Contact:

Michael Prager

Bettina-von-Arnim Straße 29b
65760 Eschborn
Germany

+49 - 6173 - 305363 (office)
+49 - 172 - 626 6413 (mobile)
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Michael Prager

Procter & Gamble - Details

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Global Business Services, Supply Network Solutions

Role: Global Material Planning Initiative Leader
Time Period: since Dec 2008
Location: Kronberg, Germany
Details:

Global Initiative Leader for a discovery effort in the area of End-to-End Material Planning, including Material Volume Forecasting, Site Integrated Planning, Material Supply Management, Supplier Collaboration & Connectivity, Material Price & Cost Forecasting.

   
Role: Global Demand Planning Service Manager
Time Period: Dec 2000 - Nov 2008
Location: Schwalbach a.Ts., Eschborn and Kronberg, Germany
Details: Global Solution Owner across all of P&G business for Demand Planning Solutions (originally SAP R/3 4.5b Flexible Planning, then APO DP 5.0 and SAP BW 7.0), including managing a team of regional IT representatives, a network of Global and Regional Business Experts, outside vendors (HP, Infosys, Patni, L&T) for Development, 2nd and 3rd Level Support work, as well as Vendor Consulting and joint developments. Also owner for SLAs with all the relevant suppliers as well as the internal Clients who use the solutions. Completed full global integration of Gillette Demand Planning Operation.

Fabric & Home Care Category Planning IT

Role: F&HC Category Planning Systems Manager
Time Period: Sep 1999 - Dec 2000
Location: Worms & Eschborn, Germany
Details: Responsibility for the IT support of the Global Planning Systems for New Business Development within the scope of roll-outs in Western Europe (e.g. Swiffer, Dryel). Overall System Support for the Category Demand & Supply Planning function, including preparation of the SAP R/3 roll-out as of mid 2000.

Recruiting & HR Marketing

Role: Germany IT Recruiting Manager
Time Period: Jul 1999 - Dec 2001
Location: Worms & Eschborn, Germany
Details: Design and start-up of the national University Recruiting Team for the IT function. Participation in Fairs (e.g. CeBIT, Systems) and co-ordination of various sub-teams.

Fabric & Home Care Product Supply IT

Role: Worms Plant IT Manager
Time Period: Sep 1997 - Dec 2000
Location: Worms, Germany
Details: Leader of the IT department in a producing Fabric Care Plant (Lenor). Responsibilities included LAN/WAN infrastructure, Hardware/Software-Buying, IT-HelpDesk, Application Support for Mainframe (SAP R/2) and Midrange (SAP R/3) Systems, Roll-out of SAP R/3 MM for Storeroom, Purchasing, Year-2000 and Euro-Conversion.

Customer Service Systems

Role: Team Leader Customer Service Systems Support Germany
Time Period: Jan 1996 - Aug 1997
Location: Schwalbach a.Ts., Germany
Details: Leading a group of up to 8 people supporting Customer Service Systems. Several projects in co-operation with other countries in Western Europe.

Customer Service Systems - Rollout

Role: Team Member Customer Service Systems Implementation
Time Period: Jan 1995 - Dec 1995
Location: Schwalbach a.Ts., Germany
Details: Introduction of the P&G-developed European System for Ordering, Shipping and Billing processes for all German business categories.

Workplace Technology

Role: Team Member Workplace Services
Time Period: Mar 1993 - Dec 1994
Location: Schwalbach a.Ts., Germany
Details: Design & implementation of an IT HelpDesk Organisation for a Campus of about 2000 Users. Projects in the field of PC Workplace Standardisation and Network Integration.