IT-related carve out for an industrial repair & service provider

Daily rate

By arrangement

Expenses

plus expenses

Project duration

as of now

Deployment country

Germany

Deployment city

Frankfurt Region

Required availability

100 %

Industry

Engineering Services

Function

IT

Service

Post Merger Integration

Our client, a well-known PE-company, acquired recently an industrial repair & service provide from an industrial conglomerate.

The acquired company is a global leader in cost-effective repair and maintenance solutions. 

With over 1.000 employees the company operates globally and generates over € 200 m sales, approx. 50% of that within Europe.  

With the carve out it will be necessary to secure a seamless transition of the IT platform. The role of the CIO will be established and reports to the Group CFO.

Main tasks & duties of the CIO:

• Responsibility for managing and developing all IT systems within the Group
  
• Ensure that all systems necessary to support the company´s operations and objectives are in place
  
• Information risk management (IRM)
  
• Establish IT policies, strategies and standards as well as process optimizations
  
• Implement global IT Service Management
  
• Leading all current and future IT-related projects worldwide
  
• IT planning and budgeting with cost responsibility
  
• Cooperation with current IT service provider with strict control of costs and results
  
• Approve vendor negotiations and IT architecture
  
• Building up/coordination of the company's own IT Team
  
• Implementation of a new ERP system
  
• Close cooperation with central and local management teams
  

Personnel accountability

30 Employees

Budget accountability

10 million Euro

The candidate fulfills the following requirements:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience as an IT executive with experience in international companies, operating with independent branches (Americas and Asia)
  
• Proven experience as CIO or similar managerial role
  
• Successfully rolled out ERP projects in an diverse and international environment (on-time and in budget)
  
• Expertise with one of the „big“ standard ERP programs (SAP, Oracle, NAV etc.) – BaaN Infor LN knowledge is a strong plus
  
• Solid understanding of data analysis, budgeting and business operations
  
• BSc/BA in computer science, engineering
  
• Commercially savvy, ability to understand business processes and organisations fast and to transfer this knowledge into IT action plans
  
• Excellent understanding of commercial consequences of IT implementations
  
• Structured and logic way of thinking, paired with excellent organizational skills
  
• Ability to build teams, engage and motivate teams in an diverse and international organisation
  
• Strong communication skills, meaning active listening, excellent presentation skills, leading negotiations
  
• Comfortable in working in a fast-changing landscape and with the responsibility and pressure that comes with leading a business to success
  

Linguistic proficiency