Guenter Schulteis

Experience

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  H. Krantz GmbH & Co KG, Aachen

  Aug 1985 - Jan 1988

  Industrial Business Management Assistant
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  Gesellschaft fuer Rationalisierung mbH (GfR)

  Jan 1992 - Jun 1995

  Project Manager, Organizational Consultant and SAP Consultant

  Project Manager, Organizational Consultant and SAP Consultant in the area of Logistics and ControllingProjects (selected):• Project management of SAP implementation for “Production planning and management” for an inter-national chemical group• Partial project management of SAP implementation for “Project system and controlling” for an international electrical corporation• Feasibility analyses, application concept, customizing, and implementation within the scope of SAP implementation at companies in the mechanical and plant engineering and construction, electrical, chemical and pharmaceutical, and computer industries • Organization analyses for midsize businesses in the mechanical engineering, metal processing, and electrical industries• Production segmentation for midsize businesses in the chemical industryOverall Duties:• Support Executive Management in the development of business plans, in competitive analyses, and during product theme development• Contribution of special know-how in concrete development of products and services Show less

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  Alldata Service GmbH

  Jul 1995 - Dec 2001

  Senior VP, Business Unit Head Consulting

  • Business Unit Head and Authorized Representa-tive “Industry Consultation” – member of the Execu-tive Management, responsible for 121 employees; Sales (29 Mio €), responsible for contribution margin and incoming orders• Business Area Head and Authorized Representa-tive “SAP services” – member of the expanded Ex-ecutive Management• Area Manager and Authorized Representative “SAP services” – member of the expanded Execu-tive Management• Department Manager “Logistics and Data Ware-house” in the area of “SAP services”• Management Consultant Alldata ServiceDuties (selected):• Development of business fields/areas• Responsible for branches in the U.S.(New York and Denver)• Responsible for sales, contribution margin of the profit center• Personnel management and development• Organizational restructuring, strategy definition, development of sales and marketing strategies, redesign of the operational and organizational structure, change management structuring• Development of product/services portfolios with the topics of accounting, accounting logistics, system operation and analytical information systems including market and competitive analysis, product and market participant strategy; identification of the unique selling points, planning and budget requirements, target price calculations, etc. Show less

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  Duesseldorf University of Applied Sciences

  Mar 1997 - Apr 2007

  Lecturer

  Lecturer at the Fachhochschule Dusseldorf (Dusseldorf University of Applied Sciences) in the field of economics, organization, and data processing, with a focus on: • Standard application software in the area of logistics and analytical information systems; • Virtual businesses; • E-business;• Strategic information systems

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  Bayer

  Jan 2002 - now

  Design, develop, manage and deliver the digital platform strategy, vision, roadmap and product portfolio to invent, discover, acquire, retire digital solutions that increase company performance/business value.Developing the next generation technologies, platforms and products that enables digital transformation for the Corporate Functions.Providing interoperability throughout the product portfolio, and continually adapts IT’s processes and skill sets to ongoing changes in the technology and business landscape.Implementing emerging digital and business trends, develops and executes an IT strategy that takes advantage of these trends, and collaborates with other business leaders to embed digital opportunities in business strategy. Show less • Global Head of Human Resources IT. N-3 level within Bayer Group; Member of global leadership team (Vice President, Procuration). As a senior member of the global BSS organization, I am accountable for providing strategic direction and leadership to the HR community in regard to IT.• Heading the global HR IT organization (230 FTE across 12 sites), Budget of 60 Mio € p.a. while providing services for more than 130.000 users in more than 70 countries.• Generating value-addition by:• Implementing state-of-the-art HR solutions ac-cording to most current market standards while keeping an eye on future trends. Creating and maintaining a broad and deep insight into the HR global requirements, its market development and approaches as per industry best practices• Competency & flexibility to successfully man-age mergers, acquisitions, and spin-offs• Applying System Integrity Framework to ensure compliance, availability and reliability of HR applications • Strengthening group-wide harmonization and standardization of processes and related applications• Driving HR IT Strategy focusing on Growth & Innovation, Improve end-user experience, in-crease business process efficiency and IT efficiencyDuties (selected):• Enhance business efficiency by providing HR IT project and operational support for Employee life cycle key processes including Talent Management, Compensation and Benefits, Relocation, Exit & Enabling processes • Provide sustainable IT Solutions by designing and developing portal & mobile applications to enrich user functionality and experience • Enable end-users to leverage Bayer’s digital environment in a secure and efficient way• Provide effective HR IT solutions for emerging and small markets including mergers and acquisitions• Transform existing services and infrastructure into Cloud technology to achieve strategic vision and goals • Responsible for Business Partnering for Corporate Human Resources Show less • Head of Service Delivery Management & Com-mercial Shared Services (SDC)Responsible for the holistic provision of IT Opera-tions (with a global revenue target of 400 Mio €) to dedicated business partners. Ensuring efficient and professional operations along the commercial and the supply chain for all BBS services • Heading the global SDC organization (140 FTE)Duties (selected):• Bundling services along the supply chain and in charge of managing the required service delivery workflows as well as implementing and maintaining delivery structure; primary point of contact for changes, requests and escalations• Managing internal delivery in order to provide effi-cient and effective end-to-end services as per the agreed SLAs, while also covering service reporting and continuous service improvement• Manages comprehensive programs to ensure high quality and efficient service delivery• Drives development of services and ensures the creation, establishment and maintenance of SLA agreements in close cooperation with the delivery units• Ensures efficient and professional operation of order & contract management, billing and credit manage-ment processes. Responsible for seamless opera-tions for all Service Management Processes• Responsiveness to solve and optimize business demand for subgroup across service lines with ho-listic end-to-end accountability• Translating demand into services and ensuring timely delivery;• Optimization of service provisioning to support cus-tomers’ business• Holistic service providing along the commercial chain with end-to-end accountability Show less • Head of IT Operations Global Service & Account Management and Customer Service Manage-ment • Responsible for total revenue and incoming orders• Senior Key Account Manager for major customers, establishing strong partnership with internal and external customers, ensuring high customer satisfaction focused on quality of service and pro-jects• Personnel management and development, partic-ipation in various assessment centers as an ob-server• Independent development of new business (con-ducting negotiations, outlining and entering into new contracts) with international corporate clients and international external clients• Overall (BBS-scope) responsibility for sales pro-cesses and internal process optimization (ac-cording to ITIL), pricing and condition policies• Strategy definition, development, and implemen-tation of sales and marketing strategies• Development of product/services portfolio for IT operations; identification of unique selling points, planning and budget requirements• Admin function for ITO Germany (700 employees)• Administrative personnel management and development for ITO Germany (700 employees)• Facilitating implementation of agreed plans and objectives• Operational responsibility within defined targets, plans, instructions and directives (Executive Authority with rights to issue instructions)• Responsible for interacting with Workers Council Show less Business Unit Head and Authorized Representative, “Sales & Consulting” member of the expand-ed Executive Management, Executive Manager in Bayer group; Total revenue (116 Mio € ), responsible for contribution margin, budget (14 Mio €), and incoming ordersDuties (selected):• Responsible for total revenue and incoming orders• Senior Key Account Manager for major customers• Responsible for sales and contribution margin and budget of the profit center• Personnel management and development, participation in various assessment centers as an observer• Development and expansion of the business unit, and marketing and sales activities (Europe-wide)• Independent development of new business (con-ducting negotiations, outlining of and entering into contracts) with international corporate clients and international external clients• Overall responsibility for marketing and sales processes, design of consulting services, and internal process optimization (according to ITIL), pricing and condition policies• Strategy definition, development, and implementation of sales and marketing strategies, redesign of the operational and organizational structure, structuring of change management and corporate culture • Development of the product/services portfolio with regard to topics of hosting and IT consulting, including market and competitive analysis, product and market participant strategy; identification of the unique selling points, planning and budget requirements, target price calculations, etc. Show less

  • VP Head of Product Platform within Digital Transformation & IT for Corporate Functions

    Feb 2020 - now

  • VP Head of HR IT

    Feb 2014 - Feb 2020

  • VP Head of Service Delivery Management & Commercial Shared Services (SDC)

    Jun 2012 - Jan 2014

  • VP Head of IT Operations Global Service & Account Management and Customer Service Management

    Feb 2008 - Jun 2012

  • VP Global Key Account Manager for Bayer Crop-Science

    Apr 2006 - Dec 2009

  • VP Head of of Marketing Services and Direct Sales

    Mar 2004 - Jan 2008

  • BU Head of Sales & Consulting

    Jan 2002 - Oct 2005
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  Helmut-Schmidt-University

  Jan 2005 - Jun 2007

  Lecturer

  Lecturer at Helmut Schmidt University/University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg in the education depart-ment, with a focus on:• Change management and corporate continuing education• Change management and corporate culture