Khaliu, IT Portfolio Manager

In this edition of the Women @ IT&D series, we lift the curtains for Khaliu. Khaliu is an IT Portfolio Manager in the Global Cross Functional IT & Business department at the Head Office in Essen. She is a perfect example of what women can achieve when they are willing to embrace new challenges.

Khaliu has been part of the DB Schenker family for over 3 years. As an IT Project portfolio manager, her duties range from supporting business with IT-investment approvals to tracking Finance, P&O and Sales IT-change budgets and project status. She is responsible for reporting overall project portfolios to management as well as for providing transparency on project costs to portfolio boards. Her team is closely working on more than 35 projects.

What is your professional background and what has your career journey been like?
I came from Mongolia to Germany to get an education almost twenty years ago. My career started as a SAP consultant in a major IT consultancy firm, where I gained wide ranging experiences worldwide. On the next exciting stops, I worked as a project and portfolio manager for biotechnology and retail companies. Then, three years ago, I joined DB Schenker as an IT project portfolio manager.

What was your biggest professional challenge and how did you overcome it?
I think the most challenging part was starting my journey abroad. After I graduated from high school, I came to Germany alone. In the end, it was worth it and today I am grateful to work in a great environment and company.

What aspect of your current job has surprised you the most or been the most unexpected?
The size of the IT and how various it is.

Why would you encourage women to take on a career in IT&D in logistics
I would highly recommend DB Schenker and find the processes quite interesting.

Thank you, Khaliu for being such an inspiration to all of us. It was a pleasure meeting you. 

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