Axel Kurz - Project Manager

Iserlohn, Germany

Experience

Apr 2023 - Present

2 years 4 months

Regensburg, Germany

Project Manager

Automobilzulieferer

ERP selection project to choose a successor system for a custom legacy solution
Interviews with business units
Workshop to create the criteria catalog etc.
Workshop organization

Mar 2023 - Present

2 years 5 months

Jena, Germany

Project Manager

Forschungsinstitut

ERP selection project to choose a successor system for SAP R/3
Interviews with business units
Workshop to create the criteria catalog etc.
Workshop organization

Aug 2022 - Mar 2023

8 months

Mannheim, Germany

Senior Consultant

Industriedienstleister

Support in the implementation of proALPHA and replacement of XPPS
proALPHA 9.0

Jan 2021 - Present

3 years 7 months

France

Project Manager (together with a colleague)

Fahrzeughersteller

Roll-out of proALPHA 7.2 to additional production and service sites in Germany and France
proALPHA 7.2d

Sep 2021 - Mar 2022

7 months

Germany

Senior Consultant

Hersteller v. Aluminium-Strangpressprofilen

Second-level support for user issues
List & Label form design etc.
proALPHA 6.2e

Aug 2021 - Mar 2022

8 months

Halle, Germany

Senior Consultant

Industriedienstleister

Support for the migration from proALPHA to the SAP ERP corporate solution SAP
proALPHA 6.2d
SAP

Jul 2020 - Jul 2021

1 year 1 month

Frankfurt, Germany

Senior Consultant

ERP-Hersteller

Consulting a US ERP software vendor on setting up a presales organization in Europe

Jan 2020 - Jun 2020

6 months

Heidelberg, Germany

Interim Project Manager

Hersteller von Schreibgeräten

Project management for the new introduction of proALPHA 7.2
proALPHA 7.1
proALPHA 7.2

Jul 2019 - Oct 2019

4 months

Timișoara, Romania

Senior Consultant

Kathrein Broadcast S.R.L.

Go-live support and change management for the ERP roll-out in Romania
Industry: manufacturing, broadcast antennas
proALPHA 7.1

Apr 2019 - Nov 2019

8 months

Project Manager

LEMKEN GmbH & Co. KG

ERP selection project to choose a successor system for Oxaion 7.1
Industry: manufacturing, agricultural machinery
Workshop organization
Creation of the criteria catalog etc.

Jun 2018 - Mar 2019

10 months

Senior Consultant

LEMKEN GmbH & Co. KG

Implementation of business process management as preparation for a new ERP selection
Industry: manufacturing, agricultural machinery
BPM
BPMN
AENEIS

Mar 2017 - Dec 2019

1 year 10 months

Viersen, Germany

Senior Consultant and Specialist for Product Configuration, Analyzers, Lists, …

HUECK Rheinische GmbH

Migration from proALPHA 5.2d to proALPHA 6.2e including reorganization of various business processes
Industry: manufacturing, press-hardened sheets
proALPHA 5.2d
proALPHA 6.2e

Aug 2016 - Jan 2019

2 years 6 months

Reichshof, Germany

Senior Consultant

Schroedahl GmbH

Replacement of AP+ as ERP system by proALPHA 6.1
Industry: special fittings
proALPHA 6.1d

Apr 2016 - Feb 2017

11 months

Heilbronn, Germany

Project Manager

Karl Marbach GmbH

ERP selection project to choose a successor system for Oxaion 7.0
Industry: die and mold making
Interviews with business units
Requirements specification and development of a functional matrix

Nov 2015 - Jul 2016

9 months

Güglingen, Germany

Senior Consultant

AFRISO Euro Index GmbH

Project to analyze and optimize master data quality as preparation for SAP implementation
Industry: measurement and control technology
Diaprod ERP
SAP

Oct 2015 - Jun 2016

9 months

Ascheberg, Germany

Senior Consultant

Anlagenbau

Optimization of the existing system
Standardization of processes and master data
Feasibility study for additional modules
proALPHA 5.2d

Sep 2015 - Feb 2016

6 months

Stadthagen, Germany

Senior Consultant

Anlagenbau

Pre-project for release upgrade and commissioning of previously unused modules
Process analysis and documentation
proALPHA 5.2f

May 2015 - Dec 2015

8 months

Viersen, Germany

Senior Consultant

HUECK Rheinische GmbH

Preparations for a new client and implementation of a project management system
Industry: manufacturing, press-hardened sheets
proALPHA 5.2d

Feb 2015 - Apr 2015

3 months

Hamburg, Germany

Senior Consultant

Olympus STE

Project to analyze and optimize master data quality as preparation for SAP implementation
Industry: medical technology
BaaN
CIM Database
SAP

Mar 2014 - Dec 2015

10 months

Berlin, Germany

Interim IT/ERP Manager

Zett-Group

Preparation for the introduction of MS Dynamics NAV 2013R2 at four locations in Germany and one abroad (Czech Republic) during a restructuring and transformation phase until handover to a permanent project manager
Industry: lighting technology, manufacturing and trade
MS Dynamics NAV 2013R2
MS SharePoint 2013
MS Project

Oct 2013 - Feb 2014

5 months

Lorsch, Germany

Senior Consultant

Elektronik, Handel

Optimization and further development of the ERP system proALPHA
Analysis and optimization of business processes
proALPHA 5.2d

Apr 2013 - Sep 2013

6 months

Munich, Germany

Technical Project Manager

ASM Pacific Technology

Technical project management, organization and documentation
Project for the implementation of a master data repository to standardize master data and drawings at locations in Munich, Singapore and Hong Kong
Industry: SMT technology, placement machines
Oracle Agile 6.1
SAP MS-SQL
MS Project

Oct 2012 - Dec 2013

3 months

Dülmen, Germany

Senior Consultant

HAZEMAG & EPR

Creation of queries and reports in controlling
Consulting on production controlling and cost accounting
Industry: mechanical engineering, assembly technology
proALPHA 5.2f

Jul 2012 - Jun 2013

1 year

Germany

Project Manager, external IT consultant

Waffel Meyer

Optimization and further development of the ERP system proALPHA
Industry: food industry
proALPHA 5.2d

Jun 2012 - Dec 2020

7 years 7 months

Viersen, Germany

Senior Consultant

HUECK Rheinische GmbH

Optimization and further development of the ERP system proALPHA
Definition of customizations
Development of configuration rules (product configurator)
Process analysis and optimization
Industry: manufacturing, press-hardened sheets
proALPHA 5.2d

Mar 2011 - Jul 2012

1 year 5 months

China

Senior Consultant

SIEMENS Transformers E T TR

Roll-out of the PLM system CADIM/Agile from Oracle at Siemens Transformer sites in China including gap analysis, creation of functional specifications, and conducting trainings
Industry: manufacturing, transformers
Oracle Agile 6.1
SAP R/3 (PP, MM, PS)
MS Visio
MS Project
MS SharePoint

Jan 2009 - Dec 2010

1 year

Siegen, Germany

Project Manager, IT Manager

Bergrohr GmbH

Selection process for an ERP system
Requirements analysis and workshops, creation of the requirements specification and a criteria catalog to evaluate vendors, benchmarks with SAP and other ERP providers focusing on variant configuration capabilities
Industry: manufacturing, large-diameter pipes
HP servers and storage systems
VMware vSphere 4.0
Windows Server 2003 and 2008
Nagios, …

Jan 2008 - Dec 2009

2 years

Hilchenbach, Germany

Project Manager

Aventum GmbH

ERP implementation replacing the legacy IKIAS system with bäurer industry, capturing relevant business processes, analysis and implementation in the new system, project management, planning and implementation of customizations for high-bay warehouse integration, container control, JIT handling with Porsche, LLZ handling with Daimler, EDI handling according to VDA 4905, 4906, 4908, 4913, 4915 (4916) and EDIFACT, MES/BDE integration. Project at Wilhelm Schuhmacher GmbH, Hilchenbach
Industry: manufacturing, automotive supplier
Windows Server 2003
SLES 10 Linux
VMware ESX 3.5
Nagios
Oracle 10g
Sage bäurer industry
Böhme & Weihs CAQ
Schwer & Kopka BDE/MDE
AVENTUM EDI

Jan 2004 - Dec 2009

4 years

Unna, Germany

ERP Team Manager

Purem Abgassysteme GmbH (today Eberspächer Unna GmbH)

ERP implementation and further development of the in-house ERP system based on proALPHA 4.3, development of various extensive customizations in collaboration with proALPHA, especially for EDI handling (according to VDA 4905, 4906, 4908, 4913 and 4915) and logistics control (KANBAN), preparation for intercompany coupling between Unna and Detroit, MES/BDE integration
Industry: manufacturing, automotive supplier
proALPHA 4.3
Diamant FiBu
Babtec CAQ
tisoware BDE
AMC MES
Progress 9 DB
Windows Server 2003
SLES 9 Linux
Seeburger BIS
Intrexx

Jan 2002 - Dec 2005

4 years

Marl, Germany

Ass. Product Manager, Business Development and Consultant (Presales)

Maxdata Computer GmbH

Various customer projects, ERP user SAP R/3 SD, MM, PP; sales of server and storage systems from Maxdata and Hitachi Data Systems; building a channel market for storage products. Maintenance of configuration data in the SAP variant configurator; client support, offer creation, trainings and presentations for resellers and end customers
SAP R/3 (SD, MM, PP)

Jan 2001 - Dec 2003

2 years

Aachen, Germany

Project Manager

Impella Cardiotechnik AG

ERP implementation (further) introduction of the ERP system infor.nt 5.3 with integration to CAQ (Babtec), BDE/MDE (infor.time) and financial accounting (varial)
Windows NT Server
infor.nt
Babtec
varial
infor.time

Jan 1999 - Dec 2002

2 years

Hagen, Germany

System Administrator

Westfa GmbH

Infrastructure projects: design of structured building cabling for two sites, modernization of the server farm
Windows NT Server
Solaris
SuSE Linux
MEGA
Time Navigator
AENEIS

Jan 1996 - Dec 1999

4 years

Project Manager (Subcontractor)

Infor AG

On behalf of Infor (as subcontractor) project management and subproject management in over 20 client projects. In several projects, focus on variant configuration (automotive supplier, cable assembly, awning construction, etc.)
Novell NetWare 3.x
Windows NT Server
BTrieve and Oracle databases
VPPS 4.5
infor.nt
Seeburger WinElke

Jan 1994 - Dec 2000

6 years

Wuppertal, Germany

System Administrator / IT Manager

H.Spelleken Nachf. Lufttechnik GmbH

ERP implementation replacing the old PPS system Comet (System 8870) with VPPS 4.3/4.5 from Infor, phased module introduction over several years, development of a configurator logic for industrial fans
Novell NetWare 3.12
BTrieve database
VPPS 4.3/4.5
custom-built variant configurator

Summary

Working with ERP systems since 1992, since then more than 50 ERP projects as project manager or team member
Self-employed since 2011
International experience in the USA, France, China, Romania and Singapore
Experienced, resilient and motivated