Günther S.

My passion is to lead and develop teams to succeed personally and professionally

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

About

Inspiring leader with more than 20 years of international management and leadership experience. IT professional with over 25 years of proven success in all areas of IT operations and IT management. Extensive experience in internal and external customer relations, customer retention and increasing overall customer satisfaction. Process development, process improvements and change management are strong points as well as mentoring, developing and counselling. Fast moving, strategic thinker who quickly analyzes situations, develops practical and effective strategies, and leverages cross-functional collaboration for execution success. A visionary leader with a strong passion for people who can successfully develop and manage high performance teams across regional and cultural boundaries with the ability to follow the vision, drive strategy and hit the milestones.

Experience

  • Head of Data Quality and Data Standards at ZEISS Group
    Jul 2023 - Present · 3 yrs

  • Data Excellence Lead (Global Data Management) at adidas
    Oct 2005 - Jun 2023 · 17 yrs 9 mos

    • International team lead to drive data quality strategy and improvement • Lead of cross-functional process development and improvement • International program management in the area of product master data • International project lead in the area of product master data

  • Manager Business Processes and Systems at META Group
    Aug 2000 - Sep 2005 · 5 yrs 2 mos

    • Head of IT with teams across EMEA region • Implementation and operation of EMEA wide IT support standards • Implementation of a homogeneous EMEA wide IT infrastructure • EMEA implementation lead of Lawson finance system • EMEA implementation lead of Siebel CRM system

  • SAP R/3 Project Lead at Linde Technische Gase
    Jul 1999 - Jul 2000 · 1 yr 1 mo

    International project lead for various SAP modules implementation across EMEA and Australia

  • IT Lead SAP at GRUNDFOS
    Apr 1996 - Jun 1999 · 3 yrs 3 mos

    Team lead, responsible for roll-out, improvement and daily operations of various SAP modules (MM, SD, FI, CO, AA)