Resume of Erwin Blauw-6711AG Ede, The Netherlands
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Motivation and Summary
I like to operate at a strategic level as an IT-related Project Manager for complex medium to large organizations.
It is my passion to analyze, optimize and successfully implement business and IT processes in an often complex
IT landscape in order to achieve the designated goal and business objectives.
The job opening offered by you shows a perfect match with my knowledge, skills, experience, and personal
preferences. It feels for me like a desired challenge in a very interesting environment.
As an initiator, administrator, supplier, and implementation specialist of ERP, Financial, CRM, Infra and many
industry-specific custom systems, I have over 20 years of implementation and process change experience from all
angles, including their associated methodologies and standards.
People praise me for my general knowledge, quick overall insight into customers' specific processes, planning,
and problem-solving skills as well as the ability to communicate strategically with stakeholders, managers, third
parties, and motivate individuals without losing sight of the big picture and objectives.
Experience
Project Manager IT, Process (Change)
Self-employed
Oct 2018 – Present Europe, Africa
Project, Interim, Change, and Logistics Management. Business Consultancy.
Executing Business Process Change / Improvement, IT upgrades / replacement, and implementation.
Including IT, Debt Collection, Fraud Prevention, and Purchasing departments at a wide range of
internationally established (government) organizations.
Senior Project / Program Manager
Sogeti
Jun 1998 - Present Europe
Overall ICT project management of numerous implementations, process improvement, definition studies, software
solution selections. Also acting as Interim manager, Quality manager, Procurement, and Sales (European Public
tenders). Assigned to multimillion-euro projects at multinational companies active in the banking, telecom
technology, aerospace, and government branches such as; Fortis, Rabobank, SVB, IBG, KPN, Telfort, Philips,
Transavia, Iquip, Sogeti.
Senior Project Manager
Openbravo
Sep 2015 - Sep 2018 (3 years 1 month) Barcelona, Spain
Overall responsibility for Open Source (Cloud, PaaS / SaaS) ERP system implementations at VIP customers
from the proposal up to service delivery management (SDM).
Customers worldwide. Business Consultancy for a wide range of industries.
Senior Project Manager
Omnico Group (Clarity Commerce Solutions)
Jul 2010 - Jun 2014 (4 years) Europe / UK
Overall responsibility of Point Of Sale (POS) system implementations from the proposal up to service delivery
management (SDM).
Business Consultancy mainly related to the Leisure park's and Retail IT.
Customers are located throughout Europe.
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Business Consultant / Entrepreneur
Mambo Beach C.A.
May 2005 - Mar 2010 (4 years 11 months) Venezuela / Curacao
Outsourcing of local ICT specialists working for overseas companies.
IT Consultant process improvement and logistics. Import/Export, Real Estate, mostly related to the tourism
industry.
Owner of a "posada" consisting of 13, cottages (8p) and 15 hotel rooms.
Senior Project Manager
CTI Software
Aug 1995 - May 1998 (2 years 10 months) Netherlands
With this ERP systems supplier, I have been responsible for 14, all successful, implementations including
their process change. Also as sales engineer tasked with prospect approach, their business process
analyses, and sales demonstrations.
Logistics Operations Manager
Royal Talens
May 1993 - Aug 1995 (2 years 4 months) Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Responsible at this producer and supplier of art painter’s materials for the Master Production Schedule
(MPS), Material Recourse Plan (MRPII), the material planners, and production departments. Also the project
manager of ERP-system implementation, process improvement, and consulting the marketing-sales
department.
Manager logistics, procurement and system administrator
Isiflo BV
Mar 1991 - Apr 1993 (2 years 2 months) Duiven, Netherlands
As the vice manager at this manufactory of brass fittings, I was besides overall logistics also responsible for the
ERP system implementation, procurement, and investment of international purchases of brass metals and
assigning sales contracts with new and existing customers.
Production Logistics Manager
Machine Fabriek Elburg
May 1988 - Feb 1991 (2 years 10 months) Apeldoorn, Netherlands
At this manufactory of customer specific fine minimum tolerance mechanical machining and trading of cutting
tools, charged with overall logistics, improvement of internal processes, and the implementation of
companies first ERP system. Also responsible for achieving the ISO 9004 certification.
Volunteer
Logistics Chief / log-allround
Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
Oct 2014 - Jul 2015 (10 months) Tissi / N'Djamena, Chad
Responsible for all non-medical activities at an NGO refugee campsite in Chad near the Sudan and CentralAfrican borders. Managing a team of ~ 50 (inter-) national employees.
Software Developer / Business consultant
Supermarket / Social working place
May 2012 Jun 2013 (> 1 year) Keijenborg, Netherlands
Developing a Point Of Sale (POS) system specifically user-friendly for employees with a mental disability. By
using bar codes GIF’s, and colors instead of text they are now able to manage the cash register, prepare a
purchase list or make an inventory even if they cannot read or properly calculate.
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Education
Open Universiteit
Business Administration, Management and Operations
1993 - 1997
vLm - vereniging Logistiek management
Bachelor's degree, Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management 1989 - 1991
MTS
Engineer's degree, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
1985 - 1989
Licenses & Certifications
PRINCE 2 - EXIN
ASAP - SAP
ITIL
ISO 9000 series - ISO - International Organization for Standardization
Skills
Project Management • PRINCE2 • Agile • Lean • Scrum • SAFe • Logistics Management •
Change Management • Interim Management • Crisis Management • Contract lifecycle management •
Business Analysis • Business Process • Process Improvement • Software Implementation Management •
ERP Implementations • ASAP • IT Service Management • ITIL • Operations Management • ISO 9000 •
Supply Chain Management • Procurement • Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) • Business Intelligence
• SAP • Oracle • Exact • Microsoft Dynamics • Baan • MFG Pro • Microsoft Office
Languages
Dutch (Native) • English (Full professional proficiency) • Spanish (Professional working proficiency) German
(Elementary proficiency) • French (Elementary proficiency)
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Addendum at the resume of Erwin Blauw
Selection and concise overview of executed projects while in labor of CTI, Sogeti, Clarity and
OpenBravo.
Role and Project Description:
Customer:
FTE:
Approx.
Budget:
Approx.
duration:
Several customers end users of OpenBravo's open source ERP
systems.
Overall responsibility of ERP system implementations from
proposal up to service delivery management (SDM). Customers
located throughout Europe and the America's.
I.e. Cirque Du Soleil,
Oracle and Jago
>10 >€80.000
<100 <€-
±1 year
Holland’s second largest Retail (Supermarket) chain
C1000
In an alliance with Wincor Nixdorfas hardware supplier we
developed and implemented the ‘Self Scan’ functionality and
hardware integrated with the already implemented POS system.
The project was characterized by ‘pioneering’ the technical
challenges.
±40
€-
±1,5year
International franchise bakeries retail chain
Bakker Bart
Replacement of Point of Sale (POS) system including hardware. (Bart’s Retail)
It involved design, customization development, implementation
and roll out at 189 bakeries. Especially challenges due to over
120 ‘owners’ involved. Project was handed to me at the
development acceptation stage in order to avoid a contractual
legal project abortion and damage claim. The project eventually
became a success.
±15
€-
±2year
One of Europe’s biggest Theme Park & Hotel, Bungalows, Golf. Efteling
Design and develop new POS system to be integrated with SAP
MM and FiCo. This includes definition study and architecture
aimed to integrate the unique combination of ticket and in-park
sales, (online) reservations, VIP (credit) card withdraws, golf tee
schedule. Project terminated by supplier.
±5
€-
Spent:
€750.000
±2 years
Major European theme park
Replacement of existing Point Of Sale (POS) system. This
included the introduction of online ticket sales integration and
ticket / voucher scanning at entrance gates .Development of
interfaces with ERP system.
Movie Park Germany
±10
€-
±1 year
Theme Park member of the Spanish group 'Parques Reunidos’
Successful pilot project at this site of the Parques Reunidos
group. It included the introduction of POS system to replace
the used old cash registers at the entrance and in park selling
points.
Implementation also included first time management overview
and integration with (group wide) financial system.
Bobbejaanland
(Parques Reunidos)
±10
€-
±1 year
Mobile network operator
Replacement of voicemail system. Implementing 3G system.
Oracle / Exact finance Upgrade. Define crisis management
procedures and professionalize PM department conform
Prince2 method.
Telfort mobile
±35
€-
±1 year
Dutch governmental information management.
The obtained replacement of >20 systems by maximum two
integrated standard ERP (SAP) and PSA/HRM systems. This
included the requirements definition, market orientation,
software selection and preparation of the European Tender.
Project was frozen due to governmental budget cuts.
Informatie Beheer
Groep
±20
€-
Spent:
€-
±1 year
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Role and Project Description:
Customer:
FTE:
Approx.
Budget:
Approx.
duration:
Dutch governmental social security bank.
Configuration and implementation of BiZZ designer process
management tool. Capturing the existing business processes.
Based on that the definition of a new corporate process vision
and the appropriate redesign guidelines.
Sociale
Verzekeringsbank
±20
€-
7 months
International bank, ICT department.
Rabobank ICT
The requirements definition, selection and purchase of a PSA
system followed by the configuration, integration with SAP FiCo /
HR and the roll-out. The project process cycle from preinvestigation until handover became an example and the
company’s future standard.
±5 80
€-
±2 years
Airlines/Aviation charter company (KLM / Air France)
Project proposal, requirements definition and selection of a
project management tool(PSA)in order to plan and manage the
cabin crew and their on-board sales.
±3
€70.000
±3
months
Major international Telecom provider
KPNmobile
Project proposal, requirements definition and short listing of a
Fraud detection system using artificial intelligence. This involved
several International supplier and reference site visits.
Multimillion dollar purchase negotiations resulting in a final
contract agreement and implementation plan.
±40
€-
±7
months
International Bank & Insurance company
The establishment of an ITIL based quality control organization
as part of the companywide SAP HR payroll implementation.
Resulting in the general IT quality management department.
±10
€-
±1year
±5 10
€-
±3years
ERP Supplier
With this ERP systems supplier I have been responsible for 14, all
successful, implementations at companies varying from
manufacturing till retail industries. Also as sales engineer tasked
with prospect approach, their business process analyses and
sales demonstrations.
Transavia
ABN AMRO (Fortis)
