Freelancer profile translated to English.

Description

✅ TOP-Skills: Management and restructuring of,

**ERP/CRM Migration Projects |

IT Departments | IT Teams |

Vendor & Partner Management**

My name is Sebastian Becker - and you can expect the following from me in a nutshell.

IT Leader & Doer instead of Preserver with over 24 years of experience in successfully leading as an enabler and building high-performing IT teams, departments, branches, and sales structures.

Over 13 years in executive responsibility – with a focus on growth, leadership development, and KPI-based IT department and sales management. Specializing in IT teams & solution-oriented sales, business development

and personnel management.

Proven success in revenue growth, leading over 60 employees, and developing scalable organizational processes.

This allows me to combine entrepreneurial thinking with structured implementation, clear communication, and a strong sense of closing orientation.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

German
Native or bilingual
English
Conversational

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Hamburg (up to 50km), Berlin (up to 50km), Frankfurt am Main (up to 50km), München (up to 50km), Leipzig (up to 50km)

CITIZEN WATCH EUROPE
DIRECTOR & LEADER IT
LUXURY GOODS
August 2025 - Today (10 months)
Hamburg, Germany
CITIZEN WATCH EUROPE, HAMBURG - EUROPE & JAPAN
INDUSTRY: MANUFACTURER & SALES OF WATCHES & ACCESSORIES

With my 25 years of experience, I am currently helping Citizen to motivate and modernize the IT department and to reposition IT as an internal "enabler" for all employees.
I also took on the challenge of successfully leading ongoing projects such as the SAP migration.

Head of IT & Infrastructure for the European subsidiary of the watch manufacturer Citizen Watch Co., LTD. Japan. Development of the IT Strategy 2030. Introduction of IT Awareness Training for all employees.
Revenue increase in online sales through optimization of IT infrastructure, e-commerce systems, and marketing tools.

Restructuring of the IT department
Restructuring & optimization of project management
Responsible for - SAP to Odoo migration project for 120 employees
Vendor Management – Management of development & IT service providers
Disciplinary responsibility for > 25 employees
Revenue increase of 4.8% through online optimization
P&L responsibility for – €6.6 million
Project Management ERP Integration with External Systems IT Strategy Digital Transformation Leadership
YouScale - FREELANCING
INTERIM - LEADERSHIP & COACHING / DIRECTOR IT & PROJECT
ENERGY AND UTILITIES
March 2020 - Today (6 years and 3 months)
Leipzig, Germany
FREELANCING, HAMBURG & GERMAN-SPEAKING COUNTRIES
INDUSTRY: SOLAR, MINERAL OIL, IT MANAGED SERVICES

With my 25 years of experience, I have helped my clients establish or optimize their IT departments, vendor management, and international purchasing conditions in solar, energy storage, IT, and card payments (payment flows & interchange fees).

Increasing efficiency and motivation through transparent and clear communication, optimizing and strengthening their mindset, and establishing and standardizing the "Card Payment" team as an internal "enabler" and operational necessity for payment flows.

I was also able to successfully negotiate and optimize ongoing projects such as the procurement of solar panels and energy storage, as well as IT service framework agreements, leading them to success with a revenue growth of 13.9%.

Strategic advisor to managing directors regarding business development,
new customer acquisition, payment flows, and optimization of interchange fees, evaluation, negotiation, and implementation of goods financing for long-term container goods, and Europe-wide fulfillment solutions.
IT Strategy Consulting Business Development Business Plan Change and Transformation Management
YOUSCALE HOLDING
MANAGING DIRECTOR & FOUNDER
PRIVATE EQUITY
March 2020 - Today (6 years and 3 months)
Hamburg, Germany
Establishment of a holding structure for the strategic management of protected brands and company investments.
Corporate Strategy Consulting Business Development Corporate Strategy Coaching