Josef Schrade

About

My work is driven by the belief that we can build a better future through our innovative technologies and solutions and this is a belief that touches technology, business and society. I have a curious mind and enjoy helping people and teams grow and develop. I am an IT Senior Manager having held several leadership roles at former EADS and later Airbus, where I was mainly responsible for Center of Competence (CoC) enterprise solutions. I have extensive experience with global organizations, corporate enterprise technology, digital transformation and transition projects, building teams in multicultural work environments around the world to achieve customer satisfaction through high levels of performance.

Experience

• Head of SAT Communication and Ground Stations (GSOC) at Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt e.V. - German Aerospace Center
  May 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 2 mos

  Spacecraft operations require the transmission and reception of data signals from and to the spacecraft. This service is provided by an operational ground data transfer system which is part of the department "Communication and Ground Stations".

• Self-employed IT consultant at Self-employed
  Jan 2019 - Apr 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos

• Airbus (Greater Munich Metropolitan Area)
  • Head of Service Portfolio, Software Governance & Sourcing
    Jul 2017 - Dec 2018 · 1 yr 6 mos

    • Disciplinary and functional lead • Development & support of IM Service Catalog, IM Software Catalog & IM Service Portfolio Management • IM Contract Management (incl. Corporate Audit Support for License Management)

  • Head of Competence & Delivery Center
    Jan 2016 - Jun 2017 · 1 yr 6 mos

    • Disciplinary and functional lead • Responsibility for divisional IT platforms (SAP ERP, Microsoft CRM, Mobile Applications, Microsoft SharePoint) as well as IT Application Development Project-/ Process Controlling

  • Head of Optimization & Strategic Projects
    Jul 2014 - Dec 2015 · 1 yr 6 mos

    • Disciplinary and functional lead • Responsibility for IT PMO Activity Coordination, License Management, Software Maintenance & License Demand Management Support

• EADS Defence & Security (14 yrs 6 mos)
  • Head of Business Relations & Strategic Projects
    Aug 2011 - Jun 2014 · 2 yrs 11 mos

    • Disciplinary and functional lead • Responsibility for divisional SAP ERP Systems (incl. Compliance Management for ERP Solutions)

  • Head of CoC Enterprise Solutions (ERP & CRM)
    Jan 2008 - Jul 2011 · 3 yrs 7 mos

    • Disciplinary and functional lead • Responsibility for SAP Financial Services, Financial Document Services (FDP), Business Intelligence (BI), Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), Records Management (RM), Optical Archiving, SAP Solution Manager GRC Access Control, Risk & Opportunity Management Solutions, Secured cross-border & Customer Relation Management (CRM) Services

  • Head of CoC Business Integration & Enterprise Services
    Jul 2002 - Dec 2007 · 5 yrs 6 mos

    • Disciplinary and functional lead • Responsibility for Business Engineering Support, System Integration Platforms, Enterprise Communication Platforms & System Architecture and Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) • IT Governance

• WERU (Rudersberg)
  • Chief of Staff
    Jan 1998 - Dec 1999 · 2 yrs

    Responsibility for strategy & reorganization of the company (e.g. reworking of product & pricing strategy, international logistics)

  • Development Engineer
    Oct 1993 - Dec 1997 · 4 yrs 3 mos

    Project lead for equipment design & strategic market and product development