry
- Restructuring In An International Environment (New Workplaces, New Culture)
- Integration Manager (It & Business)
- License Management
- Responsible For Introducing Anti-Counterfeiting Protection For Medicines (Eu Project)
- Cloud Projects (O365, Sharepoint, Crm System, Etc.)
- Building / Developing Global It Structures / It Organization
- Leading And Managing Development Teams (Erp Systems, E-Business, Intranet, Sql Solutions, Dms Solutions, It Administration Solutions, Digitization Projects)
Experience Abroad
- 5 Years In Switzerland
- 2 Years In Portugal (Integration Manager)
- 1 Year In Denmark (Integration Manager)
- 1 Year In Spain (Shutdown Of Production Site)
- 1 Year In France (Shutdown Of Production Site)
Professional Experience / Project Successes As Main Person Responsible / Concept Development – Introductions And Installations
- Ibm Iseries / As/400 Models (I520, Power 6, Power 7, Power 8, Power 9)
- Call Centers (Customer Care Area)
- Vmware (Server Virtualization)
- Terminal Emulation Via Citrix
- High Availability Of Systems / Mirroring Via Itera / San Volume Controlling
- Telephone Systems
- Home Offices
- Backup Data Center
- Personnel Time Recording Systems
- Inventory Management
- Network Monitoring Tools
- Emergency Power Supply For The Entire Company
- Consolidation Software For Monthly And Annual Financial Statements
- E-Mail Archiving
- Document Management Systems Incl. Workflows For The Digitization Of All Business Processes
- Computer System Validation (Csv) According To Gmp Incl. Audit Trail
- Gdpr
- It Compliance
- Crm System (Cloud Solution) / Hybrid Environment
- Bi Systems
- Personnel Management Systems
- Ms Office (Teams, Sharepoint) Cloud Solutions
- Sla (Service Level Agreements) With All Business Areas
- Voip (Voice Over Ip) And Ipcc (Call Center Functionalities)
- User Help Desk System / Ticket System (Remedy First-, Second- And Third-Level Support)
- Erp System In 10 European Countries Incl. A Financial Accounting System
- Cad, Caq And Cam Systems (Worldwide)
- Financial Accounting Systems (Worldwide)
- Personnel Management Systems Incl. Payroll And Salary Accounting
- Worldwide Network (Lan / Wan) Incl. The Entire Infrastructure And Pc Networks (Novell)
- Operational Data Collection System (Topic Of My Diploma Thesis)
Professional Experience / Project Successes As Main Person Responsible / Concept Development – Development / Introductions
- Erp System (For The Automotive Supplier Industry)
- Erp System (For A Pharmaceutical Group)
- Erp System (For A Medical Devices Trading Company)
- Modifications / Extensions Of Erp Standard Solutions
- Business Intelligence (Bi Reporting And Data Mining)
- Management Tools
- Customer Relationship Management Systems
- Print On Demand For Package Inserts And Folding Inserts
- Print On Demand For Labels Incl. Braille
- Internet Presence / Home Pages For All Business Areas And Locations / Branches
- Intranet For All Business Areas
- Research Software (Re-Imports)
- Online Ordering System For Pharmacies
- Outsourcing Concepts
Professional Experience / Project Successes As Main Person Responsible / Concept Development – Company Organization
- Building / Developing Global It Structures / It Organization
- Building A Central Data Center
- Business Process Analysis And Definition Incl. Guidelines Internally For All Company Areas And Externally From Supplier To Customer (Supply Chain)
- Permanent Inventory Incl. Empty-Space Control For Each Storage Compartment
- Definition And Implementation Of Global And Regional Standards
- Training Employees In All Applications Incl. Ms Office
- Restructuring Of The Entire Company Organization (Line Organization To Matrix Organization)
- Creation Of Guidelines (Company Organization / It)
- Creation Of Company Manuals
- License Management
- Facility Management (Water, Gas, Electricity, Security – Burglary, Fire Alarm)
- Construction Manager; New Buildings (Main Building / Penthouse Floor / Canteen)
- Responsible For Introducing Anti-Counterfeiting Protection For Medicines (Eu Project)
- Closure Of Plants And Sales Offices
- Change Management Process
- Disaster & Recovering Plan
- High-Level Project Manager For An Sap Implementation
Professional Experience / Project Successes As Main Person Responsible / Concept Development – Integration Manager
- Integration Of A Danish Company (Approx. €150 Million Revenue)
- Integration Of A Portuguese Company
- Integration Of Two German Companies
Professional Experience / Project Successes As Main Person Responsible / Concept Development – Due Diligence
- Company Assessments / Company Acquisition
- Outsourcing Studies
Languages
Education
University of Applied Sciences PTL-Wedel
Diplom-Informatiker, Business Informatics · Business Informatics · Wedel, Germany
State Vocational School in Hamburg
University of Applied Sciences entrance qualification · Hamburg, Germany
Vocational Upper Secondary School in Hamburg
Technical secondary school certificate · Hamburg, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Just In Time Production
Continuous Improvement Process (KVP)
Lean Production, Kaizen
Lean Six Sigma
Modern Project Management
New Work
TQM (Total Quality Management)
Statistics
Experience
Global experience
Expertise
Qualifications
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Manfred is based in Ahrensburg, Germany.
Manfred speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).
Manfred has at least 39 years of experience. During this time, Manfred has worked in at least 10 different roles and for 4 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 4 years and 11 months. Note that Manfred may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Manfred would be well-suited for roles such as: Interim Manager Managing Director, Interim Manager, Project Manager, Interim Manager, Head of Purchasing and Production Planning.
Manfred's most recent position is Interim Manager Managing Director.
In recent years, Manfred has worked for Pharma Konzern.
Manfred is most experienced in industries like Pharmaceutical, Automotive, and Chemical. Manfred also has some experience in Manufacturing, Professional Services, and Information Technology.
Manfred is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Operations, and Human Resources. Manfred also has some experience in Finance, Project Management, and Production.
Manfred has recently worked in industries like Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing, and Professional Services.
Manfred has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Operations, and Production.
Manfred attended University of Applied Sciences PTL-Wedel for Business Informatics.
Manfred has 7 certificates. Among them, these include: Just In Time Production, Continuous Improvement Process (KVP), Lean Production, and Kaizen.
Manfred is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.
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