Bill of Materials Experts in Germany

• Interim assignment until a new plant manager was found
• Ensured production control and on-time order processing.
• Introduced transparent weekly and monthly planning as well as forward-looking capacity management.
• Cleaned up and structured bills of materials, master data and work documents.
• Held team leader meetings and coordinated the production areas.
• Took over the professional management of the production teams.
• Promoted an open, constructive leadership culture and involved employees in change processes.
• Coordinated with adjacent areas (production planning, supply chain, quality, development).
• Documented measures and prepared the handover to permanent management

• Technical management of parallel rooftop PV projects (Type A/B) from project planning through construction to completed plant certification
• Analysis of project requirements based on on-site inspections, planning reviews and evaluation of tender and project documents, and preparation of the findings for the internal planning department
• Derivation of work packages and milestones for each project, including structured filing in the client’s project documentation (SharePoint)
• Coordination of the planning phase between planning, procurement and executing trades
• Preparation of specifications and bills of materials as the basis for preparing quotations, and monitoring the timely submission of offers
• Coordination and monitoring of the construction phase, including schedule tracking and ensuring implementation in line with the plans
• Preparation and continuous updating of project schedules and project budgets across all projects
• Tracking of milestones, work packages and project progress, as well as early documentation and escalation of schedule and budget deviations to the overall project management
• Preparation of technical analyses of existing and planning data for each plant as the basis for the entire certification process
• Review, verification and compilation of all certification-relevant evidence: technical data sheets, manufacturer approvals, component documentation, test reports, type certificates and simulation results
• Assessment of the completeness and compliance of manufacturer documentation with applicable standards, identification of missing evidence, and requesting and tracking missing documents from manufacturers and installers
• Preparation and technical review of declarations of conformity for the grid connection of the plants
• Preparation of complete plant certification documentation for Type A/B in accordance with the applicable VDE application rules, the grid operators’ technical connection requirements (TAB) and the requirements of the certification bodies
• Review and documentation of protection concepts, as well as definition of the certification scope for each plant in technical coordination with the grid operators
• Submission of documents to grid operators and accredited certification bodies, follow-up on queries through final approval, and deadline management across parallel procedures
• Management of interfaces between the client, manufacturers, installers, grid operators and certification bodies, as well as complete project documentation with status overviews, communication logs and approval documents

• Managed end-to-end data workflows for LCA and carbon footprint assessments, including data collection, validation, structuring, and LCI modeling for metal alloys, ensuring high data quality and traceability.
• Developed a basic Excel automation tool to simplify carbon footprint calculations of metal alloys, replacing repetitive modelling in the software that previously took several hours.
• Communicated environmental impact results through quantitative analysis, visualizations and reports to support the broader project strategy.
• Performed environmental hotspot and scenario analysis to identify key impact drivers and assess opportunities for emissions reduction.

• Consulting and development of suitable communication concepts between S7-300 and S7-1500, taking the existing PROFIBUS infrastructure into account
• Technical support for connecting the S7-300 controllers to the existing recipe data block of the S7-1500
• Assisting in the development of the communication sequence for recipe access (read, write, acknowledge, status handling)
• Configuration of S7 communication (PUT/GET)
• Creation and adaptation of WinCC V7 scripts (C scripts and VBS scripts) for WinCC-based recipe management
• Development, optimization, and integration of recipe processes into the existing WinCC project structure
• Commissioning of the new communication interfaces and recommissioning of the recipe logic on existing systems
• Creation of technical documents: communication sequences, functional descriptions, commissioning documentation

• Creation of Power BI management reports

• Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, Power BI

Development and Implementation

• Conceptualization and implementation of the various requirements.
• Experience and ability to collaborate with other delivery teams
• Lead a team of 15 people taking care of matters including monitoring operations, delegating tasks and managing budgets.
• Act as product owner and represent the product vision, strategy and priorities in the area of production operations.
• Work closely with the members of the area including developers, analysts and QA to ensure the successful delivery of logistics features and improvements.
• Lead the process design and lead the build team for the SAP implementation (EU countries) and post-merger integration in SAP PP, QM, MM, APO and SD modules.
• Implemented and optimized MRP Live (MD01N) for multiple plants, improving planning runtime
• Worked with business users to transition from classic MRP to MRP Live
• Implemented SAP QM module, including quality planning and inspection lot processing, resulting in a 20% improvement in product quality compliance.
• Developed and tested custom reports using SAP Query and ABAP for MES data analytics, improving visibility into yield rates and resource utilization.
• Translate production requirements into clear and actionable user stories, acceptance criteria and technical specifications.
• Skilled in discrete, and process/manufacturing (PP-PI) environments; deep understanding of master data, production & process orders, recipe management, batch management, capacity & scheduling, shop floor control, and integration with QM, MM, EWM, MES.
• Worked in Variant configuration (VC)
• Supported international rollouts and transformation projects for SAP PP, QM, PPDS, aATP, EWM, and Variant Configuration within a global strategy.
• Tested functionalities for various business scenarios include interface systems
• Involved in SIT and UAT and cutover activities

Technology: Project Management, SAP PP, QM, MM, APO, ABAP OO, HANA Modelling, FIORI, SAP UI5, AMDP, SAP SD, SAP FICO and S4 HANA Emedded analytics

Initial Situation: Targeted professional development in the SAP S/4HANA environment with a focus on expanding the SAP PP core competency toward SAP MM, supply chain processes and SAP Fiori.

Responsibilities & Approach:

• Deepening of integrated end-to-end processes between SAP PP and SAP MM
• Expansion of knowledge in SAP Fiori, SAP Best Practices and process design
• Further training in the areas of data migration, SAP table structures and solution architecture
• Deepening of SAP S/4HANA ePP/DS and Demand Planning
• Expansion of methodological skills in the area of workshop facilitation and requirements analysis

Results:

• Expansion of SAP PP expertise to include SAP MM and supply chain processes
• In-depth knowledge of SAP Fiori and SAP S/4HANA Best Practices
• Expansion of consulting expertise for end-to-end processes in the manufacturing environment

• Lead SAP Controlling, Product Costing and Material Ledger activities across multiple legal entities, improving standard-costing consistency, inventory valuation and month-end financial reporting.
• Contributed to a 30% reduction in the overall financial closing cycle by coordinating SAP Finance, Controlling, Material Ledger and plant-closing activities against a structured month-end calendar.
• Maintain 99.5% SLA adherence while resolving complex Level 2 and Level 3 incidents across Product Costing, Cost Center Accounting, Material Ledger, Actual Costing, WIP, variance calculation and production-order settlement.
• Execute and validate individual and mass standard-cost estimates using CK11N and CK40N, ensuring accurate costing based on current BOMs, routings, activity prices, purchasing conditions and overhead structures.
• Improved product-costing accuracy by identifying and correcting inconsistencies across material-master costing views, activity types, work centres, BOMs, routings and purchasing data.
• Reduced month-end delays by resolving missing cost estimates, incomplete settlement rules, incorrect activity allocations, variance-calculation errors and production-order settlement failures.
• Reconcile production-order costs, inventory values, purchase-price differences, work in process, production variances and settlement postings across SAP Controlling, Material Ledger and General Ledger.
• Execute Material Ledger and Actual Costing close activities, including price determination, purchase-price-difference allocation and periodic unit-price validation.
• Analyse manufacturing-cost variances across raw materials, labour, machine activity, subcontracting, production usage and overhead costs, enabling business controllers to identify root causes and cost-reduction opportunities.
• Configure and support costing variants, valuation variants, quantity structures, cost-component structures, overhead-costing sheets and automatic account-determination settings.
• Coordinate annual standard-cost planning, costing runs and standard-price releases with Finance, Procurement, Production and plant-controlling teams.
• Improved indirect-cost visibility through cost-center planning, activity-price calculations, assessments, distributions and cost-allocation cycles.
• Support profitability reporting through Account-Based CO-PA, enabling analysis by product, customer, market, company code and profit center.
• Developed reconciliation controls, standard operating procedures and costing reports that improved financial governance, closing accuracy and audit readiness.
• Facilitate workshops and knowledge-transfer sessions covering standard costing, Material Ledger, WIP, production variances and production-order settlement.

• Engaged business stakeholder to define levels 1, 2 3 & 4 processes.
• Engaged stakeholders to model the As-IS & To-Be business processes in Seeds Processing, Quality Management onto SAP Signavio.
• Identified and highlighted integration points between plant-to-Stock processes and other process areas such as finance and controlling.
• Documented business requirements as user Stories in Jira and categorized each user story as either Gap or Fit.
• Configured and demonstrated Variant Configuration in SAP PP to process owners and stakeholders as proposed solution to satisfy business requirements.
• Proposed workarounds or enhancements to meet requirements that are categorized as gaps.
• Planned the Sprints for Plan-to-Stock, assign and monitor the progress being made in completing user Stories for the active Sprint.
• Created the following PP Variant Configuration master data: Class of Class type 300, Configurable material of material type KMAT, Material variants of material type FERT & assigned the KMAT material to each FERT Material Variant, Super BOM & linked the Super BOM of the configurable material to FERT material variants, Routing and Production version for KMAT material.
• Reviewed list of custom reports currently in use in ECC and identified S4Hana standard analytical reports that satisfies these custom reporting requirements.

• Agile project "PEPSi annual vacation planning MVP Lite" (digitalization project).
• Definition of state transitions for the JUP Lite functionality.
• Creation of user stories for login/logout and registration.
• Quality assurance of the business-side concept.
• Preliminary analysis for the transformation from the old PersPlan to DigiPEP.
• Tools used: Signavio, MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Jira, Confluence, Mural, Miro, Conceptboard, MS Teams, Mattermost.

Evaluation, structuring, and handling of complex tenders for Sogeti as well as as part of larger Capgemini proposals. Focus on analyzing demanding customer requirements, deriving solid solution concepts, and translating technical, functional, and commercial aspects into convincing proposal storylines. In close alignment with delivery, sales, account, and bid teams, scalable and implementable Quality Engineering solutions were designed, evaluated, and prepared for customer decisions. This included selecting suitable role profiles and right-shore staffing options, assessing available skills and capacities, as well as the commercial preparation of reliable price and effort calculations.

A special focus was on bid management and handling service proposals (RfP/RfI analysis), solution design, presentation and management materials, as well as the functional and technical evaluation of customer requirements in the context of Quality Engineering & Testing, agentic AI-supported test automation using modern quality assurance approaches.

SOGETI projects:

• BMW: Development of a test strategy including test management, test automation, and provision of a rightshore delivery model.
• GEA: SAP Business Assurance and Quality Engineering for an SAP rollout including test governance, test automation, AI agent layer, and hypercare concept.
• AIXTRON: SAP S/4HANA Cloud migration explore phase with QA assessment, testable blueprint structure, staffing, and scalable Sogeti delivery approach.
• Deutsche Glasfaser: Quality Engineering & Testing for DG development squads, including ServiceNow and Salesforce, testing automation and governance.
• ERGO: RfP/proposal support for Managed Service Test Data Provisioning as well as a Jira/Atlassian rollout with assessment, target picture, MVP, rollout, and governance.
• Munich Re: Proposal and solution design in the insurance environment with a focus on test data provisioning, process analysis, compliance, and automation.
• BWI: Project/proposal context in the public/IT service environment with reference to Quality Engineering, Test Factory, and digital transformation support.
• Rolls-Royce: Proposal/project support in the Sogeti context with a focus on structured RfP analysis, solution design, and customer-oriented proposal preparation.

Technical and commercial risk assessment for an investment project in the hardware sector (scaling potential, liability risks, operational processes) Process consulting for two SMEs in the engineering environment, focusing on workflow digitization, PLM

• Leading the global purchasing team for raw materials and indirect purchasing

• Organizational development and role definition

• Taking over the global logistics function

• Developing a global transport strategy for 6 sites (DE, US, CN, VN)

• Tender management

• Defining logistics processes and mapping them in ERP Canias

• Price and contract negotiations for raw materials and CAPEX

• Implementing a global purchasing structure

• Defining a qualification matrix and qualification requirements

• Defining a product group strategy

• Defining and implementing global logistics and transport standards

• Reducing transport costs by 45 %

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