Michael Vyborny
Project Management
Experience
Apr 2024 - Present
1 year 4 months Germany
Project Lead
Telecommunications
- Project lead for a migration to SAP SuccessFactors and SAP Concur, including contract drafting and negotiation for managed payroll and AMS services.
- Extension of service agreements with the existing provider, and ensuring data archiving (including contract negotiation).
Nov 2023 - Feb 2024
4 months Germany
IT Sourcing Advisor
IT Service Provider
- Drafting a managed services contract for operating the client’s systems, with special focus on governance and service levels.
Oct 2022 - May 2023
8 months Germany
IT Sourcing Advisor
Tourism
- Creating a new IT template contract (framework, service, and project contract) and negotiating with existing providers.
Oct 2021 - Dec 2022
1 year 3 months Germany
IT Sourcing Advisor
Banks
- Negotiating existing contracts to anchor and implement new IT security requirements, ITIL processes, and governance.
Oct 2020 - Sep 2021
1 year Germany
Workstream Lead
Banks
- Updating and ensuring the ‘sourcing readiness’ of new IT security requirements, ITIL processes, and governance as a workstream lead.
Jan 2020 - May 2020
5 months Germany
Transition Manager and Exit Manager
Real Estate
- Transition manager for two IT sourcing contracts in networking and end-user computing, and exit manager for the outgoing provider.
Sep 2019 - Dec 2020
4 months Germany
Interim Contract Manager
Real Estate
- Designing and conducting an audit to assess collaboration with an Indian IT provider as interim contract manager.
Mar 2019 - Jun 2019
4 months Germany
IT Sourcing Advisor
Logistics
- Establishing program management for rollouts of SAP SuccessFactors in North and Latin America.
- Designing the contract change process, reviewing implementation of global processes in each country, and drafting an overarching communication model including stakeholder management.
Feb 2019 - Mar 2019
2 months Germany
IT Sourcing Advisor
Logistics
- Designing and conducting an evaluation of the contractual collaboration with an Indian IT provider (for payroll and HCM), and deriving improvement measures and scenarios for further cooperation.
Sep 2018 - Feb 2019
6 months Austria
IT Sourcing Advisor
Energy sector
- Designing and operationally building a vendor management department.
- Developing a rating and classification model for strategy development in cooperation with IT partners.
- Defining governance along selected touchpoints (vendor journey) to shape cooperation in detail.
May 2017 - Aug 2018
1 year 4 months Germany
IT Sourcing Advisor
Banks
- In-house acquisition of a nearshore site in Poland.
- Conducting due diligence and negotiating the purchase price.
- Integrating the site across all processes in finance, HR, and infrastructure.
Jan 2016 - Apr 2017
4 months Germany
IT Sourcing Advisor
Banks
- Preparing and negotiating a comprehensive captive nearshore contract for development, maintenance, and operations services.
Apr 2016 - Dec 2016
9 months Slovakia
Project Manager
Automotive
- Project manager for two sourcing projects responsible for RfP creation, bid evaluation, bidder communication, contract negotiation, and transitioning to new providers.
Jun 2015 - Dec 2015
7 months Austria
Senior Business Developer
IT Service Provider
- Supporting as a senior business developer for a highly scalable IT solution in the health and retail sectors.
- The project included market research, clarification of legal and technical parameters, and validation of customer expectations.
Nov 2014 - Apr 2015
6 months Germany
IT Sourcing Advisor
IT Service Provider
- Supporting the transition of two large offshore programs.
- Defining governance structures and processes, and quality assurance of critical deliverables in coordination with the client.
- Supporting contract management and initiating measures when expected results deviate.
Jul 2014 - Sep 2014
3 months Austria
IT Sourcing Advisor
Banks
- Sourcing expertise for a shared-services project where the client aimed to achieve synergies by consolidating 12 sites across 5 countries.
- Conducting workshops with the future IT provider to deepen understanding and quality of the proposed solution.
- Ensuring process auditability.
- Advising on best practices to avoid ‘contract traps’ and ensure key requirements in negotiations with the IT service provider.
Oct 2013 - Jan 2014
4 months Germany
IT Sourcing Advisor
IT Service Provider
- Supporting due diligence to help the client win a double-digit million offer.
- Support included defining governance and integrating it into the operational delivery model.
- Main aspects were an ‘on-site’/‘offshore’ model, setting up overall program management, and defining committees to support the delivery structure.
Oct 2012 - Sep 2013
1 year Slovakia
IT Sourcing Advisor
Automotive
- Preparing an RfP for IT operations, including new governance structures.
- The core of the new design is a flexible approach to maximize client control while minimizing required management.
- Supporting the client's selection process up to determining candidates’ technical fit and handing over for financial negotiation.
- Conducting workshops with the client and candidates to ensure understanding of requirements and proposed solutions.
- Defining selection criteria to determine technical suitability.
Apr 2012 - Sep 2012
6 months Germany
IT Sourcing Advisor
Automotive
- Implementing ITIL in the ‘Car Order Management’ area.
- The project’s results strengthened the responsible units of all brands in feasibility checks at plants.
- The organizational change linked to the project was fostered by defining uniform responsibilities for current and future developments, and by defining efficient interfaces between departments to ensure a consistent customer experience (‘one face to the customer’).
Aug 2010 - Mar 2012
1 year 8 months Germany
Project Portfolio Coordinator
Automotive
- Coordinating a project portfolio of 50+ projects in IT architecture (after-sales).
- Improving collaboration within the department and between departments, regardless of company boundaries (client staff, IT providers, freelancers).
- Conducting a sourcing initiative that enables the client to implement innovative ideas and rely on a stable resource pool that scales with client needs.
Summary
Consultant with over 17 years of experience in steering and leading sourcing, project, and program management initiatives. My unique mix of program management and IT sourcing skills allows me to support projects in every phase of the lifecycle. My clients include traditional industrial and service companies as well as IT providers. This holistic approach lets me act as a ‘bridge’ and ‘translator’ between departments and locations to deliver successful projects.
I am an experienced project controller who proactively addresses and solves client issues, initiates actions independently, and follows up. As a team player, I always look for a balance between the team’s needs and the tasks to be solved.
- IT Sourcing: Leading sourcing processes from RfI to successful transformation.
- Governance: Setting up structures and processes for successful control and manageability of complex projects, including PMO and necessary committees.
- Provider Audit: Experienced in designing and conducting audits of contractual relationships.
- IT Operations: Support for multiple operations programs/transitions (service desk, data center, technical field service, workplace services).
- Project/Program Management: Experience coordinating complex international projects and programs with a focus on achieving quick wins (based on Prince2).
Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Advanced
Education
WU Vienna
Master in Business Administration · Business Administration · Vienna, Austria
Certifications & licenses
Prince2 Foundation
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