Muammer Kizilaslan Over 20 Years of Executive IT Leadership
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Board Experience · AI Transformation · 3 Global Corporations

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Muammer Kizilaslan — VP IT & Digital

The Profile

From code to the boardroom.

Over two decades of international IT leadership — from studying computer science in Cologne to executive responsibility at board and CIO level. IT not as a support function, but as a strategic lever for growth, efficiency and transformation.

“AI is not the next tool — AI is the new operating system of value creation.”

Career Stations

01 Current

Hansgrohe SE

As Vice President IT & Digital, I have been leading the largest technological transformation in the company's history since 2021 — from realigning the IT organization through a global delivery hub model to the introduction of SAP S/4HANA and embedding AI as a strategic value driver.

Key Achievements
02 Board Member

Borusan Mannesmann

As Chief Digital Officer and board member, I developed and executed the company-wide digital strategy between 2019 and 2021 in Istanbul — from end-to-end supply chain optimization through an Industry 4.0 roadmap to new digital business models.

Key Achievements
03 13+ Years

BSH Home Appliances

Over 13 years and five roles — from BI engineer in Munich to building a global BI Competency Center in Istanbul to regional IT leadership in Milan. Led one of the world's largest SAP HANA transformation projects and gained experience across every layer of enterprise IT. 2006–2019.

Five Stations
Key Achievements — Hansgrohe SE
SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Conversion — company-wide transformation program
Harmonization & modernization of the entire system landscape
Cloud strategy & migration of central applications
AI integration — measurable productivity gains
Cybersecurity & cyber resilience strengthened
Key Achievements — Borusan Mannesmann
Company-wide digital strategy & new digital business models
Supply chain digitalization — transparency, planning, cost reduction
Industry 4.0 roadmap with IoT & automation
ERP & cloud modernization
Agile transformation of organizational culture
Five Stations — BSH Home Appliances

2018 – 2019

Head of IT Factories · Istanbul

2017 – 2018

IT Manager · Milan

2015 – 2017

Head of IT Enterprise HR · Munich

2011 – 2015

Head of BI Competency Center · Istanbul

2006 – 2010

Senior BI Engineer · Munich

Leadership Philosophy

Three principles.
One compass.

01

AI as Operating System

Not the next tool. The next competitive advantage.

AI is not deployed in isolation but embedded as the core of value creation — from process automation to strategic decision-making.

02

Fix first. Then scale.

Productivity before technology.

A broken process that gets automated is just a faster broken process. Every transformation begins with radical simplification.

03

Transformation is a Leadership Task

Technology alone changes nothing.

Whoever changes structures, roles and livelihoods needs trust. Transformation succeeds only when people come along — not when they are bypassed.

International Stations

StuttgartBirthplace
CologneUniversity
MunichBSH
MilanBSH
IstanbulBSH · Borusan
SchiltachCurrent

Core Competencies

The
Expertise.

What happens when strategy, technology and leadership come together — across 20 years, 3 corporations and 3 countries.

01

Strategic IT Leadership

Positioning IT as a value creation engine — with 160+ employees, P&L responsibility and the ability to convince at board level.

VP IT & Digital at Hansgrohe SE — full IT & Digital responsibility
3 corporations strategically realigned — each with a new operating model
IT budgets in the double-digit million range managed
IT Strategy & P&LBoard CommunicationChange ManagementTeam Transformation
Hansgrohe · BSH · Borusan Mannesmann
02

AI & Intelligent Automation

Autonomous AI agents in end-to-end processes — from automating individual workflows to intelligently orchestrating entire value chains.

AI agents in customer service and order processing — faster, more precise, around the clock
LLM-powered processes from procurement to customer service
Data architecture created that elevates AI from individual case to enterprise strategy
Agentic AILLM IntegrationPredictive AnalyticsZero Service Desk
Hansgrohe · Borusan Mannesmann
03

Enterprise Architecture & Cloud

Transforming SAP landscapes, building hybrid cloud and embedding zero-trust security as the immune system of the organization.

SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Conversion — company-wide transformation program
Hybrid cloud migration — central systems moved to the cloud
System landscape consolidated across multiple countries & entities
SAP S/4HANAHybrid CloudZero Trust & IAMServiceNow
Hansgrohe · BSH · Borusan Mannesmann
04

International Scaling

IT organizations built in 3 countries, post-merger integrations managed and factories guided into the future with Industry 4.0.

IT organizations in DE, IT & TR built from the ground up
Industry 4.0 — IoT, sensors & supply chain digitalization in factories
Multi-country ERP rollouts & digital business models introduced
Post-Merger IntegrationMulti-Country RolloutsManufacturing & IoTCultural Transformation
BSH · Borusan Mannesmann · 3 Countries

Languages

GermanNative
TurkishNative
EnglishBusiness Fluent
ItalianIntermediate

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Corporations

Global IT Leadership

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Years

IT Leadership

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Stations

in 3 Countries

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Languages

Multilingual

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Employees

Global Team Responsibility

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