AMIT EITAN
BSc, MBA, PMP
Residence: Belgium (Internationally Mobile)
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E-mail:
aeitan@amit-consulting.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/amiteitan
Website: www.aeitan.com
An accomplished Interim Executive (CIO, Global Program Director, VP IT Consulting/Services) who
has held VP level positions with major International Blue-Chip Corporations, leading International
Organisations and Global Programs with 500+ staff / €150M+ budget and full P&L Responsibility.
A focused and determined leader, I offer the entrepreneurial stamina and charismatic leadership to
inspire people in my organisation, peers and partners to peak performance, foster teamwork and
collaboration and deliver shareholders value. My easy-going sense of humor has always played a
defining role in bringing out the best in everyone and mobilizing them to achieve stretch goals.
I am at my best when facing the challenges of complex international projects, organizations and
business transformation initiatives, where I can leverage my strong leadership skills in combination
with my holistic mindset and pragmatic approach to deliver high impact outcomes.
Summary of Experience & Skills:
Major Achievements include:
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Led successfully a no. of major ERP implementations, involving major business transformation, including a complex
global SAP rollout, wining an SAP Quality award for large implementations.
Transformed/re-built a no. of large, international IT organisations to high-performing, business focused
organisations, streamlining & modernizing infrastructure and applications architecture, reducing TCO by up to 50%
Built a best-in-class IT consulting & services organisation, increasing services revenue by 40% p.a. and achieving
100% client satisfaction ratio across the EMEA client base.
Successfully led/delivered major, highly complex global product/business innovation programs.
Led a major data center consolidation, negating $11M (potential) daily downtime costs.
Expertise and core competencies include:
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Seasoned IT Executive – Sound experience in transforming and leading ICT organizations that DO (rather than
“should”) deliver, building solid business/IT partnerships and managing stakeholders up to board level.
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Expert Program/Project/Change Leader – Successful track record in shaping and leading large-scale,
International, multi-million $ IT programs, technology-enabled business transformation initiatives and business
projects. Project Management Office set up and rollout experience. PRINCE 2, PMI/PMP certified.
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Successful Business Leader – Sound experience in operating at executive management level with full P&L
responsibility, cultivating profitable business relationships built on respect, loyalty, and trust, and delivering high
client satisfaction ratio and margins.
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Business Focused Strategist – Expert in developing & Implementing Business driven IT Strategies,
maximizing application of emerging technologies & best practices to deliver shareholders value, with focus on
outcomes rather than outputs.
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Mentor and Coach – Sound experience in developing people at all levels, helping them maximize their potential
and make a real, lasting change (professionally and/or personally).
– Chemicals, food & beverage, FMCG, automation & controls,
electronics, marine, insurance, banking, durable Goods, defense, software and IT Services & Consulting.
Vertical Industries Experience include
Business Domains Experience include – Supply Chain/Logistics, manufacturing (process & discrete), finance,
sales & marketing and product innovation.
International/cross-cultural Experience – North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Israel.
Professional Experience:
2002 - Date Founder and Managing Director – amIT Consulting bvba/sprl
Executive Interim Management & Consulting specializing in Program/Project /change management, ICT leadership, Consulting and Coaching
Associate Member of: Association of Professional Interims (UK)
2011 - 2014 TESSENDERLO GROUP
T/O $3bn, International Specialty Group (Fertilizers & Feeds, gelatines & bio-residuals, water
treatment & environmental services)
Global Program Director – SAP Rollout (Latin America, North America, Europe, China)
Overall leadership of this major business transformation program, aimed at the global implementation of
uniform business processes and standard business templates across the Gelatins business unit, where
SAP is the standard end-to-end ERP solution. The program covered all functional areas from
procurement, through manufacturing, quality management, warehouse management, sales & logistics,
plant maintenance, finance and controlling (SAP modules: SD/LE, FI/CO, MM, WM, PP, QM, PM, ML, BI).
Responsible for all stages of the program as well as all change management aspects.
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Successful, on schedule, within scope and budget rollout of a high quality global solution.
Reduced operational costs through standard, global business processes and industry best practices
Enhanced customer satisfaction and improved business compliance.
Global Master Data management model successfully implemented.
Robust, standard SAP platform to run the business on (0.03% development !).
Introduction of a solid governance framework and project management best-practices (PMI/PMP).
This framework is gradually being used at Tessenderlo as project management best-practices model.
The program won an SAP Quality Award 2012 (large implementations category) and was presented at
SAPPHIRE 2012, Madrid, Spain: SAPPHIRE 2012 Presentation
John Kraft, Finance Director -Major stakeholder and program steering committee member: "Amit
has demonstrated all required skills to bring a complex SAP implementation to a complete success. His
large experience combined with the appropriate skills in people management have made the difference in
an international context."
2010 - Date CONSULTING / NON-EXECUTIVE / ADVISORY ROLES
 CIO's sparring partner/advisor - Coaching and objectively advising CIO's/IT Directors in critical areas
under their responsibility, such as - ICT strategy development and deployment, ICT organisation
transformation, ICT governance and portfolio management and program management.
 Non-Executive Directorships: Non-executive director on the board of a technology company
providing board level governance and entrepreneurial leadership, management team
guidance/coaching, fund raising, business development through own network.
2005 - 2009 SOPHEON CORPORATION
Global Leader in Software and Services for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions
Vice President, Client Services & Consulting – EMEA
Member of the company Executive Management team with overall responsibility for the consulting &
services business across the EMEA region from Pre-Sales to post implementation support:
 Built from the ground up a best-in-class EMEA professional services team.
 Introduced new processes and best practices, increasing client sat. level and operational excellence.
 Achieved 100% client satisfaction ratio across the region for existing and new clients.
 Increased EMEA services revenue consistently (40% annualized average growth).
 Grew service margins from 35% to 45% through operational excellence.
 Grew service revenue from 30% to 50% share of EMEA total revenue.
2005
BRUNSWICK CORPORATION
T/O $4.7bn, Global Leader in Marine, Fitness and Sports Markets.
CIO - EMEA - 12 countries, 30 sites 3,000 users
Member of the EMEA leadership team with overall responsibility for IT strategy and operations across the
region and all business units (The Boats Group, Marine Engines, Life Fitness and Bowling/Billiard):
 Designed & Introduced new IT Strategy & cross-divisional organization for EMEA.
 Implemented Oracle as a standard ERP solution across the region, in line with corporate strategy.
 Implemented new IT governance and controls framework (COBIT), to comply with regulatory
requirements, such as Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX).
 Negotiated / implemented new sourcing partnerships for IT hardware and telecom services.
2003 - 2004 INBEV - T/O $14bn, Global Market Leader in Food and Beverages.
Global Programme Director - Product Innovation/Development
Overall responsibility for various Global Business Innovation Programs, focusing on the development and
introduction to market of PerfectDraft® (JV with Philips):
 Provided strong leadership to a large multi-company, multi-functional team, achieving excellent
collaboration across InBev, Philips and 3rd party suppliers (in China, Taiwan Singapore and Italy)
 Introduced project management best practices, used as a template for future Group projects.
 Achieved program objectives with highly successful launch, on time and within budget.
2003
LEVI STRAUSS – T/O $4.5bn, Brand Leader in Fashion Apparel
IT Director EMEA – Strategy and Integration
Responsible for – IT Strategic roadmap (EMEA), Project Management Office (PMO), Enterprise
Applications Integration (EAI), Collaborative Commerce, ERP (Baan) and IT procurement:
 Led the implementation of EMEA ERP solution (Baan) incl. integration with other business systems.
 Developed the EMEA IT strategy, in line with the regional business objectives and the global IT strategy
 Developed the EMEA IT PMO through introduction of best practices and increased its adoption.
 Led IT B2B initiatives, in support of the corporate global value chain initiatives.
2002
STANLEY WORKS - T/O $4bn Manufacturer of hardware products for B2C and B2B
European ERP Project manager (Navision)
Led the implementation of Navision ERP solution across Europe (all stages of the program as well as all
change management aspects). Completed successfully, on schedule, within scope and budget.
1997- 2001 ROCKWELL AUTOMATION
T/O $5.6bn, Global leader in Industrial Automation and Controls
CIO – EMEA - 20 countries, 70 sites, 4,000 users
Member of the EMEA business leadership team with overall responsibility for the IT Strategy
and Operations across the region:
 Developed and implemented a new EMEA IT Strategy, which included the implementation of a new,
best-in-class EMEA IT organisation and the transformation of the region’s IT infrastructure and
applications architecture to be streamlined, standard and integrated – leading to significant increase in
business productivity, reduction of IT TCO by 50% and increase of IT environment uptime to 99.9%.
 Co-led the implementation of PeopleSoft as an end-to-end ERP solution for the region, as part of a
major global business transformation program, with budget of $200M.
 Successful (selective) outsourcing of some IT EMEA functions, such as IT service desk.
1992 - 1997 SEAGRAM CORPORATION
T/O $6.5bn Global Leader in Branded Beverages (Spirits & Wines)
1996 - 97
IT Director - Chivas and Glenlivet Group - T/O $4bn ,25 sites, 2,000 users
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1995 - 96
Led transformation of the IT Org. in skills, staffing level, culture, business focus & Best Practices.
Realigned IT with business needs through new IT strategy.
Led $20m systems implementation and integration for a new Global Distribution Centre.
Led a global data centre consolidation, negating $11m (potential) daily downtime costs.
Business Systems Director – Seagram EMEA
 Led the implementation of JD Edwards and other integrated software solutions required to
support the EMEA Shared Services Centre – completed on time and within budget.
1992 - 95
EMEA Project Manager / ERP Solutions - Seagram EMEA
 Successfully led the development rollout of a bespoke ERP solution across the EMEA region, as a part
of a major regional business transformation initiative, involving major change management challenges.
Earlier career background includes progression of Software Development and Implementation roles – from Systems
Engineer (4 years), to Project Manager (7 years) and Business Systems manager (3 years).
Education:
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Executive MBA (International Business Management) - Ashridge Business School, UK
BSc in Computer Science & Mathematics - Tel Aviv University, Israel
Professional Certifications: PMI/PMP, PRINCE-2, Software Engineer
General Information:
Personal Info:
Languages:
Location:
Belgian, Married + 2.
English - mother language level, French – Fluent, Dutch – Basic
Flexible Internationally