Björn S.-Interim IT Director

Carve-out of a globally used S/4HANA system for a US water management corporation. Separation of all parent company data, establishment of independent operating capability and relocation to a new data center with adapted interfaces and authorizations.

Industry: Water, Wastewater & Waste Management

Responsibilities:

• Overall leadership and management responsibility for architecture, technical delivery, operational transition and IT infrastructure service governance (servers, M365 /SAP Grantor /SAP-BTP solution.
• Leadership of a 45-person team with responsibility for scope, timelines, quality and resources.
• Coordination of IT, business departments, management and external service providers.
• Definition of technological guidelines for development, test management, integrations, release and transport procedures.
• Introduction of SAP Cloud ALM & Tosca KI for test and defect management, establishment of CI/CD and quality gates, and management of cutover, try-runs, go-live and hypercare.
• Framework definition for ITSM integration, provider management and orderly handover to operations and AMS.

Highlights:

• Stabilization of the transformation through clear governance, operating model and Run/AMS structures.
• Ensuring operational readiness through cutover/try-run management, operational documentation, runbooks, support concept, ITSM-related incident, change, release and support processes, as well as a structured transition to regular operations.

Responsibilities:

• Overall management of the S/4HANA carve-out and data center relocation from Sweden to Ludwigshafen as IT and SAP Program and Project Manager.
• Responsibility for scope, budget, schedule, quality and risk management.
• Coordination of IT, business departments, several service providers and the operations organization.
• Ensuring stable IT operations in parallel with migration, cutover and go-live.
• Establishment of a test strategy in SAP Cloud ALM, management of system, integration and regression tests, and handover to AMS and operations.

Highlights:

• Carve-out and infrastructure transition without any significant operational interruption within the defined maintenance window.
• Clean data and authorization separation using a copy-and-delete approach.
• Complete AMS/operations documentation, including test, risk and cutover overviews.

Selective carve-out of a production company from ECC to SAP RISE S/4HANA Private Cloud using a mix-and-match SDT approach. Combination of greenfield best-practice design and selective data migration, supplemented by BTP, SAC and test automation.

Industry: Mechanical Engineering

Responsibilities:

• End-to-end program management as SAP Program and Project Manager.
• Definition of the target architecture on RISE, selection and management of implementation partners.
• Moderation of fit-to-standard/fit-gap workshops and development of a globally reusable template.
• Design of the SDT strategy and coordination of the migration objects.
• Introduction of SAP Cloud ALM and Tricentis for test management and regression testing.
• Planning of cutover, dry runs and hypercare.
• Ongoing risk and stakeholder management up to the Steering Committee.

Highlights:

• Created a future-ready RISE platform with a clear template.
• Established test automation as a standard.
• Developed a blueprint for further rollouts across the corporate group.

Migration of a non-SAP landscape to S/4HANA AWS Public Cloud. Focus on procurement, sales, master data and BOP/ATP functionalities for a growing pharmaceutical company.

Industry: Pharma

Responsibilities:

• Management of the implementation of the public cloud solution.
• Selection and fine-tuning of best-practice processes, moderation of fit-to-standard workshops.
• Design of the selective master data migration and BP/CVI structure.
• Coordination of configuration, testing and go-live planning.
• Establishment of the operating organization, including roles and authorization concept.

Highlights:

• Successful transition from a heterogeneous non-SAP landscape to a standards-based S/4 Public Cloud.
• Simplified system landscape and faster introduction of new processes and products.

Conversion of an ECC system to S/4HANA 2022 RISE Private Cloud for a global pharmaceutical company. Integrated solution with HCM, GTS, Central Finance and Salesforce integration, rolled out in over 27 countries.

Industry: Pharma

Responsibilities:

• Program and project management across multiple country waves.
• Coordination of the technical conversion and functional harmonization of Finance, logistics and compliance processes.
• Coordination with local companies, SAP and hyperscalers.
• Management of integration, UAT and regression testing.
• Responsibility for cutover planning, go-live approvals and hypercare organization.
• Establishment of a global template and governance structures for future rollouts.

Highlights:

• Successful S/4 conversion in a regulated pharmaceutical environment.
• Unified global template with clear governance.
• Significantly improved transparency in Finance and reporting.

Brownfield conversion of an ECC system to S/4HANA for a financial institution. Integration of RE-FX/IFRS 16, FSCM and development of a BP/CVI structure, complemented by a mobile app via REST API.

Industry: Banking

Responsibilities:

• Overall project management.
• Planning and management of the technical conversion and functional adjustments.
• Introduction of new RE-FX and IFRS-16 processes, expansion of FSCM functionalities.
• Development of the business partner structure.
• Coordination of development, test teams and business departments.
• Execution of Readiness Check 2.0, planning of cutover and hypercare.
• Ensuring regulatory requirements and management reporting.

Highlights:

• Stable go-live in a regulated environment.
• Improved mapping of leasing and lending processes.
• Successful integration of a mobile customer app through standardized REST interfaces.

Greenfield implementation of S/4HANA on Azure Private Cloud for a global automotive supplier. Global rollout in 38 countries with Fiori and ML scenarios and harmonized logistics and finance processes.

Industry: Automotive

Responsibilities:

• Program management as SAP program and project manager.
• Definition of a global template, coordination with plants, country organizations and OEM interfaces.
• Coordination of process harmonization, customizing and data migration (Migration Cockpit).
• Establishment of a global testing organization and management of integration and end-to-end tests.
• Planning of rollout waves, cutover and hypercare concepts.
• Regular reporting to management and steering committees.

Highlights:

• Establishment of a reusable global template.
• Successful integration of Fiori and ML scenarios.
• Significantly improved transparency in supply chain and finance.

Brownfield conversion of an ECC system to S/4HANA 1809 with the implementation of RE-FX, HCM and BP/CVI, as well as mobile solutions via web services/REST for a client in real estate and the public sector.

Industry: Real Estate, Property and Housing

Responsibilities:

• Project management of the conversion.
• Definition of target processes in real estate and human resources.
• Establishment of a consistent BP structure and adjustment of the authorization concept.
• Coordination of the technical conversion, customizing, testing and cutover.
• Management of the development and integration of mobile applications via web services/REST.
• Handover to stable operations.

Highlights:

• Fast transition to S/4HANA with an expanded range of functions.
• Successful implementation of mobile services for field service and property management.
• Clean BP structure as a foundation for further digitalization.