SAP HANA Experts in Cologne

• Project plan creation and monitoring
• Coordination of necessary activities
• Regular status meetings
• Personnel planning for cutover
• Completion and handover of all trades to the end customer with documentation

Responsible for the IT operations of a medium-sized mechanical engineering company (approximately 2 000 employees, annual revenue of approximately 400 million euros worldwide). Direct responsibility for 13 employees. At the same time, project manager for an internal carve-out (commercial and technical separation of the two business units worldwide).

Industry: Mechanical and plant engineering

Function: Director IT

• Responsibility for outsourced IT operations; provider management and service management.
• Responsibility for the complete separation of the two business units (applications, SAP R//3, Active Directory, IT infrastructure, ...); project planning and management; selection and management of service providers.
• TiSAX certification for one business unit; budget planning 2025 ff.
• Establishment and structuring of application operations, including the definition of operating models, SLAs/KPIs, and provider management in the SAP environment.
• Preparation of the operating organization for application operations of S/4 Hana (private cloud).

• SAP ERP/ECC, SAP S/4 Hana
• Analysis and documentation of SAP FI/CO, PSM, PSCD customizing
• Analysis, consulting and documentation of S/4 Hana apps for defining and executing statutory reports
• Clarification of the prerequisites for using S/4 Hana apps to define and execute statutory reports
• Analysis and documentation of customizing for in-house developments
• Consulting on the integration of SAP FI/CO as well as PSM, PSM-FM (Funds Management), Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable (PSCD)
• Consulting and documentation of customizing adjustments in SAP FI/CO, PSM, PSM-FM, PSCD when introducing new company codes and other organizational structures
• Consulting and documentation of necessary process adjustments

TenneT is the largest transmission system operator and largest private bond issuer in Germany. With more than 5,000 employees and a transmission network of more than 15,000 km, TenneT connects more than one third of the European Union's total offshore wind capacity. With an annual investment volume of more than 12 billion euros, TenneT is a key player in Germany's energy transition.

• Consulting and operational support for the Controlling department
• Management of the new planning process following the entry of new international investors
• Implementation of new reporting requirements after closing

• Analysis of business requirements
• Integration of different data sources such as ERP systems, production systems, and external data sources
• Implementation of load processes and processing logic with MSSQL
• Data modeling and optimization of data models
• Setting up data quality management incl. data profiling with dynamic programming
• Support in designing and establishing data governance, especially in the areas of data quality management and data protection
• Support in developing BI solutions with Tableau to help decision-making processes

• Create the blue prints
• Customizing Asset Management
• Support the EAM data migration
• Create the TSD for developments
• Modules: SAP S/4 HANA Asset Management

• Supported the implementation of SAP
• Managed the team at the PCII level
• Responsible for cost development at this level
• Monthly forecasts
• Reporting
• Budget responsibility
• MS Office Excel
• MS Office Power BI
• MS Dynamics Navision
• Agenda
• Office 365
• SAP R/3
• Datev Unternehmen Online

• Support in fit-gap analysis for three RM-CA systems focusing on sub-ledger reconciliation, dunning, and collections processes.
• Stakeholder management in international teams (business colleagues, IT colleagues, and external partners).
• Escalation and risk management (PM).
• Cost and budget calculation (PM).
• Support in shaping the strategic direction of the global collections system.
• Resolving technical challenges for the central collections system (multi-company operation).
• High-level design of the central AR system with focus on scalability and process harmonization.

• Advised Shein on its EU distribution redesign, optimizing last-mile carrier flows, cutting lead times by 15%, and unlocking €5M+ annual savings.
• Built €40M+ qualified pipeline for a European 3PL by designing a 4PL go-to-market strategy, account prioritization, and pursuit governance framework.
• Developed AI-enabled control towers & KPI dashboards reducing decision latency by 30%, giving executives real-time visibility for network and tender decisions.
• Coached BD teams on value-selling & pursuit excellence, increasing win rates from ~55% to ~70% across competitive, multi-region bids.

• Support for the SAP rollout for sales companies in Germany: creation of training materials, key user training, tests, go-live and hypercare phases, and support activities
• Industry: building components
• Software: SAP ERP 6.0

• CFO of the company
• Consulting in processes and process management
• Consulting in information security ISO 27001
• Consulting Scrum / Agile Management
• Project management for IT projects, especially doctors' practices
• Digitalization projects
• Data protection / data security training

• Designed and led the development of an automated short-video generation system.
• Built a scalable AWS backend using Step Functions, Lambda, S3, ECS Fargate, and DynamoDB.
• Developed video rendering with OpenCV and FFMPEG; ensured maintainable Python code.
• Supervised and mentored a Python developer and trained the client in AI workflows.
• Decreased end-to-end production time from hours to minutes.
• Created a modular, extensible architecture designed to support future AI models.

• Led financial strategy, procurement, and administrative operations across thirty-nine countries worldwide
• Oversaw multi-million-euro donor portfolios and led field teams through restructuring and audits
• Introduced ERP-based budgeting and procurement workflows; currently integrating SAP HANA for enhanced donor compliance and audit readiness

• Quality management consulting and operational quality assurance (software testing)
• Creation of binding templates for quality-related documentation based on standards DIN EN ISO 9000 ff. and NATO AQAP
• Consulting on document control and approval processes
• Review and approval of project-related documents
• Proofreading of English-language white papers in basic research
• Implementation of corporate design/identity guidelines
• Audit support