Alexander I.
Interim Manager, Project & Program Leader
Experience
SAP S/4
Industry: Consumer goods, MTO, MTS
Specification & determination of processes for FI/CO in SAP S/4 for a company group. Definition of finance-relevant processes towards material management, purchasing, production. Overall responsibility for IT bluefield approach from different ERPs (inclusively R/3) to SAP S/4.
SAP S/4
Industry: Medical products, consumer goods
Concept, specification & determination of E2E processes in SAP S/4 and relevant software components for consumer goods business with MTS/MTO production, distribution centers and sales to ca 180 countries worldwide. Overall responsibility and definition of the IT architecture with sales, logistics, production, finance teams. Planning of project and successful implementation for three pilots in corporate. Greenfield approach from SAP R/3 to SAP S/4 with strong standardization approach.
AI projects in production
Industry: Medical products, optics
Production control with self-learning algorithms. Different error identification apps in quality control of particular production steps with self-learning adjustments of production parameters and calculation. OPC-UA VCA generic, traceability from MTS via MTO to customer order, measurement analysis tool for fudge factor correction. Overall responsibility for IT in each project.
Master Data Management to SAP MDG with S/4
Industry: Consumer goods, B2B and B2B2C
Concept, design and definition of Master Data processes and flows to MDG with S/4 worldwide for customers and for consumers. Overall responsibility and definition of global IT architecture. Successful implementation firstly for pilot entities in France and Canada, then rollout worldwide.
New production entities in India
Industry: Medical products, MTO & MTS
Full build of IT for a new single item production plant and a new mass production plant in Bangalore, India. Inclusively infrastructure, security, ERP, MES, WMS, big data cloud. Overall responsibility for both IT projects.
SAP Implementation Spain
Industry: Consumer goods, medical products
Rollout of SAP, MES and CRM software for a sales & production legal entity in Madrid, Spain. Overall responsibility for IT project.
Sales legal entity in Singapore
Industry: Medical products, chemical industry
Carve-out and merger of a sales entity in Singapore. Overall responsibility for IT project.
Sales legal entity in Southeast Asia
Industry: Consumer goods, medical products
IT setup for a new sales entity in Saigon, Vietnam. Implementation of corporate processes for SCM, sales, production, clearing center. Overall responsibility for IT project.
Global IT architecture for mass production
Industry: Medical products, MTS, chemical industry
Breakdown and definition of harmonized business and IT architecture for mass production entities worldwide. Design of software components also for MES, SCADA, BDE, PLC, big data solutions. Cloud & on-premises. Overall responsibility for concept, staffing, IT implementation, go-live.
Global IT architecture for sales entities
Industry: Consumer goods, medical products
Breakdown and definition of harmonized business and IT architecture for sales entities with ca 150k customer orders per day worldwide. Design of software components also for unique order definition and processing, routing, packaging and shipment to end customer. Overall responsibility for concept, staffing, IT implementation, go-live and rollout.
AI projects in S&M
Industry: Consumer goods, medical products
Self-learning & improving optical character recognition for medical prescription with plausibility check and proposal for optimization of prescription parameters with self-learning algorithms. In different languages and forms, also handwritten. Identification of errors in case of implausible parameters and self-learning adjustments towards opticians. Overall responsibility for IT in each project.
Digitalization & Industry 4.0
Industry: Medical products, consumer goods, chemical industry
Development and implementation of several projects in MTO & MTS production, such as:
- Self learning QM app with automated inspection
- Machine calibration and iteration
- Prioritization of production flow at conveyor
- Coating tracking app
- Big data cloud projects for machine data
Workout and definition of corporate architecture for i4.0. Setup of the whole digitalization programs and particular projects. Overall responsibility in each project for concept, planning, staffing, implementation worldwide.
Sales legal entity in India
Industry: Consumer goods, medical products
IT setup for new sales branches in India. Implementation of corporate processes for SCM, sales, production, clearing center. Overall responsibility for IT project.
SAP Implementation Scandinavia
Industry: Consumer goods, medical products
Rollout of SAP, MES and CRM software for a sales & production legal entities in Malmö, Sweden and Copenhagen, Denmark. Overall responsibility for IT project.
Sales legal entity in Malaysia
Industry: Medical products, chemical industry
Carve-out and merger of a sales entity in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Overall responsibility for IT project.
Digitalization in S&M
Industry: Consumer goods, B2B and B2B2C
Elaboration and prioritization of digitalization projects for sales entities for B2B and B2B2C business, such as:
- Self developed Order Entry E-commerce platform
- Interactive Customer Cockpit
- Marketing automation apps
- B2B and B2C online presence
- Order tracking app
- Appointment & resource scheduler
- Consumer hub (loyalty)
- Big data cloud projects for sales & marketing
Workout and definition of corporate architecture for digitalization in S&M. Setup of the whole digitalization programs and particular projects. Overall responsibility in each project for concept, planning, staffing, implementation worldwide.
Global IT architecture for single-item production
Industry: Medical products, MTO, chemical industry
Breakdown and definition of harmonized business and IT architecture for single-item production entities worldwide. Design of software components also for MES, SCADA, BDE, PLC, big data solutions. Cloud & on-premises. Overall responsibility for concept, staffing, IT implementation, go-live.
Distribution Center Asia
Industry: Medical products, consumer goods, chemical industry
Full organization and IT build of a new continental distribution center in Guangzhou, China. WMS and complete incorporation into global SCM, production, sales processes. Overall responsibility for IT project.
Distribution Center North America
Industry: Medical products, consumer goods, chemical industry
Reorganization and IT rebuild of a continental distribution center in Tijuana, Mexico. WMS and complete incorporation into global SCM, production, sales processes. Overall responsibility for IT project.
Sales legal entity in UAE
Industry: Consumer goods, medical products
IT setup for a new sales branch in Dubai, UAE. Implementation of corporate processes for SCM, sales, production, clearing center. Overall responsibility for IT project.
CRM
Industry: MTS & MTO, consumer goods
Analysis and definition of IT architecture with standardized processes for sales entities worldwide with business in ca 180 countries. Selection of software components, staffing, IT implementation. Overall responsibility for IT project with successful go-live and rollout worldwide.
Global IT architecture for SCM
Industry: Medical products, consumer goods, chemical industry
Breakdown and definition of harmonized business and IT architecture for logistic and further supply chain processes between production entities, distribution centers and sales entities with ca 150k customer orders per day worldwide. Design of software components also for unique order definition & calculation, product definition, routing, production order, warehousing/WMS, shipping lanes, replenishment of bulk goods and FMCG. Overall responsibility for concept, staffing, IT implementation, go-live.
SAP IBP with S/4
Industry: Consumer goods, medical products
Elaboration and implementation of global planning and relevant SCM processes in IBP. Implementation of distributed processes towards material management, purchasing, production, distribution and shipments. Overall responsibility for IT project. Setup and rollout worldwide.
New production entities in China
Industry: Medical products, MTO & MTS
Full build of IT for a new single item production plant and a new mass production plant in Guangzhou, China. Inclusively infrastructure, security, ERP, MES, WMS, big data cloud. Overall responsibility for both IT projects.
Global IT architecture
Industry: Medical products, consumer goods, chemical industry
Analysis, reorganization or improvement, alignment and definition of harmonized future-oriented end-to-end processes for an international group with ca 1.5bn revenue. Strategical development of business and IT architecture based on the aligned end-to-end processes. Design and selection of software components, make-or-buy decisions, setup of IT structures for development & implementation. Overall IT responsibility for concept, strategy, audit, staffing and implementation.
Transfer pricing and clearing center rollout
Industry: Consumer goods, medical products
Worldwide IT & business implementation of the clearing center concept for an international group of companies. Setup of production & sales transfer prices per order. Setup for routing of customer orders from sales entities to clearing center only and from clearing center to production entities only. Setup of local law of different countries and regulatory requirements. Setup of the clearing center entity in SAP. Program manager responsibility.
SAP implementation & business process optimization
Industry: Electronics and mechanical engineering
Restructuring, process optimization and ERP rollout for business groups of a MDAX company. Full end-to-end responsibility in project inclusively production, material management & purchasing, finance & controlling, sales, quality, PLM. Development and implementation of standardized end-to-end business processes in ERP. Managing of ca 100 FTE in project. 15 successful go-lives with new SAP at the same day. Project & interim manager responsibility.
IT consulting
Industry: Chemical industry
Consulting and SAP implementation of a controlling template for a legal entity of an international company. Pilot for the controlling of the whole company worldwide. Design and restructuring of controlling settlements. Responsibility as IT consultant and project manager.
IT consulting
Industry: Pharmaceutical industry
Consulting for the implementation of finance & controlling in SAP for a pharma company. Analysis of requirements, issues and needs. Development of a business & IT blueprint and specification sheet. Responsibility as IT consultant.
Interim CIO & CFO
Industry: Consumer goods
Responsibility for 13 legal entities of an international group in Asia & Australia. Role as CIO & CFO of the region. Inclusively implementation and improvement of finance & accounting in SAP for Local-GAAP, implementation of IFRS in SAP, setup of intercompany transfer pricing and tax rules in SAP. Transfer of production from Europe & USA to China & India and full setup in local IT. Establishing of SCM & shipping lanes in IT from Asia to Europe. Responsibility as interim manager with full liability for budget, revenue, audit.
SAP implementation for production controlling in single-item production
Industry: Mechanical engineering, optics
Business analysis and preparation of IT concept for handling & setup of group consolidation and controlling of ca 50 production entities. Unique rules for production cost calculation, standard prices, variances calculation, transfer pricing, reporting. Implementation in SAP & Hyperion. Rollout worldwide within 1 year at 50 locations. Overall IT responsibility for an international company.
Due diligence & audit
Industry: Consumer goods, optics
Complete IT & financial due diligence for two entities in Goa, India. Organization, staffing, execution and reporting for both entities. Overall responsibility for IT and finance.
SAP implementation for production controlling in mass production
Industry: Mechanical engineering, optics
Business analysis and preparation of IT concept for handling & setup of group consolidation and controlling of ca 10 production entities. Unique rules for production cost calculation, standard prices, variances calculation, transfer pricing, reporting. Implementation in SAP & Hyperion. Rollout worldwide within 1 year at 10 locations. Overall IT responsibility for an international company.
SAP implementation for IFRS group consolidation
Industry: Mechanical engineering, optics
Business analysis and preparation of IT concept for handling & setup of group finance for a newly established german-american-australian company. Preparation of IT concept, blueprint and specification sheet according to IFRS. Local implementations in SAP & global in Hyperion. Responsibility as IT project manager.
SAP implementation in European entities
Industry: Mechanical engineering, optics
Carve-outs and PMI for IT in finance & controlling of European subsidiary companies of a newly established german-american company. Analysis and preparation of concept, inclusively new group consolidation. Implementation of finance & controlling and go-live in 16 entities within 12 months. Responsibility as project manager for finance & controlling.
SAP R/3 & SAP BPC implementation for management & planning group consolidation
Industry: Semiconductor technologies
Business analysis and preparation of IT concept for handling & setup of group finance for a semiconductor technology company. Preparation of IT concept, blueprint and specification sheet according to US-GAAP. Local implementations in SAP R/3 & global in SAP BPC. Responsibility as IT project manager.
IT consulting
Industry: Medical & measurement devices
Consulting for the implementation of IAS/IFRS in SAP finance & controlling in German HQ and further locations in USA, UK, France. Analysis of requirements, issues and needs. Development of a business & IT blueprint and specification sheet. Responsibility as IT consultant.
IT consulting
Industry: Medical & measurement devices
Consulting and participation in selection of software for legal & management consolidation according to IAS/IFRS. Analysis of requirements, issues and needs. Development of IT specification sheet. Responsibility as IT consultant.
SAP R/3 & SAP BPC implementation for finance group consolidation
Industry: Semiconductor technologies
Business analysis and preparation of IT concept for handling & setup of group finance for a semiconductor technology company. Preparation of IT concept, blueprint and specification sheet according to US-GAAP. Implementations in SAP FI/CO and EC-CS. Responsibility as IT project manager.
SAP BPS and Balanced Scorecard implementation
Industry: Semiconductor technologies
Concept and implementation for sales and COGS planning in SEM BPS and Balanced Scorecard in SEM BSC. Responsibility as IT project manager.
SAP SEM implementation
Industry: Semiconductor technologies
Proof of concept for group consolidation and planning according to US GAAP. Set up test cases. Prepared the overall concept for implementation with SAP SEM and SAP BW. Responsible as IT project manager.
SAP accounting implementation
Industry: Mechanical engineering
Merged two SAP systems of two corporate groups with 80 legal entities. Implemented uniform group consolidation with multi-GAAP 2.0 accounting ("mickey mouse"). Responsible as IT project manager.
SAP accounting implementation
Industry: Pharmaceutical industry
Designed, prepared, and set up external and internal accounting in SAP for a DAX-listed company. Responsible as subproject leader.
SAP implementation for IAS/IFRS
Industry: Pharmaceutical industry
Analyzed, designed, and implemented financial group consolidation according to IAS/IFRS for a DAX-listed company. Set up, trained, and supported. Responsible as subproject leader.
SAP implementation Italy
Industry: Electronics and mechanical engineering
Rolled out accounting and asset management for a sales legal entity in Milan, Italy. Included local GAAP considerations and implementation. Delivered training and support. Responsible as subproject leader for accounting.
SAP Implementation Norway
Industry: Electronics and mechanical engineering
Rollout of accounting and asset management for a sales legal entity in Oslo, Norway. Additional consideration and implementation of local GAAP. Implementation in SAP, training and support. Responsibility as subproject leader for accounting.
SAP Implementation Sweden
Industry: Electronics and mechanical engineering
Rollout of accounting and asset management for a sales legal entity in Stockholm, Sweden. Additional consideration and implementation of local GAAP. Implementation in SAP, training and support. Responsibility as subproject leader for accounting.
SAP Implementation Switzerland
Industry: Electronics and mechanical engineering
Rollout of accounting and asset management for a sales legal entity in Zurich, Switzerland. Additional consideration and implementation of local GAAP and dual currency. Implementation in SAP, training and support. Responsibility as subproject leader for accounting.
SAP Implementation UK
Industry: Electronics and mechanical engineering
Rollout of accounting and asset management for a sales legal entity in London, UK. Additional consideration and implementation of local GAAP. Implementation in SAP, training and support. Responsibility as subproject leader for accounting.
SAP Implementation France
Industry: Electronics and mechanical engineering
Rollout of accounting and asset management for a sales legal entity in Paris, France. Additional consideration and implementation of local GAAP. Implementation in SAP, training and support. Responsibility as subproject leader for accounting.
SAP Implementation Spain
Industry: Electronics and mechanical engineering
Rollout of accounting and asset management for a sales legal entity in Madrid, Spain. Additional consideration and implementation of local GAAP. Implementation in SAP, training and support. Responsibility as subproject leader for accounting.
SAP Implementation Austria
Industry: Electronics and mechanical engineering
Rollout of accounting and asset management for a sales legal entity in Vienna, Austria. Additional consideration and implementation of local GAAP. Implementation in SAP, training and support. Responsibility as subproject leader for accounting.
SAP Implementation Belgium
Industry: Electronics and mechanical engineering
Rollout of accounting and asset management for a sales legal entity in Brussels, Belgium. Additional consideration and implementation of local GAAP. Implementation in SAP, training and support. Responsibility as subproject leader for accounting.
SAP Implementation Netherlands
Industry: Electronics and mechanical engineering
Rollout of accounting and asset management for a sales legal entity in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Additional consideration and implementation of local GAAP. Implementation in SAP, training and support. Responsibility as subproject leader for accounting.
SAP accounting implementation
Industry: Semiconductor technologies
Concept, preparation and setup of external and internal accounting in SAP for the carve-out of a business group. Concept and setup for FI, CO, FI-AA. Responsibility as subproject leader.
SAP accounting implementation
Industry: Medical & measurement devices
Concept, preparation and setup of external and internal accounting in SAP for the carve-out of two business groups. Concept and setup for FI, CO, FI-AA. Responsibility as subproject leader.
SAP asset management implementation
Industry: Pharmaceutical industry
Implementation of additional depreciation areas and asset classes for a DAX company. Modification in FI-AA, customizing, integration, go-live and support. Responsibility as subproject leader for FI-AA.
SAP implementation
Industry: Pharmaceutical industry
Implementation of SAP for a subsidiary entity of a DAX company. Implementation and transfer of maser data and transactional data for finance. Responsibility as subproject leader for finance.
SAP EURO currency transition
Industry: Mechanical engineering
Analysis, concept and implementation of currency transition in SAP for 4 entities in finance, controlling and asset management. Setup, training, go-live and support. Responsibility as subproject leader for accounting.
SAP accounting implementation
Industry: Medical & measurement devices
Concept, preparation and setup of external and internal accounting in SAP for the carve-out of a business group. Concept and setup for FI, CO, FI-AA. Responsibility as subproject leader.
SAP implementation for US-GAAP
Industry: Mechanical engineering
Concept, preparation and setup of financial group accounting in SAP according to US-GAAP. Setup for holding company and business groups. Customizing, implementation, training and support. Responsibility as member of project.
SAP treasury implementation
Industry: Pharmaceutical industry
Implementation of bank accounting and treasury. Blueprint, customizing, integration, go-live and support. Responsibility as subproject leader for SAP TRM.
Summary
- Design & implementation of the new cloud-based IT architecture from online order entry via SCM to production shopfloor system for an international group with ca 1.5 bn Euro revenue. Reduced the order fulfillment time by 40%
- Large-scale successful transformation projects for Digitalization, SAP, Industry 4.0, AI. Including E2E process optimization & standardization and definition of global architecture
- Establishing of the Global IT with over 100 FTE. As well one of most powerful cloud competence centers in Southern Germany. Slashed running costs of processes by 15% through redesigned E2E processes & new technologies
- Effective responsibility as a regional CIO & CFO for ca 130 m Euro sales with 1600 FTE for 13 companies of a group. IT, production and supply chain cost per order decreased by ca 30%
- Full post-merger integration in IT for a new international group. Successful relocation and new setup of IT. Effectively established controlling, corporate policies and guiding principles
- Leading of restructuring program for BGs with process optimization & new SAP implementation in a MDAX company. Process cost reduced by ca 20%
- Development & implementation of a comprehensive clearing center and transfer pricing model in IT. Transfer price model created & setup in IT worldwide within 12 months. Clearing center rolled out in Europe, Africa, Asia & Australia
- Interim position in a multinational company as CIO for 2 divisions. Restructured and implemented new global processes across ca 15 entities and rolled-out with new SAP with 15 successful go-lives on the same day
- Successfully realized large-scale international merger of 3 groups of companies with ca 1.0 bn Euro total Sales. Carve out/in, implementation of corporate processes and new SAP in ca 20 countries completed within 11 months
- Construction & setup of new legal entities, especially for IT. Preparation and achievement of business cases within 3 years with delivery to all continents. Also 3 production entities in China and 2 in India with go-live in time & budget
- Successfully relocated production & built full E2E IT in Mexico, China, India
- Phased-out & liquidated unprofitable entities in Western Europe, North America, Australia. Led and completed the IT due diligence, merger or integration of companies in India, Russia, USA
Languages
Education
Reutlingen University
State-certified Business Administrator (Baden-Württemberg), Business Administration and Foreign Trade · Business Administration · Reutlingen, Germany
Baku State University
Diploma in Mathematics and Mechanics · Mathematics and Mechanics · Baku, Azerbaijan
Certifications & licenses
Certificate for Budget & Planning Advanced Training Seminar
Certificate for Finance Management Advanced Seminars
Certificate for Legal & Management Consolidation Advanced Seminar
Certificated IFRS Course
Certificated US-GAAP Course
German International Licence Classes B, M, L
SAP Certificates for FI, CO, TR, AA, IM, SEM, Consolidation
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