Dipl.-Ing. Rovertos Gross

- Responsible to grow EMEA consulting at double-digit rate across all OC Apps domains (ERP, HCM, CX) - Manage OC Apps projects on the ground in direct cooperation with the customer making sure that the project is running healthy delivering the business outcomes expected from customer

Manage budget of CHF 8.8m and a team of 35 FTEs for the successful implementation in 16 countries Lead all group activities for the set-up and implementation of a global ERP program Key challenge is to change culture/management style and to establish a value-driven global organization

- Responsible for the development of the Divisional Strategy and the 10-year strategic plan: Financial & operational target setting, portfolio review, development of implementation plans. - Developed the organic BU growth plan achieving 2x-EBITDA through market analysis, portfolio review, and regional investments

- Led all corporate and business development activities - Initiated and developed a Business Unit introducing a new trading commodity, a historical diversification and growth milestone, increasing sales by 25%

- Developed and led a “Green” product growth opportunity with winnable top line of $1 billion - Led growth opportunities across consumer (Aluminum Bottle), manufacturing (Carbon Credits), transportation (Aluminum Wheels and Bus) and energy

- Build up a team to design a from scratch ERP system that satisfies global needs of the BU. Key challenge was to develop a competitive to 6 distinctive home-grown systems - Led successfully the completion of the development, deployment and roll-out of a common Oracle OtC best-practice solution for the BU that was unique within global Alcoa

- Train the key decision makers and deploy the benefits of TPS within the BU and Alcoa Europe by creating a 1-to-1 test case (focus plant) - Focus Plant Results: Achieved $1.32m reduction in Capital Base and cost avoidance of Є700k within 1 year resulting in increasing ROC of the plant by +2% points without any capital or expense expenditure

- Satisfying the compliance needs was key to secure funding of the BU from the corporation - Establish a mechanism ensuring that Best Practices are applied across the Financial and Business Processes, achieve internal audit top scores and develop/spread Best Practices - Managed successfully the deployment of the internal compliance program for the financial and business processes to achieve compliance, audit and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements for 3 consecutive years

- Developed Strategic Business Plan to launch a b2b-online-bank targeting 600k small and midsize businesses, for one of the largest commercial banks in Germany - Created Marketing, Revenue, Cost, and Financial models in order to test various value propositions to increase market acceptance and to recommend a product-price mix

- Managed a $10 million construction project, including 4 site engineers, 140 field personnel, client negotiations, scheduling, budgeting, bidding and coordination of 12 multinational designers and contractors -Implemented Best Practices that reduced running costs by 30% by identifying appropriate IT systems - Rated 1st for job promotion within 2 years - Reduced project cycle time by 20% incl. manpower, equipment and material cost reductions

Concentrations: Strategy, Finance, Marketing, IT, Production & Operations Management, e-Commerce

Concentrations: Construction, Bridge and Underground Engineering