Dr. Gerd Wolfram

- Software Development in the areas of Sourcing and Master Data, Customer & E-Commerce, Supply Chain & Store, Administration & Portals - IT-Architecture - comprising technical, application and process architecture - , Quality Assurance for all software development products and Innovation - Future Store and METRO Group Innovation Center - Human Resources and Administration for over 1000 employees in Germany - Controlling and Finance (budget more than 400 Mio. Euro)

- Corporate-wide IT-Strategy (software, hardware, licenses, communication infrastructure) - Innovation initiatives - Retail Standards - Industry Cooperation and partner management with IT-companies, CPG-companies and solution provider - Portfolio Management for IT projects - ITIL and IT processes

- Group-wide coordination of IT-Strategy and IT-Security - Establishment of a group-wide infrastructure for common goods management, supply chain, logistics, data warehouse, finance and HR applications - IT-Buying including purchasing of hardware and software - Negotiation of software license agreements and contracts for leased personnel and consultants - Establishment and set-up of international MGI-subsidiaries - Responsibility for controlling and finance - yearly budget of over 300 Mio. Euro

- Definition of the METRO group-wide IT-Strategy - Bundling of the IT procurement and responsibility for the group-wide IT-purchase - Support of the internal development units - Set-up of the first E-Commerce development unit - Management of the group-wide IT-Steering Committee - Head of the group-wide millenium project - Head of the METRO GROUP Future Store Initiative - Development of RFID in retail and introduction along the whole retail supply chain

- Introduction and Service for office communication - Local Area Networks and service - Introduction of PC and Server in the Kaufhof headquarter and stores - Introduction and operation of PC-based POS Server - Central User Service for headquarter and stores - Several corporate METRO projects: Corporate Microsoft License contract, corporate data and communication network contract - Head of strategic METRO-wide working groups for POS, software, infrastructure

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