Process Automation Experts in Frankfurt

I founded Nick's Advisory to make HR management, HR project delivery, and AI expertise available to companies on a temporary basis when internal capacity or experience is lacking.

Services:

• HR interim management: taking over the HR business partner or HR manager role during restructuring, growth, or a vacant leadership position, on a daily or hourly basis
• HR consulting: projects around reorganization, talent acquisition, separation processes, and building HR structures
• AI consulting for HR teams: selection, introduction, and use of AI tools in HR processes

• Conceptual design and implementation of modular AI assistants for sales and business processes in the Microsoft ecosystem (Agentic AI, Copilot extensions)
• Frontend architecture and development with React + TypeScript for embedded chat and assistant surfaces (streaming UI, hooks, React Query, OpenAPI clients)
• Enterprise-level agent development: reusable skill/agent library, MCP server, review and compliance gates
• LLM integration into the user experience: Anthropic (Claude), OpenAI, tool use, RAG pipelines, prompt engineering, guardrails
• Architecture and code review consulting as well as mentoring in the AI development team
• Integration with Microsoft Graph, Power Platform, and Azure services
• Technologies: React, TypeScript, Anthropic Claude, OpenAI, MCP, RAG, Microsoft Graph, Power Platform, Azure

• Operational implementation of the growth levers of growing E-Com brands: SEO, GEO, SEA, shop, conversion, and automation of recurring processes.
• Building and managing specialized AI agent systems that work as roles (SEO, content, conversion, Shopify engineering) instead of single prompts.
• Working either as done-for-you execution or as done-with-you setup, where the brand's team can continue working on its own afterward.
• Customers and projects include TeamTex and Original Veddel, Störtebekker, ConstructionX.
• AI workshops and enablement formats for specialist and leadership teams, plus the joint webinar series AI Vibe Club with Xentral.

Part of a company-wide SAP S/4Hana cloud migration program including 6 implementation teams migrating the whole business process landscape from on premise into the cloud. Managing of two project teams on data migration and creation of business cockpits for pricing and logistics. Conducting two workshops to define the data migration approach and the Kanban working mode. Setting up release and deployment plans. Conducting stakeholder management and management reporting. Setting up the full project structure in Jira and sharepoint.

Key Contributions:

• Conducting two scoping workshops on the data migration approach for business partner and materials incl the full project plan definition and the pricing and logistics cockpits
• Coaching of one development and one data migration team consisting of 5 developers, SAP consultants and several business key user by adapting Scrum and Kanban frameworks
• Managing three external services provider consisting of different SAP consultants and developer incl budget and ressource allocation management

• Led design, development, and deployment of data solutions supporting a major pharma acquisition for Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, delivering transparency reporting systems across Azure,Databricks (Python and Shell Scripting) platforms.
• Owned,Designed and developed scalable ELT pipelines to process Customer and Product data using Azure, complex SQL, Databricks, and shell scripting, enabling efficient data integration and processing across multiple sources including job orchestration and workflow automation.
• Implemented performance optimization techniques (query tuning, parallelism, workload optimization), improving system efficiency and processing time.
• Applied strong analytical and problem-solving skills to assess technical solutions and support business requirements for compliance and transparency reporting.
• Designed scalable data foundations suitable for downstream analytics and AI workloads.
• Led data quality initiatives by assessing multiple source data, defining quality metrics, and establishing processes for monitoring and continuous improvement.

• Concept and UI design for cloud-based banking platforms and SaaS loan process automation, including AI-supported document validation.
• UX optimization of the loan application flow, expansion of the design system, and building a scalable white-label solution.

• Functional and operational project management for the implementation of ADP AdvancedPay (PAISY)
• Hands-on customizing of payroll logic, rate models and wage types
• System setup, quality assurance of the first payroll run, and leading interdisciplinary project teams
• Responsible for budget, timelines and successful execution of complex payroll setups

• Consulting project. Member of Program Management Office leading the turnaround of a EUR 5 bil engineering Group, responsible for Indirect Spend reduction and targeting EUR 60 mil savings across 10+ spend categories

• Led a transformation program in corporate finance & procurement across 25+ countries
• Managed end-to-end implementation of SAP S/4HANA and Coupa for 60 regional entities
• Handled post-acquisition integrations including financial reporting, HR systems, and governance
• Directed cross-functional teams, change management, and stakeholder engagement
• Coordinated post-merger integration with the works council for IT system rollouts and GDPR compliance

• Extracted relevant infotypes from SAP HCM for migration to SuccessFactors Employee Central and mapping to ECP fields.

• Configured P2P integration including BAPI setup and secured data exchange with HTTPS and OAuth protocols.

• Set up foundational settings in Recruiting (REC) including roles, permissions, and job requisition templates.

• Implemented Career Site Builder to create a branded candidate experience and integrated external job boards.

• Configured candidate application workflows, screening, interviewing, and hiring communication templates.

• Set up pre-screening questions and assessment tools including DHB sanction list checks.

• Implemented automated background check and KYC integration with external vendors in the REC module.

• Localized job requisition templates to reflect regional job titles and regulatory compliance.

• Customized onboarding document templates and localized document archiving protocols (DRTM).

• Adjusted onboarding forms to capture country-specific employee information including Form I-9.

• Enabled Form I-9 remote document verification and integrated eVerify with SuccessFactors.

• Set up automated reminders for employees and HR to complete I-9 sections within deadlines.

• Configured pre-Day 1 access for new hires to complete tasks and mandatory trainings prior to start date.

• Enabled e-signature integration for onboarding documents to support remote verification.

• Technologies: SAP SuccessFactors, BTP, CPI, HCM onPremise, EC, ECP, REC, ONB, Form I-9, eVerify, S4HANA.

• Founding and overall responsibility: Built a B2B SaaS platform for craft and construction businesses from the first line of code to the live launch with the first paying customer; solo founding including full establishment of the company and all business processes.
• Product and technology responsibility: Designed and developed the entire product.
• Infrastructure & DevOps: Managed a Kubernetes/Helm environment including CI/CD, monitoring, and security architecture; GDPR-compliant platform decisions and evaluation of EU-hosted LLM providers.
• Agentic coding as a productivity multiplier: Set up a productive multi-agent environment with Claude Code: up to eight parallel agents in isolated Git worktrees, Telegram-based remote control and monitoring, MCP integrations (e.g., Context7, Playwright for E2E tests), and a builder-critic pattern with custom slash commands (/research, /plan) and compressed project contexts. Result: development throughput on par with a small team while working solo.
• Go-to-market: Independently developed positioning, SEO and direct mail playbook, as well as target group analysis.
• Regulation & finance: Implemented e-invoicing requirements (ZUGFeRD/XRechnung), set up accounting and payment infrastructure, and managed funding and financing options.

• Configured and automated data extracts from Oracle databases, achieving 100% data accuracy in a critical migration project, significantly reducing manual errors and accelerating the migration timeline.

• Designed and implemented interfaces with Order Management Systems (OMS), enabling seamless and automated data exchange and improving operational efficiency through faster, error-free order processing across business units.

• Developed and deployed data extraction workflows to support regulatory compliance and customer reporting, ensuring timely delivery of key reports, reducing manual effort, and increasing customer satisfaction.

• Recognition of national notified bodies
• Preparation of cybersecurity competency reports
• EU Radio Equipment Directive

• Project management
• Coordination of the rollout of 148 firewalls (Palo Alto) for 74 buildings at more than 14 locations in EMEA
• Management of the team (8 employees)
• Communication with senior management (local) and site managers (EMEA)
• Ensuring work packages were completed on time and according to requirements, including formal acceptance
• Extensive use of the relevant Microsoft tools
• Wrike (project management)