Simon Blankenstein

CIO of the HUF Group, transforming Huf in the following areas - Global Sourcing and Change-Management - SAP S/4 ERP Rollout - Cybersecurity - IT-Security - Robotics , IoT , Data Analytics , Innovation - Organisational Transformation - IT Strategy - IT Services definition - IT Controlling - Digital Transformation

Responsible for creating the vision with the business units, developing the IT strategy, leading the project portfolio, managing the development and operations of IT solutions for 19 countries. Working on ERP transformation and harmonising legacy IT landscape and processes to gain efficiency, lower operational cost and improve the service to the business. -> Making the difference.

Organisational Transformation, IT-Strategy, IT-Services definition, IT-Controlling, Change-Management, IT-Security (ISO27001), IT-Governance, IT-Architecture

-Transformation of multiple IT units to one international department; -Delivery of international, End-2-End operation of workplace services; -Develop future workplace technology for new working environments("Great place to work"); -Steering of international outsourcing provider; -Implement lean-management methods to change the Leadership DNA and the way people work together

Steering the re-organisation of an international IT-Infrastructure department; optimization of operational costs with the focus on a new IT sourcing model (SIAM) and process optimization (ITIL v3 model); international outsourcing of IT datacenter services; functional analysis for running IT-Services to gain financial and qualitative transparency;

Lead of all financial work within an efficiency programm and calculation of business case and long term financial planning

Leading Organisational Transformation with Infrastructure and organisational efficiency programs across Europe