SAP HCM Experts

• Direct reporting line to the HR Director Germany; leading an HCM IT and transformation assignment in a SAP ERP / S/4HANA hybrid landscape.
• Reality check and solid documentation of end-to-end payroll/processing processes; development of an HCM IT roadmap as well as clarification of roles, critical points and interfaces.
• Translating business requirements into architecture-compliant IT solutions; steering SAP in-house, development, key users and external partners.
• Activating the team through knowledge transfer, a skills matrix and a training concept; preparing the organizational transition toward a shared service center.

• Definition and setup of the subject areas
• Building a governance model for the department with the areas of responsibility
• IT strategy, project management, process management, and quality and sustainability management
• Developing a communication strategy for the group
• Creating an IT strategy
• Designing templates, guidelines, and processes for standardized work
• Capturing strategic guardrails and grouping ongoing projects – deriving a roadmap for strategic planning
• Reviewing ongoing projects
• Creating staffing and capacity calculations
• Defining job profiles

• Technical leadership and further development of a team of 28 IT staff (internal & external) in the areas HelpDesk/HelpLine, RHEL (Red Hat), MUREX (trading system & applications), SAP basis operations
• Managing external service providers (including FI-TS for SAP basis operations)
• Personnel, resource and budget planning for the IT department and projects
• Introducing and establishing regular communication formats (weekly status meetings, team and cross-department meetings)
• Ensuring application operations in a hybrid environment (Windows/Linux with database and web/application servers)
• Supporting transformation projects to modernize the application landscape (e.g. DevOps approaches)
• Setting up and implementing a digital IT procurement for hardware & software (e.g. with DELL)
• Developing and managing the "IT Operations DOS" department based on corporate strategy
• Preparing management reports & decision papers on IT projects, optimization potential and automation opportunities
• Representing the department in the advisory boards of the Rentenbank and ensuring regulatory compliance (BaFin §44, GDPR, BSI, MaRisk)

• Responsible for infrastructure, operations, network and VoIP, security, quality assurance, as well as asset management and business continuity
• Planning and implementation of all requirements related to NIS 2.0
• Responsible for application development
• Company-wide implementation of SAP S/4Hana and leading development of new business processes, incl. cut-over planning
• Digital transformation and cultural transformation toward a "doer mentality"
• Realignment of infrastructure (hybrid)
• Restructuring of the organization with partial outsourcing
• Management of four direct reports with a total of 25 internal and external employees
• Budget responsibility of up to €25 million

• Independent HR consulting with a focus on remote and project-based collaboration
• Support across HR Business Partnering, HR Operations and Recruiting
• Advice and support on operational HR topics throughout the employee lifecycle
• Support for managers with people-related and HR matters
• Flexible, pragmatic support for companies and HR teams requiring additional capacity
• Conceptualisation and implementation of digital brand presences, including the development and launch of two websites within a short timeframe using AI-supported tools – from structure and content to implementation and publication

• Workflow automation
• Process management
• Scrum Master
• Introduction of new office processes on a regional and global level
• Project support in ISO 9001, 13485, and 17025 projects

• Preparing HR documents
• Conducting employee meetings
• Managing employee master data in Workday
• Managing employee master data in SAP
• Works council work
• Participating in company meetings

• Managing the operational back office
• Handling quotations and invoicing
• Supporting preparatory accounting
• Coordinating appointments and operational alignments
• Interface management between management, clients, and external partners
• Structuring administrative processes in day-to-day business

By taking over operational back office tasks, management is noticeably relieved. Administrative processes run in a more structured, reliable, and efficient way, creating more time for clients, projects, and entrepreneurial decisions.

• Go-to-market and campaigns for SAP-related software solutions from positioning to execution.
• Buyer’s guides and sales tools,
• DACH and UK including tracking and attribution,
• Selection and management of the performance agency,
• Content concept for the DSAG Annual Congress trade fair booth,
• quality assurance of SAP-related content.
• Evaluation of two marketing platforms as a decision basis for management, implementation in HubSpot.

• Leading technical SAP projects in FI/CO and logistics.
• Advanced ABAP analysis, debugging, and validation of complex integrations.
• Optimization of financial and logistics processes in S/4HANA environments.
• Responsibility for demand management, workshops, and technical solution architecture.

• Advising managers on HR strategy, labor law, and collective agreement matters
• Payroll in DATEV for 150 employees in two companies from 01/04/2024 to 31/07/2025
• Support with payroll preparation work from 01/08/2025
• Preparing the report regarding the disability levy
• Preparing the report and matching master data with the employers' liability insurance association
• Conducting job interviews / employee meetings and return-to-work interviews (BEM, Occupational Reintegration Management)
• Maintaining electronic time recording data (corrections, recording maternity leave / parental leave / vacation / illness / business trips) in INTERFLEX
• Working with the Freiburg Integration Office
• Setting up and supporting the areas of occupational safety + company health management + company doctor (Regio Arbeitsmedizin)
• HR support: preparing employment contracts / terminations / references, warnings / conducting onboarding and exit interviews
• Organizing company events
• Organizing training sessions
• Local contact person during audits
• Running projects together with other Delta sites (including introducing a digital personnel file)
• Trusting and constructive cooperation with the works council
• Helping with budget and staffing planning
• Reporting HR key figures
• Local contact person for the employers' association and the trade supervisory office
• Recruiting + supporting existing and new employees with relocation, visas, and work permits

• Support for an SAP S/4HANA migration
• Adjustments and bug fixes in SAP CATS
• Technical stabilization of existing developments
• Code analysis and cleanup of custom ABAP developments

• Led business requirements workshops and interactive prototyping sessions across global workstreams, translating complex HR needs into functional specifications and updated implementation workbooks.
• Partnered with cross-functional project managers, business analysts, and third-party implementation partners to drive strategic digital HR transformation and enhance end-user experience across matrixed organizations.
• Participated in gathering Business requirements through Walk through work sessions and prototyping business solutions helping business in updating the workbooks.
• Maintained and optimized the Workday HCM suite to ensure peak system performance.
• Implemented Absence,Time Tracking,HCM Core support for countries like US, Philippines, Germany, Portugal, Chile, Mexico, Azerbaijan etc.,
• Create new time off plans, accruals. Implemented Time and Absence for Created/updated Time Offs, Time Off Plans, Time Off Accruals, Leave of Absences.
• Create advanced reports using calculated fields.
• Managed and Implemented new Application Tracking system GreenHouse Implementation.
• Acted as SPOC and configurator for Greenhouse Implementation.
• Evaluate Workday release items, test and implement the new features.
• Engineered and optimized complex Workday Business Processes (BPs) with advanced condition rules, dynamic approval routing, and step delay logic to streamline the entire worker lifecycle (Hire, Job Change).
• Executed large-scale bulk data loads using Enterprise Interface Builders (EIBs) for global worker data updates, maintaining 100% data integrity, audit readiness, and strict GDPR compliance.
• Served as the functional SME for Core HCM, collaborating closely with upstream/downstream module owners (Time Tracking, Absence, Compensation, Payroll) to ensure seamless data flows and zero-downtime hypercare support.