Project history

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Production site outbound

Country: IT

Industry: Glass

Area: Warehousing & Transport

Main Tasks:

  • Leading selection / implementation of the Yard Management System
  • Reviewing all storage and outbound processes (operations and IT) 
  • Coordinating process integration of involved systems
  • Evaluate roll-out of the solution to other sites
  • Scrum-Product Owner for multiple logistics IT systems (YMS, AGV, …)
2022-2023
2021-2022

Distribution center (Multichannel B2B/B2C)

Country: CZ

Industry: Consumer electronics

Area: Warehousing

Main Tasks:

  • Project manager in a larger scale project including

  • mechanization (conveyor, sorter)

  • AMR

  • VAS

  • up to 1.000 FTE planned during peak in final implementation step

Showroom warehouse

Country: CH

Industry: Consulting

Area: Consulting

Main Tasks:

  • Collaboration in defining the concept

  • Evaluation of technical solution

  • Supporting initial setup and test runs

  • Setting up IT-part of the concept

  • Design and Programming of functional demos

2021-2022
2021

Process Standards

Country: AT

Industry: IT Provider

Area: Consulting

Main Tasks:

  • Defining standard interfaces for offered software suite
  • Defining process for non-standard interfaces
  • Defining project methodology
  • Defining communication and documentation concept

Production Supply

Country: DE

Industry: Automotive Supplier

Area: Warehousing & Transport

Main Tasks:

  • Evaluating current processes

  • Designing future processes

  • Aligning interface content

  • Setting up Operations Manual

  • Setting up IT-Specification

  • Setting up test schedule (all test phases)

2021
2020

Development and Implementation of an Operational Excellence Program

Country: AT

Industry: Service provider (logistics)

Area: Operational Excellence

Main Tasks:

  • Program design

  • Alignment with stakeholders

  • Defining the implementation strategy

  • Implementation support

Distribution Center Austria (B2B)

Country: AT

Industry: Beverages

Area: Warehousing

Main Tasks:

  • Issue analysis after ramp up
  • Setting up and driving the action plan to improve operations
  • Setting up SOP
  • Defining and Implementing operational KPI
  • Creating the distribution KPI tool (combining warehouse/transport) 
  • Training the staff

 

2020
2019

Implementation of performance management standards in Southeast-Europe

Country:

Industry: Service provider (logistics)

Area: Operational Excellence

Main Tasks:

  • Alignment of local specifics with superior instance

  • Training local managers on tools and standards

  • Providing training materials for all hierarchy levels

  • Setting up reporting on implementation status

Implementation of new standards for safety at work in in Southeast-Europe (70+ sites)

Country:

Industry: Service provider (logistics)

Area: Operational Excellence

Main Tasks:

  • Alignment of local specifics with superior instance

  • Training local managers on new standards

  • Providing training materials for all hierarchy levels

  • Setting up reporting on implementation status

  • Setting up reporting on accidents and near misses

  • Implementing measures making sure initiative is always present to employees

  • number of lost time incidents reduced by more than 20% within one year

2018
2017 - 2018

Distribution center Eastern Europe (Multichannel B2B/B2C)

Country: SK

Industry: Home, garden and cleaning devices

Area: Warehousing & Distribution

Main Tasks:

  • Project manager IT

  • Requirement analysis

  • Process-design WMS

  • Definition and monitoring of the IT project budget

  • Creation of EDI-mapping specification (IDOC/xml from/to Inhouse)

  • Definition of EDI-connection to transport providers

  • WMS setup and configuration

  • Responsibility for all testing activities

  • Staff-training

  • Go-live support

Distribution center Austria (Multichannel B2B/B2C)

Country: AT

Industry: Beverages

Area: Warehousing & Distribution

Main Tasks:

  • Project manager IT

  • Requirement analysis

  • Process-design WMS

  • Definition and monitoring of the IT project budget

  • Creation of EDI-mapping specification (IDOC/xml from/to Inhouse)

  • Definition of EDI-connection to transport providers

  • WMS setup and configuration

  • Responsibility for all testing activities

  • Staff-training

  • Go-live support

2017
2016

Distribution center Eastern Europe (Process Redesign)

Country: HU

Industry: Consumer electronics

Area: Warehousing

Main Tasks:

  • Project manager IT

  • Requirement analysis

  • Process-design WMS

  • Creation of EDI-mapping specification (Flatfile from/to Inhouse)

  • WMS setup and configuration in in a live environment (phased)

  • Design and programming of WMS add on modules (Java EE based)

  • Responsibility for all testing activities

  • Staff-training

  • Go-live support

Distribution center Bulgaria

Country: BG

Industry: Paper

Area: Warehousing

Main Tasks:

  • Project manager IT

  • Requirement analysis

  • Process-design WMS

  • Creation of EDI-mapping specification (Flatfile from/to Inhouse)

  • WMS setup and configuration

  • Responsibility for all testing activities

  • Staff-training

  • Go-live support

2015
2015

WMS-Release Update

Country: BG

Industry: Service provider (logistics)

Area: Warehousing

Main Tasks:

  • Project leader

  • WMS process analysis and redesign (where necessary) in a multi customer warehouse (40+ different clients / various industries)

  • Configuration of the new WMS-Release

  • Responsibility for all testing activities

  • Staff-training

  • Go-live support

Distribution center Romania

Country: RO

Industry: Consumer electronics

Area: Warehousing

Main Tasks:

  • Project manager IT

  • Requirement analysis

  • Process-design WMS

  • Creation of EDI-mapping specification (Flatfile from/to Inhouse)

  • WMS setup and configuration

  • Responsibility for all testing activities

  • Staff-training

  • Go-live support

2015
2015

WMS-Release Update

Country: SK

Industry: Automotive

Area: Warehousing

Main Tasks:

  • Project leader

  • WMS process analysis and redesign (where necessary) in a warehouse serving automotive OEM production plants

  • Configuration of the new WMS-Release

  • Responsibility for all testing activities

  • Staff-training

  • Go-live support

WMS Project Management Toolbox

Country:

Industry: Service provider (logistics)

Area: Warehousing

Main Tasks:

  • Development of a WMS specification template

  • Development of a WMS implementation project schedule tool (MS-Excel based)

2015
2015

WMS-Evaluation

Country:

Industry: Service provider (logistics)

Area: Warehousing

Main Tasks:

  • Project manager

  • Requirement analysis

  • Selection of potential software suppliers

  • Creation of tender-document & specification

  • Single point of contact for the potential software suppliers

  • Moderating workshops with the potential software suppliers and the client’s international team of IT and logistics experts

  • Evaluation of offers (functionality and cost)

  • Moderating the client’s short listing and decision workshops

Distribution center Austria

Country: AT

Industry: Tobacco products

Area: Warehousing & Distribution

Main Tasks:

  • Implementation of additional processes (Adding of a new product family and related processes)

  • SPOC between client and software-supplier

  • Adaption of existing tools to additional requirements

  • Test-management

  • Staff-training

  • Go-live support

2014
2013-2014

Distribution center Austria

Country: AT

Industry: Tobacco products

Area: Warehousing & Distribution

Main Tasks:

  • Support for the complete used scope of systems (WMS, automated picking, tour-optimization, TMS)

  • Creation of various tools to optimize daily operations (recording of returned goods, stock-take, …)

  • Design and creation of the transport billing tool

  • Development of a database query tool for historical data (Java EE)

  • Conception of the long-term data-archive

Distribution center Austria

Country: AT

Industry: Tobacco products

Area: Warehousing & Distribution

Main Tasks:

  • Project management WMS / tour-optimization tool / TMS

  • Requirement analysis

  • Process-design (operations and software)

  • Communication with software suppliers and picking machine manufacturer

  • Responsibility for all testing activities

  • Staff-training

  • Go-live support

2013
2012

Concept Supply Chain (1000+ sites)

Country: DE

Industry: Operation of canteens

Area: Warehousing & Distribution

Main Tasks:

  • Requirement analysis

  • Process-design WMS

  • Moderation of process-alignment workshops

  • Requesting offers from potential software suppliers

  • Calculation of IT-cost

  • Participation at offer-creation

Selection of the new tour-optimization software for region Eastern Europe

Country: 

Industry: Service provider (logistics)

Area: Transport

Main Tasks:

  • Project leader

  • Requirement analysis

  • Selection of potential software suppliers

  • Creation of tender and specification

  • Evaluation of offers (functionality and cost)

  • Final selection of the new system

  • Contract design and negotiation

2011
2010

Implementation of a productivity measurement system for warehousing operations

Country: 

Industry: Service provider (logistics)

Area: Warehousing

Main Tasks:

  • Project leader

  • Requirement analysis

  • Process-design

  • Definition and monitoring of the IT project budget

  • Steering the offshore development team

  • Responsibility for all testing activities

  • Roll-Out in Eastern Europe

Cross-Docking Center Austria and Eastern Europe

Country: AT

Industry: Elevators

Area: Warehousing & Distribution

Main Tasks:

  • Project manager IT and process

  • Process-analysis

  • Process-design (operations and software)

  • Definition and monitoring of the IT project budget

  • Contract design and negotiations (in substitution of the overall project leader)

  • Responsibility for all testing activities

  • Staff-training

  • Go-live support

2009
2009

Distribution center Austria

Country: AT

Industry: Food

Area: Warehousing

Main Tasks:

  • Project manager IT

  • Requirement analysis

  • Process-design WMS

  • Definition and monitoring of the IT project budget

  • Creation of EDI-mapping specification (EDIFACT from/to Inhouse)

Cross-Docking Center

Country: AT

Industry: Shoes

Area: Warehousing

Main Tasks:

  • Project manager IT

  • Requirement analysis

  • Process-design WMS

  • Definition and monitoring of the IT project budget

2009
2009

Distribution center Austria and Eastern Europe

Country: AT

Industry: Consumer goods

Area: Warehousing

Main Tasks:

  • Project manager IT

  • Contract design and negotiations with WMS-Supplier

  • Definition and monitoring of the IT project budget

  • Responsibility for all testing activities

  • Go-live support

WMS-implementation

Country: RO

Industry: Various

Area: Warehousing

Main Tasks:

  • Project leader

  • Process-analysis

  • Process-design (operations and software)

  • Definition and monitoring of the IT project budget

  • Responsibility for all testing activities

  • Staff-training

  • Go-live support

2008
2008

WMS-implementation

Country: SK

Industry: Various

Area: Warehousing

Main Tasks:

  • Project leader

  • Process-analysis

  • Process-design (operations and software)

  • Definition and monitoring of the IT project budget

  • Creation of EDI-mapping specification (Flatfile from/to Inhouse)

  • Responsibility for all testing activities

  • Staff-training

  • Go-live support

Distribution center Hungary

Country: HU

Industry: Chemical industry

Area: Warehousing

Main Tasks:

  • Project manager IT

  • Requirement analysis

  • Process-design WMS

  • Definition and monitoring of the IT project budget

  • Creation of EDI-mapping specification (EDIFACT from/to Inhouse)

  • Responsibility for all testing activities

  • Go-live support

2008
2008

Distribution center Slovakia

Country: SK

Industry: Consumer electronics

Area: Warehousing

Main Tasks:

  • Project manager IT

  • Substitution of the overall project manager (short-notice absence)

  • Requirement analysis

  • Process-design WMS

  • Definition and monitoring of the IT project budget

  • Creation of EDI-mapping specification (Flatfile from/to Inhouse)

  • Responsibility for all testing activities

  • Go-live support

Selection of the new warehouse management system for Austria and South-East Europe

Country:

Industry: Service provider (logistics)

Area: Warehousing

Main Tasks:

  • Project leader

  • Requirement analysis

  • Selection of potential software suppliers

  • Creation of tender-document & specification

  • Evaluation of offers (functionality and cost)

  • Final selection of the new system

  • Contract design and negotiation

2007
2007

Distribution center Hungary

Country: HU

Industry: Food

Area: Warehousing

Main Tasks:

  • Project manager IT

  • Requirement analysis

  • Process-design WMS

  • Definition and monitoring of the IT project budget

  • Responsibility for all testing activities

  • Go-live support

Concept distribution center Eastern Europe

Country: AT

Industry: Timber- and garden-products

Area: Warehousing & Distribution

Main Tasks:

  • Project leader

  • Process-analysis

  • Process-design (operations and software)

  • Calculation

  • Contract design and negotiation

  • Creation of operations manual

2007
2006

Satellite warehouse

Country: AT

Industry: Industrial supplies

Area: Warehousing

Main Tasks:

  • Project manager IT & processes

  • Process-analysis

  • Process-design (operations and software)

  • Definition and monitoring of the project budget

  • Creation of operations manual

Distribution center Austria and Slovenia

Country: AT

Industry: Timber- and garden-products

Area: Warehousing & Distribution

Main Tasks:

  • Project manager IT & processes

  • Requirement analysis

  • Process-design (operations and software)

  • Definition and monitoring of the project budget

     

  • Creation of EDI-mapping specification (EDIFACT from/to Inhouse)

  • Creation of operations manual

  • Development of the billing-tool

  • Responsibility for all testing activities

  • Go-live support

2005
2005

Distribution center (worldwide) Outsourcing incl. move of operations from Germany to Czech Republic

Country: CZ

Industry: Automotive supplier
(Tier-1)

Area: Warehousing

Main Tasks:

  • Project manager IT & processes

  • Process-analysis

  • Process-design (operations and software)

  • Calculation

  • Definition and monitoring of the project budget

  • Creation of operations manual

  • Contract design and negotiation

  • Responsibility for all testing activities

  • Go-live support

Development of a logistics calculation tool

Country: AT

Industry: Service provider (logistics)

Area: Warehousing & Distribution

Main Tasks:

  • Development of a calculation-tool for logistics processes based on activity based costing

2004
2004

Distribution center (worldwide)

Country: AT

Industry: Sporting goods

Area: Warehousing

Main Tasks:

  • Interim management distribution center

Distribution center (worldwide)

Country: AT

Industry: Sporting goods

Area: Warehousing

Main Tasks:

  • Project leader

  • Requirement analysis

  • Process-design (operations and software)

  • Calculation

  • Contract design and negotiation

  • Definition and monitoring of the project budget

  • Creation of operations manual

  • Responsibility for all testing activities

  • Staff-training

  • Managing launch of operations

2003
2003

Distribution center Austria and Eastern Europe

Country: AT

Industry: Domestic appliance

Area: Warehousing

Main Tasks:

  • Project manager IT

  • Requirement analysis

  • Process-design WMS

  • Definition and monitoring of the IT project budget

  • Responsibility for all testing activities

  • Staff-training

  • Go-Live support

WMS-implementation

Country: GR

Industry: Various

Area: Warehousing

Main Tasks:

  • Project leader

  • Process-analysis

  • Process-design (operations and software)

  • Definition and monitoring of the project budget

  • Responsibility for all testing activities

  • Staff-training

  • Managing launch of operations

2002
2002

Distribution center Eastern Europe

Country: AT

Industry: Food

Area: Warehousing

Main Tasks:

  • Project manager IT

  • Requirement analysis

  • Process-design WMS

  • Definition and monitoring of the IT project budget

  • Creation of EDI-mapping specification (EDIFACT from/to Inhouse)

  • Responsibility for all testing activities

  • Staff-training

  • Go-Live support

Supply Chain Japan --> Slovakia and Hungary

Country: AT

Industry: Automotive supplier
(Tier-1)

Area: SCM

Main Tasks:

  • Project manager IT & processes

  • Requirement analysis

  • Process-design (operations and software)

  • Definition and monitoring of the IT project budget

  • Creation of operations manual

  • Responsibility for all testing activities

  • Staff-training

  • Go-Live support

2002
2000

Consolidation of outbound shipments

Country: AT

Industry: Industrial supplies

Area: Warehousing & Distribution

Main Tasks:

  • Project manager IT

  • Requirement analysis

  • Process-design WMS

  • Definition and monitoring of the IT project budget

  • Responsibility for all testing activities

  • Staff-training

  • Go-Live support

Consolidation of multiple warehouses into one distribution center for Austria

Country: AT

Industry: Food

Area: Warehousing

Main Tasks:

  • Project leader

  • Process-design (operations and software)

  • Definition and monitoring of the project budget

  • Creation of operations manual

  • Responsibility for all testing activities

  • Staff-training

  • Creation of the HACCP-concept

  • Managing launch of operations

1999
1999

Distribution center Austria and Eastern Europe

Country: AT

Industry: Domestic appliance

Area: Warehousing

Main Tasks:

  • Project manager IT

  • Requirement analysis

  • Process-design WMS

  • Definition and monitoring of the IT project budget

  • Responsibility for all testing activities

  • Staff-training

  • Go-Live support

Distribution centers Austria (4 sites)

Country: AT

Industry: Food

Area: Warehousing & Distribution

Main Tasks:

  • Project leader

  • Requirement analysis

  • Process-design (operations and software)

  • Definition and monitoring of the project budget

  • Creation of operations manual

  • Responsibility for all testing activities

  • Staff-training

  • Managing launch of operations

1998
1998

Distribution center Austria

Country: AT

Industry: Chemical industry

Area: Warehousing

Main Tasks:

  • Process-design

  • Go-Live support