Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- Supported executive team in identifying, prioritizing and implementing strategic initiatives - Drove digital transformation jointly with local and regional business unit leads to reduce time-to- market, increase market share and define new business models - Led various M&A projects amongst those integration of Monsanto business into Bayer, covering all business and corporate functions (in Mexico) - Reduced operational IT costs by 40% by outsourcing infrastructure and workplace services to external providers and implementing cloud based solutions in Mexico as well as Central America - Optimized operational costs in Order-to-Cash and HR Operations by standardizing processes across business units and implementing RPAs - Focused on people development to increase leadership and transformational change management skills amongst employees - Managed cross-functional collaboration to drive team engagement and keep members on course to achieve demanding company targets
- Transformed IT organization from an isolated and infrastructure focused team towards and integrated and well accepted business partner organization - Influenced organizational mindset by conducting design thinking workshops, organizing innovation workshops with customers and collaborating with local start-ups on innovative projects - Implemented project management skills within IT and run successfully projects in commercial, logistics and production areas - Developed innovative IT solutions to improve market presence, customer loyalty and to increase sales Collaborated actively with global IT teams to develop and implement new corporate IT strategy - Developed highly motivated IT team through ongoing coaching and professional development opportunities - Led various M&A projects in Mexico amongst those the separation of Bayer Material Science (today Covestro )
- Supported in developing and implementing strategic initiatives to reduce IT costs and to improve value contribution of IT and Business Services - Contributed in defining new organizational IT setup and led implementation in various countries - Prepared and attended leadership meetings to make informed business decisions and evaluate progress towards goals and objectives - Enhanced collaboration between leadership team members by preparing meeting materials and taking clear notes to distribute to stakeholders - Engaged and closely collaborated with senior leaders to achieve defined objectives and to setup measures to overcome resistances towards structural changes and efficiency measures
- Involved in defining organizational setup, recruiting and developing more than 600 employees for various IT domains - Led global projects to transfer IT infrastructure services from Germany, US and Singapore to India in order to reduce operational IT costs - Set, enforced and optimized internal policies to assure compliance with global company standards and to maintain efficiency and responsiveness to demands from global IT units - Defined SLAs and KPIs to monitor and improve service quality - Chaired monthly meetings with global IT teams to identify opportunities for improvement, solve service delivery issues and create team spirit amongst different teams and locations
- Led global PMO for IT Infrastructure in various M&A projects and implemented a global project management framework to assure smooth execution of M&A projects running in parallel - Coordinated, tracked and reported project status to senior IT and business stakeholders while having strong focus on achieving project results and defining accurate change management and communication activities - Implemented a knowledge management tool in the data center which was later on expanded to other IT domains and is still in use - Supported implementation of requirements resulting from the Sarbanes Oxley Act