Thorsten Schulz - Project Manager

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Hamburg, Germany

Experience

Sep 2024 - Present

11 months

Project Manager

Orlen Deutschland GmbH

Implemented SAP IS-Oil and OGSD.
Managed the integrator.
Designed, organized and carried out change management.
Agile management in JIRA/Confluence.
Fit-gap analysis, requirement engineering, development, testing, cut over, hypercare.

Sep 2023 - Sep 2024

1 year 1 month

Project Manager eProcurement

Mitteleutscher Rundfunk

Implemented SAP Ariba.
Managed the integrator.
Designed staff qualification.
Organizational Change Management (OCM) and agile coaching of the program leadership.
Created the House of Change.

May 2023 - Sep 2023

5 months

Change Manager S4/Europe

Remmers GmbH

Organizational Change Management (OCM).
Change impact analysis (Brownfield).
Communication and qualification concept.
Ensured GoLive.

Aug 2022 - May 2023

10 months

Program OneSAP S/4Hana

Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems GmbH

Program management with organizational change.
Brownfield approach for ECC conversion, EWM conversion, DB conversion.
Modules PS, EWM, FI/CO, MM.
Managed the integrator and strategic planning of change measures.
Led the PMO.

Mar 2021 - Jul 2022

1 year 5 months

SAP Business One

Perfect Drive Sports Group GmbH

Nov 2020 - Mar 2021

5 months

Global PRISM Rollout

Puma SE

Global template and roll-out.
SAP IS Retail and MM.
Agile management in JIRA/Confluence.
Fit-gap analysis, requirement engineering, development, testing, cut over, hypercare.

Aug 2020 - Oct 2020

3 months

Project Management / Change Management

Carlisle Construction Materials GmbH

SAP S/4Hana “Bluefield” approach with FI/CO, MM, SD, SCM.
European template and roll-out.
Development and validation of transition activities within sequences.
Alignment and coordination of multiple deep-dive planning activities.
Ensured local project organization was in place.

Jun 2020 - Jul 2020

2 months

Lecturer: Project Management

Baumann Bildung & Qualifizierung

Sep 2017 - Present

7 years 11 months

Lecturer for Change Management and Business Administration

FOM Hochschule für Oekonomie & Management

Jul 2017 - Apr 2020

2 years 10 months

Program Management

Intersport Deutschland EG

Merged two country organizations (AT & DE).
Holistic change management.
Portfolio management.
Effective coordination and management of project managers.
Resource management and creation of a communication concept.
Facilitated meetings and escalations.

Apr 2017 - Present

8 years 4 months

Lecturer for Project Management and IT

IFB – Institut zur Fortbildung von Betriebsräten

Feb 2017 - Jun 2017

5 months

Project Support / PMO

Vivo Energy Kenya

Created the business blueprint for a SAP S/4Hana and IS-Oil implementation (Greenfield).
Organized the SAP S/4Hana roll-out in 7 African countries.

Nov 2016 - Present

8 years 9 months

Associate Partner

Faktor 3 Consulting GmbH

Implemented change.
Applied Lean.
Delivery – Market – Sales, classic & agile.
Project management, agile & SAFe.

Jun 2016 - Sep 2016

4 months

Project Lead | Program Management

Hella KGAA Hueck & Co.

Global lean optimization of processes and organization in Sales Excellence.
Developed and communicated optimization measures.
Lean process design and portfolio management.

Mar 2016 - May 2016

3 months

Project Lead “Transition”

Toll Collect

Created the operational introduction concept.
Transitioned the project into operations.
Developed content marketing.
Ensured compliance and documentation for the public client.

Oct 2015 - Feb 2016

5 months

Project Manager

Klingel Mail Order

Optimized web shop data supply.
Developed and prioritized end-to-end optimizations.
Created SEM/SEO measures and managed external vendors.

Aug 2015 - Oct 2016

1 year 3 months

Team Manager | Management Consultant

Cassini Consulting GmbH

Led consultants both professionally and disciplinarily.
Team organization and development.
Strategic direction.

Aug 2015 - Oct 2015

3 months

Project Lead

Creatrade

Business analysis and planning tools.
SEM/SEO analysis.
Designed IT organization, architecture and processes.
Project volume: >€5M.

Jan 2015 - Jun 2015

6 months

Manager

Sopra Steria Consulting GmbH

Jun 2014 - Jun 2015

1 year 1 month

Project Lead

Vodafone

Transitioned marketing projects into operations and fulfillment.
Developed and aligned processes.
Post-merger integration of Kabel Deutschland.

Nov 2013 - Mar 2014

5 months

Team Lead | Compliance

Deutsche Universalbank

Defined and aligned compliance processes.
Managed project teams.
Knowledge transfer for launching a new anti-money laundering software.

Jan 2013 - Mar 2013

3 months

Project Lead

Unity Media Kabel BW

Built an efficient project management system including PMO.
Defined core processes in the CTO area.
Conducted workshops.

Jul 2011 - Dec 2014

3 years 6 months

Principal Consultant

Steria Mummert Consulting AG

Winner of the PRINCE2 Best Practice Award 2012.

Aug 2010 - Jun 2011

11 months

Independent Project Management

Tamoil S.A.

Implemented SAP ERP and IS-Oil.
Scrum Master: Set up the project structures based on standard project methodologies.
Project volume: >€4.2M, 6 project managers, approx. 50 team members.

Mar 2010 - Aug 2010

6 months

Project Lead | Consulting

Führendes Europäisches Handelsunternehmen

Specified boxed entertainment fulfilment.
Created the Business Requirement Document.
Conducted cross-functional workshops.

Mar 2009 - Mar 2010

1 year 1 month

Project Lead | Consulting PIM Implementation

Führendes Europäisches Handelsunternehmen

Implemented a product information management system.
Created business design and validated the technical design.
Aligned with enterprise architecture and managed service integrators.

Mar 2006 - Jun 2008

2 years 4 months

Project Lead | Zero Defects to the Customer

Vodafone D2 GmbH

Optimized customer support processes.
Set up effective service management.
Process analysis and creation of ExCo-relevant business cases.

Oct 2005 - Jun 2011

5 years 9 months

Partner

Putz & Partner Unternehmensberatung AG

Sep 2002 - Jul 2005

2 years 11 months

Manager in International Product Marketing

Jungheinrich AG

Responsible for business units in 25 country companies (>€100M).

Apr 1999 - Feb 2001

1 year 11 months

Sales Department Head

Sport-Scheck GmbH

Feb 1997 - Mar 1999

2 years 2 months

Sales Department Head

Decathlon GmbH & Co. KG

Sep 1992 - Feb 1993

6 months

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Ecole Supérieure de Commerce, Brest

Nov 1990 - Dec 1996

6 years 2 months

Diplom-Kaufmann

Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel

Summary

Thorsten has been working since 1997 in various roles and line functions in retail and mechanical engineering as a project manager, LEAN manager and coach.
He successfully took overall E2E leadership of complex international (ERP) projects and programs (including SAP S/4HANA) and implemented (agile) mindsets.
He specializes in project management, change management, agile transformations and agile coaching as well as effective PMO. He won the PRINCE2 Best Practice Award.
He is a lecturer for project management, IT and change management at FOM and at ifb.
He holds an MBA from the University of Cape Town, is a Scrum Master, SAFe Agilist, Sr. Agile Project Manager, Diplom-Kfm., Ironman triathlete and kitesurfer.