Bruno Schmid

IT Procurement responsibility for Europe and the International Units. Approx. $850m p.a. external spend: Hardware, Software, Services. Demand Management; Competitive Sourcing; Professional Negotiations.

Global responsibility for IT Planning & Controlling ($1800m p.a.). CFO of largest, international IT Unit (USD 500m+ p.a.). Globally manage IT Project Approval board. Globally define and enforce IT Cost Saving programs.

Chief of Staff function for a member of the Group Executive Board. Globally managing the IT Steering Committee. Lead an international team of ~30 internal senior consultants, concentrating on Human Capital Development; Change Management; Project Management; Process Management and ISO-based maturity assessments. Worldwide responsible for Knowledge Management; Knowledge Exchange & Organizational Learning as well as IT Capability Development.

Leader ‘Customer Solutions Marketing’. Responsible for Switzerland; Central & Eastern Europe; Russia and Turkey. Lead various European and Global projects.

Creation of a new ‘Large Accounts’ sales & marketing organization. Strategic business solutions projects with leading national and international companies. Member of the ‘European Management Development’ Team.

Marketing and Sales Coach function. 1989 / 1990: Leading an international ‘Large Accounts Solutions / Future Directions + Technologies’ project in Rancho Bernardo, San Diego/CA. Responsible for OCC, a major, company-wide change management program: Deployment of an all-new company culture to senior management and to about 2000 associates. Seminars and conferences for customers and prospects; for sales and management.

Leading the ‘Large Systems’ education center for customers; sales; marketing; support. National and international trainings and seminars for customers, prospects and associates. Project leader of various projects. Started in NCR as Application developer in the Professional Services Division.