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Neil Reidy-Senior SAP Programme & Consulting Lead / SAP Solution Architect

Neil Reidy
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Dublin, Ireland

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Experience

Mar 2025 - Present

Lead Consultant

Position Summary
Lead Consultant
Industries
Automotive
Business Areas
Information Technology
Operations
Project Management
Quality Assurance
Supply Chain Management

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.
Jul 2024 - Feb 2025

Team Lead

Sandvik AB

Position Summary
Team Lead at Sandvik AB
Industries
Manufacturing
Business Areas
Information Technology

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.
Feb 2024 - Jul 2024
United States

Lead Consultant

Retail Solutions Inc.

Position Summary
Lead Consultant at Retail Solutions Inc.
Industries
Fashion
Retail
Business Areas
Information Technology
Operations
Product Development

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.
Aug 2023 - Feb 2024

Lead Consultant

DHL

Position Summary
Lead Consultant at DHL
Industries
Information Technology
Transportation
Business Areas
Information Technology
Logistics
Operations
Project Management

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.
Jan 2023 - Aug 2023

Lead Consultant

PG&E

Position Summary
Lead Consultant at PG&E
Industries
Utilities
Business Areas
Information Technology

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.
Jan 2023 - Feb 2023

Subject Matter Expert

GM

Position Summary
Subject Matter Expert at GM
Industries
Automotive
Information Technology
Business Areas
Finance
Information Technology
Supply Chain Management

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.
Jun 2022 - Dec 2022

Senior Consultant

Mercedes Benz

Position Summary
Senior Consultant at Mercedes Benz
Industries
Automotive
Business Areas
Information Technology

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.
Oct 2021 - May 2022

Lead Consultant

PepsiCo

Position Summary
Lead Consultant at PepsiCo
Industries
Food and Beverage
Business Areas
Information Technology
Operations
Project Management
Quality Assurance

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.
Aug 2021 - Sep 2021

Functional/Technical Consultant

SBB (Swiss Railways)

Position Summary
Functional/Technical Consultant at SBB (Swiss Railways)
Industries
Transportation
Business Areas
Information Technology
Operations

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.
Sep 2020 - Jul 2021
Netherlands

Lead Consultant

The Netherlands Ministry of Defence

Position Summary
Lead Consultant at The Netherlands Ministry of Defence
Industries
Aerospace and Defense
Government and Administration
Business Areas
Information Technology
Operations
Project Management

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.
Mar 2020 - Sep 2020

Stream Lead

Volkswagen AG

Position Summary
Stream Lead at Volkswagen AG
Industries
Automotive
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management

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.
Apr 2019 - Feb 2020

Lead Consultant

SPAR

Position Summary
Lead Consultant at SPAR
Industries
Retail
Business Areas
Information Technology
Logistics
Project Management
Supply Chain Management

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.
Feb 2019 - Mar 2019

Lead Consultant

H&M

Position Summary
Lead Consultant at H&M
Industries
Fashion
Retail
Business Areas
Information Technology

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.
Aug 2018 - Nov 2018

Bayer

Position Summary
Industries
Chemical
Business Areas
Information Technology

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.
Jun 2018 - Jul 2018

Husqvarna

Position Summary
Industries
Information Technology
Manufacturing
Business Areas
Information Technology

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.
Dec 2017 - May 2018

Lead Consultant

Akzo Nobel

Position Summary
Lead Consultant at Akzo Nobel
Industries
Chemical
Business Areas
Business Intelligence
Information Technology
Logistics

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.
Oct 2017 - Dec 2017

Technical Auditor

Infineon

Position Summary
Technical Auditor at Infineon
Industries
Manufacturing
Business Areas
Audit
Information Technology

S/4 Hana MDG, ILM — Technical Auditor (Semiconductors)

  • Conducted an architecture review and health check of SAP MDG/ILM to verify GDPR compliance.
Jan 2017 - Aug 2017

Lead Consultant

Boehringer Ingelheim

Position Summary
Lead Consultant at Boehringer Ingelheim
Industries
Pharmaceutical
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
Quality Assurance

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).
Oct 2016 - Dec 2016

Lead Consultant

DHL

Position Summary
Lead Consultant at DHL
Industries
Transportation
Business Areas
Information Technology

IBM InfoSphere Information Server, MDM — Lead Consultant (Logistics)

  • Installed, configured and delivered hands-on functional/technical training on IBM InfoSphere MDM.
Aug 2016 - Sep 2016

Lead Consultant

Akzo Nobel

Position Summary
Lead Consultant at Akzo Nobel
Industries
Chemical
Business Areas
Legal

SAP MDG S/4 Hana, ILM — Lead Consultant (Chemicals)

  • Delivered user training on SAP ILM with S/4 Hana MDG to ensure GDPR compliance.
Dec 2015 - Jul 2016

Lead Consultant

GSK

Position Summary
Lead Consultant at GSK
Industries
Pharmaceutical
Business Areas
Information Technology
Quality Assurance

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.
Aug 2015 - Dec 2015

Lead Consultant

Bank of Scotland

Position Summary
Lead Consultant at Bank of Scotland
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Information Technology

Informatica ILM — Lead Consultant (Banking)

  • Gathered requirements and implemented an archiving solution based on Informatica ILM.
Jan 2015 - Jul 2015

Lead Consultant

Zurich Insurance

Position Summary
Lead Consultant at Zurich Insurance
Industries
Insurance
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management

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.
Sep 2014 - Jan 2015

Lead Consultant

Akzo Nobel

Position Summary
Lead Consultant at Akzo Nobel
Industries
Chemical
Business Areas
Information Technology

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.
Apr 2014 - Aug 2014

Lead Consultant

Menarini

Position Summary
Lead Consultant at Menarini
Industries
Pharmaceutical
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
Quality Assurance

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.
Jul 2013 - Present

SAP Consultant

Freelance

Position Summary
SAP Consultant at Freelance
Industries
Aerospace and Defense
Automotive
Chemical
Banking and Finance
Transportation
Pharmaceutical
Retail
Utilities
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management

Independent lead consultant engaged on complex, high-visibility SAP programmes across Automotive, Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals, Retail, Logistics, Utilities, Banking and Defence.

Jul 2013 - Mar 2014

Lead Consultant

Bank of America

Position Summary
Lead Consultant at Bank of America
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Finance
Information Technology

IBM InfoSphere MDM — Lead Consultant (Banking)

  • Architected and implemented an IBM InfoSphere MDM solution for oversight of trader activity in the bonds market.
Jun 2005 - Jul 2013

Implementation Manager

IBM

Position Summary
Implementation Manager at IBM
Industries
Energy
Fashion
Retail
Utilities
Business Areas
Information Technology
Operations
Project Management

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.

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Retail, Utilities, Automotive, Transportation, Aerospace and Defense, and Chemical.

Retail
Utilities
Automotive
Transportation
Aerospace and Defense
Chemical
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Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Operations, Quality Assurance, Supply Chain Management, and Logistics.

Information Technology
Project Management
Operations
Quality Assurance
Supply Chain Management
Logistics
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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.

Languages

German
Advanced
English
Advanced
Spanish
Advanced
Dutch
Advanced
Polish
Advanced

Education

Degree in Computer Science · Computer Science

Diploma · Accounting & Finance

Certifications & licenses

Agile Project Management

GDPR (DSGVO) Data Protection Officer Certified

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 28
Experience in Retail 21 y
Avg length 1 y 2 m
Longest experience 13 y 1 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 2 (United States, Netherlands)
Primary country United States

Expertise

Recent roles Lead Consultant, Team Lead, Subject Matter Expert
Main industries Retail, Utilities, Automotive
Main business areas Information Technology, Project Management, Operations

Qualifications

Certifications earned 2

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Neil is based in Dublin, Ireland.

Neil speaks the following languages: German (Advanced), English (Advanced), Spanish (Advanced), Dutch (Advanced), Polish (Advanced).

Neil has at least 21 years of experience. During this time, Neil has worked in at least 9 different roles and for 24 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 9 months. Note that Neil may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Neil would be well-suited for roles such as: Lead Consultant, Team Lead, Subject Matter Expert.

Neil's most recent position is Lead Consultant.

In recent years, Neil has worked for Sandvik AB, Retail Solutions Inc., DHL, PG&E, and GM.

Neil is most experienced in industries like Retail, Utilities, and Automotive. Neil also has some experience in Transportation, Aerospace and Defense, and Chemical.

Neil is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Operations. Neil also has some experience in Quality Assurance, Supply Chain Management, and Logistics.

Neil has recently worked in industries like Automotive, Retail, and Transportation.

Neil has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Operations.

Neil attended education in Computer Science.

Neil has 2 certificates. These include: Agile Project Management and GDPR (DSGVO) Data Protection Officer Certified.

Neil will be available full-time from September 2026.

Neil's rate depends on the specific project requirements. Please use the Meet button on the profile to schedule a meeting and discuss the details.

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