As the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Europe at Schaeffler, I am responsible for the optimal utilization of our IT resources, both financial and human. My role involves ensuring that our financial resources are allocated strategically, encompassing rigorous budget management, ongoing cost control, and the approval of crucial investments. Additionally, I collaborate closely with local Heads of IT to maintain the high quality of new hires and replacements within our IT teams.I serve as a key stakeholder at the global Corporate IT level, particularly in relation to the Demand Management Process. This entails meticulous planning for local projects that require IT support. I provide invaluable consultation to local IT departments, assisting them in enhancing IT services for our operational business units. This support encompasses IT infrastructure, application systems, and project and investment planning.Monitoring and controlling the Incident Resolution Rate is a pivotal aspect of my role, with a current rate exceeding 92%, ensuring timely issue resolution for local IT groups. I establish essential networks connecting our European operations with global IT headquarters, ensuring that local IT Heads can readily access the right experts to address questions or concerns.One of my core objectives is to add value by boosting efficiency and reducing response times. Given the complexity of IT issues, it can be challenging for local IT staff to navigate and identify the required specialists independently. By orchestrating and expediting such requests, I accelerate the delivery of solutions, ultimately contributing to the organization's overall success.

As the Site Security Manager, I was entrusted with the critical responsibility of ensuring the safety and security of our organization's facilities and assets. I led a dedicated team in implementing comprehensive security measures and protocols, addressing a wide range of threats and risks.My role encompassed the development and execution of robust security strategies, including access control, surveillance, and incident response procedures. I collaborated closely with cross-functional teams to assess security vulnerabilities and recommend improvements, ensuring the protection of personnel, property, and sensitive data.Furthermore, I played an important role in compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards, enhancing our organization's reputation for safety and security excellence. This role required a keen understanding of security technologies, risk assessment methodologies, and a commitment to maintaining a secure and resilient environment.

As the Manager of the Competence Service Center in Brasov, I led a dynamic team of approximately 200 professionals providing extensive SAP support across various functions and activities, catering to EMEA and global regions. Our multifaceted support encompassed critical areas such as IT, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Demand Management (CDM), Shared Service Center (SSC) Logistics, Data Quality, SAP Data Rollouts, Industrial Engineering, Software Development, Regional Purchasing, and Human Resources.My role involved comprehensive organizational leadership, including:- Strategically determining annual tariffs based on function complexity and department cost history, aligned with budgetary constraints.- Establishing annual costs through meticulous budgeting and long-term project planning.- Approving business trips and associated expenditures.- Overseeing the seamless transfer of new functions from the group to the Corporate Service Center in Romania.- Active participation in interdepartmental conferences within the Schaeffler Group.- Crafting annual cost proposals for satellite functions within CSC Romania and cost estimates for SAP Data Support in Factory Rollouts during SAP implementations.I also played a pivotal role in the professional development of our department, conducting employee development discussions, performance dialogues, and facilitating professional evaluations for members of the CSC Department Management. Additionally, I actively participated in final recruitment interviews and contributed to the creation of comprehensive interview tests for prospective CSC applicants.I maintained a rigorous reporting framework, delivering monthly, quarterly, and annual reports on function-specific results and departmental performance to both the local plant management in Romania and corporate leadership in Germany. This included managing an annual budget exceeding €30M, ensuring responsible financial stewardship and effective resource allocation.

Main activities and responsibilities - Administrating SAP MM module data by creating/modifying/searching material master in the system Managing SAP spare parts, quality data, tools numbers, bill of materials for tools and many other objects from the global system Create scripts for Excel and Access using Visual Basic language to automate processes necessary to maintain SAP materials, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports, as well as managing SAP tool lists Professional achievements - Participation in the SAP rollout in Wooster, OH in 2007 through active involvement in creating SAP materials for spare parts warehouses and organizing Wooster factory maintenance warehousesDeveloping a fully automated process management tool from a support department that includes the following functions (hours recording, employee administration, project management, Gannt charts, resource planning, release of required SAP invoices, appointment of staff, etc.) and was completed in Excel and VBA in less than 3 months after my own concept Making a material search tool in SAP by automating exceptions and connecting with Excel to SAP and reducing search time on material from 15 minutes to about 3 minutes - this tool was later used in all rollouts where the CSC department was involved A series of training sessions both in the SAP production area and in various software programs such as Microsoft Office and database management applications such as MS SQL

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Main activities and responsibilities - Ensure the maintenance and proper functioning of lifts in the covered sector. Assembler programming of motherboards and updating software for automated systems as well as generating system defect reporting. Fast intervention in the case of abnormal operation and evacuation of persons or goods from the elevator / mobile platform with vertical ascension. Support and execution of repairs on the electrical side, software and sensors of elevators. Professional achievements - Various automation and enhancements of command software A good experience in the electrical and electronic maintenance area of the motherboards as well as the electrical components of a lift Driving a maintenance team, we succeeded in improving response times in case of intervention and reduced the 6-day to 4-day maintenance time for a lift

Immediately after completing the faculty of applied electronics, in 2002, I changed my position as electronics engineer in the company. Tasks on this position were generally maintenance of the electronic equipment in production, programming of the motherboards of the presses, design of electronic and electrical wiring for the new production halls, etcProfessional achievements - Good experience in working with people, understanding technical elements and how to work in a production plant At that time, I had the first serious contact with the computers and this then defined the person now with his current skills in computers, programming, and generally in analytical thinking

As coordinator of the security team, I had as tasks the drawing up of watchkeepers' sheets, the provision of covering the objectives with the necessary number of people, the collaboration with the local police when occurring crimes to be reported, etc.

As a guard, the purpose was to keep the company's objectives and to make sure the possible offenses committed by the employees