Muammer Kizilaslan
Vice President IT & Digital · Hansgrohe SE

IT. Then Drones.

I know the engine room. I know the boardroom.

„Verbindet Fabrik-IT und Board-Strategie: globale S/4HANA-Implementierung und digitale Operational Excellence in 19 Jahren Konzern-IT."

Muammer Kizilaslan
„IT taught me to think in systems — drones show me where those systems actually meet the world.“

— Muammer Kizilaslan, 2026

Das Profil

Anyone who has worked in IT long enough knows: the decisions that matter are not made in the data center — they are made where technology meets operational reality. That conviction drove a deliberate evolution from classical IT infrastructure toward unmanned systems. It was less a break than a logical next step. Drones are not gadgets. They are networked systems with real-time demands, security architecture, and regulatory pressure — domains where IT experience counts directly. Those who command networks, data security, and system integration bring a foundation to these new fields that hardware affinity alone cannot provide.

Stations

Career

01
Today · Vice President IT & Digital

Vice President IT & Digital — Hansgrohe SE

He deliberately anchored the Service Delivery Center close to the business units — stability over cost optimization. The SAP S/4HANA conversion migrates General Ledger, Business Partner, and Controlling with zero downtime. In parallel, he built a company-wide AI strategy, launched with a use case that delivers direct productivity gains.

SAP S/4HANA conversion (GL, Business Partner, Controlling) in live operation — Service Delivery Center strategically aligned to business units — Company-wide AI strategy with productivity-driven use cases

02
2019 · Chief Digital Officer & Board Member

Chief Digital Officer & Board Member — Borusan Mannesmann

As a board member, he overhauled the entire ERP landscape — spanning production, logistics, and finance across a multi-country operation. Alongside this, he developed an Industry 4.0 strategy and initiated an agile transformation of the company culture.

Full ERP overhaul across production, logistics, and finance — Industry 4.0 strategy developed and implemented — Agile organizational transformation initiated

03
2018 · Head of IT Factories Region T-MEA-CIS

Head of IT Factories Region T-MEA-CIS — BSH Home Appliances Group

To solve manual, error-prone inventory processes in large production facilities, he deployed drone-based stock capture — recognized with the IDC Innovation Award 2019. He also introduced predictive maintenance methods based on sensor and machine data, and embedded an Industry 4.0 strategy directly into manufacturing processes.

IDC Innovation Award 2019 for drone-based inventory solution — Predictive maintenance introduced via sensor and machine data — Industry 4.0 strategy integrated into manufacturing processes

04
2011 · Head of Business Intelligence Competency Center

Head of Business Intelligence Competency Center — BSH Home Appliances Group

He built the Competency Center from the ground up — with a focus on attracting the right talent, as confirmed by BSH Vice President Gülay Tekin. In 2013, he led one of the largest SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud transformations of its time: the migration of BSH’s entire BI landscape onto SAP HANA.

Team built from zero — recognized internally as one of the standout achievements (Gülay Tekin, VP BSH) — SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud migration of the entire BSH BI landscape (2013)

05
2006 · Senior Business Intelligence Engineer

Senior Business Intelligence Engineer — BSH Home Appliances Group

He led cross-functional teams, coordinated international rollouts, and laid the foundation for fact-based decision-making across the organization. These years sharpened his conviction that data complexity is conquered through cleaner processes — not additional technology.

Expertise

Core Competencies

SAP & Enterprise Architecture

Two decades of hands-on SAP experience — from the HANA Enterprise Cloud migration in 2013 to the ongoing S/4HANA conversion at Hansgrohe, always in live operation. Process logic shapes architecture, not the other way around.

— SAP HANA Migration 2013— S/4HANA conversion live at Hansgrohe— GL & Controlling merger

Digital Transformation & Industry 4.0

The drone-based inventory solution at BSH was born from an operational problem on the factory floor — not from a technology idea — and was recognized with the IDC Innovation Award in 2019.

— IDC Innovation Award 2019— Predictive Maintenance— Full ERP overhaul

AI Strategy & Data-Driven Leadership

From clean data architecture in BI engineering to a productive AI strategy at Hansgrohe: a consistent trajectory that began with big data and sensor data and today underpins company-wide AI applications.

— AI Strategy Hansgrohe— Big Data & Sensor Data— BI Competency Center

IT Leadership & Organizational Build-Out

160 employees, three countries, one European Service Delivery Center: structures are built to function without direct oversight. The BI Competency Center at BSH — built from scratch — was the first proof of that principle.

— 160+ employees led— Board role at Borusan— Service Delivery Center

External Recognition

Awards & Mandates

Mandate
  • IDC Innovation Award (2019)

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