Ole Himmel-Manager Post-Merger Integration, Process Management and Digitalization (Software)
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Senior Business Analyst IT
TÜV Süd AG
- Supported the team in the Scheduling Optimization field of the newly founded Digital Hub to anchor the digitalization strategy.
- Identified, documented and created transparency across the group's entire IT application landscape in the scheduling area.
- Conducted market research on scheduling applications.
- Analyzed the existing Application Compass and created a sublist of scheduling applications.
- Identified contacts, planned and conducted interviews with 5 lead IT architects per business unit.
- Planned and conducted about 40 interviews with the identified application owners by priority.
- Technically evaluated the interviews and prepared a management presentation.
- Analyzed existing infrastructure data and documented results in a logical structure.
- Technologies: MS Office, MS Outlook.
Migration Project Manager
DB InfraGo AG
- DB InfraGo AG aims to harmonize its project management software for construction projects as part of its IT landscape consolidation.
- A new software based on SharePoint is currently being developed to replace as many legacy applications as possible in the three business units DB Fahrweg, DB Personenbahnhöfe and DB Energie.
- Took over the entire rollout management of this software and managed the migration of 3 legacy systems used by over 3,000 users.
- Ensured system availability in compliance with construction operations regulations and coordinated the handover to operations.
- Planned the full rollout for 3 legacy systems with over 3,000 users.
- Defined the migration methodology and coordinated with external vendors on export, drove the functional mapping, and managed the implementation planning using Sharegate and PowerShell.
- Involved the communications department and synchronized with DevOps teams.
- Stakeholder management and creation of the migration concept including testing and soft launch.
- Applied structured interviews, Jira, Confluence, Miro, SAFe and Kanban.
- Roadmap and milestone planning as well as business process mapping.
- Analyzed the IT landscape with focus on software including data mapping.
- Change management according to Kubler-Ross and Kotter.
- Technologies: MS Outlook, MS Planner, Sharegate.
Project Manager Post-Merger Integration
4JET Group
- Led the PMI project after 4JET Group acquired Corning Laser Technologies GmbH.
- Managed all workstreams, advised on designing the target organization and actively led the IT workstreams, including cutover and change management.
- Assisted in negotiations with the works council and in preparing the interests balance and social plan.
- Responsible for the focus area IT applications including analysis of the IT landscape after the acquisition and selection and implementation of core systems.
- Developed an integration plan with defined integration priorities.
- Identified, implemented and monitored cost savings and efficiency gains.
- Ensured a smooth transition without disrupting ongoing business.
- Provided clear and transparent communication with employees and leaders, managing resistance and cultural challenges.
- Identified and managed risks.
- Applied structured interviews, Target Operating Model (TOM), PMI frameworks and business process mapping.
- Analyzed the IT landscape including data mapping and change management according to Kubler-Ross and Kotter.
- Technologies: MS Office, MS Outlook.
Project Manager IT Sourcing
Verwaltungs-Berufsgenossenschaft (VBG)
- Supported market research and business analysis of IT applications in process automation (RPA) with integration of AI models.
- Conducted an EU-wide tender and deployed an automation platform to address demographic challenges in the workforce.
- Assisted in capturing and coordinating end-to-end processes at levels 3-4.
- Identified, evaluated and formulated use cases from business departments and management levels.
- Prepared tender and contract documents and provided technical support during procurement.
- Updated the market analysis of RPA applications and developed the RPA introduction roadmap.
- Aligned RPA use cases with business units and selected managers.
- Published the RPA tender and communicated with vendors.
- Developed a criteria-based evaluation scheme and evaluated submitted proposals.
- Decided on the tool and IT implementation partner.
- Used process capture interviews, evaluation matrices and RPA/AI methods.
- Technologies: MS DevOps, WebEx, MS Office, MS Outlook.
ERP Consultant
BTE Stelcon GmbH
- Supported the rollout of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations as part of the group-wide IT strategy.
- Responsible for planning, execution and documentation in training, support, migration and testing.
- Conducted system tests and reported results to the implementation partner.
- Managed change management throughout all project phases.
- Established a Community of Practice, provided learning materials and set up a support structure.
- Learned customer-specific customizations of the D365 installation and configuration.
- Conducted key user training and workshops and created training videos.
- Assisted in creating test cases and overseeing and supporting test phases.
- Advised on tailored ITIL and stakeholder management.
- Technologies: MS Dynamics 365 (F&O), MS Teams, MS Office, MS SharePoint, MS Outlook.
IT Project Manager / CRM Consultant
value AG
- Supporting the relaunch of the CRM application Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales to optimize and digitize the sales area.
- Documenting core processes and technically configuring the application in an agile approach.
- Implementing incremental changes and simple improvements as an MVP.
- Introducing a Community of Practice, providing learning materials, and setting up a support structure.
- Defining the scope related to the process area and running process capture and optimization workshops.
- Setting up and managing an agile implementation backlog.
- Configuring views, dashboards, workflows, as well as roles and permissions in Dynamics 365.
- Testing and approving backlog items, and training and communicating new features.
- Managing stakeholders and leading analysis workshops.
- Technologies: MS Dynamics 365 (Sales), MS Teams, MS Office, MS SharePoint, MS Outlook.
Strategy Consultant / Co-Project Manager Post Merger Integration
TX Logistik AG
- Operational project management and leading the Project Office for the post merger integration of Exploris Holding Deutschland GmbH.
- Advising in production, HR, and IT to support the integration of the new company.
- Initial project setup and in-depth analysis of departments on both buyer and seller sides.
- Assessing integration readiness after a reorganization and detailed analysis of the new company's operations.
- Stakeholder management at all levels from clerks to the executive board, including liaising with the Italian owner.
- Setting up project organization including regular meetings, project plan, and reporting.
- Defining and coordinating work packages and delimiting the project scope.
- Analyzing structures, processes, and costs through interview series and workshops.
- Working with a hypothesis-based approach to develop revenue, efficiency, and cost targets.
- Developing a target organization and aligning it with the C-level.
- Technologies: MS Teams, MS Office.
IT Product Manager
DB Fernverkehr AG
- Interim product management for the train components vehicle information system and reservation system during the transition from project to operation.
- Requesting and reviewing proposals, both content-wise and formally.
- Monitoring the development of system components including test planning and commissioning on the train.
- Coordinating incident and problem management between internal departments and suppliers.
- Documenting processes in operations and further development.
- Risk and change management including creating change requests (CRs).
- Creating annual roadmaps and coordinating budget approval with decision-makers.
- Running supplier workshops, process interviews, and using Kanban methods.
- Technologies: MS Teams, MS Project, MS Office.
IT Strategy Consultant
Ginkgo Management Consulting GmbH
- Operationalizing the new strategic direction in the IT department of a major automotive OEM.
- Supporting an outsourcing project for user hardware and software management by an external provider.
- Mapping current tasks to the IT strategy to identify core and peripheral tasks.
- Presenting tasks by team, including resource planning.
- Preparing, leading, and documenting workshops with team leads to align the task mapping.
- Structuring data using MS PowerPoint and MS Excel.
- Applying storytelling, pyramid principle presentations, and moderation techniques.
- Technologies: MS Teams, MS Office, MS Project.
IT Project Lead
ROPEX Industrie-Elektronik GmbH
- Restarting and managing the turnaround of a previously stopped ERP implementation project.
- Performing an initial project assessment, and coordinating and documenting all production-related core processes up to Level 2.
- Developing the project structure and organization, and gathering requirements for the sub-projects ERP, processes, data cleansing, and tools.
- Managing and monitoring project status, and conducting process capture interviews and strategic end-to-end process workshops with management.
- Advising on process planning and optimization of selected processes.
- Directing the IT department regarding migration, IT landscape, data modeling, and data flow analysis.
- Implementing a DMS application (DocuWare) to replace a discontinued solution, including process analysis for incoming invoices, outgoing invoices, and logistics data storage.
- Conducting market research and selecting DMS applications, as well as designing the test environment and executing the migration.
- Coordinating the introduction of a BI application (Qlik Sense), including backlog capture for reports and aligning roles and permissions.
- Advising on tailored ITIL and running requirements workshops.
- Technologies: ERP C3 (Theurer), DocuWare, Qlik Sense, Sycat, MS Project, MS Teams, MS Office.
IT Project Manager
Julada GmbH
- Complete digitization of the inventory management system and integration with a shop system for a newly founded retail store.
- Planning and implementation of the inventory management system, including migration and labeling.
- Integration of the point-of-sale system with the inventory management.
- Creating an initial process map and building a semi-automated reporting system for accounting.
- Building the shop system and connecting it to the inventory management system, including customization via coding.
- Integration with a logistics service provider.
- Planning and piloting an e-commerce marketing campaign and conducting customer training sessions.
- Using rapid prototyping and coding in Liquid/CSS/HTML.
- Technologies: Shopify, Zettle, Pipedream.com, Meta Marketing Manager, Google Ads, MS Teams, MS Office.
Senior PMO SAFe
DB Netz AG
- Supporting IT departments in the transformation to an agile organization following the SAFe framework.
- Moving traditionally structured programs into Value Teams (Large Solution) and supporting pilot programs.
- Introducing development teams to the Scrum framework and forming Agile Release Trains (ARTs).
- Taking over the program management office for a large-scale project.
- Planning and executing agile program management.
- Coordinating interfaces and planning, conducting, and documenting all meetings between the Value Team and ARTs.
- Responsible for overarching risk and dependency management.
- Stakeholder management and administration of the Jira instance for 500 users.
- Leading the Jira Community of Practice.
- Technologies: Jira, Confluence, AgileHive, MS Teams, MS Office.
IT Product Manager
DB Fernverkehr AG
- Equipping the long-distance fleet with a powerful, vendor-independent comfort IT infrastructure.
- Specifying the IT infrastructure for the operator network, including piloting and rollout for each train series.
- Supporting the development of custom software for the central computing unit.
- Inspecting the wiring and commissioning the display systems through test routines on the trains.
- Planning and carrying out agile project management using Scrum and SAFe.
- Documenting the product roadmap in Confluence.
- Creating and aligning the concept with stakeholders during a reorganization.
- Preparing reports in Jira, allocating budgets, and drafting contracts.
- Aligning business requirements with the technical product owner.
- Creating the implementation plan, including timelines while staying within budget.
- Approving deliverables and assisting with test planning.
- Technologies: Jira, Confluence, MS Teams, MS Office.
IT Rollout Project Manager
Jungheinrich AG
- Modernizing the entire IT infrastructure, including identity and access management, cloud services, and upgrading network technology in 38 sales subsidiaries.
- Performing capacity planning and developing and revising the project plan.
- Preparing tender documents for hardware worth over €1,000,000.
- Aligning tender specifications with experts and reviewing and evaluating offers.
- Coaching the co-project manager in agile and traditional project management methods.
- Planning and overseeing pilot tests at two sites, including creating a blueprint template for further rollout.
- Planning the rollout schedule for all 36 sites regarding timing, duration, and staffing requirements.
- Preparing, conducting, and documenting steering meetings and Scrum ceremonies.
- Developing a communication plan for stakeholders.
- Technologies: MS SharePoint, MS Teams, MS Office.
Lead Consultant
collaboration Factory AG
- Introducing project management standards for a growing organization with about 30 consultants.
- Gathering, documenting, and revising existing artifacts such as tool templates and processes.
- Conducting workshops and interviews to identify relevant project management artifacts based on Prince2 and PMP standards.
- Defining project phases and introducing quality gates to standardize the quality level.
- Designing quality criteria and approval processes.
- Capturing and documenting processes using BPMN 2.0.
- Performing rapid prototyping and proof of concepts (POCs) using cplace.
- Communicating the project management changes across the organization.
- Technologies: cplace, Slack, Zoom, MS Office.
IT Project Manager PLM (Low Code)
Continental AG
- Introduction of the PLM/ERP system cplace for the entire product development up to production planning.
- Replacement of existing standalone solutions with a highly flexible overall solution.
- Analysis and documentation of requirements and creation of a custom backlog.
- Management of implementation using the Scrum method with IT consultants and external developers.
- Execution of the go-live including hypercare phase.
- Traditional project management towards management and agile coaching of the implementation team.
- Introduction of implementation reporting with KPIs and regular rescoping.
- Role as Scrum Master and partly Product Owner in the development area.
- Consulting and execution of data model adjustments including data flow modeling.
- Technologies: cplace, Tableau, Slack, Zoom, MS Office.
Project Manager / Change Manager
DB Netz AG
- Leadership of the rollout team in the Northern region for the maintenance process standardization project.
- Transformation of all operational staff into a new process and IT landscape focusing on transparency and efficiency.
- Functional leadership of the operational project team including qualification, resource planning, and staff meetings.
- Planning and conducting change workshops for operational managers.
- Implementation and review of the milestone plan in a waterfall model.
- Quality assurance of training content for process, IT, and change formats.
- Regional stakeholder management and feedback to central leadership.
- Technologies: SAP R3, Customer App (Android), WebEx, MS Office.
Senior Consultant
DB Schenker Logistics
- As-is analysis of the project portfolio for the Europe region to increase transparency across all regions.
- Conducting structured interviews with project managers for consistent evaluation of ongoing projects.
- Transitioning the evaluation methodology into a standardized company process.
- Developing a PMO manual including status profiles for all projects and detailed 5-pagers for the top 5 projects.
- Creating a high-level concept for a PMO organization and defining communication channels.
- Deriving recommendations for action per project based on defined criteria.
- Technologies: MS Visio, MS Office.
Senior Consultant
DB Services
- Project management, change management, and process management in the Northern and Southern regions for the implementation of a digital work order management system in facility management.
- Ensuring operational staff adherence to new processes and KPIs.
- Gathering constructive feedback in expert rounds and communicating it to central project management.
- Conducting expert workshops to narrow down issues and develop improvement proposals.
- Developing hypotheses to optimize the rollout situation.
- Preparing decision and implementation templates for overall project meetings.
- Technologies: WebEx, MS Office.
Senior Consultant
DB Regio
- Supporting the reorganization of indirect areas such as scheduling, fleet management, HR, and finance.
- Conducting a functional analysis of existing processes to identify savings potentials.
- Extracting process names and identifying volume drivers together with department heads.
- Creating an as-is picture using questionnaires and conducting expert interviews with managers to determine synergies.
- Creating a transition matrix for the organization's transition and documenting core tasks and new roles.
- Writing optimized role and function descriptions.
- Actively supporting the development of decision templates and organizational guidelines.
- Technologies: MS Office.
(Senior) Consultant
DB Station & Service
- Analysis of a comprehensive facility management contract to identify cost optimization opportunities.
- Identification of around 24 potential cost-saving measures based on best practice approaches.
- Detailed development and validation of the 4 most promising measures together with the service provider.
- Formulation of implementation plans and piloting of the concepts in a regional area.
- Business analysis in accounting and stakeholder management between departments and contractors.
- Presentation of the agreed concepts at board level.
- Creation of fact sheets for all relevant measures and high-level concepts for the top 5.
- Technologies: MS Office.
Consultant
S-Bahn Hamburg
- Creation of a concept for the workshop landscape due to increasing vehicle demand from a new transport contract.
- Analysis of the impact of the increase in vehicles on production and operations with focus on maintenance and storage capacities.
- As-is analysis of existing storage areas and research of potential new locations.
- Evaluation of the locations using a utility analysis including life cycle cost (LCC) considerations.
- Collection of information on infrastructure and real estate through expert interviews at subsidiaries.
- Creation of fact sheets for around 24 analyzed storage areas including technical drawings and cost estimates.
- Determination of ownership structures and creation of rough implementation roadmaps.
- Technologies: MS Project, MS Office.
Consultant
DB Netz AG
- Project management and documentation to prepare negotiations for the Performance and Financing Agreement (LuFV 2).
- Verification of the number of facilities of all infrastructure companies through database queries (MS Access) and expert interviews.
- Development of a standardized calculation logic for the future funding needs of the infrastructure companies.
- Validation and restructuring of the calculation logics in workshops.
- Support in deriving and evaluating negotiation strategies.
- Data merging from raw data to create a valid data basis.
- Technologies: MS Access, MS Office.
System Engineer
WABCO Development GmbH
- System development for a multiplex system of up to 9 control units on behalf of EVOBUS.
- Responsibility for requirements management, software integration on hardware, and functional verification of the entire system.
- Prototypical commissioning at the customer site and management of a software sub-project.
- Test management for system tests: creation of test specifications and design of the automated test environment.
- Programming of a software interface from PC to CAN bus.
- Development process according to V-Spice including code reviews.
- Technologies: MKS Integrity Manager, CANoe, CANalyzer, DOORS, MS Project, MS Office.
Development Engineer
IAV GmbH
- Process development and introduction of the new diagnostic technology UDS/ODX in emissions-relevant control units.
- Coordination of technical innovations with control unit manufacturers and adaptation of internal development processes.
- Support of communication between internal departments of different brands and external suppliers.
- Representation of the development department in the ChangeControlBoard.
- Introduction of new work processes in vehicle projects and training of participants.
- Creation of necessary process artifacts to support the line organization.
- Testing and acceptance of delivered files directly on the test vehicle.
- Modeling and presentation of work processes using swimlanes.
- Technologies: MS Office, MS Project.
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Experienced in Project Management, Information Technology, Product Development, Operations, Quality Assurance, and Business Intelligence.
Summary
Ole Himmel has been guiding his clients for over 14 years in strategic, organizational and transformational business initiatives. He has worked with company structures from start-ups and mid-sized companies to international corporations, advising them on complex questions in strategic transformation projects, post-merger integrations (PMI) and the implementation and optimization of business processes. With enthusiasm, clear goal focus, strong empathy, comprehensive communication and a high level of structure, he provides his clients with stability and confidence in volatile times of change.
Skills
Strategy Consulting: Swot Analysis, Adapted Bcg Matrix, Strategic Planning And Workshops (Executive Level), Change Management Framework (Kubler Ross), Porter's Five Forces Analysis, Benchmarking, Cost Structure Analysis, Synergy Estimation, Due Diligence For Production, It And Hr
Project Management: Classical/agile Project Management Methods, End-to-end Project Leadership, Multi-project Management, Product Owner And Scrum Master, Project Planning, Escalation Management, Stakeholder Management, Risk Assessment, Planning And Control Of It Rollouts, Pmo Implementation
Process Management: Functional Analysis Of Processes, High-level And Detailed Design Of Business Processes, Process Rollout (Raci), Process Reviews And Audits, Process Mapping, Process Modeling (Bpmn), Process Documentation And Optimization, End-to-end Processes, Rpa
Software Development Life Cycle: Software Development Processes Using V-model, Waterfall Model And Scrum For Mechatronic Systems And Software Projects, Scoping And Grooming, Code Reviews, Planning, Execution And Documentation Of System Tests, Test Case Design, Management Of (External) Development Teams
Industry Knowledge: Mobility (Rail, Infrastructure), Mechanical Engineering, Logistics (Rail Freight, Intralogistics), Software Development, Automotive (Passenger Cars And Commercial Vehicles), Facility Management
Applications: Cplace (Low-code Platform/plm/ppm/erp; Admin, Configurator And Low-code Developer), Jira/confluence (Project Management; Admin And Configurator), Hubspot (Crm; Admin And Configurator), Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement (Crm/sales; Admin And Consultant), Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (Admin And Configurator), Microsoft Project (Admin And Configurator), Docuware (Dms; Admin And Configurator), C3 (Erp; Admin And Configurator), Qlik Sense (Bi; Power User)
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Education
University of Bradford - School of Management
MBA · Business Administration · Bradford, United Kingdom
General Management
University of Hanover
Diploma in Engineering · Electrical Engineering · Hanover, Germany · 1.7
Control engineering, automation technology, energy technology
Certifications & licenses
BPMN 2.0 Basics
Signavio
Business Rhetoric
Hps
Certified Merger Integration Manager
Hhl
Certified Negotiator
Hhl
Certified SAFe 5 Agilist
Scaled Agile
Competitive Strategy
Lmu
Design Thinking Introduction
Hpi
Fundamentals of Data Engineering and Data Science
Hpi
ITIL Foundation & Managing Professional
Mp
PMP Certificate
Pmi
Product Owner
Pspo1
Rhetoric and Dialectics
Kirchner-Seminare
Scrum Master
Psm1
Statistics
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