Melanie G.-Senior IT Project Manager & Cutover Lead (Freelance)
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Senior IT Project Manager & Cutover Lead (Freelance)
Omikron GmbH
- Responsible for cutover planning and go-live management of several parallel IT releases in the e-commerce environment
- Creation and maintenance of cutover plans, runbooks and rollback scenarios as well as audit-proof documentation of all cutover activities
- Definition and management of Go/No-Go decisions, escalation paths and resource availability during the cutover window
- Coordination of technical and business workstreams, management of external service providers and ensuring data consistency
- Management and evaluation of dress rehearsals, structured handover to the hypercare phase
- Cutover reporting and communication before, during and after go-live at decision-maker and C-level level
- Result: All releases completed as planned, cutover structures sustainably established and handed over
Interim IT Project Manager SAP Migration & Format Change (Freelance)
AOV IT.Services GmbH
- Interim IT project management for SAP migrations and format changes in the energy supplier environment
- Coordination of connected energy suppliers as cross-functional project manager for the format change
- Management and controlling of external service providers
- Introduction of Jira with Confluence, including independent workshop facilitation
- Preparation of risk analyses and management of quality gates
- Stakeholder management and preparation of management meetings
- Execution of test management with customers, including test documentation
- Result: Project completed on time and within budget — format change and SAP migration successfully completed
Senior IT Project Manager SAP S/4HANA Migration (Freelance)
HABA Family Group
- Overall responsibility for IT project management of the SAP migration to SAP S/4HANA
- Coordination of approx. 27 sub-project managers across all workstreams
- Management and controlling of external service providers
- Introduction of Jira with Big Picture, including training for the sub-project managers
- Preparation of risk analyses and cutover planning
- Stakeholder management and preparation of steering committee meetings
- Result: Project ended early due to company restructuring — sub-areas successfully migrated to SAP S/4HANA and handed over
Senior IT Project Manager / Product Owner (Freelance)
SPAR ICS
- Relaunch of digital platforms (webshops) for Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia and Austria
- International stakeholder management, scheduling, budget planning and resource management
- Introduction of agile methods (Scrum, Jira/Kanban) in international teams
- Cutover responsibility for the international rollout: connection of SAP F&R interfaces, data migration, definition of automated test workflows and QA/QS coordination
- Result: Rollout completed in all four countries on time and within budget — go-live without production downtime in each country instance
Senior IT Project Manager / Consultant (Freelance)
Consors Finanz (formerly Dresdner Cetelem)
- Development and introduction of the business-critical application "Ratanet" (loan calculator)
- Migration of custom developments to the Salesforce standard platform
- Establishment of an internal product team, test automation and documentation
- International stakeholder management (DE/FR/EN), data protection coordination
- Result: Project goal achieved on time and within budget, stable production platform handed over
Senior IT Project Manager SAP Migration (Interim / Parental Leave Cover)
RBB – Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg
- Overall responsibility for planning, managing and carrying out the SAP migration (production-critical), including cutover strategy, runbook and governance
- Creation and maintenance of the audit-proof cutover manual, definition of downtime windows, rollback scenarios and go/no-go criteria
- Planning and management of trial cutovers (dress rehearsals), deriving and implementing optimization measures, including data consistency checks
- Coordination of technical and functional workstreams (SAP FI, CO, MM, PM), interface management and resource planning for the cutover
- Result: Go-live without production downtime — hypercare phase completed successfully and audit-proof documentation handed over
IT Project Manager / Consultant (Freelance)
Roche Deutschland Holding GmbH
- Design and implementation of a cloud-based intranet solution (consulting + implementation)
- Cross-departmental requirements analysis, user role definition and onboarding processes
- Weekly CEO reporting, international stakeholder management (CH/DE)
- Training materials and delivery of end-user training
- Result: Implementation delivered in time and budget, with successful handover to operations
IT Project Manager / Team Lead / Data Protection Officer
Engel & Zimmermann AG
- Long-term management of IT and digital projects for existing clients in corporate environments
- Salesforce implementation, including cross-departmental workflow definition and training
- Budget planning and controlling, resource planning and software evaluation
- Served as Data Protection Officer (DSB) for the Software division
- Result: Consistently positive project results and stable client relationships over 7 years
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Experienced in Professional Services, Information Technology, Retail, Manufacturing, Banking and Finance, and Pharmaceutical.
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Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Legal, and Quality Assurance.
Summary
Senior SAP Cutover Manager and IT Project Manager with over 25 years of experience in planning, managing and carrying out complex SAP cutovers in large-scale programs with highly complex system landscapes and interfaces. In-depth SAP knowledge in FI, CO, PS, MM, PM as well as SAP Ariba, MDG, BRIM and BTP. Proven success in developing audit-proof cutover manuals, managing dress rehearsals and full rehearsals, organizing Go/No-Go and rollback decisions, and ensuring a structured handover to the hypercare phase. Experienced in coordinating with business departments, technical workstreams and C-level stakeholders — always with one goal: go-live without production downtime.
Skills
- Sap Cutover Management (S/4hana, Ecc)
- Sap Fi, Co, Ps, Mm, Pm | Ariba, Mdg, Brim, Btp
- Cutover Manual & Audit-Proof Documentation
- Go/No-Go & Rollback Decisions
- Dress Rehearsals & Full Rehearsals
- Downtime Minimization & Data Consistency
- Hypercare Management & Structured Handover
- Stakeholder & Escalation Management
- Resource Management & Cutover Reporting
- Interface Architecture & Data Migration
Project Methods
- Scrum
- Kanban
- Safe
- Prince2
- Traditional & Hybrid Project Management
Tools
- Sap S/4hana, Ecc
- Sap Fi, Co, Ps, Mm, Pm
- Sap Ariba, Mdg, Brim, Btp
- Jira
- Confluence
- Ms Project
- Big Gantt
- Ms 365
Platforms
- Sap S/4hana & Ecc
- Sap Ariba, Mdg, Brim, Btp
- Interface Architectures & Data Migration
- Aws
- Ms 365
Languages
Education
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Diplom-Informatikerin · Computer Science · Munich, Germany
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Melanie is based in Pliening, Germany.
Melanie speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Intermediate), French (Elementary).
Melanie has at least 17 years of experience. During this time, Melanie has worked in at least 8 different roles and for 8 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 2 months. Note that Melanie may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Melanie would be well-suited for roles such as: Senior IT Project Manager & Cutover Lead (Freelance), Interim IT Project Manager SAP Migration & Format Change (Freelance), Senior IT Project Manager SAP S/4HANA Migration (Freelance).
Melanie's most recent position is Senior IT Project Manager & Cutover Lead (Freelance) at Omikron GmbH.
In recent years, Melanie has worked for Omikron GmbH, AOV IT.Services GmbH, and HABA Family Group.
Melanie is most experienced in industries like Professional Services, Information Technology, and Retail. Melanie also has some experience in Manufacturing, Banking and Finance, and Pharmaceutical.
Melanie is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Legal. Melanie also has some experience in Quality Assurance.
Melanie has recently worked in industries like Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Retail.
Melanie has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Quality Assurance.
Melanie holds a Master in Computer Science from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
Melanie has 4 certificates. Among them, these include: AEVO (IHK-Ausbildereignung), ITIL 4, and PRINCE2.
Melanie will be available full-time from January 2027.
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