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Alexander Hofmann

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Last update: 09.10.2023

Program and Project Management, Interims Management

Company: AHO Management
Graduation: Master of Business Administration (FH) | University of Applied Sciences| Berlin Focus: Business Informatics | Business organization | Logistics | EDP / ERP systems controlling |
Hourly-/Daily rates: show
Languages: German (Native or Bilingual) | English (Limited professional)

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Skills

Core competencies:
  • Project management in an international environment
  • Implementation, harmonization and standardization of ERP systems
  • SAP migration from SAP ECC to S/4
  • Process analysis, process design, and process organisation
  • Change management, coaching of employees and senior managers
  • Optimization of business processes
  • Core capabilities in mechanical engineering, automotive, service industries and high-tech
  • Customer support in a national and international environment
Functional competencies:
  • Program and project management in an international environment
  • Planning, implementation and execution of service and delivery management
  • Restructuring of IT projects, especially in the SAP environment
  • Assistance and consulting in bid management and sales support
  • Generation of RFIs, RFPs until award of contract
  • Process analysis, process design, and process organization
  • Experience in Sales, Controlling, IT, Logistic and HR departments
  • Coaching & motivation of employees
At a glance:
▪    Project and program manager with strong implementation skills with 20 years of international experience, especially in the retail, production, mechanical engineering, banking, automotive, service and high-tech sectors     
▪    Distinct competencies for the responsible control and coordination of projects in Germany and abroad with a focus on IT and organization     
▪    Well-founded expertise: project management | process analysis | reorganization | change management |     
▪    Achievements: implementation of numerous projects within the specified cost and time, especially the implementation, harmonization and standardization of ERP systems     
▪    Responsibility: project volume > € 10 million | Management of up to 1 40 representatives
▪    Process affine leadership with strategic and holistic way of thinking, high customer focus as well as extensive experience in the IT environment     
▪    Experience in SAP HANA and SAP S/4HANA environment
▪    Result-oriented | team player | resilient | flexible | reliable | responsible |Hands-on-Mentalität
▪    Self-employed since October 2007

Project history

08/2020 - Present
Solution Designer, Product Owner - Creation of numerous concepts in the areas of application management and migration with subsequent implementation
BWI GmbH (Internet and Information Technology, 1000-5000 employees)

Tasks:
▪    Product owner for the creation of migration / transition concept to take over the responsibilities for several SAP services
▪    Participation in the creation of a cooperation concept in the area of application management    
▪    Development of suggestions for improvement / process optimization    
▪    Creation of a profitability analysis to evaluate different optimization variants (currently in progress)    
▪    Creation of a migration concept for the transfer of existing applications to the BWI (currently in progress)
Responsibility:
▪    Management of appr. 20 internal and external project employees
Results:
▪    First draft of the migration / transition concept to take over SAP service responsibilities
▪    Availability of a new cooperation concept for the German Army and the BWI

09/2020 - 11/2020
Offer manager - support in preparing a tender for a S / 4HANA brownfield migration
Open Grid Europe GmbH (Energy, water and environment, 1000-5000 employees)

Tasks:
▪    Support in determining the provider selection process
▪    Creation of the tender structure    
▪    Creation of the tender documents based on department-related discussions and results from the preliminary analysis that has already been carried out (SAP Readiness Check)    
▪    Creation of a price matrix / offer calculation in which the providers store their expenses for various offer areas.    
▪    Development of a matrix for the evaluation of received offers
▪    Support in evaluating the offers (selection of providers)    
▪    Preparation of the supplier presentations
Responsibility:
▪    Project volume 20 consulting days | Project team 10 internal employees
Results:
▪    Defined tendering procedure (dates, milestones, people involved)     
▪    Available / sent tender document     
▪    Evaluation matrix for evaluating offers received

01/2018 - 05/2020
IT-Lead - Implementation of several SAP modules such as ERP, EWM, HCM, and QIM in Germany and Finland
Meyer Werft GmbH & Co. KG (Industry and mechanical engineering, 1000-5000 employees)

Tasks:
▪    IT project management for the SAP implementation in Germany and Finland
▪    Planning, implementation and execution of an SAP - migration from SAP ECC to SAP S/4    
▪    Organization of go-live support with development and introduction of the Application Management Service (AMS)    
▪    Representatives of the Global Head of SAP in his absence    
▪    Creation of a cross-project milestone and project planning including resources    
▪    Preparation and facilitation of decision-making meetings    
▪    Review of contracts for existing external services    
▪    Planning and execution of Cut-Over and Go-Live activities    
▪    Need-based assistance in the solution of individual problems
Responsibility:
▪    Project volume up to € 8 million | Leadership of 140 project employees and management of 6 partner companies
Results:
▪    Implementation of SAP at two Meyer Werft subsidiaries in Germany and Finland    
▪    Realization of a SAP - System migration of SAP ECC to SAP S/4 HANA (Development System)    
▪    Setup of an Application Management Service (AMS) for Germany and Finland    
▪    Relocation of the SAP system landscape to a new service - provider    
▪    Implementation of a SAP QIM - solution to the Meyer shipyard in Turku (Finland)

07/2017 - 12/2017
Project Manager - SAP system harmonization
Bombardier Transportation GmbH (Industry and mechanical engineering, >10.000 employees)

Tasks:
▪    Analysis of the current project situation at the start of work
▪    Reorganization of the project organization and the communication structure
▪    Preparation of milestone and project planning including resource planning
▪    Validation of the selected migration strategy (first migration, then transformation)
▪    Execution of escalation meetings
▪    Support for problem descriptions and solution development
▪    Merging of internal and external project staff
Responsibility:
▪    Project volume up to € 10.8 million | Leadership of 60 project employees
Results:
▪    Restructuring / new planning of the project
▪    Improved communication structure
▪    Clear presentation of all open points
▪    Completion of required project results

05/2017 - 06/2017
SAP Integration Manager – SAP S/4 HANA implementation
Rehau AG & Co (Industry and mechanical engineering, >10.000 employees)

Tasks:
▪    Review of existing documentation such as actual process descriptions and process standardization documents
▪    Participation and moderation of workshops for process and requirement clarification
▪    Analysis of revised and newly created Business Blueprint documents with focus to the new SAP S/4HANA functionalities
▪    Creation of the weekly status reports
▪    Development of process and system solutions
Responsibility:
▪    Project volume 60 consulting days | Project team 8 employees and 1 partner company
Results:
▪    Finalization of numerous Business Blueprint documents for processes like Procure to Pay, Plan to Production, Order to Cash and Finance

12/2016 - 04/2017
Proposal Manager – Implementation of a document management system for the Federal Republic of Germany
Fujitsu Technology Solutions GmbH (Internet and Information Technology, 1000-5000 employees)

Tasks:
▪    IT project management for the SAP implementation in Germany and Finland
▪    Analysis of the bid specification
▪    Structuring the offer
▪    Structure of the planned Organisation
▪    Construction of future Project reporting and reporting
▪    Creating the milestone and planning
▪    Negotiate with subcontractors
▪    Taking over ad-hoc tasks
Responsibility:
▪    Project volume up to € 7.3 million | Leadership 6 project employees and management of 4 partner companies
Results:
▪    Timely delivery of an offer to the German government

06/2016 - 11/2016
Project Manager - Implementation of SAP EWM & SAP Retail based template for two Amazon warehouses
Hermes Fulfilment GmbH (Transport and Logistics, 5000-10.000 employees)

Tasks:
▪    Reconstruction and restructuring of the project
▪    Building a new communication structure
▪    Clarification of contract issues with the end customer Amazon
▪    Clarification of the usability of the EWM template
▪    Conduct regular team, steering group and meetings with the end user Amazon
▪    Implementation of project management tasks
▪    Co-ordination of cross-border activities
▪    Coaching of internal employees
Responsibility:
▪    Project volume up to € 3.2 million | Leadership of 25 project employees and management of 4 partner companies
Results:
▪    Restructuring the entire project
▪    Clarification of open contracts issues
▪    Creation of a new overall planning to ensure valuable operation after completion of the project

09/2015 - 05/2016
Project manager – Implementation of SAP BI reporting on SAP HANA for integrated planning and product development, Head of PMO
LEGO System A/S (Consumer goods and retail, >10.000 employees)

Tasks:
▪    Implementation of an appropriate communication structure
▪    Status analysis of all 82 sub-projects
▪    Drafting a package of measures to ensure the overall project goal
▪    Regular exchange of information with all 8 subproject managers
▪    Implementation of Change Request Approval Meetings
▪    Preparation and execution of SteerCo Meetings
▪    Implementation of project management tasks
▪    Coordination of transnational activities
▪    Coaching of internal staff
Responsibility:
▪    Project volume up to € 10.5 million | Leadership of 80 project employees and management of 3 partner companies
Results:
▪    Gradually successful migrations from multiple SAP applications, including the necessary reports to SAP HANA
▪    Ensuring ongoing operation support after project completion
▪    Satisfied SAP users worldwide

02/2014 - 08/2015
Project Manager - Implementation of Mexican Tax Authority (SAT) requirements in SAP
Bombardier Transportation GmbH (Automotive and vehicle construction, >10.000 employees)

Tasks:
▪    Review of the Mexican legal tax requirements
▪    Development of possible solution scenarios
▪    Implementation of project management tasks
▪    Coordination of cross country activities
▪    Coaching of internal staff
Responsibility:
▪    Project volume up to € 150.000 | Leadership of 6 project employees and management of 2 partner companies
Results:
▪    Successfully implemented of the tax requirements

08/2014 - 01/2015
Project Manager - Restructuring of the procurement process, including the implementation of appropriate computer systems
Bombardier Transportation GmbH (Automotive and vehicle construction, >10.000 employees)

Tasks:
▪    Redesign existing processes based on the goals previously set
▪    Selection of appropriate tools
▪    Selecting appropriate implementation partners
▪    Organization and conducting of workshops
▪    Implementation of project management tasks
▪    Coordination of 9 external service providers
▪    Coaching of internal staff
Responsibility:
▪    Project volume up to € 1.35 million | Leadership of 11 project employees and management of 9 partner companies
Results:
▪    Successfully implemented of the following business tools and processes: Contract management, asset management and catalog request management
▪    Provision of all necessary project documentation for system support by external service providers

02/2014 - 07/2014
Project and Test Manager – Relocation of several SAP systems
Bombardier Transportation GmbH (Automotive and vehicle construction, >10.000 employees)

Tasks:
▪    Adaptation and detailing of the existing milestone and project planning
▪    Managing large project teams including external partners at multiple locations
▪    Development of test scenarios and test templates
▪    Managing all impacts that affect the project in terms of costs, schedules, deliverables, quality and resources
▪    Coordination of experts to solve technical problems
▪    Organization and conducting of workshops
▪    Coordination of 14 external partners
Responsibility:
▪    Project volume up to € 0.85 million | Leadership of 26 project employees and management of 14 partner companies
Results:
▪    Successful transfer of SAP systems
▪    Documentation of all system tests
▪    Providing the necessary documentation for the daily operation of the SAP systems
▪    Finalized milestone and project plan

11/2012 - 04/2013
Strategy Consultant – Implementation of the strategic planning 2020 for Sales and Procurement
IAV GmbH (Automotive and vehicle construction, 1000-5000 employees)

Tasks:
▪    Perform business analysis of strengths & weaknesses
▪    Perform environment viewing opportunities & threats
▪    Evaluation of core competencies and key challenges
▪    Work out of options and challenges
▪    Work out of strategic directions
▪    Development of new sales and purchasing processes
▪    Developing of a milestone planning
▪    Coaching of internal employees
Responsibility:
▪    Project volume 120 consulting days | Leadership of 21 project employees
Results:
▪    Strategy to achieve the 2020 goals
▪    Measure’s catalogue
▪    Finance requirements planning
▪    Milestone planning
▪    Change management program

10/2011 - 12/2012
Project Manager – Implementation of CRM-System (Microsoft Dynamics)
IAV GmbH (Automotive and vehicle construction, 5000-10.000 employees)

Tasks:
▪    Analysis of existing processes documentations
▪    Design of new sales processes
▪    Developing of a milestone and project planning
▪    Definition of Software requirements
▪    Generation of test scenarios and text documents
▪    Tracking the list of open issues
▪    Coaching of internal employees
Responsibility:
▪    Project volume up to € 4.5 million | Leadership of 13 project employees and management of 1 partner companies
Results:
▪    New sales processes
▪    Documented processes
▪    Finalized milestone and project plan
▪    Change Management Program

06/2011 - 12/2011
Project Manager – Migration of batch jobs from different schedular systems into UC4
Fujitsu Technology Solutions GmbH (Internet and Information Technology, >10.000 employees)

Tasks:
▪    Conducting planning and strategy talks about the setup and structure of a new business field with the client’s business unit head
▪    Developing a business case for evaluating the project costs
▪    Developing a milestone and project planning
▪    Establishing possible migration scenarios
▪    Tracking the list of open issues
▪    Coaching internal employees
Responsibility:
▪    Project volume up to € 1.45 million | Leadership of 5 project employees
Results:
▪    New business field within the IT-Services
▪    Finalized milestone and project plan
▪    Different migration scenarios

08/2011 - 10/2011
Business Process Engineer - Performing an analysis process to determine the causes for the temporal high expense in the preparation of monthly or quarterly report
ABB Schweiz AG (Industry and mechanical engineering, >10.000 employees)

Tasks:
▪    Analysis of existing processes regarding possible improvement potential
▪    Meeting with employees regarding their daily work at the end of the months
▪    Execution of workshops for process validation
▪    Finding of SAP customizing solutions
▪    Coordination of cross-functional topics
▪    Taking over ad-hoc tasks
Responsibility:
▪    Project volume 60 consulting days | Leadership of 5 project employees
Results:
▪    Documentation of existing processes
▪    Redesigned processes
▪    Generation of interface description and customizing requirements
▪    Optimized processes

09/2010 - 05/2011
International Transition Manager – IT-Outsourcing
Fujitsu Technology Solutions GmbH (Internet and Information Technology, >10.000 employees)

Tasks:
▪    Executing of planning and strategy meeting within Fujitsu, as well as with the customer
▪    Analysis of contract documents to verify the deliverables
▪    Rework existing milestone and project plan
▪    Executing of workshops
▪    Tracking open issues list
▪    Reviews of generated migration concepts
▪    Coordination of overlapping topics
▪    Taking over ad-hoc tasks
Responsibility:
▪    Project volume up to € 4.3 million | Leadership of 26 project employees
Results:
▪    Migrated applications
▪    Closed data centres
▪    Designed and implemented of ITIL based services and processes

09/2010 - 05/2011
Project Manager – Migration of the bank trading application SUMMIT
Hypo Real Estate / Deutsche Pfandbriefbank (Banks and financial services, 500-1000 employees)

Tasks:
▪    Migration of all Sybase databases and 17 related applications like SBL/Kyros, SSL, AppShare, Connect Direct, SAMBA, NIS, Citrix etc. from London to Munich
▪    Analysis of contract documents to verify the deliverables
▪    Rework existing milestone and project plan
▪    Executing of workshops
▪    Executing of planning and strategy meeting within T-Systems, as well as with the customer
▪    Tracking open issues list
▪    Reviews of generated migration concepts
▪    Coordination of overlapping topics
▪    Taking over ad-hoc tasks
Responsibility:
▪    Project volume up to € 3.2 million | Leadership of 59 project employees and management of 2 partner companies
Results:
▪    Finalized milestone and project plan
▪    Customer accepted migration concepts
▪    Migrated applications

11/2009 - 01/2010
Organizational consultant - Support of the city administration Potsdam in the preparations for the World Championship of Marching and Show Bands 2010 in Potsdam
Stadtverwaltung Potsdam (Public service, 1000-5000 employees)

Tasks:
▪    Preparation and execution of negotiations with the World Federation for Marching and Show Bands in Chicago / USA
▪    Translating of contracts and advertising purposes
▪    Execution and conducting of negotiations
▪    Preparation and organization of a trade fair in Chicago
▪    Taking over ad-hoc tasks
Responsibility:
▪    Project volume 50 consulting days | Leadership of 5 project employees
Results:
▪    Successfully performed trade fair in Chicago
▪    Many in English translated documents
▪    Successfully contract negotiations
▪    Very good relationship to the World Federation for Marching and Show Bands

09/2009 - 10/2009
Proposal Manager - electronic identity card system for the Federal Republic of Germany
Fujitsu Technology Solutions GmbH (Internet and Information Technology, >10.000 employees)

Tasks:
▪    Analysis of the bid specification
▪    Structuring the offer
▪    Structure of the planned Organisation
▪    Construction of future Project reporting and reporting
▪    Creating the milestone and planning
▪    Negotiate with subcontractors
▪    Taking over ad-hoc tasks
Responsibility:
▪    Project volume up to € 7.3 million | Leadership of 6 project employees and management of 4 partner companies
Results:
▪    Timely delivery of an offer to the German government

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Recommendations

Head of ERP Solutions (Walter Schulte-Vennbur)
"Für die Implementierung von SAP ECC 6.0 und deren anschließenden Rollout nach Finnland haben wir einen technisch orientierten Projekt Manager mit einem breiten methodischen Wissen gesucht und mit Herrn Hofmann gefunden. Zusätzlich zu seinen PM-Aufgaben unterstützte er uns auch beim Aufbau der Service Delivery Organisation mit einem externen Dienstleister. Er verfügt sowohl über sehr gute planerische und kommunikative Fähigkeiten als auch über ein manchmal erforderliche Hands-on-Mentalität."
Abteilungsleiter (Saskia Kohlhaas)
"Herr Hofmann wurde als Projektleiter für die Auswahl und die Implementierung eines CRM-Systems beauftragt. Durch sein konsequentes Umsetzen der Projektstruktur und seinem methodischen Wissen gelang es ihm schnell wesentliche Projektfortschritte zu realisieren. Herr Hofmann ist ein vorbildlicher Teamplayer, der seine Aufgaben und Ziele mit der nötigen Mischung aus Kontrolle und Kollegialität erreicht."
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