Norbert von Poblotzki
Schmersal Group
Head of IT
Norbert von Poblotzki Born 1965 in Germany Head of Schmersal Group IT In this role since May 2010
Previous experience in similar positions at: • A Swedish manufacturer (publ.) in the packaging industry with factories in Europe • A business real estate company • A Bank in Germany Key activities and achievements for the Schmersal Group: • Turning around IT focus from pure technical department to business processes enabling and consulting. • Supporting the group’s growth from 150 Mio Euro turnover to 260 Mio. Euro in 2021. • From de-centralized IT units to a worldwide and central IT organization. • Development of a medium to long term IT-Strategy considering all worldwide locations and preparing for SAP’s next generation ERP-Solution S/4 Hana. • Driving digitalization with several large-scale projects and rollouts. • Founding IT Competence Center as part of the Indian factory of Schmersal in 2014 starting with 2 ABAP developers. • Founding a separate service company Schmersal Global Competence Center with SAP, Application Development, IOT and R&D services in 2021 with 40 FTE (30 IT+10 R&D).