Heads of Transformation in Germany

Prioritisation, Sequencing and Operating Model

a-connect client, Fortune 500 life sciences and agriculture group

• Consolidated competing business needs across five businesses into one prioritised agenda: assessed 1,000+ services against value, readiness and feasibility, weighed options, trade-offs and dependencies, and recommended the sequence of work, including what had to be redesigned or stopped before anything moved. Published case study.
• Aligned business, technology and data stakeholders on priorities and decisions across five businesses with separate leadership, P&Ls and competing agendas, onto one roadmap and six shared decision principles, without formal authority over any of them.
• Translated business intent into delivery-ready requirements and readiness standards that engineering, data and architecture teams could act on, with gates that stopped anything reaching production before the process, data and accountability behind it were fit.
• Established the sustainable prioritisation and progress-tracking approach the organisation still runs: service ownership, decision rights, escalation routes, governance forums and measurement, converted into a repeatable method that later teams operate without the author in the room.

The consultancy is developing AI agents for managers for a client. The underlying logic is built in GPTs, while the client works with Microsoft.

In progress:

• Designing and implementing agents for people management and leadership development in Copilot Studio
• Transferring the GPT logic to the end client's Microsoft environment

Leading international delivery, cross-functional teams, rollout and governance of a global digital platform across markets and development partners.

• Providing expertise in management consulting to support the improvement of frontier AI models for a leading AI lab

• Own and drive JD Edwards EnterpriseOne implementations and enhancements, leading cross-functional teams and coordinating with stakeholders to deliver system improvements aligned with business goals.
• Evaluate and optimize ERP system effectiveness, developing strategies to improve processes, increase efficiency, and maximize ROI in collaboration with key stakeholders.
• Act as subject-matter expert and strategic advisor, influencing decision-making and guiding leadership on ERP-related initiatives and business process transformation.

• Led the global HRIS transformation program (16 country units): program setup, PMO, phase planning, status reporting, and steering up to partner/SteerCo level
• Built an HR readiness assessment framework (6 dimensions, weighted scoring) as a decision basis for implementation and AI maturity — mandated by the board as the project outcome
• HR process architecture: analysis of 80+ level-3 processes and 87 ISO process documentations across 13 country clusters; gap analysis and harmonization roadmap
• Designed agentic AI HR processes (hiring, onboarding, probation period management) on SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud and ServiceNow — human-in-the-loop design, process screening for agentic potential, decision paper at partner level
• HRIS market analysis: vendor screening, criteria framework, and evaluation logic for system selection
• HR target operating model: organizational analysis, archetype framework (9 dimensions), governance design for a global HR function
• Self-assessment tools and workshop formats for 16 country HR teams incl. nomination and stakeholder management; SharePoint project hub and communication architecture
• AI-supported consulting delivery: my own Claude-based working model for analysis, document creation, and project management — one consultant delivering program output

• I help SMEs get VSME/VS-ready before their biggest customers come asking.
• Tailored SME Readiness Assessment and Implementation Road Map

• Selected as SME for a government executive authority in Dubai, benchmarking four PPM platforms against technical fit and delivery risk and developing the target operating model and strategic benchmarks.
• Led an operational optimization project for a performance-based road maintenance contract, directing two consultants and delivering a 10% improvement against contract KPIs.
• Managed delivery of a smart city implementation as the consulting firm's project manager, coordinating the specialist solution consultant and the site's asset owner, and owning project governance and reporting.

• Migration of financial data from Microsoft Dynamics to SAP ECC for eleven companies, as well as from SAP S/4HANA to SAP ECC for one additional company. At the same time, an interface from an operational leasing tool to SAP S/4HANA had to be tested from a business perspective and aligned in an audit-proof way.

• Lead and plan the migration work packages, create the migration concept for accounts payable and accounts receivable with active customer-vendor integration, set up the reconciliation and QA method, test management, cutover planning, and audit-proof project documentation.

SAP/business focus: SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC, FI, Business Partner/CVI, Finance Data Migration, Reconciliation, Test Management, Cutover

• Traceable and audit-proof migration of multiple companies with clear reconciliation logic, strong QA evidence, and controlled cutover.

• Built an independent advisory practice on 18 years of enterprise procurement delivery at Infineon, Accenture, Bosch, Siemens and Lufthansa Group — including programmes for organisations managing €1B–3B annual spend and teams of 100+ across 20+ countri...

European business consultancy helping consumer goods and FMCG companies unlock untapped potential, define winning strategies, and execute with precision and measurable impact.

• Analyzing business challenges with ~20% effort to drive ~80% output, ensuring clear priorities, structures and actionable recommendations that deliver rapid, measurable results.
• Driving holistic Operations and business transformation, cost efficiency, customer focus, go-to-market strategy and KPI-driven performance.
• Acting as a trusted C-Level advisor and sparring partner to turn strategy into measurable results; helping CEOs, founders and leadership teams in businesses of all sizes to strengthen growth and profitability.

In-house consulting provider and transformation driver within the group, in a multi-stakeholder environment and working with C-level leaders.

Realigned and stabilized a cross-functional transformation and scaling program across the group. Refined the vision, priorities, and portfolio of initiatives, and established robust governance, planning, and management structures. Structured roles, responsibilities, and strategic initiatives, incorporating AI and IT automation opportunities.

• Designed program realignment and project portfolio management

• Developed a strategy model and vision for IT projects

• Structured the portfolio, roadmap, and priorities

• Established governance and regular meetings

• Developed an operating model for flagship projects

• Assessed AI and automation opportunities

• Clarified roles and responsibilities

• Implemented change initiatives

• Designed, facilitated, and evaluated workshops

• Brought 17 initiatives into a management framework

• Improved transparency and decision-making

• Strengthened accountability in program management

• Sharpened the operating model

• Integrated three top-5 institutions

• Engaged over 80% of stakeholders

• Governance

• Portfolio management (PPM)

• Change Management

• Artificial intelligence

• Workflow automation

• AI use case assessment

• Confluence

• Jira

• Stakeholder management

• Project management and consulting services with a focus on IT interim management: digitalization of corporate management, including processes and applications
• Assessment of the entire IT infrastructure, including applications, core processes and contracts, including cost optimization
• Evaluation and implementation of solutions to promote digitalization in the company in the areas of property management, CRM, invoice review and approval processes, smart metering, DMS and time tracking
• Digitization of file folders and introduction of SharePoint and Microsoft Teams as central document and communication platforms
• Design and delivery of an AI workshop, including the rollout of AI tools to increase efficiency and transparency in key business processes
• Preparation of training materials and delivery of user training for newly introduced digital processes and solutions

• Led the project to introduce AI tools for creative teams for image, video, and text creation (Yuma, Google, Flux, cogniwerk.ai, comfy.ai)
• Relaunched Asana and rolled it out to 100 users for shared workflow management and KPI reporting
• Managed the pilot project for the creative workflow automation tool Bannerflow
• Contributed to the overall marketing restructuring project focused on organizational structure and processes