Mariusz Jarecki
Senior CIO | Digital Transformation & SAP S/4HANA
Salary / Daily rate
Paris, France
Mobility: Dublin, London, ...
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Senior CIO & Digital Transformation Executive with 25+ years driving enterprise-wide IT strategies and multi-million euro transformations. Led €300M Local First transformation at Danone, delivered 40% cost reductions through AI-powered solutions, and spearheaded global S4Hana implementations. Ready to optimize your IT strategy and accelerate digital innovation.
Work experience
Independent IT & Digital Transformation Advisor | CIO on Demand
Aug 2025 - Present
1 year 3 months
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on-site) / Europe (hybrid or remote)
Helping boards, business owners, and capital groups to: • run IT & digital audits (cost, security, compliance, efficiency), • align IT strategy with business priorities, • prepare organizations for AI-driven digital transformation, • optimize ERP (SAP), ServiceNow, and enterprise IT architecture, • act as interim CIO / strategic advisor.
Executive Education – Chief Digital Officer Program
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyFreelance
Aug 2024 - Jul 2025
1 year
Boston, MA, USA
Focused on: • AI for Business Strategy, Digital Platforms, Data Leadership, • Driving enterprise transformation with advanced technologies, • Applying platform economics & AI-driven innovation to business challenges. This “gap year learning” strengthened my executive expertise and inspired my transition into independent advisory.
Danone
Aug 1997 - Jul 2024
27 years
Paris, France
VP IT & Data - Supporting Functions
Jul 2022 - Jul 2024
2 years 1 month
Paris, France
• Spearheaded the global S4Hana Central Finance core model design, build and rollout across Europe, managing an €80M IT budget (2022–2025). • Established regional hubs with 100+ FTEs to elevate and standardise global applications maintenance. • Modernised AI-powered Application Management Services (AMS), reducing maintenance costs by 40%. • Deployed ServiceNow ESM within Global Business Services, enhancing employee engagement (4.7/5 satisfaction) and creating a 3,000+ article AI knowledge base with over 500,000 views. • Led the €100M digitalization Program of Finance, HR, General Secretary & Global Business Services, streamlining operations with advanced technologies.
VP Local First IT and Data
Sep 2020 - Jul 2022
1 year 11 months
Paris, France
• Directed Danone’s Local First transformation, consolidating 80+ business units into 26, managing a €300M budget. • Harmonised IT systems across 14 country clusters, reducing EU legal entities by 30% and decommissioning 10 legacy ERPs. • Restructured the IT organization (15% costs decrease), embracing new capabilities and enabling massive deployment.
VP Business Transformation
Sep 2016 - Aug 2020
4 years
Paris Area, France
• Designed and executed IT strategies across Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, HR, Procurement. • Expanded SAP ERP coverage from 59% to 85% of turnover, driving business process harmonisation. • Implemented digital tools: Tagetik (Finance Forecasting), IBP (End-to-End Planning), Coupa (S2P), Blockchain for E2E traceability, and RPA solutions. • Achieved €20M savings by merging deployment teams, implementing Program Management Office and cutting deployment costs by 30%. • Proposed S4Hana roadmap validated with CFO.
IS Regional Director Central East Europe & CIS (CIO)
Apr 2013 - Aug 2016
3 years 5 months
• Led IT across 25 countries, managing a €4.5B turnover and a team of 450 professionals. • Unified CIS operations post-€2B turnover acquisition. • Delivered 14% productivity gains via the Denim program (2013–2015).
IS Director Central Europe (CIO)
Dec 2007 - Mar 2013
5 years 4 months
• Integrated 11 IT organisations into Centralised HUB including the Biscuits division divestiture (LU) and DBMN acquisition. • Modernised IT infrastructure, deploying SAP ERP, SFA, HRM, SFA and Plant Maintenance solutions. • Achieving excellence in service delivery (96%+ SLA performance).
IS/IT Manager for Poland (CIO)
Apr 2004 - Dec 2007
3 years 9 months
SAP Project Manager
Aug 2003 - Mar 2004
8 months
Poland, ME 04274, USA
In charge of Zywiec Zdroj SAP (Themis) Project implementation
IS DSS Manager in France
Jul 2001 - Jul 2003
2 years 1 month
IS Business Sytems Manager
Aug 1997 - Jul 2001
4 years
Poland, ME 04274, USA
IT Systems Supervisor Katowice
Unilever
May 1995 - Jul 1997
2 years 3 months
Katowice, Poland
Education
MIT Professional Education
2024 - 2024
4 months
SGH Warsaw School of Economics
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
2005 - 2007
3 years
UMN Carlson School of Management
Executive Master of Business Administration
2005 - 2007
3 years
The Silesian University of Technology
MA
1990 - 1995
6 years
MIT Professional Education
Licenses & certifications
Data Leadership: Transforming the Corporation’s Operations, Management, and Mindset to Leverage Data, AI, and Cloud Computing
Issued: Jun 2025
Digital Platforms: Designing Two-Sided Markets from APIs to Feature Roadmaps
Issued: Mar 2025
Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy
Issued: Mar 2025
Applied Generative AI for Digital Transformation
Issued: Mar 2025
Digital Transformation: From AI and IoT to Cloud, Blockchain and Cybersecurity
Issued: Nov 2024
Leadership & Innovation
Issued: Sep 2024
High Performance Leadership
Issued: Sep 2016