Wolfgang A. - Technical Project Manager – Shopify

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Kleinaitingen, Germany

Experience

Jun 2024 - Jan 2025

8 months

Nürtingen, Germany

Technical Project Manager – Shopify

Hauber Elektronik

Project goal: "Relaunch online shop" (migration to Shopify & SAP integration)
Managing developers & designers
Involving relevant departments & stakeholders
Gathering requirements for online shop implementation
Checking implementation and feature delivery
Project controlling for schedule and budget
Tracking milestones and work packages
Regular project reports and meetings on progress

Oct 2023 - Jan 2025

1 year 4 months

Auerbach, Germany

Technical Web Consultant – Contentserv, Magento & Typo3

Cherry Group

Project goal: "Migration of PIM/MAM data to Typo3 & Magento"
Digitizing business processes focused on marketing & PIM/MAM
Administration and technical project management of global online shops
Conceptual consulting & marketing & e-commerce development
Technical contact for PIM & MAM, websites / online shop
Configuring and testing new interfaces (SAP ByD)
Project controlling & reporting and coordinating external vendors
Interface between IT, marketing, e-commerce and business units
Operational consulting for departments on data management & master data
Further development and global project management of PIM & MAM platform

Oct 2023 - Jan 2025

1 year 4 months

Berlin, Germany

Technical Project Manager – EC-Systems PIM/MAM/SMC

Kieback & Peter

Project goal: "Implement CCMS / PIM" (SMC editorial system, PDM & JAMES)
Digitizing business processes focused on VDI3805
Creating an as-is analysis and technical requirements before launch
Participating in implementation workshops (requirements gathering)
Defining work packages and milestones
Independently planning and conducting workshops & documentation
Project controlling for schedule and budget
Tracking milestones and work packages
Regular project reports and meetings on progress

Jan 2023 - Sep 2023

9 months

Munich, Germany

Product Owner Interim – Spryker, Jira & Confluence

Giesecke+Devrient GmbH

Project goal: "Ensure successful use of the e-commerce platform"
Implementing requirements in the IoT environment
Requirements analysis and management
Involving relevant departments & stakeholders
Communicating with project participants
Quality management, testing & acceptance (UAT/E2E)
Process planning and control (internal and external)
Documentation, training & workshops

Jul 2022 - Dec 2022

6 months

Munich, Germany

Product Owner Interim – Magento, akeneo, Drupal, Jira & Confluence

Verlag Aenne Burda GmbH & Co. KG

Project goal: "Ensure successful use of the e-commerce platform"
Magento relaunch support & country rollout (IT, FR, NO, SE, DK, FI)
Coordinating country rollout & technical integration via API/connector
Functional/technical consulting on international platform usage
Coordinating multiple vendors and optimizing project plan
Developing conceptual recommendations for process management
Optimizing processes in e-commerce and internationalization
Supporting Magento relaunch toward headless approach (PIM / PDP)
Agile creation of detailed solution concepts based on current processes

Apr 2022 - Sep 2022

6 months

Stuttgart, Germany

Project Manager – nexmart eBusiness Solutions

NexMart

Advising sales colleagues during proposal phase (EDI)
Defining project setup together (ORDRSP, DESADV & INVOIC)
Content and technical qualification of project requirements
Capturing customer requirements and specifying with product owners
Guiding B2B clients from order to go-live (timeline and budget)
Planning, controlling & implementation of nexmart eBusiness solutions
Communication interface between clients and internal teams
Sales app upgrade to v4.1 for about 15 manufacturers

Jan 2022 - Mar 2022

3 months

Stralsund, Germany

Requirements Analyst – Spryker & Flutter App

Team Business IT GmbH

Project goal: "Further development of a marketplace for catering supplies"
Requirements engineer/concept for Spryker platform & Flutter app
Requirements management & concept for development processes (B2B)
Independently identifying requirements for new and existing software
Early detection of priorities and conflicts
Evaluating impacts on system & environment

Jan 2021 - Feb 2022

1 year 2 months

Munich, Germany

Project Manager – TYPO3, Hublify & Figma

Bayern Card-Services GmbH

Coordinating B2B relaunch of new shop platform
Migrating Magento online shop to Typo3 and Hublify
Merging two websites into a single platform
Developing concepts for design specs and development
Creating a blueprint for Typo3 as CMS and Hublify as shop
Managing info and marketing media platform
Documenting and coordinating live and staging environments
Setting up a PIM/MAM environment based on Hublify

Jul 2020 - Mar 2023

2 years 9 months

Augsburg, Germany

Requirements Analyst – Spryker, akeneo, Ghostinspector, Jira & Confluence

AVAG Holding SE

Project goal: "Building a marketplace for vehicles & auto parts"
Requirements engineering in payment sector (leasing/financing)
Building an online trading platform for automobiles as a marketplace
Project coordination of B2B dealer portal (merchant integration)
Checkout optimization (marketplace integration, car configurator, parts & cars)
Introducing and configuring Ghostinspector for test automation
Creating regression tests in Ghostinspector (including test adjustments)
Contributing to data protection / cookie adjustments on marketplaces
Documentation & integration of relevant test cases for live and stage

Jul 2019 - Mar 2020

9 months

Osnabrück, Germany

B2C Project Manager clinicdress & workwear – Magento 2.3, NAV, sepia

Clinic & Job Dress GmbH

Solution architect, business analyst and requirements engineer
Checkout integration: Ingenico payment, address validation & trust seal
Magento relaunch as multi-shop architecture including requirements analysis
Preparing international relaunch of all brands (about 5 languages)
Integrating FACT-Finder for search, autosuggest & after-search navigation
Adding a content management system (CMS) in Magento
Connecting sepia PIM and Episerver newsletter tool to Magento 2 shop
Managing and designing numerous interfaces (PIM ↔ NAV ↔ Magento)

Jan 2019 - Present

6 years 8 months

Kleinaitingen, Germany

Product Owner – Shopify, Shopware 5, SendinBlue, Appypie

Winetory

Introducing Shopware as online shop system
Operational support and development of the Shopware wine shop
Concept & development of the app “WeinQuizz & ExxitRoom” (Appypie)
Onboarding new wine/crystal glass suppliers and adding dropshipping
SendinBlue as newsletter marketing tool
SEO for product pages and category texts
Marketing optimization with Facebook Pixel & Business Manager
Social media campaigns via Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn & Twitter
Designing and implementing live tasting tech with Zoom & StreamYard
Payment integration of Stripe platform and PayPal
Technical project organization (wine fest and company expo)

Jan 2019 - Jul 2019

7 months

Karlsruhe, Germany

B2B Project Manager Systemair, Frico & Fantech – IntelliShop, Algolia, Typo3

IntelliShop AG

Business analyst, requirements engineer and E2E tester
Documentation using Atlassian Confluence & Jira
Introducing IntelliShop as multi-shop architecture (relaunch)
International rollout of all brands (about 30 languages & 60 shops)
Test automation: TestRail, Selenium & Ghost Inspector
Integrating Algolia for global search and autosuggest
Seamless Typo3 layout integration via JSON
Connecting viamedici EPIM to IntelliShop ECOM

May 2017 - Feb 2019

1 year 10 months

Unterschleißheim, Germany

IT eCommerce Manager/Multi Channel Sales – Magento, Dynamics 365 ERP/CRM

Encory GmbH - BMW Group and ALBA Group

IT manager for B2B multichannel platform (Azure cloud)
Relaunch of B2B online shop platform including interfaces (7 languages)
Website architecture from production (KUMAsoft) to sales (Speed4Trade)
Customer master data exchange between CRM, MS Dynamics ERP and shop
SEO and content generation
Building REST API for ETK (BMW electronic parts catalog)
Managing vendors (Avanade, KUMAsoft, Mediawave, price f(x), etc.)
Integrating price f(x) PriceBuilder and Eucon for pricing
Checkout optimization: payment integration
Setting up a PIM/MAM system
Introducing Magento as B2B multichannel platform with ERP integration
Integrating Speed4Trade as middleware for channel management
Automating interfaces to Dynamics 365 with Lobster_PIM

Jan 2015 - Apr 2017

2 years 4 months

Eresing, Germany

Managing Director and eCommerce Lead – OXID, FACT-Finder

Franz Mensch GmbH

Department lead for B2B multichannel platform (3-4 staff)
Relaunch of B2B online shop platform with OXID
Building new B2C shop protect360.de with OXID
Managing external vendors and agencies
Integrating marketplaces (eBay, Amazon and Mercateo)
Introducing FACT-Finder as search platform
Performance and newsletter marketing with Google Ads
SEO & SEA
Integrating ERP systems Actindo and Ramsauer & Stürmer with OXID

Jun 2014 - Dec 2014

7 months

Zürich, Switzerland

Senior Project Manager – hybris, celum, Prediggo & Apache Solr

Unic AG

Overall project manager for Mammut multichannel platform (10 languages)
Internal project coordination/management for Mammut/Manor relaunch
Project manager and Scrum Master for the Manor relaunch
Introducing community and blog solution Lithium
Integrating digital media asset platform celum
State-of-the-art search & recommendations with Prediggo & Solr
Introducing hybris as multichannel platform
Replacing Fredhopper with Apache Solr (faceted search)
Personnel responsibility for multiple Scrum teams
Time and budget accountability for go-live

Nov 2011 - Aug 2014

2 years 10 months

Ingolstadt, Germany

Senior Consultant – SEO, Payment & Marketing, IBM WebSphere, FirstSpirit, Stibo

Media-Saturn E-Business GmbH

E2E responsibility for international eBusiness projects (IBM WebSphere)
Europe-wide rollout of about 20 international payment providers
Product owner for technical SEO backlog & technical project management
Technical contact: business, developers, agencies, test managers, etc.
Analysis, concept & consulting for payment systems
Managing vendors (FirstSpirit CMS, Novomind agency, WCS, etc.)
Introducing Lithium as community platform
Planning and leading online marketing & SEO activities

Jun 2010 - Oct 2011

1 year 5 months

Augsburg, Germany

Consultant – eCommerce, Social Media & SEO

Social Media Entrepreneur

Lecturer assignment: eCommerce & SEO (HS Furtwangen)
eBooks: author portal, Kindle eBooks & akademie.de
PDF magazine (off-page marketing): SEO, SEM & eCommerce (2,000 readers)
Content marketing, online marketing & newsletter marketing

Nov 2008 - May 2010

1 year 7 months

Bottighofen, Switzerland

Project Manager SEO – 10 international platforms

HolidayCheck AG

SEO project manager for holidaycheck.de and mietwagen-check.de
In-house SEO (on-page optimization, link building, partnerships)
Using various SEO tools (Sistrix, Searchmetrics, Google, etc.)
Managing ten site managers & four developers
Drafting wireframes in Zend Eclipse PDT for relaunch

May 2005 - Oct 2008

3 years 6 months

Augsburg, Germany

Lecturer – Application Development and Theoretical IT

Hermann-Schmid-Akademie

HSA: application development & theoretical IT (lecturer)
Workshopworld / VNR / VHS: eLearning (shop & CMS)
Pearson, MuT: “Magento”, “The Online Shop” (book author)

Dec 2003 - Apr 2005

1 year 5 months

Merching, Germany

IT Project Manager – Backup, DMS and ITC Administration

Forum Verlag Herkert

Migrating and maintaining VoIP telephone system (Hicom 150 to HiPath 3000)
Server management, client/server environment and backup systems
Migrating Office 97 to Office 2003 (software migration projects)
Preparing and rolling out software via group policy
Demo/training videos for finance/liquidity planners (including Camtasia videos)
Cabling, maintenance and configuration of telecom system
Introducing & managing electronic data archiving (EASY Enterprise)

Summary

Job title: eCommerce IT/Web Architect / Online Marketing / Multi-Channel Sales, Project Manager
Tasks: Project Manager, Product Owner, Business Analyst, Requirements Engineer, Solution Architect
Responsibility: 7-figure budget, in-house staff, offshore developers, agency management
Online shops: Spryker, Magento, Shopify, Shopware, IntelliShop, SAP hybris, IBM WebSphere, OXID
PIM/MAM: ECS, contentserv, nexMart, akeneo, Hublify, Alterra Sepia, celum, viamedici, Lobster_PIM
ERP systems: SAP ByD, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Navision, RS2, actindo, Pickware
Middleware (for marketplaces like Amazon & eBay): Speed4Trade, Tradebyte
EDI interfaces: Lobster_data, XML, REST API, SOAP, (S)FTP, CSV, EDI-Connect, etc.
Search/Pricing engines: FACT-Finder, Algolia, Prediggo, Apache Solr, and price f(x)
Expertise: B2B (wholesale & automotive) & B2C (workwear, electronics, retail & tourism)
Social media marketing: Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Xing, Twitter
Newsletter marketing: SendinBlue, Episerver, Mailchimp, CleverReach, rapidmail