Michael Dittrich

Head of Supply Management & Deployment Guidelines | Experienced Leader of Large-Scale Sourcing | Expert for Introduction & Deployment of Mobile Access Infrastructure

Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

About

Professional senior program- and supplier relationship manager with strong international background and network. Proven excellence in managing and leading cross-country and cross-functional teams. Practiced entrepreneurial thinking and actioning with proven strategical and techno-economical understanding. Experienced in sourcing strategies, managing RFQs as well as setting up technology supply and managed services contracts with multi-million Euro volumes. More than 15 years of experience in the telecommunications industry with strong focus on E2E system introductions with actual delivery and operational responsibility. Key words: determined, structured, critical, strong understanding of technology & business

Experience

  • Deutsche Telekom Technik GmbH (7 yrs 11 mos)
    • Head of Supply Management and Deployment Guidelines
      Apr 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

      Functional team lead; responsible for overall supply and contract management holding major supply, subco and maintenance contracts for the mobile access; catering deployment guidelines and infra structure requirements for TDG's radio sites to steer internal factories as well as external suppliers, subcos and towerscos towards futureproof site designs.

    • Head of Mobile Solutions
      Jul 2019 - Mar 2023 · 3 yrs 9 mos

      Functional team lead; responsible for overall technical solution introductions and retirements in Telekom Deutschland’s mobile networks, including the design, integration and validation of in particular latest 5G solutions and Campus Networks as well as customer specific B2B solutions incl. required bid management and pre-sales support.

    • Program Manager, Technical Planning and Rollout
      Sep 2018 - Jul 2019 · 11 mos

      Leading the technical 5G introduction program for Telekom Deutschland; responsible for the relevant sourcing, operational readiness, integration, piloting, rollout, and field launch activities.

  • Deutsche Telekom AG (8 yrs 8 mos)
    • Technical Project Manager, Engineering Solutions
      Jan 2014 - Aug 2018 · 4 yrs 8 mos

      Managing cross-country and cross-functional projects, Requests for Quotations (RFQs), contract management, commercial negotiations, technology trials and introductions incl. design, integration, deployment, and field launch of E2E solutions for mobile radio networks in DT Group.

    • Release Manager, Radio Networks Transmission & Coverage Solutions
      Jan 2011 - Dec 2013 · 3 yrs

      Project and Release Manager for multi-national introduction projects of small cell systems (e.g. Femto, WLAN).

    • System Engineer, Radio Networks Transmission & Coverage Solutions
      Jan 2010 - Dec 2010 · 1 yr

      Test Engineer in multi-national introduction projects for LTE, 2G, 3G, Femto, Repeater incl. O&M systems; working with various suppliers.

  • System Engineer, Radio Networks Transmission & Coverage Solutions at T-Mobile International AG & Co. KG
    Apr 2009 - Dec 2009 · 9 mos

    Test Engineer in multi-national introduction projects for LTE, 2G, 3G, Femto, Repeater incl. O&M systems; working with various suppliers.

  • Graduate Engineer, UTRAN System Introduction at T-Mobile International UK Limited
    Apr 2008 - Mar 2009 · 1 yr

    Test engineer, multi-national introduction projects for 3G RAN systems

  • Innovative Solutions Specialist at Vodafone Group Plc
    Oct 2006 - Mar 2007 · 6 mos

    Supporting roadmap evaluation, development of deployment strategies, standardisation and technical trials for HSPA Evolution