Master Data Management Experts in Düsseldorf

Emre S.

Freelance IT Project Manager and Technical Project Lead

Köln

Last position:

IT Project Manager | SAP E-Invoicing Outbound at Rohde & Schwarz

Project: Introduction of statutory-compliant electronic invoicing (outbound, Germany) in SAP for an international technology group.

Project management: Planning, steering and reporting of the E-Invoicing outbound rollout across all affected business areas, including budget and resource coordination.
UAT: Structured user acceptance test with key users per business area, test cases per invoice scenario, and consolidated test results for decision making.
Defect management: Handover and tracking of defects in Jira, including validation of the generated invoices against the statutory schemas.
Cutover, go-live and hypercare: Readiness checks and cutover planning aligned with the statutory deadlines, coordination of go-live and stabilization during hypercare.
Stakeholder management and reporting: Alignment with Finance, Tax, business departments and IT, preparation of status reports and decision papers, and consistent follow-up of open items.
Change management and documentation: Communicated process changes to the business departments, enabled key users, and created process and compliance documentation to ensure traceability and audit readiness.

Peter S.

Project Manager for SAP GTS Trade Services, edition for SAP 4/HANA

Last position:

Project Manager for SAP GTS Trade Services, edition for SAP 4/HANA at ETENGO AG

Creation of detailed concepts for all relevant GTS modules (compliance, pricing, customs clearance, Intrastat, preferences)
Planning and conducting workshops, including scheduling and documentation
Development and consulting of the organisational structure and its master data
Setup and customisation of compliance functions: sanctions list review, embargo, legal control, US re-export
Uploading and maintaining sanction and commodity lists
Implementation and validation of integration tests
Setup and customisation of the modules: pricing (including uploading of customs tariff numbers and STAWN data), customs clearance (including application for test operation with customs), Intrastat and preferences (including preference calculation and LLEs)
Development and presentation of prototypes
Derivation of insights for the final concept

Songül D.

Senior SAP Data & Analytics Consultant & Project Manager (BI / BW/4HANA) | Planning (BPC, BI-IP)

Last position:

Freelance SAP BW Consultant at DKV Mobility Services

Designed and implemented enhancements in SAP BW on HANA 7.5 in the context of CRM migration and S/4HANA and BW/4HANA transformation programs
Migrated SAPI data sources to the ODP framework as part of the S/4HANA migration
Delivered SAP ECC data to Snowflake using BW data models and Calculation Views for Power BI analytics
Integrated SAP and non-SAP data sources (including MS Dynamics)
Improved reporting transparency through consolidated data models
Optimized data loading processes for FI-CO data sources, significantly improving load times and system performance

Rekha M.

SAP SD Consultant

Krefeld

Last position:

SAP SD Consultant at WBS Group

Introduction of a new payment term including its description, as well as a new shipping condition
Configuration of item category determination (Item Category Determination)
Implementation of the minimum price calculation (Floor Price) in the pricing procedure
Setup of the intercompany third-party transaction (direct delivery) and addition of the direct delivery indicator to the invoice
Prevention of delivery splits (Delivery Split) in sales orders
Masking of the expiration date and net weight fields
Transfer of the sales group from the quotation to the sales order
Analysis and resolution of a pop-up appearing when creating sales orders
Analysis and resolution of order confirmations that were created and sent with €0.00 per item

Ludo P.

Principal Data Integration Architect

Grevenbroich

Last position:

Senior Consultant at Insurance

DWH modernization
Migration from Informatica PowerCenter to IDMC/CDI
Migration from IBM DB2 to Databricks

Technologies: Informatica IDMC, Databricks

Peter P.

CRM & Bid Management Project Consultant

Meerbusch

Last position:

CRM & Bid Management Project Consultant at Global engineering company

Consulting on CRM processes and features
AI infusion workshops to introduce AI apps for critical business processes
Prototyping – vibe coding with Lovable
Developing several apps for global bid management in a CPQ, Salesforce and SAP 4 Hana environment
Requirements and process management
Introducing a new data governance model
AI infusion – supporting apps and business processes with AI applications
Portfolio management of AI ideas: identifying and selecting AI projects in bid management
Prototyping AI projects with Lovable.dev
Building an AI data foundation in Snowflake
Blueprint for various business units and global rollout
An agile prototype-first approach using Design Thinking and vibe coding to prototype all applications
Presentation at a global conference on the use of AI in business and validating ideas with Design Thinking & vibe coding
AI infusion workshops at global conferences to prototype ideas with business stakeholders

Antje B.

Consultant for Digital Transformation with a Focus on AI Enablement | Project & Process Management | Change Management

Last position:

AI Strategy Consultant, Change Manager at SMEs (various marketing boutiques, IT & office services)

AI Strategy & Enablement for SMEs Management consulting – SMEs (e.g. marketing boutique, IT & office services)

Concept and delivery of structured AI introduction and strategy workshops for small and medium-sized businesses. Result: Practical AI status assessment, prioritized use case list, and management decision template as the basis for the next steps in the company’s AI development.

Activities

Needs analysis and individual preparation of the consulting formats
Facilitation of a structured AI status assessment including vision, mission, and target picture
Identification and prioritization of relevant AI use cases and action fields
Creation of management decision templates and roadmaps
Raising awareness for opportunities, risks, and success factors of AI introduction
Support for first customers with AI-supported automation scenarios
Supporting people and teams through the change process of AI introduction (CM)

Methods / Tools / Technologies

Methods:

AI status assessment & use case analysis
Workshop moderation / facilitation
Requirement Management
Change Management (PROSCI)

Tools:

Generative AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Claude)
Automation/AI coding tools (e.g. n8n, Claude Code, Visual Studio, Antigravity)

Technologies:

Prompt engineering
AI workflow automation

Wolfgang S.

CIO / CDO / Project Manager AI Academy / Auditor of Operational Processes / Product Owner MS365

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CIO / CDO / Project Manager AI Academy / Auditor of Operational Processes / Product Owner MS365 at F&P Executive Solutions AG

Digitalization of accounting, signature/approval, and onboarding processes
Restructuring of the IT department
Introduction of a digital sales tool
Implementation of an AI webinar series
Introduction and optimization of information security
Administration and optimization of the MS Office 365 environment

Orhan Y.

SAP Senior Consultant OTC/P2P/EWM/LE/CS/PS/GTS, C4C-Cloud (Sales, Services, E-Commerce)

Last position:

SAP Senior Consultant OTC/P2P/EWM/LE/CS/PS/GTS, C4C-Cloud (Sales, Services, E-Commerce) at High-Technologie

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

Thorsten O.

Workstream Lead (WS)

Last position:

Workstream Lead (WS) at Bank-Verlag GmbH

Introduction of giro card with Visa Debit card payment function (Combocard) for Commerzbank
Support for the Card Processing Team (card processing; Clearing & Settlement incl. Dispute Management teams) in project work
Creation of requirements for the Clearing & Settlement team, Authorization team (AZ) and Card Production team (KP) as part of a requirements catalog
Requirements engineering (requirements management) with business contact person
Participation in workstream meetings between VISA Inc., SRC Security Research & Consulting GmbH, Commerzbank AG and consulting firms (PwC and Senacor Technologies AG)
Sprint planning with Jira tickets of type Task and use of Confluence
Creation and presentation of weekly status reports for the Clearing & Settlement, Dispute Management and Reporting & GUI workstreams
Coordination with network and file transfer teams for connection tests of new interfaces, e.g. setup of host keys, use of VPN or sipnet connections
Coordination of the delivery of test files, e.g. exchange rates (FX rates; TC 56 of VISA rates), VISA Debit and Credit transactions (format Base II) and EANSS/ISS Base II clearing files to the Debit Clearing System (DCS)
Conducting coordination meetings on the use of Visanet Settlement Service (VSS) and PSD2 reports and payment traffic statistics (ZVS)
Organizing workshops with FiServ (First Data) on Dispute Management and complaint handling
Setup and maintenance of Open Point List (OPL) in Confluence
Technologies/methods: Jira, Confluence, giro card, VISA Debit card, payments, Kanban board, BIN, routing, CIQ, VPAY, ScalaTest, Dispute Management

Dominik M.

Data Solution Architect

Last position:

Data Solution Architect at Dormakaba (Switzerland)

Leading the MDM and Idea to Market team in implementing an SAP Master Data Governance solution and PTC Windchill integration as part of a global S/4 HANA transformation
Independently managing workshops within the end-to-end streams
Developing a state-of-the-art business partner and material master data design to enable AI-supported business decisions
Designing and implementing template data management processes for a global S/4 HANA SAP system

Andreas G.

Owner

Korschenbroich

Last position:

Owner at brains 4 brands Marketing & Sales Consulting

Projects in the area of marketing digitalization (MarTech) with a focus on Marketing Resource Management (MRM), web-to-print/web-to-publish, social media, online marketing, media/data asset management (MAM/DAM), customer relationship management (CRM), product information management (PIM) and content management systems (CMS)
Support in all areas of sales management, status analysis (current state, competitive analysis), strategic foundations, marketing strategy, positioning and brand character
Brand development and management, marketing mix (multi-/omni-channel communication), product development and product portfolio
Communication strategy, managing the development of corporate design/identity, coordination and control of implementation by external service providers
Website development, sales planning as well as development and production of advertising measures (classic advertising, digital marketing, online/mobile, direct marketing, inbound marketing, trade marketing)

Kaliyan M.

Techno-Functional Consultant – Digital Lab & Manufacturing Systems