Peter W.-Interim CIO / IT Executive, IT Leadership - Transformation - Service Delivery
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Director IT
LMT Group
Responsible for the IT operations of a medium-sized mechanical engineering company (approximately 2 000 employees, annual revenue of approximately 400 million euros worldwide). Direct responsibility for 13 employees. At the same time, project manager for an internal carve-out (commercial and technical separation of the two business units worldwide).
Industry: Mechanical and plant engineering
Function: Director IT
- Responsibility for outsourced IT operations; provider management and service management.
- Responsibility for the complete separation of the two business units (applications, SAP R//3, Active Directory, IT infrastructure, ...); project planning and management; selection and management of service providers.
- TiSAX certification for one business unit; budget planning 2025 ff.
- Establishment and structuring of application operations, including the definition of operating models, SLAs/KPIs, and provider management in the SAP environment.
- Preparation of the operating organization for application operations of S/4 Hana (private cloud).
Head of IT Mainframe Operations
German subsidiary of an English major bank
Responsible for the IT operations of the German subsidiary of an English bank (approximately 30 employees, three direct reports). At the same time, responsible for integrating German IT operations into a European holding structure “post-Brexit”.
Industry: Banking
Function: Head of IT Mainframe Operations
- Responsibility for the operation of the German data center, including work preparation and systems programming.
- Structured transition from the project/carve-out phase to defined run processes; establishment of an application management organization for the new application structure.
- Design and implementation of KPIs and SLAs for monitoring and managing the operating organization.
- Project planning and management; design of the future operating model; budget planning 2023/24 ff.
Offshoring Project Manager
French major bank
Project manager for transferring the entire IT operations of the German branch to an offshore model (India). Project team of approximately 50 people in India and 10 people in France, with four sub-project managers.
Industry: Banking
Function: Project Manager
- Set-up of the project and governance structures; project planning and scoping.
- Definition of the Future Mode of Operations and preparation of recruiting in India.
- Planning and management of knowledge transfer from Germany to India; management of the integration of the transferred applications into the group data center.
- Implementation of clear ITSM processes (Incidend/Problem/Change/Release Management).
Head of IT
Segula Deutschland
Head of IT for the German subsidiaries of a French engineering services provider (approximately 1 000 employees, annual revenue of approximately 100 million euros). Direct responsibility for seven employees; reporting lines both to Germany and to the Group Executive Board in France.
Industry: Services
Function: Head of IT
- Rebuilding and structuring of IT, including recruitment; alignment of the operating model with the structures and requirements of the group.
- Completion of the OPEL carve-out; completion of a TiSAX certification in Germany.
Head of IT Operations and Outsourcing Project Manager
LMT Group
Responsible for the IT operations of a medium-sized mechanical engineering company (approximately 2 000 employees, annual revenue of approximately 400 million euros worldwide). Direct responsibility for 7 employees. At the same time, project manager for the complete transfer of IT to an outsourcer, including the transfer of employees.
Industry: Mechanical and plant engineering
Function: Head of IT Operations / Project Manager
- Responsibility for the operation of the global infrastructure and data centers as well as the global help desk.
- Project planning and management, selection and management of service providers.
- Definition and management of the project for the complete transfer of IT to an outsourcer.
Operating Partner on behalf of a private equity firm
unimed GmbH
Responsible for the IT activities of a medium-sized corporate group (approx. 1 000 employees, revenue approx. 100 million euros). Responsible for approx. 50 IT employees (four direct reports), member of the extended management team.
Industry: medical services
Function: CIO/COO
- Stabilization and professionalization of system operations for approx. 1 000 internal employees at six locations and around 1 700 connected customers.
- Establishment of shop-floor management to monitor and control production processes and operational procedures.
- Design and implementation of first-level support for internal and external users.
- Stabilization of digital customer connectivity via portal services and standard protocols (FHIR, HL7).
Technologies: more than 50 physical servers, around 40 legacy applications, SQL Server, CITRIX, EMC2 SAN systems, CISCO and HP infrastructure components, MS Exchange, Barracuda firewalls
Program Manager
Minebea Intec
Responsible for integrating three French companies (approx. 200 employees, revenue approx. 100 million euros) into the European structure of a Japanese manufacturer of weighing and measuring equipment. Project team of approx. 20 people in Germany and France.
Industry: mechanical and plant engineering
Function: Program Manager
- Establishment and structuring of the integration project, including the legal integration of two acquisitions and the change of the financial year.
- Team staffing; budget and schedule planning.
- Preparation for the integration of the French companies into the group’s SAP landscape (data migration); cutover planning; coordination between French management and the management of the European holding company.
Technologies: SAP ECC 6, modules SD, MM, PI, CO, Oracle, SAGE 100
CIO
Kontron AG
Responsible for the worldwide IT activities (operations and projects) of a medium-sized producer of electronic components (approx. 2 000 employees, revenue approx. 400 million euros worldwide). Responsible for 42 employees (five direct reports) and two data centers (SAP and non-SAP).
Industry: electronics and plant engineering
Function: CIO
- Restructuring of IT as part of the company’s restructuring; reduction of the IT budget by 10 percent.
- Integration of SAP SuccessFactors into HR, SalesForce.com and as a basis for user management in Active Directory.
- Definition of a roadmap to optimize the IT landscape.
- Integration and implementation of a management dashboard to track the company’s financial performance indicators.
Technologies: SAP ECC 6, modules SD, MM, PP, FI, CO, SAP SuccessFactor, DB 2, SAP BI
Freelance interim manager and project manager
Freelancer
Head of Commercial IT; CIO
LMT Group
Responsible for the commercial IT activities (operations and projects) of a medium-sized mechanical engineering company (approx. 2 000 employees, revenue approx. 400 million euros worldwide). Direct responsibility for 12 employees.
From June 2016, took over overall responsibility as CIO on an interim basis due to the illness of the position holder. Additional responsibility for IT infrastructure and technical IT (25 employees in total, two direct reports).
Industry: mechanical and plant engineering
Function: Head of Commercial IT; CIO
- End-to-end responsibility for the operation of commercial applications (focus on SAP R/3).
- Project planning and management, selection and management of service providers.
- Improvement of communication with the business units and management.
- Introduction of integrated processing of customer and supplier complaints in SAP.
Technologies: SAP ECC 6, modules SD, MM, PP, FI, CO, Oracle, SAGE, Cognos TM1, Magento 1.9
Director IT Northeast Europe
PSA PEUGEOT CITROËN
- Built the Northeast Europe IT region by merging the IT departments in Germany, Austria, Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary.
- Approx. 70 employees, total budget of around 11 Mio Euro.
- Responsible for the IT of the import subsidiaries, including the retail branches and dealerships as well as the central spare parts warehouse for Central Europe (approx. 1 000 internal users, around 2 200 users in branches and dealerships and more than 5 000 users in the sales networks).
- Introduced an e-commerce platform for used-car sales in Germany, Austria and Poland.
- Established a shared development center for the region in Bratislava.
Head of Organization and Information Systems for the subsidiaries in Germany
PSA PEUGEOT CITROËN
- Built the Business Unit by merging the former PEUGEOT and CITROËN IT departments.
- Approx. 35 employees, budget of around 8.5 Mio Euro.
- Responsible for the IT of the import subsidiaries, including the retail branches and dealerships as well as the central spare parts warehouse for Central Europe (approx. 700 internal users, around 1 800 users in branches and dealerships and more than 3 000 users in the sales networks).
- Project management for the introduction of numerous group systems in Germany to replace local applications.
- Introduced an e-commerce platform for new-car sales via the Internet (“PSA Webstore”), integrated with the manufacturer's distribution systems and supply chain.
- Consolidated the data centers of the German subsidiaries.
- Adapted and introduced an SAP-based solution for the retail branches and dealerships in Germany (approx. 1 500 users, project budget around 12 M€). Built a complete SAP operations organization (application operations, SAP Basis, data center operations), including the transition from the project to stable operations.
- Represented the Group's central IT Directorate to the management teams in Germany and to the other Group units in Germany and France.
Head of Organization and Information Systems PEUGEOT Germany
PSA PEUGEOT CITROËN
- Reorganized the PEUGEOT Germany IT department (reduced staff from 18 to 12 people); established a structure based on the structures of the central IT Directorate.
- Aligned IT with the strategy of the overall Group by reducing local development in favor of introducing central Group systems. Built and improved the relationship between the import subsidiary and the central IT Directorate.
- Operational management of the implementation of the new GVO guidelines in the German sales network.
- Contributed to strategic projects in Germany, in particular the establishment of a new SAP-based spare parts warehouse and the implementation of the new GVO, and took responsibility for the IT of the retail dealerships.
Project Manager
PEUGEOT Deutschland GmbH
- Introduced a standardized dealer communication system for 230 new-car dealers; at the same time established an IT Help Desk for the sales network based on the ITIL process model
Project Manager
MasterCard in Deutschland (GZS)
- Project Manager for the introduction of SAP/RK for MasterCard in Deutschland (GZS)
Project Manager
Polizei Rheinland-Pfalz
- Project manager for the introduction of a new investigation and information system for the police force of Rheinland-Pfalz (project based on the V-Model)
Subproject Manager
Zusatzversorgungskasse des Öffentlichen Dienstes in Deutschland
- Subproject manager in the development of an integrated account management system for the Zusatzversorgungskasse des Öffentlichen Dienstes in Deutschland
Regional Manager
METRO-Gruppe
Regional manager in an IT subsidiary of the METRO-Gruppe; responsible for projects in the Southwest region (four locations with a total of 15 employees).
- Management of presales activities (preparation of cost and effort estimates, facilitation of workshops, preparation of proposals)
- Introduction of MAESTRO (software development environment) for insurance
- Various rollouts of client-server systems to replace 3270 and SNA systems
- Introduction of an inventory management system on AS/400 for a subsidiary of the REWE-Gruppe
Head of Project Management
ICR Internationale Consulting und Rechenzentrum
Responsible for the company's project division (a subsidiary of the Thyssen-Gruppe).
- Preparation of numerous preliminary studies and concepts for the introduction of new software systems (for external customers and subsidiaries of the Thyssen-Gruppe)
- Preparation of proposals, facilitation of presentations and workshops with customers and prospects.
- Establishment of internal project management.
- Responsible for 6 employees, mainly working on on-site projects, including the introduction of a new logistics and inventory management system for a pharmaceutical wholesaler, project recovery and project management for an English subsidiary of the Thyssen-Gruppe, modernization of IT systems for an East German food wholesaler
Developer
DATA ENGINEERING
Small software and systems company specializing in technical systems.
- Development of technical systems and, in particular, interfaces for connecting and controlling measuring instruments, including connecting a track scale to IBM/390, connecting a photoelectric barrier as a counting system to IBM/390, connecting an IBM AS/400 to DEV/VAX for production control
Industry experience
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Experienced in Automotive, Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Government and Administration, Food and Beverage, and Pharmaceutical.
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Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development, Sales, Customer Service, and Operations.
Summary
Interim CIO/IT Executive with many years of experience in leading and transforming complex IT organizations. Several years of CIO/COO experience in the healthcare sector, with responsibility for around 50 IT employees as well as IT services for approximately 1,000 internal employees and 1,700 connected customers. Key areas of focus include IT and service delivery, transformation, governance, cybersecurity, and the management of external providers. Many years of experience in international corporate organizations.
Skills
- Industry Knowledge: Trade (Wholesale And Retail, Multi-Level Distribution), Logistics, Automotive, Mechanical And Plant Engineering, Healthcare, Crm, E-Commerce, Public Administration, Insurance, Banking
- General Management
- It Management
- Project Management
- Restructuring And Optimization Of It Departments
- Sap Implementation
- Projects In International And Intercultural Environments
- Off-Shore Projects (China, Argentina)
- Near-Shore Projects (Spain, Eastern Europe)
- Project Recovery
- Outsourcing Of It Departments
- High Level Of Autonomy
- Entrepreneurial Thinking And Action
- Many Years Of Successful Experience In Project Management
- Excellent Crisis Management Skills
- Strong Negotiation And Communication Skills
- Resilience And Ability To Work Under Pressure
Languages
Education
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
Economics · Frankfurt, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Integrata
GPM Gesellschaft für Projektmanagement
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Peter is based in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.
Peter speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), French (Advanced).
Peter has at least 42 years of experience. During this time, Peter has worked in at least 18 different roles and for 16 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 1 month. Note that Peter may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Peter would be well-suited for roles such as: Director IT, Head of IT Mainframe Operations, Offshoring Project Manager.
Peter's most recent position is Director IT at LMT Group.
In recent years, Peter has worked for LMT Group, German subsidiary of an English major bank, French major bank, and Freelancer.
Peter is most experienced in industries like Automotive, Information Technology, and Banking and Finance. Peter also has some experience in Government and Administration, Food and Beverage, and Pharmaceutical.
Peter is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Product Development. Peter also has some experience in Sales, Customer Service, and Operations.
Peter has recently worked in industries like Banking and Finance, Manufacturing, and Information Technology.
Peter has recently worked in business areas like Project Management, Information Technology, and Operations.
Peter attended Goethe-Universität Frankfurt for Economics.
Peter has 2 certificates. These include: PRINCE 2 Grundlagen and Projektmanagement IPMA Level D.
Peter is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.
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