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ExperiencedInterim CIO / CDO / Transformation Manager
Leading IT Organizations between 30 and 200 employees
Proven successes, e.g.
- IT Transformation, aligning IT with business strategy
- Cost Reduction e.g. through production digitalization or cloud migration,
- Turnaround of mission-critical problem projects
- EBIT increase through, among others, artificial intelligence in production
- Strategy development / roadmap / implementation
- SAP / S/4 HANA implementations
- Cultural Change in the IT organization: Agilization, motivation, engagement
- Digital Innovation: Market launch of digital products and services
AwardedCIO of the Year 2024 - Cyber Resilience Award; various other awards in previous years (Digital Leadership Award, Best Innovation Labs,
Digital Leader, German Innovation Award, etc.)
Excellent, widely praised crisis management during cyberattack and the Corona pandemic
Systemic consultant with an eye for performance obstacles in culture, team, and organization
German
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Wiesbaden (up to 50km), Berlin (up to 50km), München (up to 50km), Hamburg (up to 50km), Köln (up to 50km)
Experience
- Aurubis AG,CIOCHEMICALNovember 2019 - June 2025 (5 years and 7 months)Hamburg, Germany
CIO at Aurubis AG
160 employees in direct reporting line, another 50 at subsidiariesContributions to corporate success (selection):Successful Go-Live of S/4 HANASuccessful handling of a cyberattack:* All client and server systems down- Back online with Teams and email after 2 days, back with SAP after approx. 10 days
- High recognition from the Executive Board and Supervisory Board for excellent crisis management
Transformation of IT into a high-performing, innovative, business-oriented, and agile IT organization:- Reorganization of IT with stronger alignment to the business. Cultural change in IT focusing on personal responsibility, equal footing, feedback, agility, and change competence, resulting in, among other things, a reduction in fluctuation from 10% p.a. to <2%.
- Significant expansion of the IT organization in an extremely tight skilled labor market in Hamburg
- Development of target application landscape, based on which projects in the areas of ERP/SAP, production systems, and customer portal were implemented.
- Establishment of an IT security management system; certification according to ISO 27.001, successful re-audits, setup of SOC and IT security system landscape
- Digital strategy including roadmap for implementation and establishment of an in-house digital organization:
- Production digitalization within the Digital Factory program with significant EBIT contribution through increased OEE and asset value creation; occupational safety and sustainability
- Establishment of an Innovation Lab, co-innovation with key customers, development of a customer platform
- Expansion of the Analytics & AI team: Mathematical modeling and AI-supported use cases with significant cost reductions (realized EBIT improvement of many millions of Euros)
Awards:- CIO of the Year 2024 - Cyber Resilience Award- Digital Leader Award for Digital Factory Program - BPW Bergische Achsen KGCDO & CIO, Head of Innovation LabAUTOMOBILESeptember 2015 - October 2019 (4 years and 1 month)Wiehl, Germany
CIO & CDO at BPW Bergische Achsen KG
50 employees in direct reporting line, another 20 at subsidiariesContributions to corporate success (selection):Development, creation, and implementation ofIT strategywith a focus on:- ERP/SAP strategy
- Agilization of the IT organization
- Enterprise Architecture Management introduced
Further successful implementations:- Introduction ofCustomer Journey Management, rollout to subsidiaries, high acceptance among sales employees, reduction of lead time in the sales funnel.
*Agilization of IT, including the introduction of Scrum.- Preparation forS/4 HANAmigration.
- Introduction of a group-wide collaboration platform.
- Establishment ofIT security management.
Growth potential and future security through digitalization:- Development and alignment of a digital strategy with the business:
- Implementation of digital strategy: Action areas developed with business units and anchored in the project portfolio / roadmap.
- Establishment of the BPW Innovation Lab with its own digital business model:
- Redevelopment of an IoT device (hardware and software development) along with its associated software platform.
- Market launch, with acquisition of first customers.
- Opening up to a new, attractive customer segment for BPW.
Awards:CompetitionCIO of the Year 2018, 2nd place in the SME category.Best Innovation Labs by Capital - among the best innovation labs, ahead of Daimler, Porsche, Deutsche Bank, ...Digital Champion by FocusGerman Innovation Award (2-fold for IoT system and for successful Design Thinking application) - DienstleistungsunternehmenIndependent Management ConsultantCONSULTING AND AUDITSOctober 2014 - September 2015 (11 months)Weinheim, GermanyEstablishment of project governance in an SAP implementation project;Accompanying the project as external quality assurance.Monitoring the service providerSupporting the executive board in project steeringSteering the project steering committee
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Education
- Training as a Systemic Consultant and Coach2010Ausbildung zum systemischen Berater und Coach
- Dipl. Volkswirt (equivalent to Master of Science in Economics)Johannes Gutenberg University1996Dipl. Volkswirt