Business Process Management & SAP Consulting

4/2019 – 6/2019

Within this program to consolidate the global ERP system landscape I was performing advisory tasks to utilize industry best practices within the MAKE stream during the process design phase of a global template ERP project to consolidate the heterogeneous ERP landscape. This did not only cover ERP core processes but also functionality of surrounding areas like planning (APS system functionality), batch traceability and setup of regional Contract Manufacturing Organization (CMO) network across the entire supply chain for both small (Chemical) and large (Bio Tech) molecules business

SAP PP-PI

2/2019 – 6/2019

Global template owner protecting the integrity of the template solution towards changes during the deployment to the afffiliate in Hungary.

Sap Mm

9/2018 – 2/2019

Within this project to set up a business unit driven (here Performance Materials) ERP system to decommission the legacy ERP landscape and lay the foundation for future carve-outs I am the business architect for direct and indirect purchasing and thus fulfilling a mainly customer role. My responsibilities include consolidation of business requirements on global and local level, business process design in close cooperation with the key-users and support of other horizontal streams like training, validation and change management.

SAP MM-IM, SAP MM-PUR

4/2018 – 4/2018

Within this short term assignment my role was to guide the business community in production execution area during a master data optimization exercise. Main data objects to be covered included Material, BOM, Routing and Work Center, scope of the project did not only cover the data object contents but also the creation and especially the usage of such.

SAP PP-BD, SAP PP-MP

5/2017 – 8/2018

Within this project my responsibility was being the application owner for a very heterogeneous system landscape as part of a global system harmonization initiative. Focus area was in the area of materials management with special attention to Inventory Management (MM-IM) with all related cross system material postings mainly executed on iDOC basis. In addition I was delivery manager for a template CMO implementation.

SAP MM-IM

1/2017 – 5/2017

Within this project my responsibility was in the area of account determination within materials management. Tasks were mainly in the area of providing senior functional knowledge to the very junior team up to the start of the production cut-over as well as creation of functional specifications for the off-shore development team in India.

Sap Mm

6/2016 – 12/2016

Within this project I was the team lead for the Production Execution stream being responsible for the implementation of PP-PI with integration of two different MES Systems within the Bio Tech business area. This covered the process analysis of the local processes from primary requirements creation of production scheduling to production execution up to final order confirmation including pharma specifics like batch management including usage of master batch records. Additionally I was coordinating the roll in of the local master data management into the group MDM solution. This covered the handling of the big 3 objects Material, Vendor and Customer Master.

SAP MDM, SAP PP-PI

1/2016 – 3/2016

Within this project my responsibility is in the area of designing a generic interface to link different MES systems to a SAP system using business functions LOG_PP_MES_INT* to replace the old Kommunikationskanal technology.

SAP PP, SAP PP-PDC

10/2015 – 10/2015

Within this project I was responsible to support the selection and specification of the future PPS solution with regards to detailed scheduling. This included the selection process of the future tool as well as the generic interface design for Master Data (Resources, Recipes) and in process processing (planned orders, process orders, confirmations for backflushing).

SAP APO-PP/DS, SAP PP-BD

7/2015 – 3/2016

Within the STUART project (System To Unify Accounting, Reporting And Technology) I was the process area lead for the Order to Cash (O2C) Stream. My main responsibility has been a feasibility check of the UK implementation versus the CE (Central Europe) requirements. Gaps are addressed in a subsequent solution design phase.

SAP Sales und Distribution

7/2013 – 7/2015

Within these projects my responsibility was to support the BoB4U implementation in the area of MM and SD as well as leading the implementation of a SuperMarket solution within the EuroOne project. Target of the two projects was to implement a new solution to settle onboard services respectively to implement a new supply chain including a central supermarket to supply airport stations. This covered especially order creation and billing with special attention to taxation issues and the handling of bonded inventory (duty).

Sap Mm, SAP Sales und Distribution

3/2013 – 6/2013

Within this project my responsibility was to design the to-be processes within the manufacturing area with integration of two MES systems (ADICOM by Freudenberg IT plus a home grown solution named PDC). This covered the match of the to be functionality against the already live sites (fit gap analysis plus retrofit against the template) In addition I was assigned responsible for the implementation of batch management functionality which was completely new in the customer environment.

SAP PP, SAP PP-BD, SAP PP-PDC

10/2012 – 2/2013

Within this project my responsibility was the alignment of deployment site functional requirements against functionality available in the template in the area of service management and especially Standard Service Catalogues. This required high integration in Sales and Distribution and Materials Management functionality. In addition I was responsible for the design and test of the interface solution following the GAEB standards and rules.

Sap Mm, SAP Sales und Distribution

8/2012 – 10/2012

Within this project my responsibility was the creation of the business blueprint for the template implementation of Production Planning (PP) within R/3. In general production is following the make-to-stock philosophy but for specialties like “manholes” make-to-order production using variant configuration was the method of choice. This included facilitation of workshops, development of business processes with the involved business departments (on European level) and high level description of integration points / interfaces to surrounding systems like the MES systems in place as well to other SAP modules like SD (e.g. configurable materials) MM (e.g. batch traceability) and WM (e.g. handling units).

SAP PP

2/2011 – 8/2012

Within this project my responsibilities included the creation of the Business Blueprint, GAP Analysis with the deployment sites in Germany and Poland, customizing, data migration support, project management for the Polish subsidiary and management of the cutover activities for all sites in scope. Focus in this project from logistical point of view was in the area of Customer Service (including price determination from quote to invoicing). Especially the later would not work without deep integration into SD module.

Sap Cs, Sap Mm, SAP Sales und Distribution

6/2010 – 8/2010

Within the Global Master Data Management (GMDM) project to harmonize data (Material Master, Intercompany & Global Vendors and Customers) and associated processes for maintenance of those objects I was the IT Project Manager (and thus fulfilling a “customer role” on the project with responsibility for internal as well external staff) responsible for Requirements Gathering and Solution Design Phase. In addition I was responsible for the relevant attributes for the object Material.

Sap Mm

1/2010 – 5/2010

Within the Global Lot Tracing (GLT) project to harmonize processes and data across the entire supply chain (including inter-company processes) to secure a consistent and “smooth” tracking of the whereabouts of batches to secure patient safety and compliance with regulatory requirements, I was the Informatics Project Manager (and thus fulfilling a “customer role” on the project with responsibility for internal as well external staff) responsible for Solution Design and Implementation Phase.

Sap Mm, SAP PP-PI

3/2009 – 11/2009

Within the SAP4xx project to harmonize processes and legacy systems on a global level to one instance, I was the global Data Manager responsible for Data Migration and the definition of processes and procedures related to Global Master Data Management which also covered the definition of Global Standards for the “big three” objects Material, Customer and Vendor. In addition I was the Cutover Manager for the Poland deployment which went live on July 6th.

Sap Mm, SAP PP-PI, SAP Sales und Distribution

2/2009 – 3/2009

Proposal lead for the global manufacturing core project covering deployment to Germany, France, Finland and the USA. Planned project covers the integration of the new manufacturing line including MES integration for the German subsidiary as well.

SAP PP

11/2008 – 2/2009

Proposal support for the deployment project of a global kernel solution to Belgium, UK, France, Spain, USA and Germany.

SAP PP

9/2008 – 11/2008

Within the FOX project to develop harmonized processes on a global level I was the Integration Manager for the Template Build and Verification Phase. Responsibilities covered integration tasks like cross module issue resolution or Change Request Handling plus the initial build of the Quality and production environment.

Sap Mm

5/2008 – 9/2008

Within the European project to deploy the harmonized processes and systems developed during ForWard into 12 further countries into one SAP instance I was responsible for the Phase 1.5 team who focused on deferred “items” from ForWard1. Deferred items included intracompany processes between regular production and Clinical Trials Operations for example. I coordinated a team of eight FTE’s from the vertical streams (SDL, Finance, Technical) fully dedicated to the Phase 1.5 team. I did the entire planning and tracking of those activities and participated in the different release boards to align scoping.

Sap Mm, SAP PP-PI

5/2006 – 4/2008

Within the European project to harmonize processes and legacy systems from 8 countries to one SAP instance I was responsible for the entire data migration team. Responsibilities covered the whole span from the creation of System Specifications via Technical Development Specifications towards the creation of Test Scripts of all three migrations steps. I managed a team of three FTE’s fully dedicated to Data Migration and coordinated resources from the Vertical Streams (SCM, S&D, Finance, HR) partially dedicated to perform Data Migrations activities from the various end-to-end screenings over the respective cut over dress rehearsal towards toe final cut over. I did the entire planning and tracking of the data migration including the triggering of the steps necessary for the final cut over into the new environment.

Sap Mm, SAP R/3

2/2006 – 5/2006

Within the project to implement ABS I was responsible for the definition of the processes within this shared service center.

Sap Mm, SAP Sales und Distribution