Rainer Hofmann-wellenhof
IT Project Manager
Experience
Mar 2021 - Apr 2023
2 years 2 monthsIT Project Manager
Miltenyi Biotec B.V. & Co. KG
- Overall technical responsibility for the new e-commerce digital infrastructure project/program, some 7,500 external person days
- Service provider coordination, sub-project coordination, project controlling
- Timeline, milestones, and (high level) topic prioritization
- Induce system and architecture decisions
- Technical coordination of multiple international roll-outs and the replacement of deprecated systems
- Systems: SAP Commerce Cloud (with Spartacus), FirstSpirit headless CMS, SAP Customer Data Cloud, SAP Marketing Cloud, SAP Integration Suite, SAP ERP, SAP CRM, Cloudflare, Viamedici EPIM, Canto DAM, various 3rd party software (video library, job platforms, prerender.io, redirection.io)
Sep 2020 - Present
4 years 11 monthsE-Commerce Consultant
Red Bull GmbH
- Consulting as IT Project Manager and Solution/Software Architect:
- Responsible for migrating all media from one digital asset management tool (Adobe) to another (Cloudinary) and ensuring a smooth transition for all B2B/B2C shops and various other sites
- Responsible for the integrations of SAP Context-Driven Services (now called Intelligent Selling Services)
- Responsible for the switch from one payment service provider to another (Adyen) in multiple B2C shops
- Responsible for the webshop interfaces (SAP Commerce) during the switch of the fulfillment partner
- Responsible for evaluating (and preparing) the move to the Cloud for the SAP Commerce Systems
- Responsible for evaluating SAP Upscale Commerce in comparison to other Shop Systems (SAP Commerce Cloud, Shopify, WooCommerce): presented findings and gave recommendations for potential use cases
May 2019 - Sep 2020
1 year 5 monthsSolution Architect
Netconomy Software & Consulting GmbH
- Held the technical responsibility for a greenfield, cloud-based, e-commerce marketplace project (some €2.5 million) for a customer with more than €500 million yearly revenue
- Prioritized the backlog, outlined technical dependencies, defined milestones, delegated component responsibilities to senior developers, and planned the gradual multi-country rollout
- Coordinated and led a culturally diverse and geographically-dispersed team with up to 25 engineers (5 engineers on the customer side) situated in four locations (Berlin, Graz, Zagreb, Belgrade)
- Aligned with the product manager of SAP Spartacus about critical upcoming features and handled the implications
- Held the responsibility for scoping and specification for the project as well as cost and timeline estimates for additional feature requests which resulted in several follow-up contracts
- Built a relationship based on trust and consulted the customer on omni-channel commerce, from project kick-off to go-live
- SAP Technologies: Commerce Cloud (with Spartacus), Marketing Cloud, SAP Integration Suite / Cloud Platform Integration, Customer Data Cloud
- Additional role and responsibility (Chapter Lead):
- Managed up to ten engineers: conducted yearly performance reviews, provided career growth opportunities, handled requests
Feb 2016 - Apr 2019
3 years 3 monthsSoftware Engineer
Netconomy Software & Consulting GmbH
- Integrated SAP Hybris with SAP ERP: Importing of Products & Prices, exporting of Orders
- Implemented the backend functionality of a Proof of Concept resulting in the acquisition of a new customer
- Resolved a costly recurring problem which affected multiple productive systems by rearchitecting and re-implementing the Message Oriented Middleware
- Designed the integration of a customer data management (CDM) system
- Demonstrated quick learning ability by being selected to temporarily support another team with a high profile customer (Migros) in order to meet an urgent deadline
- Led negotiations – on behalf of my team – with upper management concerning compensation for necessary extra work
- Led job interviews and mentored multiple engineers
- Contributed significantly to e-commerce platforms of Red Bull and Migros
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
Advanced Education
Oct 2018 - May 2019
California Lutheran University
Executive Master of Business Administration · Thousand Oaks, United States · 3.96/4.0
University of Technology
Master’s degree in Software Engineering and Management · Graz, Austria
University of Technology
Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering and Management · Graz, Austria
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