
Manager, Information Technology at the BSH Group
Munich Area, Germany

Manager, Information Technology at the BSH Group
Munich Area, Germany
Hands-on information technologist with broad experience in infrastructure, operations, processes and financial management. Past assignments include responsibility for design, implementation and continuous improvement of IT infrastructure and operations to support research & development, manufacturing and logistics of the five North American manufacturing plants and operating the regional data center for North and South America.
Presently engaged as project manager of a global PLM process and technology re-design project.
History in IT consulting with focus on financial industry processes and enterprise software architectures.
Interested in startup as well as turn-around opportunities.
setup of manufacturing and logistics operations, greenfield, brownfield, start-ups
(Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
December 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)
Project manager for the next generation PLM process and information technology landscape at the BSH Group, implementation in 27 development centers and 43 factories globally (Europe, North & Latin America, Russia, China)
(Privately Held; Consumer Goods industry)
April 2007 — Present (2 years 9 months)
As group manager globally responsible for product life cycle management (PLM) process management, related IT support and operations.
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
January 2006 — March 2007 (1 year 3 months)
As part of the Global Implementation Management (GIM) group responsible for a strategic, CIO-sponsored study to suggest implementation methods for globally standardized processes and a system landscape for ERP, SCM and CRM for BSH subsidiaries in the Americas and Asia.
Implementation of program and portfolio management methods and tools for the Information Technology Project Management Office.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
September 2002 — December 2005 (3 years 4 months)
Responsible for IT and telecommunications infrastructure, applications and operations for five manufacturing plants and regional datacenter.
Major projects include:
* setup of infrastructure for IT and communications for new oven and laundry plants, setup of related systems and processes
* relocation of factory processes, IT and communications infrastructure west coast to east coast
* building and setup of a regional datacenter for the Americas
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
December 1999 — August 2002 (2 years 9 months)
Responsible for delivery of e-Business projects within the Professional Services Group. Served as project manager or project coordinator on the following abaXX projects:
* Dresdner Bank AG (Frankfurt, Germany): Firmenfinanzportal
* HypoVereinsbank AG (Munich, Germany): BusinessGate, Internet Relaunch, eProcurement
* Mecalux SA (Barcelona, Spain): Logismarket
Worked with Partners BEA, Accenture, BCG, SUN and others
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
January 1998 — December 1999 (2 years )
Project manager for implementation of SAP R/3 Sales & Distribution and integration to existing factory system at BSH in Chicago, IL.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
September 1996 — December 1997 (1 year 4 months)
Responsible for setup of material management (production planning, material requirement planning and purchasing) during construction and launch of new dishwasher manufacturing plant.
PMP , 2006 — 2007
3yr Degree , Business Information Systems , 1993 — 1996
Business and Computer Science May 1994 — August 1994
Pilot Exchange Program between SIUE and the University of Cooperative Education
project- & knowledge-management, personalization, user interface technology & design, photography, windsurfing
Winner: Computerweek "Application of the Year" in 2001 together with customer Dresdner Bank AG, Accenture and abaXX Team
5th Place: Fujitsu Siemens Innovation Contest, 2008