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Thore (Jens) Neumann

Project Manager e-Mobility and Cloud Computing / Interim Manager

Thore Neumann
Hamburg, Germany

Experience

Aug 2018 - Dec 2024
6 years 5 months
Wolfsburg, Germany
Remote

Project Manager e-Mobility and Cloud Computing / Interim Manager

Volkswagen AG

  • Goal: Further development of existing data distribution from start to finish, from development partners to dealers and remote into vehicles. Designing and implementing the future data distribution in a globally distributed cloud
  • Budget/Scope: Undisclosed (approx. 47 external FTE)
  • Result: The project is running and is on time, within scope, and on budget.
  • Responsibility: As part of the management team, leading the planning and execution of project management tasks; scope and time management (from mind map to network diagram to project plan); interface to the corporate finance department, personnel recruitment, securing budgets (e.g., from vehicle line management, production, IT budgets, etc.); demand management.
Jan 2017 - May 2018
1 year 5 months
Eschborn, Germany

Project Manager Regulation and Quality Assurance

Deutsche Bank AG

  • Goal: Implement quality assurance measures to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements; monitor, coordinate, and drive the German market within the global KYC program.
  • Budget/Scope: 1 internal + 1 external FTE on QA topic / 800+ FTE for the KYC program
  • Result: The QA measures were implemented and are in regular operation / the global KYC program was implemented in the German market.
  • Responsibility: Responsible for planning and implementing the QA measures in DE, AT, CH, LUX and transitioning them into regular operation, training employees. Managing the KYC review for all corporate and investment banking clients in DE. Creating the due diligence report when merging two sites.
Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
1 year
Frankfurt, Germany

Rollout Manager Regulation

Deutsche Bank AG

  • Goal: Support the implementation of FATCA and CRS in global transaction banking; prepare the rollout of further regulations.
  • Budget/Scope: 3 internal + 6 external FTE
  • Result: The application of the regulatory requirements was ensured and implemented in the operational organization.
  • Responsibility: Rollout manager for EMEA. Quality gate for a team of 6 rollout managers. Developing and implementing suitable controlling dashboards, tracking results, establishing a structured workflow in technical processing and on the business side. Transitioning results into regular operations. Support in the reporting area.
Sep 2014 - Dec 2015
1 year 4 months
Wolfsburg, Germany

Project Manager / Transition Manager

Volkswagen AG / TechMahindra Inc.

  • Goal: Execute an IT transition / carve-out at Volkswagen AG in AMS.
  • Budget: Undisclosed (25 internal + 40 external FTE)
  • Result: Transition was successful, and regular operation began with a stabilization phase.
  • Responsibility: Project manager in the transition, setting up and managing knowledge transfer, setting up ITIL teams, onboarding the technical project lead, building and leading the PMO: defining reporting lines, controlling parameters, setting up issue tracking, PMO management in the stabilization phase.
May 2014 - Jul 2014
3 months
Wolfsburg, Germany

Project Manager / PMO

Volkswagen AG

  • Goal: Conduct an IT due diligence at Volkswagen AG to win an outsourcing mandate / prepare the IT carve-out in the team.
  • Budget: Undisclosed (20 internal + 5 external FTE)
  • Result: The red flag report was created, the best and final offer (BAFO) was calculated and submitted to Volkswagen AG. The transition strategy was developed and the target operating model (TOM) defined. The client won key parts of the tender.
  • Responsibility: Technical responsibility for the red flag report and BAFO, outlining the transition plan and TOM.
Jan 2014 - Aug 2014
8 months
Braunschweig, Germany

Project Manager / PMO

Volkswagen AG

  • Goal Creation of an aftersales telematics software as an add-on solution.
  • Budget Undisclosed (8 external staff)
  • Result The telematics software was developed using agile SCRUM, released after quality assurance and is now ready for rollout.
  • Responsibility Time, scope and cost management, scope definition, issue tracking, acting as SCRUM Master, planning the rollout concept.
Nov 2013 - Dec 2013
2 months
Kassel, Germany

Project Manager / PMO

Volkswagen AG

  • Goal Conducting an IT due diligence at Volkswagen AG to win an outsourcing mandate / preparing the IT carve-out with the team.
  • Budget Undisclosed (20 internal + 10 external staff)
  • Result The Red Flag Report was created, the Best and Final Offer (BAFO) was calculated and submitted to Volkswagen AG. The transition strategy was developed and the Target Operating Model (TOM) defined.
  • Responsibility Technical responsibility for the Red Flag Report and BAFO, outlining the transition plan and TOM.
Jan 2013 - Oct 2013
10 months
Wolfsburg, Germany

Project Manager

Wargitsch & Comp. AG

  • Goal Designing and implementing global IT risk management processes and supporting software templates as part of overall risk control.
  • Budget Undisclosed (10 internal + 20 external staff)
  • Result The IT risk processes were adjusted group-wide, further standardized and more integrated into overall risk control. The template was created and rolled out in the pilot markets Germany, Mexico and Russia.
  • Responsibility Creating and maintaining scope lists and schedules at operational and project lead level, issue tracking, communication concept and template design.
Jun 2012 - Dec 2012
7 months
Wolfsburg, Germany

Project Manager / PMO

Volkswagen AG

  • Goal Realization and rollout of an optimized, globally deployable CRM template for the streams lead management, campaign management, request & complaint management, master data, business warehouse, process integration and migration.
  • Budget Undisclosed (20 internal + 80 external staff)
  • Result The CRM template was optimized, aligned with different brands, implemented based on SAP CRM and NetWeaver (PI) using SCRUM and introduced in the pilot markets Germany and Spain. Development included five major releases, all completed in time and on budget.
  • Responsibility Creating/maintaining schedules at operational and project lead level, issue tracking, creating/updating the business case, cost management (planned vs. actual analyses).
Jan 2012 - May 2012
5 months
Wolfsburg, Germany

Project Lead

Tagueri AG

  • Goal Creating a company-wide database for diagnostic data as a replacement for an 'under-the-desk' solution. Setting up the project starting from the acquisition phase and designing the project through to creating the final software solution.
  • Budget Approx. €0.8 million (8 external staff)
  • Result The overall concept was developed in close coordination with key stakeholders, approved by them, fully elaborated, budgeted and handed over for implementation. The software was successfully developed and implemented in 2013.
  • Responsibility Technical overall project lead, carrying out all necessary tasks.
Jan 2011 - May 2012
1 year 5 months
Ingolstadt, Germany

Project Manager / PMO

Volkswagen AG

  • Goal Responsibility for the long-term transformation of a module of the central development software in control unit development from single-brand to multi-brand development software.
  • Budget Approx. EUR 3.2 million (5 internal + 10 external employees)
  • Result The supported processes were aligned group-wide on key points (workshops, change management), the module areas to be changed were identified, requirements management was carried out, and the changes in the module were implemented "in time", "in scope" and "in budget".
  • Responsibility Scope & requirements management, managing schedules and costs (planned vs. actual analyses).
Jun 2010 - Dec 2010
7 months
Wolfsburg, Germany

Project Manager / PMO

Volkswagen AG

  • Goal Time management for a vehicle diagnostic tool in the aftersales area, developing the operating concept and supporting its implementation in operations.
  • Budget Undisclosed
  • Result The vehicle diagnostic tool was delivered "in time", the operating concept was defined and coordinated for the implementation, which successfully went live in operations. The global roll-out was completed in 2016.
  • Responsibility Creating the operating concept, developing the implementation plan, and supporting the launch.
Jan 2008 - May 2010
2 years 5 months
Bremen, Germany

Project Manager

Kraft Foods Inc.

  • Goal Designing and executing operational reporting in online marketing for about 180 non-US websites, building the interface to the EU headquarters in Switzerland.
  • Budget Approx. EUR 2.9 million (3 internal + 10 external employees)
  • Result The operational reporting was designed, implemented and managed in operations. Effective controlling measures were devised and implemented, and the interface to the corporate finance department at the headquarters in Switzerland was built and stabilized.
  • Responsibility End-to-end responsibility for all controlling and reporting, interface function to corporate accounting and finance.
Nov 2005 - Oct 2006
1 year
Hamburg, Germany

Analyst

HSH Private Equity GmbH

  • Designing the process for analyzing target companies.
  • Conducting market and competitive analyses (SWOT, Porter's 5 Forces, cash flow analyses, price-volume framework plausibility checks).
  • Performing company valuations (cash flow-based valuation, multiple valuation) and presenting price indications.
  • Assisting with investment controlling.
Aug 2004 - Sep 2004
2 months
Norway

Controlling Analyst

Saint-Gobain Ceramic Materials A/s

  • Creating an alternative production plan to improve the overall efficiency of the production process for the entire ceramic production in two plants.
Oct 2003 - Sep 2005
2 years
Hamburg, Germany

Quality-Analyst

Honeywell Hardware Product Group GmbH

  • Independently reviewing quality assurance measures.
  • Auditing suppliers for compliance with aviation industry quality standards.
  • Creating work process flow descriptions.
Jul 2002 - Sep 2002
3 months
Bengaluru, India

Assistant to Managing Director

TÜV Rheinland India Pvt. Ltd.

  • Assisted with the company's restructuring after a management change, focusing on streamlining and realigning structures, improving efficiency, and overhauling the financial structure.
Apr 2002 - Jun 2002
3 months
Shanghai, China

Marketing-Assistant

Fischer fixings (Taixang) Inc.

  • Independently developed and implemented an OEM strategy.
  • Designed and planned a trade show booth in Beijing.
  • Successfully acquired OEM customers with long-term supply contracts.
Jul 2001 - Jan 2002
7 months
Hamburg, Germany

Clerk

Hamburger Sparkasse

  • Supported an advisory team in the corporate customer center with business valuations and financial statement analyses.

Summary

I am an industry-agnostic specialist in interim management / program management and able to steer all IT domains (demand, architecture, cloud, IT security, application development, operations implementation, etc.) and bring in and integrate experts from these areas as needed.

With my skills, I actively direct and drive any restructuring, IT, and optimization projects, combining fundamental process knowledge from the automotive industry with banking and finance know-how and methodological expertise.

I really enjoy pushing projects and tasks in these areas forward together, within the constraints of given parameters and different cultures, and leading them to success with others. In doing so, I act both as a coordinator of different areas in the project and as a coach for the team and a point of contact for the client.

In collaboration with others, I highly value transparency, accountability, and integrity—values that I also practice in my daily interactions.

Clients and partners also appreciate my empathy, my ability to reflect, and my ability to drive relevant topics and bring them to success even in difficult situations.

Skills

  • 15+ Years As An Interim Manager, Pmo, Project Manager; Rollout Manager, Transition Manager, Demand Manager

  • Automotive Industry, Financial Sector, And Consumer Goods Industry

  • Technical And Project Management Responsibility For Implementing A Wide Range Of Topics In All Three Industries

  • Core Know-how In Scope, Time, And Cost Management

  • Deep Expertise In All Project Phases

  • Project Setup And Administration

  • Integration Of Project Components

  • Requirements Analysis Up To Go-live And Support (Ams)

  • Transition Planning And Execution, It Roll-out

  • Designing And Conducting Workshops

  • Moderation And Presentation

  • Skills In Market And Company Analysis As Well As Company Valuations

  • Project Management Methods: Waterfall; Agile (Scrum); V-model

  • It Skills: Ms Office (All); Ms Project, Ms Visio; Jira; Ea / Aris; Itil; Claude

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Oct 2000 - Aug 2008
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Diploma in Business Administration · Business Administration · Hamburg, Germany · Thesis grade: 2.7

Aug 1998 - Jun 2000

Hamburger Sparkasse

Training as a Bank Clerk · Bank Clerk · Hamburg, Germany

Aug 1988 - Jun 1997
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Abitur · High School with Abitur

Certifications & licenses

Project Management Professional

PMI

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