SAP PP Experts in Germany

Technical and commercial risk assessment for an investment project in the hardware sector (scaling potential, liability risks, operational processes) Process consulting for two SMEs in the engineering environment, with a focus on workflow digitization and PLM

Independent advisory practice for strategy, organisational transformation, M&A / investor work and AI/data-enabled change.

• Short-term diagnostic and problem-solving mandates: rapid strategic and organisational assessments for leadership teams and Boards, translated into recommendations and transformation roadmaps.
• Organisational redesign and AI governance for an international group of approximately 1,500 employees: structure, mandates, decision rights and interfaces; AI-readiness and data-maturity assessment; vendor evaluation and selection; capability building.
• Design of a centralised Strategy Execution / Results Delivery Office for an industrial client: mandate, governance, portfolio steering, KPI logic, decision forums and implementation roadmap.
• Selected part-time mandate with SPARS GmbH (as a Business Development and Investments Director): developed M&A pipelines, assessed targets for strategic fit and synergy potential, led commercial due-diligence workstreams and investor / partner engagement.

• 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

• Planning and concept development for building a new business model, including structuring and implementing business processes.
• Coordination and management of external service providers as well as interface management.
• Introduction and implementation of new digital tools and processes to optimize operational workflows.

The consultant's responsibilities/actions are:

• Consulting on the migration of material master & PP Master data
• Prepare Article List template for Cutover Phase
• Implementation of data cleansing measures using individual and bulk changes
• SAP all mandatory fields data extraction regarding Business needed
• SAP migration, Cutover, Testing, BAT, UAT
• Align with the multiple Stakeholders regarding Data from Legacy and SAP System
• Deployed SAP MM best practice (guided configurations, active methodologies and road map for project initiation)

SAP ERP | SAP GEMINI | SAP Fields Coordination | Documentation | SAP IDoc | SAP Integration | SAP End-to-End Process | SAP MM (Material Management) | SAP Functional Consultant | SAP Gap analysis | SAP MDM (Master Data Management) | Data Migration & Management

• 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

• Defined S/4HANA finance solution architecture and led full project lifecycle — Blueprint through Hypercare — for global rollout.
• Designed global finance templates and COPA characteristics, harmonizing financial reporting across business units.
• Implemented role-based authorizations, SOD controls, and master data governance; managed provisioning and training for 200+ users.
• Coordinated cross-module integrations (MM, SD, PP) and third-party systems (Salesforce, SAP DRC, E-Invoicing), reducing month-end close from 5 days to 2 days.
• Prepared functional specifications, supported ABAP development, and drove problem management practices that reduced recurring incidents.

• Review and assessment of the existing situation
• Identification and definition of implementation measures to close existing gaps

• Production master data: bill of material, work center, routing and production version, customizing, FIORI
• Optimization and organization of production
• gATP and aATP training
• Classical MRP, pMRP and MRP Live
• Various planning strategies in PP
• Workflow and MDM tables and fields
• Metadata in SAP, fields and their mapping
• Creation of metadata in Excel
• LSMW basics: data cleansing with Excel + deduplication
• LTOM or Migration Cockpit
• Training in APO, later as ePP/DS master data, heuristics and optimizer CIF integration models
• Production orders and capacity planning, reconciliation and evaluation
• Net requirements calculation, lot sizes and pegging, detailed planning board, product view in PP/DS
• KUT test or migration test
• Digitization of maintenance plans, orders, checklist documents
• Technical objects, equipment, bills of material and their customizing
• Measuring points and serial numbers customizing
• Work and maintenance planning, cycles and different dimensions

• Structured analysis and evaluation of business processes

• Gathering, documenting, and prioritizing requirements

• Creating business-friendly and technically executable process models

• Use of Camunda tools

• Deriving requirements and interfaces from BPMN diagrams

• Coordination with stakeholders and business units

• Translating business requirements into technical solution designs

• Implementing efficient and tailored applications

• Systematic collection, analysis, and documentation of requirements

• Prioritizing and validating requirements in close collaboration with stakeholders

• Alignment between business and development to ensure shared objectives

• Creating use cases, user stories, and acceptance criteria

• Continuous requirements and change management throughout the project lifecycle

• Define project goals and create project plans

• Delegate tasks and monitor project progress

• Monitor budgets and inform stakeholders

• Mendix: Architecture, development, and maintenance of custom applications (Microflows, Domain Model, Security, XPath)

• Modeling Mendix workflows for process optimization

• Develop scalable apps with Mendix including REST/SOAP integration with SAP, SQL, Azure & SharePoint

• UI design for Mendix using Atlas UI, Fluent UI, HTML, CSS, JavaScript

• Develop web & mobile apps with Mendix using agile methods (Scrum, Kanban)

• Implement business logic with Mendix Microflows and Nanoflows

• Performance optimization and architecture improvements for Mendix applications

• Conduct Mendix training

• Create technical documentation and best practices for Mendix

• Coaching and mentoring for low-code development with Mendix

Methodology: Agile project management

Goal: Digitization and implementation of CCD2 requirements within the Consumer Finance systems.

Analysis, identification, and assessment of business requirements, as well as their transfer into technical implementation requirements. Coordination and status reporting of the various requirements. Documentation and process management using UML and BMPN. Cross-functional stakeholder management, UAT testing, data management, API architecture management.

Tools: Jira, Confluence, Visual Code, Sql Developer, Enterprise Architect, MsOffice, Bruno, ALM, Camunda, Figma

• Reorganization of work preparation (4 work preparation, 6 production control and 1 Lean employees)
• Optimization of SAP processes (PS/PP planning and control)
• Interface management (purchasing, production, sales, logistics)
• Maintenance of master data

• Interim leadership responsibility for realigning the entire leadership organization – away from classic target setting and solution specification toward a teal-oriented organization with clear responsibility for each individual employee.
• Stabilization of production processes and reduction of the backlog in all customer projects.
• Building up the necessary material inventory (agreed with end customers by contract) – eliminated backlogs and special runs, achieved 2 weeks of material inventory.
• From the start of the assignment, also took over overall technical responsibility for Research & Development (R&D).
• In addition to the CSO/COO role, took over responsibility for controlling and finance in the last 9 months.

• Improving processes in the purchasing area
• Digitizing purchasing processes
• Optimizing end-to-end manufacturing processes