SAP Senior Consultant Projekt- und Portfoliomanagement

1/2001 – 7/2013

2013/ongoing
Portfolio Manager
Design and implementation of an easy-to-handle and SAP integrated web solution for the management of project portfolios

Processes and functions:
• Management Cockpit with bar charts regarding the projects status (in line/critical/escalated) and the budget availability (vs. plan, commitments and actuals)
• Highly flexible structures with an n:m-relation between projects and buckets resp. portfolios, main and sub-projects
• Financial and Capacity Planning
• Milestone Planning
• Creation of IM positions to allocate budget in and collect commitments and actuals from different ERP systems


2012/2013
Project and Portfolio Management, Task Management
Design and implementation of SAP PPM based functionalities for the management of IT-related tasks including monitoring budget vs. costs

Processes and functions:
• Comprehensive task planning including accounting information and release process
• Creation of IM positions to allocate budget and WBS elements as accounting objects in the ERP system
• Transfer of commitments and actuals
• Check of budget availability
• Generation of information for revenue allocation

Quantity structure:
• > 4.000 tasks per year
• > 8.000 purchase orders per year


2007/2012
Project and Portfolio Management IT
Design and implementation of a SAP PPM/RPM based corporate solution for the strategic and operational project and portfolio management of IT projects incl. connection to the SAP ERP system (IM/PS)

Processes and functions:
• Multi-level roadmap planning
• Multi-dimensional financial, capacity and timeline planning including history to compare original plan vs. actual values
• Fixing and analysis of hierarchically structured KPIs
• Scenario planning, what-if-analysis
• Validation, prioritization und approval
• Program management
• Linking and structuring of business and system projects
• Execution (Stage/Gate) incl. resource management
• Order management
• Release management
• Monitoring target/budget vs. commitments/actuals
• Rolling forecasts
• Cost allocation
• Board management (agenda and decision-making documents)
• Document management
• Extensive role and authorization concept
• Ad-hoc reports, dashboards, connection to business warehouse
• Interface to Microsoft Excel

Quantity structure:
• > 1.000 projects per year
• > 100 mill. EUR budget volume per year
• > 1.000 users


2008/2012
Project and Portfolio Management Marketing
Design and implementation of a SAP RPM based corporate solution for the strategic and operational project and portfolio management of marketing projects including connection to the SAP ERP and SRM system (PS/MM, Enterprise Buyer/AVA@SAP)

Processes and functions:
• Roadmap planning
• Multi-level and quarterly financial planning including visual signals for overspenditures
• Department-related release
• Integration of purchasing (single sign on)
• Monitoring target/budget vs. commitments/actuals
• Drilldown on item level
• Quarterly forecasts
• Versions
• Document management
• Extensive role and authorization concept
• Ad-hoc reports, dashboards

Quantity structure:
• 1.200 buckets
• 4.000 projects / 12.000 sub-projects per year
• 24.000 purchase orders per year
• > 100 mill. EUR budget volume per year
• 500 users


2005/2007
Operation and Maintenance Power Plants
Design and implementation of a SAP PS based web solution (JAVA) for the operation and maintenance of several large power plants including connection to controlling and material management (purchasing and logistics)

Processes and functions:
• Fixing the asset architecture by project structures
• Fixing malfunction indications and maintenance orders by network activities
• Status-based workflow (working lists)
• Ordering external and internal work
• Ordering material (on stock/purchasing)
• Confirmation of internal work via CATS
• Confirmation of external work / goods receipt
• Special types of accounting and settlement
• Extensive role and authorization concept
• Dynamic reporting

Quantity structure:
• 5 power plants
• 15.000 indications/orders per year
• 5.000 purchase orders per year
• 250 users


2001/2004
Network Lifecycle Management
Design and implementation of a SAP IM/PS based solution for planning, building and running a national telecommunication network including connection to controlling, asset accounting and material management (purchasing and logistics)

Processes and functions:
• Budget planning, aggregation and distribution using IM positions (different budget types)
• Fixing of infrastructure measures by WBS elements and network activities
• Status-based workflow (working lists)
• Ordering external and internal work
• Ordering material (on stock/purchasing)
• Confirmation of internal work via CATS
• Confirmation of external work / goods receipt
• Monitoring budget vs. commitments/actuals
• Special types of accounting and settlement
• Extensive role and authorization concept
• Dynamic reporting

Quantity structure:
• > 100.000 measures per year
• > 1 bn. EUR budget volume per year
• > 1.000 users