rainer soerensen

director it

About

Basketball, Classical Music, Political Debate

Country

germany

City

hamburg

Industry

food production

Skill

erp, jd edwards, business intelligence, management, project management, business process, business process improvement, change management, vendor management, it management, sarbanes oxley act, it strategy, consulting, finance, business analysis, integration, internal audit, process improvement, cross functional team leadership, itil, it service management, team leadership, project portfolio management, governance, sharepoint, multilingual, ms dynamics nav, intercultural, process vision, finance processes, distribution processes, information security, it risk management, messaging, office 365, coaching, mentoring, talent management

Experience

project manager

dole food company

2014-3 - 2015-3 · 1 yr 1 mo

Project Lead for pan-European MS Dynamics NAV implementation with multiple Add-Ons (countries: Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Greece). European DataWareHouse sub-project. Manage a distributed, multi-national Project-Team, including resources from several consulting partners. Vendor management.

accounting manager

dole food company

1997-1 - 1997-12 · 1 yr

director business applications

dole food company

2007-5 - 2014-2 · 6 yrs 10 mos

* European HQ Function. Manage Business Systems Production Support and Development * Roll Out European ERP Model * Supervise Business Intelligence Team * Project Management: ERP/BI Projects in Spain, Germany, Romania. Core team size 10 staff. Vendor management: selected and managed consulting staff as required.

manager business systems

dole food company

1999-6 - 2007-4 · 7 yrs 11 mos

* European HQ Function. Manage Production Support * Upgrades/ Y2K * Design and Implement European ERP Model (centered around JDEdwards EnterpriseOne) * High Focus on Project Management * large projects in Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain. Core team of 5 staff. Selected and managed consulting staff as required.

business systems analyst

dole food company

1998-1 - 1999-5 · 1 yr 5 mos

Implement JDEdwards World Finance and Distribution, Go-Live and Production Support

management accountant

dole fresh fruit international, ltd

1994-8 - 1996-12 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Controlling and Corporate Reporting Functions

junior management accountant

dole fresh fruit international, ltd

1993-8 - 1994-7 · 1 yr

Controlling and Corporate Reporting Functions

director it

dole food company

2015-3 - Present · 11 yrs 7 mos

Lead for pan-European IT team in Service Desk, Operations, and Business Applications; with staff in Italy, Germany, and Sweden. Servicing offices, warehouses, and production sites in Greece, Finland, Sweden, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Romania. Directing the European infrastructure consolidation via a hybrid cloud&data center setup towards cloud-only. Managing vendors for outsourced services. Actively engaged in globalizing Dole's world-wide IT.

Education

institute catholique, paris

french

1990-1 - 1991-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

allegheny college

economics

1988-1 - 1993-1 · 5 yrs 1 mo

Senior Project: Analysis and Critique of the Maastricht Treaty on European Monetary Union Activities and Societies: Residence Director, Residence Advisor, International Club VP, Member International Eduction Committee, German Teaching Assistant