SAP HCM Experts in Germany

• Focus areas: location analysis and career planning, support during change processes or conflict situations, stress management and work-life balance

• Independent consulting at the intersection of HR, Finance and IT
• Focus on People Analytics, HR Controlling, Pay Transparency, Compensation & Benefits and HR Transformation
• Analysis of complex HR and business data and development of reliable decision-making foundations for management and HR
• Design of KPI, reporting and BI solutions as well as data-based management models
• Consulting from analysis and concept development through implementation of transformation and optimization projects
• Focus on SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP BW and Power BI
• ISA = Insight · Structure · Alignment

• 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

To achieve savings and optimize compliance, apps were restructured in line with the mappings in identity management, restrictions were defined and, above all, costs resulting from overuse were reduced. Communication with stakeholders, validation of authorizations with users and technical implementation in the SAP FI/CO and Sourcing & Procurement modules created significant added value for the group. This also included the corresponding documentation for the auditors.

• 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.

• Defined and established the areas of responsibility
• Built a governance model for the department and its areas of responsibility
• IT strategy, project management, process management, and quality and sustainability management
• Developed a communications strategy for the group
• Created the IT strategy
• Designed templates, guidelines, and processes for consistent ways of working
• Recorded strategic guidelines and grouped ongoing projects – derived a roadmap for strategic planning
• Reviewed ongoing projects
• Prepared staffing calculations and capacity planning
• Defined job profiles

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

• 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

Interim Lead ITSM Transformation

Industry: Retail & Industry – Optics (partly critical infrastructure)

Mandate: Transition of ITSM governance to the product- and capability-oriented governance model already established across the Group, as well as acceleration and partial automation of service volumes through optimized entry channels. Design and system-based implementation of an ITSM target operating model.

• ITSM target process design based on the capability owner model: target processes and ownership for Incident, Service Request, Problem, Change Enablement, CMDB, Service Level, Supplier and Knowledge Management, derived from the Group-wide target operating model
• AI-supported Enterprise Service Management: Reorganization of currently mixed requests into a structured, cross-functional service model including a new self-service portal. AI-supported classification and automation considered in the architecture model
• Migration & Cloud Architecture: Planning and management of the end-to-end migration, coordination of cutover management and go-live support; ensuring productive stability during the hypercare phase. Consideration of a multi-source CMDB (~500,000 assets), connection of go-live-critical field service and vendor interfaces
• Scaling & Blueprint: Central instance for headquarters and production, designed as a blueprint for additional international retail and production sites
• Delivery and Stakeholder Management: End-to-end management from target vision to go-live with regard to time, budget & quality. Building consensus and balancing interests between independently managed IT units up to CIO level

• 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.

Process analysis and design in the Personio HRMS environment to reduce complexity and harmonize, automate and ensure compliance.

Optimization of the Personio time management module: consolidation of 46 heterogeneous time models into 6 clearly defined, standardized working time models, including break logic, overtime rules and approval workflows.

• Advising managers on strategic HR, employment law and collective bargaining matters
• Payroll processing in DATEV for 150 employees of two companies from 01.04.2024 to 31.07.2025
• Supporting payroll preparation activities from 01.08.2025
• Preparing the report regarding the severely disabled persons levy
• Preparing reports / reconciling master data with the employers’ liability insurance association
• Conducting interviews, personnel meetings and BEM meetings (company reintegration management)
• Maintaining electronic time-recording data (corrections, recording maternity protection/ parental leave/ vacation/ illness/ business trips) in INTERFLEX
• Working with the Freiburg Integration Office
• Designing and managing the areas of responsibility Occupational Safety + Company Health Management + Company Physician (Regio Arbeitsmedizin)
• Personnel support: preparing employment contracts/ terminations/ references, issuing warnings/ conducting onboarding/ exit meetings
• Organizing company celebrations
• Organizing training courses
• On-site contact person during audits
• Conducting projects in cooperation with other Delta locations (including the introduction of a digital personnel file)
• Building a trusting and constructive relationship with the works council
• Participating in budget and personnel planning
• Reporting HR metrics
• Local contact person for the employers’ association and the trade supervisory office
• Personnel recruitment + supporting existing and new employees regarding relocation, visas and work permits

• 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.