Johan Roggen

Senior Transformation & IT Executive

Salary / Daily rate

Brussels, Belgium

Mobility: Paris, London, ...

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Can come onsite

Skills

Product StrategyProject Management (PMO)

Languages

Dutch (Native)EnglishFrench

About me

Intro

VP Transformation with 15+ years leading strategic digital initiatives and business performance programs. Successfully delivered €15M transformation reducing costs while optimizing operations across pharma, retail, and finance sectors. Specialized in IT strategy, M&A integration, and turning around underperforming technology organizations.

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Work experience

Curium Pharma

May 2019 - May 2023

4 years 1 month

Paris, France

Vice President Transformation

Jan 2021 - May 2023

2 years 5 months

Paris, France

Initiated and led a $15 MM Euro business performance improvement program that: • Focuses on comprehensive organizational optimizations and process redesign • Leverages new technologies to facilitate change • Archaic replaced by sustainable eco system • Serves as an enabler and catalyst for achieving the cost objectives outlined in the 5-year plan Reporting to CEO, Member of Business Leadership Team

Vice President IT SPECT Europe & International

Apr 2020 - Dec 2022

2 years 9 months

Paris, France

•Formulated and executed sustainable and viable long-term technology strategies aligned with the organization's business objectives. •Team Leadership and Development: Identifying and nurturing a skilled and engaged workforce by prioritizing team growth and individual career paths, while guiding and mentoring IT teams and fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement. •Developed and managed the IT budget to ensure cost-effective solutions and optimize technology investments, while being committed to delivering maximum value through efficient IT operations at a reasonable cost. •IT Infrastructure Management: Collaborating with the local and central Infrastructure teams to guarantee appropriate IT support and uptime. •Accelerating organizational growth by utilizing technology as a catalyst for innovation and expansion opportunities. •Cultivated Vendor and Partner relationships to foster innovation and strategic initiatives. •Supervised the portfolio planning, execution, and delivery of various IT projects, ensuring they are completed within the designated timeline, scope, and budget. •Served as the primary point of contact for IT-related matters for stakeholders and the executive team. •Safeguarded company assets by restoring the infrastructure and application landscape to a controlled state in collaboration with central teams, ensuring readiness, appropriate support, and availability in line with agreed expectations. Implemented compliance policies and practices with the central team to meet requirements and industry standards. Ensured that the global team protected the organization’s information and resources against risks and security threats. Reporting to Group CIO, - Strategic Unit CEO and Global Leadership IT member.

CIO France

May 2019 - May 2022

3 years 1 month

91400 Saclay, France

Recovery of IT – Business Relationship, local IT team, budget, P&L and internal & external suppliers. Significant focus on re-establishing the IT – Business relationship. Initiated and led a remediation program to bring infrastructure and applications operational reliability at state. Shaping the IT organization & budget to support the significant technical dept (hire to fire responsibility). Focus on incident management and avoidance. Merge & Acquisitions

Information Technology Project Manager

Standaard Boekhandel

May 2018 - Mar 2019

11 months

Sint-Niklaas, Belgium

Initiated and developed the digitalization track for "Master Data & Order Management" as part of an Omni-Channel Transformation Program.

Program Manager

ING

Jun 2017 - May 2018

1 year

Brussels Region, Belgium

Managing the Financial Accounting Stream within The Unite Program, which was transforming ING Belgium and the Netherlands into a cohesive, unified bank serving both countries.

Colruyt Group

Mar 2013 - May 2017

4 years 3 months

Halle, Belgium

Center of Excellence PM Lead

Mar 2013 - May 2017

4 years 3 months

Halle, Belgium

Enhancing the central organization by developing capabilities and corporate services to advance and strengthen the Program and Project Management organization.

Program Manager

Mar 2013 - Dec 2014

1 year 10 months

Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium

Initiated and executed a Transformation program for an improved and more transparent collaboration between a franchisor and franchisee, based on a cost plus business operating model. Managed the IT streams of the program centralizing three distribution centers into a new hub.

Project Manager

Mar 2013 - Mar 2014

1 year 1 month

Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium

Replacement of paper based picking with a sustainable voice picking solution. Implemented a B2C portal based on story-telling methodology

Project Manager

Edan Business Solutions

Apr 2010 - Mar 2013

3 years

Ghent, Belgium

Managing multiple ERP projects in different environments amongst others in food and process industry.

Project Manager

Sterling Commerce an AT&T company

Apr 2009 - May 2010

1 year 2 months

Paris, France

Implementing EDI solution to support financial and supply chain flows for Carrefour France

Project Manager

Delhaize Belgium

Jun 2008 - Mar 2009

10 months

Brussels, Belgium

Full lifecycle implementation of a BI & Data Mining solution to support Customer Segmentation reporting. Based on Micro Strategy, DataStage and DB2 on z-Series.

Project Manager

FRSGlobal

Nov 2006 - Jul 2008

1 year 9 months

Luxembourg

Recovered & remediated development and off-shore delivery team and landed all 4 IFRS releases on target within defined scope.

Project Manager

Waalwear Men

Dec 2003 - Oct 2006

2 years 11 months

Waalwijk, Netherlands

Reduced the IT footprint to one ERP system based on Dynamics and AVM add-on. Driven by a Business Case, Architecture Principles and best practice of industry processes.

Project Manager

J. Meerschwam B.V.

Jul 2002 - Dec 2003

1 year 6 months

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Recovered and remediated the implementation of an ERP system that was on the verge of being abandoned by users and management.


Education

Provinciale Hogeschool Hasselt

Bachelor's degree

1984 - 1986

1 year 11 months

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