Neil Reidy-Senior SAP Programme & Consulting Lead / SAP Solution Architect
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Lead Consultant
S/4 Hana, BTP, EAM, BNAC, EWM, PLM, Product Compliance, AI — Lead Consultant (Automotive)
- Lead a team of six consultants delivering cleansing and migration of materials from legacy systems to S/4 Hana, with EWM and PLM configuration for dangerous goods, as part of a global rollout with regulatory requirements.
- Act as primary liaison to senior management and stakeholders on issues, proposals and project plan impact.
- Deliver BTP extensions and integration flows (SAP Cloud Connector, SAP Integration Suite) supporting data cleansing and transformation ahead of S/4 Hana migration.
- Deliver EAM and BNAC functionality to support the manufacturing and servicing areas
- Configure EWM for dangerous goods and implement custom warehouse routines integrated with MES; verify compliance enforcement via SAP Product Compliance for safe handling, storage and transport of hazardous materials.
- Introduce AI-assisted validation of business processes and assess the impact and benefits of AI in warehouse and logistics operations.
- Conducted business requirements gathering workshops
- Drove alignment with key business users and stakeholders
- Organized and drove training in areas of asset maintenance using SAP EAM and SAP BNAC.
Team Lead
Sandvik AB
S/4 Hana, MDG, EAM, VIM, SAP BNAC, Ariba — Team Lead (Heavy Machinery Manufacturing)
- Led migration of customer and material master data to S/4 Hana, including cloud-based integration to downstream systems.
- Validated integration and process flows across SD, PLM and PP modules.
- Diagnosed and resolved integration issues between S/4 Hana and SAP Business Network (Ariba).
- Proposed and presented a federated master data architecture combining SAP MDG and EAM with SAP Business Network Asset Collaboration.
Lead Consultant
Retail Solutions Inc.
SAP MDG-F & IS-Retail Order to Cash — Lead Consultant (Clothing)
- Reviewed and completed functional and technical specifications for IS-Retail Master, Article Master, Site Master and Order to Cash processes.
- Delivered custom Fiori enhancements using CDS views and VDM.
Lead Consultant
DHL
S/4 Hana, SAP MDG — Lead Consultant (Logistics)
- Authored specifications for SEPA functionality across Europe-wide Business Partners mastered in SAP MDG, enabling bank-specific data updates in S/4 Hana to synchronise back to MDG and SAP Business Network (Ariba).
- Improved data maintenance efficiency by shifting bank master data authoring to the operative ERP (S/4 Hana) system instead of MDG.
- Delivered bank-specific data migration, integration testing and go-live support.
Lead Consultant
PG&E
SAP IS-Utilities, FSM, BTP — Lead Consultant (Gas & Electricity)
- Brought in to complete outstanding configuration tasks putting project deadlines at risk.
- Configured SAP IS-Utilities on S/4 Hana to complete solution build and contract accounting.
- Delivered custom BTP functionality for Field Service Management (technician-task assignment), Device Management (meter validation rules, installation and calibration workflows), and FI-CA custom dunning for specific customer segments.
- Used BTP with SAP Integration Suite to implement legacy integration processes.
Subject Matter Expert
GM
S/4 Hana, aATP — Subject Matter Expert (Automotive)
- Provided temporary specialist support reviewing aATP configuration and FI(AP/AR)/CO configuration for invoice verification.
- Completed back-order processing (BOP) configuration for material availability checks.
Senior Consultant
Mercedes Benz
S/4 Hana, ADM, RISE — Senior Consultant (Automotive)
- Prepared global templates for S/4 Hana data migration.
- Reviewed and completed business partner configuration in S/4 Hana.
Lead Consultant
PepsiCo
S/4 Hana MDG, EAM, AIW, BNAC(AIN), MM, BTP, VIM — Lead Consultant (Food & Beverage)
- Led a team of 12 consultants; ran stakeholder workshops to agree business requirements and present solution proposals.
- Used BTP to deliver process optimisation across asset management and S/4 Hana–MDG–EAM integration.
- Prepared data migration templates for ADM and led process/data migration to S/4 Hana under RISE.
- Directed functional, stress and user acceptance testing.
Functional/Technical Consultant
SBB (Swiss Railways)
MDG, EAM/AIW, PM — Functional/Technical Consultant (Logistics)
- Ran a proof of concept demonstrating S/4 Hana MDG with SAP PM and Utopia EAM/AIW/LAM with BNAC(AIN) as a candidate solution.
Lead Consultant
The Netherlands Ministry of Defence
S/4 Hana, MDG (Business Partner, Materials), EAM/AIW, GIS, LAM, RSH, SAP Business Network (Ariba), BNA(AIN) — Lead Consultant (Defence & Security)
- Led a team of nine consultants delivering an equipment maintenance programme (DFPS/D&S) on S/4 Hana with MDG, AIW/EAM, BNAC(AIN), uXLoader and Datasphere.
- Directed data cleansing and migration to S/4 Hana and evaluated the suitability of SAP RISE.
- Proposed non-standard functionality and ran stakeholder workshops to align and secure agreement.
- Configured Utopia EAM & AIW, BRF+ workflows and ABAP/CDS views; delivered master data integration and replication via SAP Datasphere.
- Delivered SAP Business Network (Ariba)–MDG supplier integration with VIM.
Stream Lead
Volkswagen AG
S/4 Hana MDG (Business Partners, Materials), PM — Stream Lead (Automotive)
- Led a team of three consultants implementing a global S/4 Hana MDG template for Business Partners and Materials.
- Ran workshops to align stakeholders on business requirements and MDG functionality.
- Defined data governance frameworks for master data validation structures and PP/DS.
Lead Consultant
SPAR
S/4 Hana, IS-Retail, EWM, MDG, SAP Business Network (Ariba) — Lead Consultant (Supermarket)
- Led a team of four consultants on a pan-European rollout; authored the functional architecture blueprint for SAP and legacy system integration.
- Guided the client through process mapping to S/4 Hana and MDG, and delivered Customer/Vendor integration and Vendor Invoice Management with netting.
- Delivered SAP Business Network (Ariba)–MDG integration flows and EWM warehouse operations; led integration, performance and user acceptance testing.
Lead Consultant
H&M
S/4 Hana MDG FMS/Retail — Lead Consultant (Clothing)
- Ran workshops and requirements analysis on SAP MDG-F deployment approaches and integration with the MDG FMS Retail Solution.
Bayer
S/4 Hana MDG (Materials) — Temporary assignment to complete outstanding deliverables (Chemicals)
- Defined functional and technical architecture for SAP MDG integration with non-SAP systems and data migration templates for S/4 Hana.
Husqvarna
S/4 Hana, ILM, Information Steward, SAP Data Services (Garden Machinery)
- Delivered a GDPR compliance proof of concept and architecture for SAP and legacy systems, using ILM with GUI Logging/Masking, RAL, TDMS and DART.
Lead Consultant
Akzo Nobel
MDG (Customers, Vendors), ILM, BW, BI, DSP, EWM — Lead Consultant (Chemicals)
- Configured SAP EWM-MES for dangerous goods and controlled substances.
- Led ETL loading of legacy data to SAP BW/CS and configured BI reporting.
Technical Auditor
Infineon
S/4 Hana MDG, ILM — Technical Auditor (Semiconductors)
- Conducted an architecture review and health check of SAP MDG/ILM to verify GDPR compliance.
Lead Consultant
Boehringer Ingelheim
S/4 Hana MDG (Business Partners, Materials), PP — Lead Consultant (Pharmaceuticals)
- Led an international team of six on a global rollout delivering a unified data management solution on S/4 Hana MDG.
- Authored architecture proposals accounting for local legal requirements and led template definition and agreement.
- Advised on GxP best practice for hazardous materials management and led GxP, integration and UAT testing through go-live.
- Verify regulatory compliance with Computer System Validation (CSV).
Lead Consultant
DHL
IBM InfoSphere Information Server, MDM — Lead Consultant (Logistics)
- Installed, configured and delivered hands-on functional/technical training on IBM InfoSphere MDM.
Lead Consultant
Akzo Nobel
SAP MDG S/4 Hana, ILM — Lead Consultant (Chemicals)
- Delivered user training on SAP ILM with S/4 Hana MDG to ensure GDPR compliance.
Lead Consultant
GSK
SAP MDG (Business Partner, Materials), EWM — Lead Consultant (Pharmaceuticals)
- Configured EWM and SD for GxP compliance, including recipe and change management and document-to-recipe assignment via DMS.
- Completed Computer System Validation (CSV) to ensure regulatory compliance.
Lead Consultant
Bank of Scotland
Informatica ILM — Lead Consultant (Banking)
- Gathered requirements and implemented an archiving solution based on Informatica ILM.
Lead Consultant
Zurich Insurance
SAP ECC6 to S/4 Hana — Lead Consultant (Insurance)
- Led migration from SAP ECC6 to S/4 Hana, including data cleansing, enrichment and migration with BackOffice Associates DSP.
Lead Consultant
Akzo Nobel
SAP R/3, ECC6, S/4 Hana — Lead Consultant (Chemicals)
- Led data migration from R/3 to ECC6 and S/4 Hana (BW & BI) for customers, vendors and financial/cost-centre data, with cleansing and enrichment via BackOffice Associates DSP.
Lead Consultant
Menarini
IBM InfoSphere MDM — Lead Consultant (Pharmaceuticals)
- Authored and presented architecture proposals; led a template rollout of an IBM InfoSphere MDM master data solution with SAP Production Planning, incorporating GxP controls for new European manufacturing plants and MRP.
- Completed Computer System Validation (CSV) to ensure regulatory compliance.
SAP Consultant
Freelance
Independent lead consultant engaged on complex, high-visibility SAP programmes across Automotive, Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals, Retail, Logistics, Utilities, Banking and Defence.
Lead Consultant
Bank of America
IBM InfoSphere MDM — Lead Consultant (Banking)
- Architected and implemented an IBM InfoSphere MDM solution for oversight of trader activity in the bonds market.
Implementation Manager
IBM
Various multinational industries and time zones
- Led teams of various sizes in different geographic locations.
- Responsible for providing solutions to challenging issues and complex implementations as well as data migration and process optimization.
- Delivered functional and technical specifications and owned solution build across multiple international projects.
- Authored functional/technical architecture blueprints and aligned stakeholders on data governance structures for data quality monitoring.
- Built custom extensions with ABAP OO and CDS views; used Engineering Control Centre (ECTR) for engineering data.
- Delivered master data solutions with IBM InfoSphere (MDM, Optim, DataStage, QualityStage).
- Worked across SAP IS-Oil & Gas (Production & Revenue Accounting), IS-Utilities (IM4G, WiM Device Management, Metering, Billing, Messaging), IS-Fashion & Retail, FI(AP/AR)/CO/PA, FI-CA, RM-CA, AM, TR, SD, MDM, EWM/MES, PP, PM, PLM, RFM, PP/DS, DFPS/D&S, Utopia EAM/AIW and VIM.
- Led transformation and upgrade from SAP R/3 and ECC6 to S/4 Hana, including process optimisation and mapping.
- Delivered data cleansing and migration from SAP and non-SAP legacy systems to S/4 Hana using Winshuttle, Avanti, LSMW, Syniti ADMM and Migration Cockpit.
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Experienced in Retail, Utilities, Automotive, Transportation, Aerospace and Defense, and Chemical.
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Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Operations, Quality Assurance, Supply Chain Management, and Logistics.
Summary
Senior SAP Consultant and Solution Architect with over 20 years' experience designing, delivering and optimising complex SAP landscapes for global organisations. Deep functional and technical expertise across SAP MDG, FI-CA, IM4G, FICO, MM, EAM, BNAC, EWM and S/4 Hana transformation, spanning Pharmaceuticals, Automotive, Manufacturing, Chemicals, Fashion & Retail, and Defence. Track record of leading end-to-end implementations and global rollouts — including teams of up to 12 consultants — across Europe and the United States, translating business objectives into scalable SAP solutions and managing cross-functional teams, vendors and senior stakeholders through to go-live.
Skills
Leadership & Delivery: Programme & Project Leadership, Team Leadership (Up To 12 Consultants), Agile/Activate, Jira, Confluence, Functional & Technical Architecture And Blueprinting, Vendor And Senior Stakeholder Management, Multinational/Multilingual Delivery Across On-Shore And Off-Shore Teams
Data Governance & Migration: Data Governance Framework Design, Master Data Quality Monitoring And Remediation, Data Profiling, Cleansing, Harmonisation, Enrichment, De-Duplication And Consolidation, Data & Process Modelling, Decommissioning Of Sap R/3 And Ecc6 Systems.
S/4 Hana Transformation: Sap R/3 And Ecc6 Upgrade/Transformation To S/4 Hana, Public/Private Cloud Transitions, Rise With Sap, Btp Extensions & Integration, S/4 Hana Migration Cockpit
Sap Modules: S/4 Hana, Ecc6, Mdg, Mdg Cloud, Mdg-F, Mdm, Fi(Ap/Ar)/Co/Pa, Fi-Ca, Eam, Bnac (Ain), Ewm, Mm, Sd, Pm, Pp, Pp/Ds, Plm, Tr, Aa, Is-Retail, Is-Utilities, Is-Oil & Gas, Dfps/D&S, Successfactors (Ecp, Ec, Cs)
Technical & Integration: Abap Oo, Brf+, Fiori, Fpm, Uibb, Cds Views, Odata Services, Web Services, Soa, Edi/Ale, Idocs, Sap Integration Suite, Sap Cloud Connector, Sap Business Network (Ariba), Bw/Bi, Sap Datasphere, Ilm, Dart, Ral, Tdms, Vim (Opentext)
Data Tools & Platforms: Ibm Infosphere (Mdm, Datastage, Qualitystage, Optim), Informatica, Syniti Admm, Backoffice Associates Dsp/Dms, Winshuttle, Uxloader, Sap Information Steward, Sap Data Services, Snowflake
Process Coverage: Order To Cash (O2c), Supply Chain Management (Scm), Source To Pay (S2p), Purchase To Pay (P2p), Record To Report (R2r), Sepa Payments, Gxp And Gdpr Compliance, Computer System Validation (Csv) For Pharma Industry.
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Education
Degree in Computer Science · Computer Science
Diploma · Accounting & Finance
Certifications & licenses
Agile Project Management
GDPR (DSGVO) Data Protection Officer Certified
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