Senior Global IT & Business Project Manager - SAP S4 HANA, Ariba, eProcurement Processes and Contract management

1/2022 – 6/2023

Global Procurement leader - Procurement & Finance transformation, Deutsche Bank. Feb 2022 – June 2023

• Global Project manager heading the procurement product management on a Global S/4 HANA transformation journey
• Managed cross-functional senior Stakeholders, established processes for improving efficiency among teams globally in Germany, UK, Romania, India, Japan, Singapore and Philippines
• Effectively lead teams of internal DB, Post bank and external Solution providers
• Lead the integration of Post Bank processes, systems and operations into Deutsche bank
• Rolled out the S/4 solution to Japan, South East Asia ensuring compliance with the Global template – minimizing deviations / customizations and optimizing local processes

Programm-Management

9/2020 – 6/2021

Ariba SCC Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) Sept’ 2020 – Present

• Global IT PM for SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration (Direct material Purchasing) project implementation for production plants of wind turbines
• Key PM role between IT, Business, SAP and implementation teams from different vendors
• Owned the Business case, obtained internal budget approval of € 2 million and start-ed the project from ground-up by onboarding internal product owners and teams
• Established the SOWs, On-boarded the vendors and steered the project despite challeng-es
• Reported periodically to the SteerCo, mitigated the Risks, issues and technical challenges with the Product defects on SAP Ariba SCC module
• Onboarded and managed stakeholders from 3 different business units and ensured pro-cess, product harmonization to replace a legacy Siemens SupplyOn system
• Represented the project at various internal authority boards to ensure project progress
• Ensured successful design sessions, UAT, end-user trainings and handover of the project for Phase I adhering to internal IT methodology and standards
• Successfully rolled out the Phase I Ariba SCC in Denmark and Germany (multiple plants)

Projektmanagement (IT)

9/2017 – 3/2019

Global Ariba Implementation Project at Adecco Group Sept’ 2017 – Mar’ 2019

Global Business Lead for Ariba implementation – Successfully piloted and rolled out in Adecco HQ, Zürich in July’ 18, Milan in January’ 2019 Düssldorf and Madrid in Feb, 2019
Further rollouts planned in 2019 within Germany, Spain and France
Kicked off the project with Key stake holders at CxO level and managed stake holders during the course of the complex project following different local processes in each country
Lead design sessions with cross-functional Finance and Procurement operational and management teams’ in 4 countries and arrived at a Harmonised Global Design to be implemented across all geographies
Established global governance and change control board structures
Ensured technical solution fits the design and Adecco’s requirements – Key bridging role between IT, Business and software implementation teams from different vendors
The scope includes the entire S2C and P2P modules including Guided buying and the Ariba invoice module with interfacing to Peoplesoft ERP systems
Guided the different streams – Change management, Supplier enablement, Integration in order to avoid the typical Ariba implementation mistakes
Mitigated project risks at Program management level and spearheaded implementation overcoming the implementation issues
Lead training sessions to enable easy adoption of Ariba in all the 4 pilot countries
Advised on the setup of the support structures and coached the support staff team members
Laid out the rollout roadmap for other countries.

Projektmanagement (IT), Business Analysis