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Interim Management, Program Management, PMO Lead, Portfolio Management

Bad Honnef, Deutschland
Weltweit
Diplom-Wirtschaftsinformatiker (Business Computing Studies , equivalent to master's degree)
Bad Honnef, Deutschland
Weltweit
Diplom-Wirtschaftsinformatiker (Business Computing Studies , equivalent to master's degree)

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Profile, CV, Projecthistory MWBC.pdf

Über mich

IT professional with 20+ years of international experience in complex environments. Leading comprehensive programs and interdisciplinary teams, bridging IT and business functions. Driven by strategic thinking, while acting solution-oriented. Constructive, forward-thinking attitude.

Skills

JavaAgile MethodologieArchitekturBugfixingBusiness SoftwareBusiness Process MappingGeschäftsprozesseProzessoptimierungInformationssicherheitDatenbankenSchadenskontrolleDigitaler ArbeitsplatzDigitalisierungFinanzenVertriebFinanzanalyseForecastingSteuerungEinkommensaufstellungIt-GovernanceInfrastrukturSachgüterproduktionProjektmanagementMigrationstestsPortfolio-OptimierungPreisstrategienScrumWirtschaftlichkeitsanalyseProgramm-ManagementKaufprozessQualitätsmanagementTransformationsmanagementRisikoanalyseSAP ApplicationsSAP FI/COSAP MMSAP PSSAP SDSoftwareentwicklungSQLTest ManagementTeststrategieArbeitsspracheSAP PP (Produktionsplanung)TestenBeurteilungen DurchführenAcceptance TestingTeam BuildingCarve-OutWeb Technologies
Personal

Pro-active, constructive working style; holistic and conceptual approach, while driving progress solution oriented; assertive and confident communication; liaise on all stakeholder levels adequately; resolve escalations systematically and diplomatically; well experienced to manage challenging situation - structure, prioritize, deliver; guided by clear methodology; highly engaged to succeed; English working language; available to be onsite frequently to connect to team

Program, Transformation & Turnaround Management

Program and project lead in international and complex environments (> 15 years); turnaround of initiatives in critical condition; escalation management to safeguard go-live; close working relationship with stakeholders across all levels: executive mgmt, global process owners, key users, IT consultants; leading workshops, SteerCos, deep dives; extensive business process knowhow, structured approach to analyze current mode of operation, derive future mode of operation and to translate into IT language and concepts; SAP and non-SAP, brown-/greenfield / template driven; PM start to end: pre-project, delivery, planning + follow-up, risk/mitigation, stream and supplier mgmt, resource and budget mgmt, test, cut-over, go-live, hypercare; PMP / MSP / Scrum-certified; agile/classical/hybrid

PMO Lead & Portfolio Management

Lead Methodology, Quality Assurance Reporting in PMO; leading internal + matrix PMs; managing project-portfolio (70-80 per fiscal year, > 50m€); covering business applications, cyber security, digital workplace, infrastructure, PMI/Carve-out; ensuring IT-governance with quality gates, design authority, assessments; roadmapping and break-down of initiatives into projects, aligning scope, resources, funding; managing escalations upon red/yellow: leading deep dives and recalibrations ‘back to green’; manage budgeting process for fiscal year delivery portfolio; accompanied agile enterprise transformation

Quality Assurance & Test Management

Led QA team; define test strategy/processes/tools; define and implement R&R/RACI, scope, test-case definitions, parameters, conditions, acceptance criteria; organize and lead thru test IT-, UAT-, Dress Rehearsal-, Day-in-the-life-, Cut-Over-, Migration-testing; drive defect management to systematically resolve; status reporting by % completed, coverage, etc; sign-off + readiness for Go/NoGo

IT Developer & Architecture Background
Financial & Controlling Expertise

Thorough financial expertise in manufacturing and IT environments: cost calculation, profitability, purchase / sales pricing; P&L + inter-company consolidation; forecasting plan vs actual; budgeting processes per fiscal year & mid-term (re)forecasting; program budget management wrt to resources, equipment, suppliers; business cases; IT developer background based on IBM web stack (Java, database/SQL, Web); well versed architectural understanding; built eBusiness solutions from scratch

Erfahrung

Berufserfahrungmehr als 10 Jahre
Freelancer seit2025

Sprachen

DeutschMutterspracheEnglischverhandlungssicherFranzösischgut

Projekthistorie

Self-employed Business Consultant

Michael Walenciak Business Consulting

Internet und Informationstechnologie

< 10 Mitarbeiter

Focus on Interim Management, Program/Turnaround/Test Management, Portfolio Management with latest engagement at Project ALPHA Bulgaria/Sofia for SAP Rollout and Product Relocation

IT professional with 20+ years of international experience in complex environments. Well-versed in leading comprehensive programs and interdisciplinary teams, especially bridging IT and business functions. Diplomatic communicator with strong organizational skills, adept at liaising with different stakeholders across all levels and functions. Driven by strategic thinking, ability to pragmatically make progress, characterized by a constructive, solution-oriented mindset.

ALPHA - Turnaround, Test- and Projectmanagement (SAP-Migration Bulgaria, Product Relocation)

dormakaba International Holding

Internet und Informationstechnologie

>10.000 Mitarbeiter

Turnaround of SAP rollout with challenges to demonstrate solution readiness. Highly complex environment due to parallel transformation initiatives with significant project impact (relocation of production lines from DE and AT to BG, introduction of central business services for finance and commerce). Semi-automated industrial production environment with significant logistical stakes.

Project Management
  1. See second entry (continued)

Test Management
  1. Prepare and execute User Acceptance Test of DE/AT/BG production and market organization
  2. Follow-up on defect resolution and ongoing development to ensure coverage in UAT
  3. Assessing criticality, workarounds and business impact
  4. Leading the team to a successful ‘Go’-decision
  5. Tools: Zephyr, Jira, Confluence, SAP Solution Manager

Relocation of Production & Product Lines
  1. Parallel project with overlapping activities and resources.
  2. Proceeding along readiness criteria system / material / production / people / quality
  3. Ensure readiness: articles, financials / pricing / margins, BOMs, routing, material management, VC-configuration are properly set up, end-to-end tested and signed-off
  4. Work closely with engineering (prototyping), procurement, production, logistic and training to ensure a holistically consistent relocation of machines, material and knowhow

ALPHA - Turnaround, Test- and Projectmanagement (SAP-Migration Bulgaria, Product Relocation) - continued

dormakaba International Holding

Internet und Informationstechnologie

>10.000 Mitarbeiter

Continued - see also previous entry

Project Management
  1. Project Management to transition from Navision to SAP
  2. Focus on turning around and getting a minimal viable scope confirmed for go-live
  3. Bridging business and IT, stabilizing requirements, finalizing end-to-end processes
  4. Managing the integration with related and parallel projects (reorganization, product transfer)
  5. Define and ensure readiness criteria / KPIs are met: organization, processes, finance and commercial, solution scope, master data, infrastructure
  6. Ensure User Acceptance Test, User Training, Cutover, Data Migration, Issue / Change Management and Hypercare are well organized, thoroughly prepared and executed in time
  7. Led thru the User Acceptance Test to confirm process and product readiness, iteratively correct findings and ensure key users do understand the new processes and system
  8. Intensive production and financial/controlling process examination: cost calculation / pricing, production planning, estimated time of arrival, valuation, revenue recognition, reconciliation, invoicing, (down-)payments; proper closing and re-opening of books
  9. Executed cutover with production ramp-down, go-live, ramp-up phases
  10. Leading thru the hypercare phase, and stabilizing daily business
  11. Continued to deliver 2nd priority scope in close alignment with parallel, dependent projects
  12. IT systems introduced: SAP (FI/CO, SD, PP, MM, WM, LO-VC); decommissioned Navision / MS Dynamics

Lead Methodology, Quality Assurance, Reporting

dormakaba International Holding

Internet und Informationstechnologie

>10.000 Mitarbeiter

Lead Methodology, Quality Assurance, Reporting
  1. Methodology:
  2. Define and implement project, portfolio, and IT governance processes & templates
  3. Guide project managers on methodology, processes, and tools
  4. E. g. status reporting, (sub)portfolio reporting, roles & responsibilities
  5. Quality Assurance:
  6. Ensure project delivery quality across all lifecycle phases from demand to GoLive
  7. Ensure robust preparation with business case and full alignment & confirmation across Finance, Procurement, Architecture, Security, etc. (quality gate process)
  8. Guide thru User Acceptance Tests; train key users on test- and issue mgmt. processes
  9. Tools used: JIRA, Confluence, Ranorex, Sharepoint-Tool
  10. Reporting:
  11. Hosting monthly status report sessions to review & adapt project status
  12. Hosting monthly business-IT alignment to align on new initiatives
  13. Preparation of monthly performance review (MPR) with Global IT management
  14. Defined and built PMO reporting dashboard with KPIs / thresholds
  15. Tools used: Power-BI, SAP-BI, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)

Program & Delivery Manager

dormakaba International Holding

Internet und Informationstechnologie

>10.000 Mitarbeiter

Program & Delivery Management
  1. Program & Delivery Manager for EXCITE IT transformation initiative to globally rollout dormakaba’s standard system landscape ‘House of Applications’ (SAP, ServiceMax, Salesforce, IAS)
  2. Manage IT change portfolio along strategic business objectives (scenarios, entry / delivery / exit); containing projects in all areas like Business Application, Cyber Security, Digital Workplace, Infrastructure, PMI and Carve-out
  3. Manage escalations: get off-track initiatives back on track: lead thru escalations and deep dives; create alignment among stakeholders; push to complete with a sense of urgency, lead along priorities
  4. Leading the project and program managers in a matrix organization; close working relationship with stakeholders on all levels: senior mgmt, global process owner, business and IT delivery teams
  5. Resource Management to optimize utilization of internal teams and external suppliers
  6. Financial OPEX/CAPEX/IAC forecasting plan vs actual, analyze deviation, monitor + reforecast to complete, over-/underrun, accrual management, support period (quarterly and fiscal year) closing
  7. Risk and mitigation management: taking corrective / pro-active actions; conduction deep dives, defining and following-up on back-to-green-measures
  8. Orchestrate PMO-assessments along quality gates (business case, scoping, staffing, budgeting, architecture, security, GDPA, etc.)
  9. Enhanced IT governance and auditing, e. g. introducing quality gates and automated reporting

CHIP – Test- and Projectmanagement SAP-Migration Switzerland

dormakaba International Holding

Internet und Informationstechnologie

>10.000 Mitarbeiter

Turnaround of SAP rollout with challenges to demonstrate solution readiness. Challenging environment to define a ‘minimal viable product’, after a year-long development phase, across all departments end-to-end. Highly automated / high throughput production environment + project-based offerings.

Member of Program Management
  1. Focus on turning around and getting a minimal viable scope confirmed for go-live
  2. Define and ensure readiness criteria / KPIs are met: organization, processes, finance and commercial, solution scope, master data, infrastructure
  3. Definition of workarounds, conducted criticality and business impact assessments, recommendations and decision papers for the steering committee
  4. Definition of Phase 2 / leftovers
  5. Leading the team to a successful ‘Go’-decision
  6. IT systems introduced: SAP (FI/CO, SD, PP, MM, EWM, LO-VC), dormakaba’s IAS / eCommerce solution

Test Management
  1. Ensured thorough testing with minimal-tolerance failure thresholds: User Acceptance Test, Regression-Testing, Day-in-the-life-Test / Dress-Rehearsal, Performance Testing
  2. Thorough issue / defect / change management; ensured correct resolution and integration into next testable release
  3. Ensured that all findings are properly reflected in cutover, data migration, production/infrastructure and user training
  4. Tools: Redmine, Zephyr, Jira, Confluence, SAP Solution Manager

Service Management Deutsche Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)

DATAGROUP business solutions / Deutsche Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)

Internet und Informationstechnologie

>10.000 Mitarbeiter

Service Management Deutsche Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
  1. Managed delivery of project and service portfolio
  2. Supported sales initiatives, participated in RfPs / RfQs
  3. Resource management of internals and suppliers
  4. Conducted escalation and issue resolution
  5. Delivered regular Service Reporting
  6. Responsible for progress/completion, financials, time recording, invoicing

Managing Consultant, Lead Project Manager Skill Community

DATAGROUP Business Solutions

Internet und Informationstechnologie

1000-5000 Mitarbeiter

Service management for automotive and aerospace industries, consulting Ford PMO for agile transformation, program management for SAP FI/CRM/SCM/EWM solution implementation across 19 European countries

Managing Consultant, Lead Project Manager Skill Community
  1. Service management for customers in the automotive (Ford of Europe) and aerospace industries (DLR); covering sales, commercial and staffing
  2. Consulting Ford PMO to transition into a fully agile organization with a global delivery cadence, standardized reporting processes and tools
  3. Program manager to implement and roll-out an integrated SAP FI/CRM/SCM/EWM solution across 19 European countries (Ford of Europe)

Service Management Ford of Europe (FCSD – Ford Customer Service Division)

Ford of Europe / DATAGROUP business solutions

Internet und Informationstechnologie

>10.000 Mitarbeiter

Service Management Ford of Europe (FCSD – Ford Customer Service Division)
  1. Managed delivery of project and service portfolio
  2. Supported sales initiatives, participated in RfPs / RfQs
  3. Resource management of internals and suppliers
  4. Conducted escalation and issue resolution
  5. Delivered regular Service Reporting
  6. Responsible for progress/completion, financials, time recording, invoicing

Agile Team Facilitator & PMO Consultant Agile Transformation

Ford of Europe / DATAGROUP business solutions

Internet und Informationstechnologie

>10.000 Mitarbeiter

Agile Team Facilitator & PMO Consultant Agile Transformation

  1. Agile Transformation of Portfolio Delivery: engaged in transforming the way Ford delivers its global project portfolio from a classical into an agile driven methodology
  2. Based on Ford Agile Framework (FAF), which again is based on the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
  3. Defined agile rules & processes (e. g. WBS, time recording, aggregation, sizing procedures (T-Shirt, Fibonacci)
  4. Re-organized teams along agile roles & responsibilities with product owners in an scaled agile organization
  5. Implemented 2-week iterations (time-boxed approach) with synchronized & scaled planning approach (backlog grooming, sprint planning / retrospective / review, daily stand-ups
  6. Transitioned from technical break-down into business process driven thinking; break down into self-contained value-adding epics/sub-epics/user-stories; introduced concept of minimal viable product
  7. Introduced agile (team-based) capacity planning and progress capturing; aggregation into scaled progress reporting based on user story points

PMO Consultant

Ford of Europe / DATAGROUP business solutions

Internet und Informationstechnologie

>10.000 Mitarbeiter

PMO Consultant Agile Transformation
  1. Definition and Application of Portfolio Management Processes
  2. scoping / cost estimating / scheduling procedures, assessments to kick-off projects (alignment among all stakeholders, procurement, security), financial forecasting & estimation/projection rules, monthly reporting procedures into IT-governance cadence; aggregation into portfolio groups
  3. yearly budgeting + multi-year (mid-term) planning processes to determine project portfolio for the upcoming fiscal year, incl. business case validation, weighting of relevant criteria, prioritization along strategies

  1. Tools used:
  2. CA PPM (Project- and Portfolio-Management)
  3. Rally (later transitioned to CA Central Agile)
  4. Intensive MS Excel use in Portfolio Management

Program Manager EU-SIMS (Smart Inventory Management System)

Ford of Europe / DATAGROUP business solutions

Internet und Informationstechnologie

>10.000 Mitarbeiter

Program Manager EU-SIMS (Smart Inventory Management System)

  1. Business goal: improve short- and medium-term forecasts for car sales to minimize inventory stock and optimize supply-chain
  2. IT task: develop system based on multiple data sources to automatically project sales forecast + allow for manual updates by country legal entities to reflect model changes, marketing campaigns, etc.
  3. My role / tasks: agile program management with combined responsibilities covering product owner, agile team facilitator and program manager
  4. project organization along value streams
  5. same iteration cadence with an agile team- and meeting culture
  6. user story definition and prioritization with customer
  7. regular release cadence with market roll-outs
  8. coordinate the integration of deliverables from the different value streams
  9. roll-out into 20 EU markets
  10. prepare to roll-out into AP (Asia Pacific) and NA (North America) regions
  11. Project outcome:
  12. improved reaction to local market trends and dealer requests
  13. increased sales of individually customized cars vs. pre-produced standard stock orders
  14. reduced production of less requested models / variants
  15. reduced inventory (days-on-lot), on corporate car stock as well as local dealer car stock
  16. improved spare parts supply-management

  1. Tools and technologies used:
  2. MS Project
  3. Intensive MS Excel and Access
  4. Java, HTML, Javascript, SQL

Senior Consultant

maxence business consulting / Bayer AG / Lanxess AG / Gothaer

Internet und Informationstechnologie

>10.000 Mitarbeiter

Engaged in a start-up of former IBM-colleagues; worked in the chemical (Bayer, Lanxess), automotive and insurance (Gothaer) industry; software development, project management and senior consulting in corporate, global and complex environments with a focus on carve-in/out initiatives, financial management, controlling and business applications for finance, procurement, CRM and eCommerce systems


Senior Consultant

Management consulting in strategic business projects:
  1. Lead projects to define and implement finance/controlling processes and tools for short/medium-term sales / costs / turnover forecasting and long-term/budget planning; global consolidation across all business units; profit & loss preparation
  2. Engaged in transformation and carve-in/out projects: business analysis, CMO/FMO (current/future model of operation) definition; decision preparation
  3. Supporting sales initiatives for new & existing clients

Key projects:
  1. CIO-Management Cockpit (Gothaer)
  2. Consolidation of Sales Portals US + EU (Lanxess)
  3. Finance planning tools for various customer

Project Management & Stream Lead

maxence business consulting / Bayer AG / Lanxess AG / Gothaer

Internet und Informationstechnologie

>10.000 Mitarbeiter

Engaged in a start-up of former IBM-colleagues; worked in the chemical (Bayer, Lanxess), automotive and insurance (Gothaer) industry; software development, project management and senior consulting in corporate, global and complex environments with a focus on carve-in/out initiatives, financial management, controlling and business applications for finance, procurement, CRM and eCommerce systems


Project Management & Stream Lead

Requirement analysis / fit-gap / fit-to-standard, project planning, progress tracking, issue resolution, escalation management, budget responsibility, change management, supplier management, communication management, reporting to sponsor / steering committee

Key projects:
  1. Procurement Portal (Bayer)
  2. Global Spare Parts (automotive)

Software Development & Architecture

maxence business consulting / Bayer AG / Lanxess AG / Gothaer

Internet und Informationstechnologie

>10.000 Mitarbeiter

Engaged in a start-up of former IBM-colleagues; worked in the chemical (Bayer, Lanxess), automotive and insurance (Gothaer) industry; software development, project management and senior consulting in corporate, global and complex environments with a focus on carve-in/out initiatives, financial management, controlling and business applications for finance, procurement, CRM and eCommerce systems


Software Development & Architecture

Developed & designed web-based framework for eBusiness applications; focus on web stack with Java, SQL, HTML, JavaScript, broad range of technical environments within SAP / Non-SAP, DB2, Oracle, MySQL, WebSphere, Tomcat; test tools: SoapUI, JUnit

Key projects:
  1. eCommerce platform BayerONE
  2. mxc.Designer for eBusiness (framework)
  3. CRM tools

Zertifikate

PRINCE2 Foundation

Axelos

2019

ITIL Foundation

Axelos

2014

MSP - Managing Successful Programms

Axelos

2014

Professional Scrum Master

scrum.org

2013

Project Management Professional

Project Management Institute

2011

Sun Certified Programmer

Sun

2011

Entwurfsmuster und Software-Architektur (OOD)

OOSE

2011

Business Engineering

Unilog Integrata

2011

Web Services

Computertraining and Services

2011

Führungsorientierte Kostell- und Ergebnisrechnung

Horváth & Partners

2011

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