Zsolt Varga Email & Phone Number

Saint Petersburg, Fl, Us

Remote

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Responsible for the Custom Applications area for the largest Segment of Jabil with 16BN USD revenue, managing 200+ FTEs, 19MM USD OPEX and 20MM USD CAPEX spend.- Implementing IT solutions for Factory of the Future/Industry 4.0 initiative - Running 14+ Agile product teams for IT development supporting the Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Engineering functions- Support critical IT applications in 20+ manufacturing plants worldwide- Drive cloud transformation via native cloud development of new applications and lift-and-shift migration for legacy apps- Standardize IT SDLC process (including process definitions for Agile and Waterfall, implementation and governance)- Actively manage Technical debt in the software portfolio- Build out/Strengthen DevOps, Solution architecture, Test automation areas- Capacity management of the teams in line with business priorities and budget constraints - Leverage partnership with vendors for project delivery- Reporting to the Segment CIO

St Petersburg, Florida, United States

- Lead the SAP functional teams (FI/CO, MM, PP, WM, SD modules)- Supervise Project delivery of Enhancement and SAP implementation projects- Capacity management of the team

Hungary

Responsible for all IT services in the 3 billion USD revenue European region covering 10 manufacturing locations. Managing a 90+ employee IT organization with ~5MM USD budget.- Drive adoption of Corporate IT standards- Manage local IT infrastructure (Server rooms, Network, Desktop, etc.)- Ensure stable operation of systems via utilizing ITIL processes - Supervise project execution - Create strategy and execute in the Application management area in line with Business strategy- Develop application governance model- Drive business process standardization via IT tool implementation- Position and Re-skill IT organization for long-term success- Lead IT integration effort for Mergers & Acquisitions in the region

Hungary

Hungary

Service management- Managed centralization of development services - Moved from a geographically distributed model to a centralized approach - Successfully replaced outsourcing partner in India - Improved transparency, change management, and controllership in SAP projects- Introduced KPI and SLA driven IT development services including Service Design, Implementation, and Continuous Improvement- Responsible for creating the Center of Excellence for Manufacturing Execution System- IT skills in scope: SAP (Consultancy; ABAP, XI/PI, BW Development; Security; Basis), SharePoint, MES system development, IT Security, IT Project managementSet up a new captive IT Competency Center in Budapest, Hungary- First employee in Hungary; responsible for setting up IT Center from scratch- Set up local infrastructure; office location and design, IT infrastructure, external contracts, etc.- Drove recruitment effort for 80+ employees and maintained a high retention rateOrganization management- Organizational structure design- Skill/capacity planning and management- Managing 70+ IT employees including Performance management, Talent management - Coaching, professional and personal development of IT staff- Managed organizational changes- Managed a downturn: participated in an IT transformation projectBudget management- Increasing budget responsibility: 2012: $4MM 2013: $7MM 2014: $10MM- Developed a financial recharge mechanism

Hungary

Full responsibility for management of IT application portfolio of a $295MM business- Responsible for business critical applications: - Hungarian toll collect application ($265MM revenue, 17MM transaction/year)- SAP systems (SAP R/3, SRM, BW, Portal)- Customer management: handled CEO staff level business clients - Transformed the IT organization to provide customer focused services- IT strategy creation for the Application Management area- Process improvements: implemented ITIL based support processes- Vendor management: led IT procurement related activities (tenders, contracts, negotiations)Project responsibility- Supervision of critical projects such as - Customer service application projects- SAP module implementations- SAP Support Package implementation- Platform change of toll collect applicationBudget planning and management: $2MM OPEX, $1MM CAPEX

Hungary

SAP implementation at Porto manufacturing site- Implemented standard pan-European processes and systems (SAP, Oracle DWH, Siebel) significantly improving controllership and operational excellence- Significant exposure to CEO staff level clients- Led tollgate reviews, gap analysis, test and cutover workshops- Managed cross-functional project team of 30 people - Simplified application portfolioSAP upgrade assessment leader- Led vendor evaluation for upgrade assessment- Coordinated a cross-functional international team to create high level technical design- Created SAP strategic roadmap for the businessSAP Archiving project manager- Delivered $680K annual maintenance saving by executing the project with $400K budget to reduce SAP database size with 35%, - Avoided $250K consultancy cost by carefully planned training strategy- Led international team of 32 IT experts

Hungary

Desktop services outsourcing project leader- Led the a cross-business PC maintenance outsourcing project (5 European countries, 700 PCs)- Prepared detailed Cost-Benefit Analysis for the rollouts- Managed SLA reviews, international vendor and employee transitions with HRManufacturing process monitoring system replacement project leader- Replaced and standardized manufacturing process monitoring system on 51 production lines at the largest lamp manufacturing site in EuropeSAP upgrade - Sourcing Go-live leader- Leading a successful go-live of the SAP upgrade- Responsible for the developments, testing, satellite systems and cross-functional coordination- Developed go-live plan and managed execution- Organized SLA based after go-live support- Supervised IT team of 8 including offshore development resources in India- Led corporate tollgate reviews in line with the PMO processes

Hungary

Msc, Electrical Engineering

Activities and Societies: IAESTE

Education record

International Business Management