Wojciech Zalwert

Senior Cutover Manager | Business Integration

Salary / Daily rate

Warsaw, Poland

Freelance

Can come onsite

Skills

SAP HANASAP CloudSAP ERP

Languages

EnglishGermanPolishRussian

About me

Intro

Cutover Manager with 15+ years expertise in complex digital transformation projects across pharmaceuticals, retail, and telecommunications. Led successful go-lives for global companies like Pandora, Air Liquide, and Boehringer Ingelheim with SAP/HANA implementations. Specialized in multi-country rollouts and business integration with proven track record of on-time delivery.

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Work experience

Project Delivery Manager

PandoraFreelance

Apr 2024 - Aug 2025

1 year 5 months

Niemcy

note - the name of the role is wrong - should be Cutover Manage which is not chooseable. Retail industry – one of the biggest Jewelry company worldwide undergoing Digitalisation Transformation Program across Distribution Centers, Global Business GBS and Sales & Finance space where I was appointed as Cutover Manager. This challenge within this project were aggressive timelines of 2 parallel projects with overlapping cutover and Full Dress Rehearsal RESPONSIBILITIES: ● High Level Cutover Planning with business, Release Management, Data Migration, parallel business and IT projects ● Detailed Cutover Planning for both business and IT activities ● Liaising across all levels in the organization ● Hypercare Support ● Business stabilisation / Ramp Up definition and management SCOPE: SAP: CAR, FI, AM, AP, AR, TR, CO, MDM/MDG, O2C, SCP; eWM, Success Factors, BASWARE, Acubiz and other satellite systems Key ACHIEVEMENTS: ● Buy-in from business regarding business sales and distribution processes shut down ● Detailed Distribution Center/Supply Chan and Sales shutdown plan prepared and aligned with all stakeholders ● Cutover Plans prepared and constantly monitored ● Succesful Cutovers and Go-Lives

Project Delivery Manager

Air LiquideFreelance

Dec 2023 - Mar 2024

4 months

Anglia, Wielka Brytania

AIR Liquide (Switzerland, Poland, Austria, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Finland, Portugal, Spain, Germany, Belgium)) Cutover Manager, (contractor) Cheimcal/liquide gas industry providing medicine and industrial products, HR transformation program integrating 15 countries into common Work Day and 3rd party Payroll platform exchanging data with SAP Success Factors, Payroll services providers, Bank and financial posting. I was brought in the middle of this complex project to help with assuring all components are fully aligned before go-live, and successfully deployed for countries having Go-lives within similar timelines. RESPONSIBILITIES: ● Support to Project Director for a very complex deployment with a lot of deployments taking place at the same time ● Assuring smooth Cutover and Go-live ● Assuring clear communication about High Level Plan and Detailed Plan across the organiasation ● Cutover Preparation and Execution SCOPE: Work Day HCM, Absence and Time Tracking; HRx, Success Factors Key ACHIEVEMENTS: ● Key components and integrations developed, tested and deployed ● Cutover Plans prepared and constantly monitored ● Cutover risks identified and mitigated

Kierownik projektu

Digicel GroupFreelance

Sep 2022 - Dec 2023

1 year 4 months

Karaiby

note - the name of the role is wrong - should be Cutover Manage which is not chooseable. Mobile phone industry, digital transformation program integrating circa 70 internal and external platforms and adjusting value added services for subscribers. I was brought at the end of the project as Cutover Manager to assure all agile and waterfall driven components are fully aligned before go-live, and successfully deployed. This project had to be managed within an extremely aggressive timescale with complex business processes in complex environment managed by a number of external parties. RESPONSIBILITIES: ● Support to Release Management, Project Management for a very complex deployment with a lot of parallel projects being ready within different timelines ● Assuring smooth Cutover and Go-live ● Progress reporting to Global Senior Program Management ● High Level Planning with Data Migration, Release Management, Parallel business and IT projects ● Management of business integration matters (agile and waterfall) ● Detailed Cutover Planning for both business and IT activities ● Liaising across all levels in the organization ● Cutover Preparation and Execution ● Management of components’ readiness for Cutover ● Friendly User Testing scope preparation and testing execution SCOPE: CSG: MapleWave, HLR, HLS, various telecommunication systems Key ACHIEVEMENTS: ● Key components and integrations developed, tested and deployed within deadlines ● Cutover Plans prepared and constantly monitored ● Cutover risks identified and mitigated

Cutover and Integration Lead

Teva PharmaceuticalsFreelance

Aug 2022 - Jul 2023

1 year

Czechowice-Dziedzice, Poland

Cutover Manager, Business Integration Manager

Boehringer IngelheimFreelance

Jul 2017 - May 2022

4 years 11 months

Thale, Germany

Client: Boehringer Ingelheim (Pharmaceutical Industry), EMEA/ Canada/ South Africa ☛ Responsibilities: o High Level Cutover Planning with Senior management o Detailed Cutover Planning for both business and IT activities o Management of business integration matters o Liaising across all levels in the organization o Cutover Execution o Go-live Management o Hypercare Management o Business stabilisation / Ramp Up Management ☛ Previous assignments within Boehringer, including planning of business, IT and data migration activities related to carve out, merger and template deployments: • 2021/2022 - Cutover lead of HANA GBS template deployment in France (3 manufacturing plants) • 2020/2021 - S4HANA Conversion Cutover Manager EMEA, Business Integration Manager, Local Italy Cutover Manager • 2019/2020 - Cutover lead of GBS template deployment in Italy BIDACHEM (Manufacturing site) • 2019 - Cutover lead of GBS template + Merial integration / business unit formation deployment for Canada • 2019 - Cutover lead of GBS template + Merial integration / business unit formation deployment for commercial and 2 manufacturing sites in Spain • 2018 - Cutover lead of GBS template + Merial integration / business unit formation deployment for commercial and manufacturing sites in Great Britain • 2018 - Cutover lead of GBS template + Merial integration / business unit formation deployment for commercial and manufacturing sites in Italy • 2017/2018 - Cutover lead of GBS template + Merial integration / business unit formation deployment for commercial and manufacturing sites in Denmark • 2017/2018 - Cutover lead of GBS template deployment in Portugal • 2017 – support to Cutover during GBS template + Merial integration / business unit formation deployment in South Africa Achievements: - Successful execution of all cutover phases, smooth go-lives and successful ramp up of 3 waves of integration / business unit formation deployment and HANA conversion

IT Project Manager

IPSA

Jan 2017 - May 2017

5 months

Warsaw, Poland

Implementation of Project Management Methodology, improvement of Cutover Management Methodology

Head of IT Quality Assurance and Release Management

MoneyGram International

Dec 2014 - Dec 2016

2 years 1 month

Warsaw, Poland

Management of Quality Assurance and Release Management functions in a worldwide financial company. ★ Key facts: • up to 180 offshore (India), nearshore (Mexico), onsite (Poland & US) team members • 450K+ agents supported • 80+ countries supported • Sarb-Ox • OPEX • CAPEX Areas of responsibility: ☛ Release Management ♦ Mission of Release Management department is the definition, support, and enforcement of processes for preparing software for deployment to production. ♦ The goal of Release Management is to preserve the: - predictability, - integrity, and - availability of production systems while deploying new software and hardware. ☛ Quality Services: ♦ Mission of the Quality Services department is to provide world-class product quality and reliability to our customers. ♦ The goal of QS: - ensure the delivery of reliable solutions that meet the business objectives of the project and provide a stable production environment for MoneyGram. - define, implement and execute industry-leading quality assurance best practices, methodologies, and associated environments. - develop and execute effective quality testing practices to ensure delivery of expected solutions

IT Project Manager

mcCormick & Company / KamisFreelance

Sep 2013 - Jul 2014

11 months

Warsaw, Poland

• Management of all phases of SAP rollout/business processes integration • Assuring seamless cutover and stabilization • Progress reporting to stakeholders • Management of all deliverables ACHIEVEMENTS: Business processes successfully adapted and new platform fully functional without negative impact to external partners and internal stakeholders. Smooth go-live, cutover and stabilization

Europe IT Delivery Centre of Excellence Manager, Project Manager, Transition To Support Lead

Cadbury / Kraft

Jun 2008 - Jul 2013

5 years 2 months

Warsaw, Poland

☛ Creation and management of regional IT Delivery Centre/Shared Services Liaising with Business Units and functional directors in order to drive IT systems according to business strategy. ☛ Management of day to day SAP development in functional as well as technical areas; bug-fixes; releases. ☛ Projects preparation and support. ☛ Projects management. ☛ Management of relationship with off-shore partner. ☛ Management of relationship with local partners. ☛ IT Governance, SLA & KPI management. ☛ Regional strategy ★ Key facts: • 30 European team members (Poland, Russia, Romania, Spain, France) • 60 offshore colleagues (India) • 6000 users supported • 11 countries supported • Virtual teams dispersed across Europe & India • Sarb-Ox • OPEX • CAPEX

Cadbury Wedel

May 2002 - Jul 2008

6 years 3 months

Warsaw, Poland

IT Manager

May 2007 - Jul 2008

1 year 3 months

Warsaw, Poland

☛ Full scope of IT services. Management of the whole IT organisation in Poland consisting of Service Desk, On-Site/Infrastructure Services team and Business Systems team. ★ Key facts: • 4 factories across Poland • 850 SAP users • 1200 Active Directory users • 600 mailbox users • CAPEX • OPEX

Business Systems Manager, Project Manager, Release Management, Cutover Management

May 2002 - Jul 2007

5 years 3 months

☛ Business Systems Manager at Cadbury Wedel (Poland), Cadbury Schweppes Group (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Food Production industry) May 2002 – Present (6 years 3 months) ☛ Release Management ☛ Quality Assurance ☛ Cutover Management and Business Stablisation ☛ Software Projects Management, business processes optimisation, tendering process preparation and execution, negotiations with vendors, contracts preparation, CAPEX and OPEX management of my division. ★ Example projects managed: A-Z business processes implementation for green-field factory for Cadbury Polska, integration of Polish business with UK business, barcode scanners, EDI, Warehouse Management, Sales Force Automation, SAP Upgrade, EU Accession, Controlling Reporting, Production Planning, CO-PA, Plant Maintenance, CAPEX management, CIT management, Lotus Notes databases, SAP and Lotus Notes integration, Sales & Operations Planning. CAPEX and OPEX of division management.


Education

University of Warsaw

Master of Business Administration - MBA

2000 - 2001

2 years

Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

MBA

2000 - 2001

2 years

Politechnika Opolska

1998 - 1999

2 years

Uniwersytet Opolski

Master

1992 - 1997

6 years

19 SP

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