Matthias K. - CIO & CFO Advisory, Interim Head of IT

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Wiesbaden, Germany

Experience

Apr 2023 - Jun 2025

2 years 3 months

Head of IT

Radeberger Gruppe KG

New IT strategy and organization model combined with the introduction of IT service management, SAP S/4
Preliminary study, significant cost optimizations in the areas of material, license and outsourcing costs
Implementation of IT security strategy, ISO 27001 and NIS-2

Jan 2023 - Apr 2023

4 months

CFO Advisory

Tentamus Group

Analysis of the national and international ERP landscape
Tendering and selection of an ERP software for the entire group to optimize financial and logistical processes
Outsourcing of legacy systems (Datev) to an ISO 27001 certified data center
Transformation of the consolidation system Lucanet to the cloud

Mar 2021 - Jan 2023

1 year 11 months

Head of Global IT

SIMONA AG

Overall responsibility for the IT of the SIMONA Group with production sites in Germany, China, USA, Czech Republic, Turkey, Norway and UK
25 internal employees and external SAP and infrastructure service providers
Implementation of a Portfolio and Project Management Office (PMO)
Introduction of a process-oriented IT based on ITIL
Establishment of a global IT organization
Implementation of a service management system, Atlassian Jira Service Management
Design, planning and rollout of Microsoft 365 and MS Azure
New implementation of SAP CRM (C4C) and maintenance software based on SAP
SAP HR employee and manager self-services (ECC 6.0 and Fiori)
SAP S/4 preparation project to replace ECC 6.0 – Greenfield approach
Contracting of external network and security services
SAP Basis and server outsourcing project

Mar 2020 - Feb 2021

1 year

Global Vice President Information Management

Hilite International

Full responsibility for IT of the Hilite Group with production sites in Germany, China, USA and Czech Republic
30 internal employees and external service providers for SAP, MES and PPM
Change management to establish ONE IT TEAM
Implementation of S/4 HANA Finance and ECC 6.0
Zero-base budgeting, centralized IT procurement and setting up PMO
Introduction preparation for Office 365 and Azure

Apr 2017 - Feb 2020

2 years 11 months

Mainz, Germany

CIO

Werner & Mertz GmbH

Full responsibility for the IT organization of the Werner & Mertz Group (Erdal, Frosch) with more than 25 internal employees and external service providers for business applications, infrastructure and network support, budget responsibility over 5 million euros
Modernization of a complex SAP landscape with EWM, TM (HANA), MII, HCM, BW and BW/4HANA and preparation for S/4 HANA
Establishment of the PMO office to prioritize business requirements and monitor business projects
Migration of the Microsoft environment from on-premise to Office 365 and MS Azure, especially email and SharePoint
Migration of the European MPLS network to a high-performance and highly available VPN network with a dual-provider strategy
Professionalization and expansion of IT security with multi-factor authentication, DFS and role concept
Change management: transforming a traditional IT organization into a process-oriented organization based on ITIL
Establishment of an effective provider management for application and infrastructure service providers

Jan 2013 - Mar 2017

4 years 3 months

Division Director IT Service Operations

ManpowerGroup Deutschland

Technical and disciplinary leadership of the IT department for ManpowerGroup Germany, its subsidiaries, and joint ventures with over 30 employees
Set up a central portfolio management
Additional management responsibility for IT compliance and audit (SOX) and introduction of user account re-certification according to compliance requirements
Project management: integration of the acquired 7S Group's IT (15 staff, 30+ applications, 800 employees)
Implementation of a new SAP R/3 system (finance and HR including manager and employee self-services) and replacement of two legacy SAP systems
Established a service-oriented organization based on ITIL v3
Budget responsibility of over 4 million euros

Jul 2008 - Dec 2012

4 years 6 months

IT Manager

Manpower GmbH & Co. KG

Managed the operational, service-oriented operations of all German IT systems for over 2,000 users
Direct responsibility for SAP HR payroll for approx. 15,000 temporary workers
Outsourcing: Managed external service providers (IBM, BT, Deutsche Telekom, SAP, OEDIV, and Manpower's internal providers) in the application and infrastructure environment based on SLAs and KPIs
Technical and disciplinary leadership responsibility for five team leaders with a team size of 30 specialists
Member of the steering committee for all project work

Jan 2007 - Jun 2008

1 year 6 months

Senior Consultant

iuvatec GmbH

Led the project to outsource ERP service operations to Hewlett-Packard
CIO consulting at Tetra Pak International in Lausanne: reviewed all IT services for cost- and process-efficient operations and identified savings and improvement opportunities

Dec 2004 - Dec 2006

2 years 1 month

Quality Assurance & Configuration Manager

Tetra Pak Global Information Management GmbH

Established and assessed processes based on CMMI to ensure the quality, integrity, and reliability of a standard ERP program
Built a quality assurance and testing process for projects and provided services
Led a team of quality assurance experts and process consultants
Managed and controlled work results in compliance with international standards of a configuration library and its associated processes
Facilitated and led the change control board forum with responsibility for all change request decisions

Apr 2003 - Dec 2004

1 year 9 months

Service Delivery Manager (SAP ERP Roll-Out)

Tetra Pak Global Information Management GmbH

Built and developed a new SAP IT service (application support and operations) starting with ten employees in Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland
Redesigned the hardware landscape based on the requirements of the rollout project and end users
Negotiated SLAs with the outsourcing partner
Pilot project to implement a process-oriented organization based on ITIL (service delivery and service support)

Apr 2001 - Mar 2003

2 years

Service Delivery Manager, Server and Email

Tetra Pak Services GmbH

Responsible for the 24x7 availability of Tetra Pak's decentralized (116 servers) and regionally managed mail system (22,000 users) with follow-the-sun support
Organized a team of 20 employees in Asia, Europe and America
Aligned the organization based on ITIL
Point of contact for local IT managers for continuous service improvement
Co-responsible for performance reviews and skills development in cooperation with local HR managers
Member of the infrastructure management team reporting directly to the Head of Infrastructure
Responsible for meeting agreed KPIs based on SLAs
Led the team intensively through the outsourcing process and successfully repositioned all team members

Oct 1999 - Mar 2001

1 year 6 months

Operations Manager

Tetra Pak Service GmbH

Responsible for the operation of a European data center with a total of ten employees covering R/3 Basis on HP-UX, WAN and LAN, mail (Exchange), file and print services

Oct 1998 - Oct 1999

1 year 1 month

Deputy Data Center Manager

Tetra Pak Service GmbH

R/3 SAP Basis administration on HP-UX and NT
European project manager for the implementation of a global helpdesk system based on Tivoli ServiceDesk with Oracle databases

Oct 1997 - Oct 1998

1 year 1 month

SAP Project Manager

Tetra Pak Service GmbH

Project manager for the implementation of R/3 AM and FI modules for Tetra Pak UK in London and Tetra Pak Austria in Vienna

Oct 1996 - Oct 1997

1 year 1 month

SAP FI / CO Specialist

Tetra Pak Service GmbH

Supported the business units in R/3 FI, AM, CO, and CO-PA
Sub-project manager for the implementation of the FI, AM, and CO modules for Tetra Pak Processing GmbH in Glinde near Hamburg

Aug 1994 - Oct 1996

2 years 3 months

Project Manager

Karl Dierkes Rohrleitungsbau GmbH

Project manager for transferring operational and asset accounting from the head office to the subsidiary
Responsible for asset accounting and operational accounting
Feasibility study for migrating the legacy system to SAP R/3

Oct 1992 - Aug 1994

1 year 11 months