Curriculum Vitae

Profile

A strategic, international HR leader with significant digital HR transformation expertise, managing large-scale multi-national and multi-vendor transformation programs. Proven track record in maximising efficiency and employee experience in HR through innovative HR Operations services, strengthening overall HR capabilities and business impact. Optimising talent attraction, retention and recognition via best-in-class Rewards solutions.

Experience

Vice President, Global HR Operations, Rewards & Digital

Ferring International Center SA. Apr. 2022 – today
Industry: Pharma, Location: CH, Scope: global, Span: 40+ FTE

Summary

• Establish HR Operations as a function, consolidate administrative services and restructure the payroll landscape.
• Design and implement the Rewards strategy and policy framework, including leading benefits for family building and redesigning LTI and STI schemes.
• Maximise HRIS value generation by investing in AI, automation, and user experience.

Key Achievements

• Transformed the existing Executive Compensation function into a full-scope Rewards function.
• Designed a new target operating model for HR, significantly reducing cost whilst improving HR capabilities.
• Global HR operations function fully embedded in the HR operating model.

Global Head HR Information Systems

Implenia AG (Construction) Nov. 2019 – Mar. 2022
Industry: Construction, Location: CH, Scope: global, Span: 40+ FTE

Summary

• Shape the global digital HR Transformation, preparing the HR organisation for business growth
• Plan the setup of a global HR Operations functions with shared service capabilities
• Drive Change initiatives to increase overall HR efficiency and effectiveness.

Key achievements

• Successful deployment of SAP SuccessFactors in the Swiss home market and an agreed global roll-out plan
• Instituted a digital transformation roadmap integrated into the overall HR strategy

Skills

• HR Strategy Design and Implementation
• Digital HR Transformation
• Business restructuring
• Org. Design and effectiveness
• Rewards Strategy and Operations
• HR Operating model design
• Sourcing-Model
• HR Shared Services setup and operations, incl. Payroll
• Digital innovation
• Business Process Management

Solutions

• Workday
• SAP SuccessFactors
• Service-Now
• SAP-HR (PA, OM, PT, PY, TV, E-Recruiting, ESS/MSS)
• Various HRIS (Taleo, Corner-Stone, Excentive, Saba, …)
• Various RPA solutions
• PowerBI

Education

• 1997 – 2000
  Software Engineering Degree “Datenverarbeitungskaufmann (IHK)”
  Mannesmann Datenverarbeitung GmbH
• 1986 – 1996
  University Entrance Diploma (“Abitur”)
  Theodor Fliedner Gymnasium der ev. Kirche im Rheinland

Global Head HR Solutions & Systems

Syngenta AG Aug. 2013 – Nov. 2019
Industry: Agriculture / Chemicals, Location: CH, Scope: global, Span: 40+ FTE, >10 mio. EUR budget

Summary

• Design and Architecture accountability for the global HR Transformation program, enabled by a global Workday and Service-Now roll-out.
• Accountability for the Design, Architecture, Implementation, Operations and Continuous Improvement of the entire HR Technology landscape, including Workday, Taleo, SumTotal, SAP and others.
• Facilitate the HR Investment portfolio and accountability for successfully delivering critical strategic projects.
• Establishing and leading a global team of in-house Consultants, IT and Data Architects, and HR IT specialists.

Key Achievements

• Set up an in-house service centre in Pune (India) and build from the ground a team to implement and optimise the end-to-end technology stack
• Global roll-out of Workday with a big-bang go-live in over 15 countries in parallel.
• Installed a continuous improvement practice that delivered measurable value year on year.

Head of HR Systems

Vodafone Group Services GmbH Oct. 2007 – Jul. 2013
Industry: Telecommunications, Location: DE/UK, Scope: global, Span: 40+ FTE, >50mio. EUR budget

Summary

• Design and end-to-end Implementation of a global SAP-HR system underpinning a new global HR operating model across 22 countries in Europe, Asia and Africa.
• Limit localisations to the systems and processes to ensure consistency of the model while minimising the total cost of ownership.
• Selection, Design, global roll-out and operations of several best-of-breed solutions.

Key achievements

• Agreed global process model for HR across all process areas and successfully designed/ implemented a system to deliver those processes in time and in-budget across 22 countries. Achieve more than 40 successful deployments in one year.
• Successfully select (RFI, RFQ) best-of-breed solutions for Reward, L & D and Resourcing; fully integrate the solutions into the existing architecture and global roll-out.
• Newly created a global HR systems function, operating as one team across geographical boundaries.
• Business transformation across all countries and regions, enabling a global HR delivery model and global shared services.

Prior roles

Oct. 2003 – Sep. 2007	Manager HR Information Systems Vodafone D2 GmbH
Jul. 2002 – Oct. 2003	Senior Project and Account Manager Vodafone Information Systems GmbH *1
Jul. 2001 – Jun 2002	SAP HR Consultant Mannesmann Telecommerce GmbH *1
Apr. 2000 – Jun. 2001	SAP HR Software Engineer Mannesmann Datenverarbeitung GmbH