Baan Experts in Germany

• Disciplinary and professional leadership of the IT and service team
• Definition and documentation of the Current Mode of Operation (CMO) in Confluence: application landscape, infrastructure, networks, backup & storage
• Development of the Future Mode of Operation (FMO) including process analysis & stakeholder interviews with all departments using BPMN and flowcharts
• Optimization of license management: reduction of ongoing software costs by approx. 17% p.a.
• Introduction and establishment of Jira as the central tool for project and service management
• Introduction and rollout of the HR software MindKey to digitize HR processes
• Introduction of a VoIP solution with Microsoft Teams incl. PSTN connection to replace classic telephony
• Introduction of the production and planning software OptiControl to digitize operational processes
• Rollout of Intune as a Mobile Device Management solution for Windows, iOS and Android
• Build-up of Power BI dashboards for machine park monitoring and financial reporting
• Planning and execution of the IT consolidation of two locations for 170 users
• Introduction of automated penetration testing with Pentera
• Coaching and mentoring the team in agile methods & project management
• Operational support in day-to-day business: administration, incident & change management
• Management of external service providers and assurance of the quality of outsourced IT services
• Responsibility for the IT budget incl. planning and controlling
• Direct reporting line to management with regular management reports on IT KPIs, budget and project status

• Data Engineering

• Business Analyst

• Consulting

• 2025 – present

Data Engineer & Architect

• Azure Data Factory
• Azure Databricks (PySpark)
• PowerBI Service

Lead developer for the further development of the Modern Data Warehouse, as well as Power BI reports and data models based on the ERP systems Amparex and EyeOffice. Focus on topics for the marketing department with data connection via API to Amplitude and Klaviyo with Python

• 2024 – present

Data Engineer & Architect

• SQL Server (T-SQL)
• SSIS (ETL)
• SSAS Tabular
• PowerBI Report Server
• Atlassian Jira & migration to Azure DevOps with GIT (KANBAN)

Development of Power BI reports and data models based on Infor LN ERP data after migration from Baan, including the underlying data structures with Microsoft SQL Server for further development of the Data Warehouse

Consulting for controlling on the specification of business requirements and development of reporting solutions

• 2025 – 06.2025

Data Engineer & Architect

• PowerBI Dataflows
• PowerBI Service

Cloud migration of the Data Warehouse, as well as Power BI reports and data models from Microsoft Dynamics BC 2021 to Microsoft Dynamics BC Cloud, including migration of the underlying data structures from Microsoft SQL Server to Power BI Dataflows

• 2022 – 06.2024 (ongoing support for data engineers)

Data Engineer & Architect

• SQL Server (T-SQL)
• SSIS (ETL) & BIML
• SSAS Tabular
• Azure DevOps with GIT (SCRUM)

Development of analytical models based on Microsoft Dynamics BC 2021 in combination with data from the company's own MariaDB database, including the setup of the underlying data structures with Microsoft SQL Server to build a Data Warehouse. Merging of the ERP systems BC 2021 and DATEV in the Data Warehouse

Consulting for business users on the specification of business requirements and coaching of developers for the development of reporting solutions

• 2022 – 08.2023

Business Analyst & Interim Manager

• PowerBI Service
• Azure Databricks (PySpark)
• Atlassian Jira (SCRUM)

Project management for reporting solution requirements, as well as development of Power BI reports and data models with data from Azure Databricks based on SAP R/3, Google Analytics, webshop and CRM with a business focus on customer, sales and marketing

• 2022 – 05.2022

Power BI Specialist

• PowerBI Service
• Azure DevOps with GIT (SCRUM)

Development of Power BI reports and data models based on data from Exasol with a business focus on assortment management in purchasing

• 2021 – present (ongoing support for existing customers)

Power BI Specialist & Data Engineer

• SQL Server (T-SQL)
• SSIS (ETL) & BIML
• PowerBI Service
• Azure DevOps with GIT (KANBAN)
• Azure Functions (Python)

Development of Power BI reports and data models based on abas ERP data, including the setup of the underlying data structures with Microsoft SQL Server to build a Data Warehouse.

Synchronization of customer data for Pipedrive CRM via Azure Functions with Python.

Consulting for controlling and management on agile project management, the specification of business requirements and development of reporting solutions

• 2021 – present (ongoing support for existing customers)

Data Engineer & Architect

• SQL Server (T-SQL)
• SSIS (ETL) & BIML
• SSAS Tabular
• Azure DevOps with GIT (SCRUM)

Development of analytical models based on Microsoft Dynamics 365 FO, CS & CRM in combination with Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3, including the setup of the underlying data structures with Microsoft SQL Server to build a Data Warehouse

Concept for the migration of the SQL Server-based Data Warehouse to Microsoft Fabric with planned future implementation and temporary use of a hybrid data architecture for the introduction of Power BI Service during the migration phase

Consulting for business users on the specification of business requirements and development of reporting solutions

• Lead Buyer for elastomers (coated fabrics) in the group
• Responsible for purchasing wire, chemicals and machined components at Matzen & Timm
• Price and contract negotiations
• Make-or-buy strategies for plastic molded parts
• Development of a 2nd source strategy for aerospace
• Continuous development and auditing of suppliers and improvement of a supplier evaluation system to ensure a reliable supplier base
• Preparation of purchasing-related, meaningful statistics to support strategic decision-making in the procurement process
• Creating and presenting monthly and quarterly reports with the corresponding KPIs
• Trade show visits
• Handling imports from overseas
• Invoice verification and claim handling
• Optimization of purchasing processes or process changes
• Optimization of the product portfolio in terms of materials and suppliers
• Participation in projects affecting the procurement process
• Customs and export officer in the company

• Consulting SMEs in Lean Management, Operational Excellence and internal auditing according to ISO 9001
• Implementation of efficiency, effectiveness and quality improvement measures
• Support with the implementation of sustainability strategies

• Preparation and support of the year-end closing for the Austrian site

• Board member

• SAP S/4HANA, OTC, 2nd & 3rd level support, project implementation of S/4HANA Cloud Private Sales & Services
• SAP SCM/OTC/P2P/LE/CS/PS, S/4HANA Private Cloud (Sales, Services), CPI, SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), EDI, IDoc, ABAP, user exits, SAP Activate, ITIL, SAP Cloud ALM
• Support and consulting for integration of SAP ECC into new business areas in SAP S/4HANA
• Decommissioning legacy systems and implementation of the new harmonized SAP S/4HANA landscape
• Process optimization in SAP S/4HANA and support for daily requests from business users and key users
• Project implementation of S/4HANA Private Cloud Sales & Services
• Responsibility for the SCM stream within the global template
• Process design with Signavio and creation of Business Process Documents (BPD)
• Creation of functional design specifications (FS, TS) including interface design and WRICEF objects
• Ensuring integration of PTP with FI/CO, O2C and EWM through SAP customizing
• Migration from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud to replace legacy systems and implement a harmonized system landscape
• SAP BTP & CPI: extension of Cloud Platform Integration (CPI), integration of PTP with FI/CO, O2C and EWM, optimization of cloud-based services
• Analysis and evaluation of existing SCM processes in the SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud environment
• Design of integrated solutions in OTC, P2P, EWM, LE and PP including forecasting and capacity planning
• Extension of transportation processes in SAP TM and SAP LE-TRA to support multimodal transports focusing on rail freight and integration of external rail logistics providers via EDI (VDA, EDIFACT)
• Consulting on further migration to SAP S/4HANA Supply Chain
• Functional consulting on developed supply chain processes
• Management of SAP CCS processes for contract types and bonus agreements
• Execution and maintenance of distributions and settlement keys
• Support for integration of transfer rules into the CCS model
• Documentation of CCS process changes for traceability and compliance
• Customizing and optimization in OTC: condition maintenance for pricing, materials, freight, customers, price & material groups; extension of sales document types, item categories, credit memos, down payments and prepayments with pricing procedure, condition types, access sequences, condition tables, condition records, billing types, invoice types, item categories, sales document types, reconciliation accounts, tax accounts; integration with FI/CO for accounting and financial closing; bonus settlements; delivery process optimization; configuration of delivery schedule types with account determination; creation of schedule line categories for delivery schedules; maintenance of schedule lines for delivery schedule types; schedule line determination settings such as order date, delivery date, availability check rules, returns etc.
• Customizing and optimization in P2P: purchase requisitions, purchase orders, document types (reason codes for ordering, rejection and blocking), scheduling agreements and stock transfer schedules; maintenance of material master and vendor master; payment terms; Incoterms; purchasing groups; purchase prices; quota agreements; contracts; purchasing info records; release procedures (characteristics, classes and release strategies); message control; maintenance of vendor master data; assignment of purchasing info records to materials and vendors; configuration of vendor evaluation with weightings; execution and adjustment of material requirements planning processes; creation of detailed functional specifications for P2P processes such as goods receipt (MIGO), goods issue, purchase requisitions and orders; ensuring data quality and master data maintenance in tables such as MARA, LFA1 and LFB1 etc.
• SAP Fiori: extension and customizing of Fiori apps to improve usability and efficiency; implementation of analytical Fiori apps to monitor KPIs and processes; workflow optimization and UI adaptations for enhanced user experience in SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud
• Process modeling in Signavio; optimization and documentation of business processes; workshops and training on process modeling
• 2nd & 3rd level support in OTC, P2P, CS, PS modules (SCM): incident and change tickets; processing, resolution and documentation of SAP user requests; feasibility analysis for change requests; process optimization; service management with SAP CS; Cloud for Customer (C4C) for modern customer service processes; migration of SAP CS to S/4HANA Field Service Management (FSM); use of embedded analytics for service processes
• Customizing, testing, documentation, training; ensuring integration and collaboration between O2C, P2P and FI/CO modules for supply chain optimization; feasibility analysis; effort estimation; debugging; programming; IDoc and EDI monitoring etc.
• 2nd & 3rd level support in C4C Sales and Services: opportunities, surveys, user creation and authorizations; extension of Business Technology Platform; enhancement of CPI interface; customization of customer and material master data; orders; quotations; equipment; service notifications; surveys; tasks; PS orders; integration of PTP with FI/CO, O2C and EWM; ensuring integration and maintenance of MRP processes etc.
• Responsibility for process analysis and design in export processing, Intrastat and customs management in compliance with international trade regulations (e.g. export control, preference agreements, dual-use)
• Integration and optimization of Intrastat reporting in SAP SD including maintenance of statistical commodity codes, country of origin, tariff codes etc.
• Customizing in SAP SD foreign trade (SD-FT/FTT) for customs-relevant fields and processes
• Coordination and preparation for integration with SAP GTS, including ATLAS reporting, embargo checks, export control and tariff determination
• Collaboration with customs authorities and logistics providers on export declarations and approval processes
• Creation of test cases for customs processes, export documents, commercial invoices, export declarations etc.
• MDG (Master Data Governance): data quality and maintenance of master data in relevant tables (e.g. MARA, LFA1, LFB1); change requests for master data maintenance in O2C/P2P
• SAP S/4HANA migration: support for migration from SAP R/3 to SAP S/4HANA, including data migration, process optimization and system harmonization; support for global rollouts for subsidiaries in multiple countries; experience in developing SAP templates for global implementations
• ABAP: development and optimization of programs to extend functionalities in O2C and P2P modules; debugging and troubleshooting; customization and enhancement of user exits for customer-specific requirements; IDoc and EDI monitoring

• Responsible and accountable for the coordinated management between internal R&D team and suppliers of the scanning stage including its interfaces in a metrology project

• Directed and managed the integration cases and plans prepared by the internal team based on business line functional requirements

• Supported product, engineering, design and suppliers in driving projects and tasks to completion on schedule and to spec

• Determined road map dates based on metrics and priorities from integration process to end transport cases of particular swap tools

• Analyzed operating costs and efficiency

• Discussed with customers and suppliers to gather requirements

• Successfully led the development of projects from conceptual to prototype

• Analyzed the required scope of processes, infrastructure, and SAP for integrating the MacDermid subsidiaries
• Validated proposals from the new service providers
• Managed the collaboration and tracked the tasks of business and IT experts
• Coordinated communication and the PMO
• Created cutover plans in three waves for SAP conversion, Salesforce, and Ariba

• Strategy consulting, technical consulting, interim management and training
• Management consulting and development of application solutions through interdisciplinary approaches
• Staff and team development as well as innovation and communication management

• Revenue €90M, 50 employees

• Industry: shipbuilding, marina

• Temporary fill of PMO lead position

• Capture and validation of PMO processes

• Creation of capacity planning until 2032

• Evaluation of standard preservation processes, including VSM and macro mapping

• Development of planning tools for project coordinators

• Participation in alignment meetings with Meyer Werft

• Data provision for monthly review

• Contribution to procurement strategy for new ships

• Creation of AKV and job descriptions for project managers and project coordinators

• Project management of the cruise ship Disney Adventure

• Re-design of reporting tool

• Development of a planning tool for project coordinators with planning horizon until 2032

• Design of an on-call service including work instructions

• Creation of costing models for proposals

• Project management Disney Adventure

• Led engineering execution: roadmap planning, capacity alignment, risk management, dependencies, and delivery tracking.
• Consolidated multiple payroll product lines into a unified SaaS platform on Dynamics 365 Business Central, enabling scalable post-merger operations and reducing operational complexity across the portfolio.
• Restructured engineering and product teams in a remote-first setting across Germany, Austria and Poland, consisting of five cross-functional units: compliance/enabling, platform, DevOps and two stream-aligned teams with total FTE depending on phase of reorganisation.
• Rebuilt the mid-level leadership layer and mentored engineering leaders, establishing a leadership pipeline and strengthening architectural decision-making across teams for scalable growth, delivery ownership and predictability.
• Designed platform foundations and system boundaries using Team Topologies aligned structures, enabling scalable ownership, clear interfaces and parallel development across distributed teams.
• Spearheaded AI transformation by implementing AI-assisted SDLC practices using SpecKit and GitHub Actions for automated, executable specifications, while delivering agentic product capabilities by securely exposing platform data and services to AI agents and copilots via RAG-based retrieval pipelines and MCP-style extensions.
• Drove modularisation of tightly coupled legacy logic into independently deployable services, improving maintainability, testability and architectural clarity while preserving continuity through targeted, low-risk extraction rather than full rewrites.
• Established observability, CI/CD and DevOps governance as platform capabilities, increasing automated compliance gates from 25% to 75% and improving deployment cadence by 40% across 15+ product versions.
• Improved operational resilience using DORA-aligned practices (lead time ↓50%, SaaS MTTR ↓85%), strengthening reliability and reducing support overhead.
• Coordinated engineering recovery for the German payroll platform during a company-wide P0 ransomware incident; restored platform continuity within 72h, validated data integrity, and rolled out hardened runbooks and automated recovery playbooks.
• Responsible for budget compliance and cost oversight in Engineering, with limited P&L responsibility and participating in the annual COGS/OPEX/CAPEX planning cycle.

• Provided technical support for tax reporting and reconciliations from IFRS to HGB with focus on IFRS 15 in an international environment
• Prepared missing documentation for annual audits of 2021 and 2022
• Served as single point of contact for tax authorities, tax advisors, and auditors
• Utilized SAP for reporting and design processes