Cesar Groh
Inhaber, CTO, Cognitiva Inteligência Natural
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Brasilien
Über mich
- Senior Technology Executive (VP/CIO level) - Strong experience in retail and finance industries - Business and Technology perspectives - Experienced in ERP and CRM implementation and maintenance (Salesforce, SAP and Oracle) - Experienced in custom development of systems and apps - Experienced manager in areas beyond IT, like Logistics, eCommerce and Customer Relations - Aggregator personality, likes to develop new leaders - Created and sponsored several agile IT teams - Implemented digital strategies for Information Security, eCommerce, BI, Artificial Intelligence, Advanced Analytics, CRM, CMS, mobile and cloud computing - Launched innovative digital platforms - Managed multidisciplinary and multilingual teams of more than 200 people and 400 third parties, including offshore teams in India, China, Bolivia, Italy, Argentina, Mexico and Spain - Experienced in living abroad, no problem with travelling or moving - Over 20 years of experience as an IT Executive.
Werdegang
Berufserfahrung von Cesar Groh
Bis heute 2 Jahre, seit Juni 2022
CTO
Cognitiva Inteligência Natural
1 Jahr und 11 Monate, Sep. 2020 - Juli 2022
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Grupo Calcenter
Reported to CEO. Main attributions: - Responsible for SAP, Salesforce, Oracle MFP, all connected to SAP - Responsible for the digital transformation roadmap, - Overseen IT and eCommerce areas for the group - Responsible for the system and apps development teams - Organized company’s BI and introduced AI models and advanced analytics - Implemented agile development - Responsible for all IT disciplines - Managed multidisciplinary teams, up to 100 people, and several strategic partners in different projects
1 Jahr und 10 Monate, Nov. 2018 - Aug. 2020
Vice President (VP), Information Technology (IT)
Grupo Axo
- Responsible for SAP, also rolled-out SAP to other business owned by the company - Implemented Success Factors for HR, RFID for the Nike stores - Responsible for the digital transformation, IT and eCommerce areas, with 10 eCommerce websites delivered in 8 months - Implemented agile development - Responsible for all IT disciplines (ITIL/COBIT compliance, development, support, B.I., infrastructure, innovation, Information Security, Architecture) - Managed a team of 130+ people, including offshore ones
1 Jahr und 2 Monate, Okt. 2017 - Nov. 2018
IT General Manager (CIO)
Renner S/A
- Oracle Retail and Oracle EBS ERPs, WMS HighJump integration and maintainance - Overseen $43m CAPEX and $40m OPEX budgets - Strategic planning and digital transformation - Implemented RF-ID, PLM and PIM for 300 stores and 3 DCs - Sponsored Agile practices - Sponsored innovations like facial recognition, search by image and voice commerce (Alexa) proof of concept - Implemented Oracle Commerce as the group's eCommerce platform - Sponsored pilots in AI and ML adoption - Responsible for all IT disciplines
3 Jahre und 4 Monate, Juli 2014 - Okt. 2017
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Dufry
- Implementation and support of the Oracle Retail and Oracle EBS ERPs integrated to WMS RedPrairie - Responsible for IT for both business duty-free and duty-paid - Reduced IT OPEX in 45% thru productivity increases, contract renegotiation and IT applications and solutions standardization - Downsizing of the IT team from 79 to 32 members thru strategic outsourcing partnership - Implemented a black belt team - Helped organize the global digital initiatives and innovation portfolio - Implemented new eCommerce
17 Jahre und 3 Monate, Juni 1996 - Aug. 2013
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Saraiva S/A
- Renewed retail’s ERP integrated to Oracle EBS as back office ERP - Responsible for IT strategy and omnichannel initiatives - Implemented eCommerce omnichannel platform - Assured Business continuity and expansion - Implemented CRM and Microstrategy B.I. - Implemented a customer loyalty program - IT outsourcing and internal develepmont of systems and apps - Implemented a Tax-IT multidisciplinary team - Cumulated Director of Logistics durying 5 years
Sprachen
Englisch
Fließend
Spanisch
Fließend
Portugiesisch
Muttersprache
Deutsch
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Italienisch
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