Stef Medland
Senior Transition Manager | Program & Change Management
Salary / Daily rate
Antwerp, Belgium
Freelance
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Senior Transition Manager with 25+ years leading complex transformations, carve-outs, and M&A projects across financial services and logistics. Currently managing Zero Emission Trucks program and DATS 24 carve-out, with proven expertise in IT transformation and Agile methodologies. I deliver strategic transformation solutions that drive measurable business outcomes.
Work experience
Zero Emission Trucks Programme Manager
Colruyt GroupFreelance
Jun 2024 - Present
2 years 5 months
Halle, Belgium
Coordinating between Virya and Colruyt to achieve the Zero Emission Objectives.
Program Manager
MyreasFreelance
Aug 2023 - Present
3 years 3 months
Responsible for the DATS 24 Carve-Out. Migration from Colruyt Group to Virya
Owner
StemcoFreelance
Aug 2023 - Present
3 years 3 months
Leuven en omgeving
IT Transformation Manager
Swift
Jan 2018 - May 2023
5 years 5 months
1310 La Hulpe, Belgium
Senior IT Manager responsible for the transformation of the back-office (Quote-to-Cash and Order-to-Activate) infrastructure. Responsibility in both the feasibility, starting from : - end users pain points, - additional requirements - and technology roadmaps as well as the implementation. This programme involved all aspects of Vendor Selection : Market study, RFI, RFP, Contract negotiation and selection of Indian based implementation partner. Change Manager responsible for involvement, impact, training and coaching of end-users. Transformation Lead responsible for the Agile Transformation of the organisation structure. Chapter Lead responsible for Business Analysts.
SWIFT
Jun 1996 - Dec 2017
21 years 7 months
La Hulpe, Belgium (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
IT Manager - Head of Order-to-Cash Tools and Processes - SAP Development Manager
Mar 2011 - Dec 2017
6 years 10 months
La Hulpe, Belgium (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Manager responsible for a team (> 80 FTE, permanent staff, contractors and professional services) of business analysts, SAP functional analysts, product management , SAP customizing, Abap & Java development, e-channel ordering applications, PEGA and Aris implementation and SAP Workflow configuration management teams working on the Order-to-Cash and Order-to-Provisioning tools, processes and development. The e-channel ordering applications and SAP implementation team was based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
E-commerce Manager
Jan 2008 - Mar 2011
3 years 3 months
Responsible for the transformation of a paper based ordering system to an automated e-commerce infrastructure by connecting Customer GUIs via the SAP Workflow to the SAP Database systems.
Manager of Provisioning Operations
May 2004 - Dec 2007
3 years 8 months
The provisioning team is responsible 24h/365d for the implementation of all the change management of the SWIFT Customers. This is a highly complex , mission critical process where all Products and Services parameters are configured on the SWIFT Systems.
Senior Telecommunications Manager
Jun 1996 - May 2004
8 years
London, UK
Selected telecom partners, conducted contract negotiations and implemented a framework to migrate from a private telecom network to International Telecom Providers ( BT, COLT, AT&T and Orange). Created and managed the Telecom Team to manage these vendors.
Program Director
BT Group
Nov 1993 - May 1996
2 years 7 months
Brussels - London
Single Point of Contact (Account/Project/Service Manager) for contract with Eurocontrol, BT Belgium largest Customer, responsible for 30 % of BT Belgium Revenues.
Project Manager (Kredietbank)
KBC Bank & Verzekering
Jul 1989 - Oct 1993
4 years 4 months
Brussels, Belgium
Implementation co-ordination of KBC’s national offices telecommunications network
Education
Vlerick Business School
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Masters
UC Leuven-Limburg
Bachelor's degree
SJB GENK
Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
Masters - Transconstellation