Nicolai B.-Director IT & Digital Germany
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Director IT & Digital Germany
Bergman Germany HoldCo GmbH
Overall responsibility for IT, including the creation and implementation of the IT roadmap/IT strategy and the resulting measures in the organizational structure, processes and systems landscape
Member of the Management Board
Organizational development
Development of the corporate strategy
Introduction of a new SteerCo process for Germany in coordination with the Dutch group
Restructuring and optimization of incident, problem and change management
Moderation and execution of software and partner selection processes for the introduction of new systems/applications
Initiation and negotiation of business relationships with external service providers and suppliers, including contract design
Ensuring IT security and data protection in accordance with legal requirements and best practices
Expansion of internal data centers and infrastructure to ensure SLAs for internal operations, including cloud services and cybersecurity
Budget planning and control as well as resource management for the area of responsibility
Director IT & Digital
Bergman Clinics HoldCo
Transformation, Security, Roadmap
Head of IT / Head of IT
C. Otto Gehrckens GmbH & Co. KG
Overall responsibility for IT, including the creation and implementation of the IT roadmap/IT strategy and the resulting measures in the organizational structure, processes and systems landscape
Member of the Management Board
Organizational development
Development of the corporate strategy
Program management for the introduction of lean management
Establishment of new project management standards
Introduction of a new demand management process
Restructuring and optimization of incident, problem and change management
Introduction of M365
Introduction of production controlling along the supply chain
Various expansion and optimization projects in the ERP application (proALPHA)
Advising management and specialist departments on IT issues and new technological developments
Moderation and execution of software and partner selection processes for the introduction of new systems/applications
Initiation and negotiation of business relationships with external service providers and suppliers, including contract design
Ensuring IT security and data protection in accordance with legal requirements and best practices
Expansion of internal data centers and infrastructure to ensure SLAs for internal operations, including cloud services and cybersecurity
Budget planning and control as well as resource management for the area of responsibility
Director IT / CIO
Ludwig Görtz GmbH
Overall responsibility for IT, including the creation and implementation of the IT roadmap/IT strategy and the resulting measures in the organizational structure, processes and systems landscape
Member of the Management Board
Restructuring and optimization of the ERP Competence Center
Restructuring and optimization of incident, problem and change management
Creation of a new target operating model for IT
Advising management and other decision-makers in the specialist departments, especially in the recording, analysis and design of measures to optimize or newly implement business processes
Moderation and execution of software and partner selection processes for the introduction of new systems/applications
Initiation and negotiation of business relationships with external service providers and suppliers, including contract design
Outsourcing of 1st and 2nd level support for the nationwide branch network and internal logistics
Expansion of internal and external data centers to ensure SLAs for internal operations, including cloud services and cybersecurity
Introduction of MS D365 SCM for internal logistics
Establishment of a second logistics center, including complete infrastructure
Various expansion and optimization projects in the e-commerce area
Development and expansion of the Görtz Connected omnichannel marketplace platform with more than 70 partner companies (e.g. Amazon, Zalando, …)
Introduction of digital invoice delivery
Introduction of the Atoss E-PEP system
Budget planning and controlling for the area of responsibility
Director IT
Libri GmbH
Overall responsibility for IT, including IT strategy
Member of the Management Board
Management of three departments with a total of 40 internal employees
Initiation and negotiation of business relationships with external service providers and suppliers
Establishment of a new organizational structure within IT (DevOps)
Restructuring of customer support to optimize incident, problem and change management
Relaunch of the company's own e-commerce platform as a white-label solution for approximately 1,800 customers
Initiation and new development of an enterprise resource planning system for approximately 1,600 customers (SaaS architecture based on AWS)
Establishment of a new development framework including CI/CD in a new cloud-based infrastructure (Kubernetes / Docker)
Ensuring service level / operational level agreements for the customers under management, including escalation management
Establishment and contribution to the organizational development process for the entire company
Outsourcing / sale of applications and partial services
Direct contact for management and the heads of specialist departments on all IT-related issues
Moderation and execution of organizational and project workshops
Budget planning and controlling for the area of responsibility
Head of Enterprise Applications Development
ECE Projektmanagement G.m.b.H & Co. KG
Project management for group-wide projects (including SAP and SEPA implementation)
Coordination of internal and external employees
Product responsibility for the implementation, development and operation of all ERP systems (SAP, Dynamics AX, Dynamics CRM, Sharepoint, …), both nationally and internationally
Management of an eleven-member team of IT consultants/project managers in the development area
Management of a twelve-member team of IT application managers in the operations area
Direct contact for executive management and the business departments on matters relating to ERP, CRM, Sharepoint, analysis, development, standard reporting, application operations and system architectures
Budget planning and controlling for the area of responsibility
IT Project Manager and Head of SAP and Advertising Systems Development
Bauer Systems KG - Bauer Media Group
Project management for group-wide projects (e.g. SAP Ugrade)
Coordination of internal and approximately 20 external employees
Product responsibility for the development and operation of all advertising systems
Regular workshops with SAP to coordinate the further development of the SAP modules in use
Management of the SAP development team
Direct contact for executive management and the business departments on matters relating to ERP, CRM, BI, DWH, analysis, development, standard reporting, data mining and system architectures
Budget planning and controlling for the area of responsibility
Team Leader BI Logistics
Bauer Systems KG - Bauer Media Group
Management of a five-member BI team
Project management for logistics IT projects
Product responsibility for BI development and operations
Direct contact for executive management and the business department on matters relating to BI, DWH, analysis, development, standard reporting and data mining
Budget planning and controlling for the area of responsibility
Data Mining Manager
VKG Verlagvertriebs KG; Con.Vidis KG; Bauer Vertriebs KG; Bauer Systems KG - Bauer Media Group
Establishment of the logistics consulting business area
Data mining (Predictive Modelling, Scoring)
Preparation of ad hoc analyses
Establishment of standard reporting (web-based, OLAP)
Project management for cross-functional IT projects
Development of test scenarios for quality measurement (benchmarks)
Industry experience
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Experienced in Media and Entertainment, Retail, Real Estate, Chemical, Information Technology, and Healthcare.
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Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Business Intelligence, Operations, Logistics, and Product Development.
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Education
FH-Wedel
Diplom Wirtschaftsinformatiker (FH) · Business Informatics · Wedel, Germany · gut
FH-Hamburg
Diplom Bauingenieur (FH) · Civil Engineering · Hamburg, Germany · gut
Certifications & licenses
Cambridge BEC Vantage Zertifikat C1
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Nicolai is based in Norderstedt, Germany.
Nicolai speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).
Nicolai has at least 21 years of experience. During this time, Nicolai has worked in at least 9 different roles and for 8 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 3 months. Note that Nicolai may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Nicolai would be well-suited for roles such as: Director IT & Digital Germany, Director IT & Digital, Head of IT / Head of IT.
Nicolai's most recent position is Director IT & Digital Germany at Bergman Germany HoldCo GmbH.
In recent years, Nicolai has worked for Bergman Germany HoldCo GmbH, Bergman Clinics HoldCo, C. Otto Gehrckens GmbH & Co. KG, and Ludwig Görtz GmbH.
Nicolai is most experienced in industries like Media and Entertainment, Retail, and Real Estate. Nicolai also has some experience in Chemical, Information Technology, and Healthcare.
Nicolai is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Business Intelligence. Nicolai also has some experience in Operations, Logistics, and Product Development.
Nicolai has recently worked in industries like Chemical, Retail, and Information Technology.
Nicolai has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Strategy, and Project Management.
Nicolai holds a Bachelor in Civil Engineering from FH-Hamburg.
Nicolai has 1 certificate: Cambridge BEC Vantage Zertifikat C1.
Nicolai is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.
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