SAP SuccessFactors Experts in Berlin

Assignment: Strategic consulting for managers

• Professional advice for managers in a defined business area on transformation and job grading topics
• Independent management of recruiting processes in close cooperation with the shared service organization to fill key vacancies
• Advising the HR team on finalizing and negotiating new works agreements and implementing sample guidelines (ERA Küste)
• Handling labor law matters such as consent replacement proceedings or disciplinary measures
• Advising on the standardization and improvement of HR processes

Tools: SuccessFactors, SAP/HR

• Building a cross-functional product team to develop a super app
• Advising and mentoring to support the team and provide input (technical & soft skills)

Key achievements:

• Successfully implemented an HRIS system, streamlining document creation, HR administration, and payroll/performance data management, reducing processing time by 30% and improving data accuracy.
• Designed and rolled out a unified benefits system across multiple European locations, ensuring alignment with local regulations and company-wide policies, enhancing employee satisfaction and reducing administrative overhead.
• Leading the rollout and adoption of UKG HRIS across two countries, aligning payroll, admin, and performance data management.
• Overseeing HR operations for 160 employees across 3 EU locations within the DACH region.
• Leading a team of 5 specialists in Recruitment & HR Administration.
• Driving strategic initiatives to standardize and optimize internal HR policies across multiple European sites.
• Leading impactful HR initiatives to strengthen talent development, boost retention, and elevate employer brand presence.
• Providing expert guidance on ER cases and labor law compliance to mitigate risks and uphold workplace integrity.

• Spearheaded the transformation of Telefonica Germany’s cloud journey into a self-service, automated marketplace by leading process analysis and design efforts; facilitated UX/UI collaboration and served as Scrum Master for cross-functional agile teams to ensure timely and quality delivery
• Designed, launched, and managed an enterprise-wide Learning & Development program focused on cloud-native skills, upskilling over 1,500 employees; undertook full vendor management including sourcing, tendering, contract negotiation, and ongoing partnership to ensure curriculum alignment with evolving organizational needs
• Implemented cloud migration processes aligned with corporate compliance and process governance; improved process transparency and audit readiness while reducing operational risks
• Architected and led a cross-divisional communication strategy to enhance organizational engagement; developed multiple channels including newsletters and intranet content, acting as single point of contact for all departmental communications to ensure consistency and alignment

• Operative end-to-end recruiting in a mid-sized company environment. Main focus on filling IT positions specializing in Data Integration (Junior – Team Lead).
• Stakeholder management, active sourcing.
• Ensuring an optimal candidate experience, conducting interviews.
• Key hires: Team Lead Data Integration, Backend Engineer.
• Tools: LinkedIn Recruiter, Personio, Slack

Coral Club is an international health and wellness company that offers nutritional supplements and health-focused products.

• Attracted on a targeted project to audit, restructure, and legally proof HR operations for Germany during a critical corporate transition.
• Led organizational redesign during distribution centre relocation, including workforce planning, role design and organizational structure optimization.
• Conducted HR compliance audit and redesigned HR documentation and people processes in line with German labour law.
• Analysed employee engagement data and translated insights into practical organizational improvement initiatives.

• Clients: Dover, Korn Ferry, Leoni, Lonza, Mars, Molnlycke, Novartis, RELX Group, Schaeffler, Softing AG, Takeda, Wipro
• Industries: Automotive, consulting, construction, engineering, IT, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals (including tariff-bound structures & regulated environments)
• Approx. 2 500–50 000 employees
• Advised HR Business Partners and leadership on operational HR topics, workforce planning and compliance matters
• Supported implementation and optimization of HR processes within industrial and tariff-bound environments
• Collaborated closely with works councils in Germany on hiring and structural topics
• Contributed to policy interpretation and application in line with labor law and internal governance
• Supported employee relations cases in cooperation with HR and legal teams
• Led and supported corporate change management initiatives within industrial and matrix organizations
• Supported corporate organizational restructuring and workforce adjustment measures in close collaboration with senior leadership and works councils
• Ensured process compliance within SAP HCM/SuccessFactors systems
• Delivered HR reporting and analytics to senior stakeholders
• Led high-volume recruitment initiatives across multiple regions
• Delivered end-to-end recruitment, ensuring efficiency, cost control and candidate experience
• Designed and implemented sourcing strategies to attract top talent globally
• Built and maintained high-caliber talent networks and proactively engaged passive candidates
• Evaluated and implemented data analytics tools for enhanced recruitment insights
• Contributed to internal talent development and shared recruitment best practices

• Served as a strategic advisor to internal stakeholders on recruitment-related topics
• Managed end-to-end recruitment processes, from sourcing to onboarding
• Developed and executed talent acquisition strategies to attract top talent
• Conducted active sourcing via various channels to build strong candidate pipelines
• Managed collaboration with external recruitment agencies
• Supported broader HR projects, including employer branding and process improvements
• Delivered recruitment training sessions for HR Business Partners and Hiring Managers
• Supervised and mentored a working student and an intern
• Supported process improvements in SAP SuccessFactors

• Led the global ServiceNow HRSD implementation across APAC, Europe, and the Americas, achieving 1.8% agent users supporting 98.2% of employees globally at the intersection of business and IT.
• Owned the product health, backlog, and lifecycle of the HRSD solution, serving 41K+ active users across 30+ locations worldwide.
• Managed business and IT stakeholder alignment for regional rollouts, ensuring successful advancement of digital transformation initiatives.
• Defined and prioritized technical and business requirements to enable scalable and efficient HR processes.
• Co-led Scrum sprint planning and bi-weekly release management, ensuring continuous increment delivery and quality.
• Drove continuous improvement and digital transformation of global HR operations in line with local legal requirements and budgets, including works council approvals and tailored communication and engagement plans to secure global adoption.
• Tools: ServiceNow, SAP SF, JIRA, Tableau, Power BI, Miro, Figma, Confluence, Asana.
• Domains & Skills: Digital Transformation, Product Delivery, Project & Change Management, HR Tech, Product Ownership, Agile Delivery, Stakeholder Management, UX/Data Insights.

• Business analysis, planning, and implementation of a DMS for 1,500 users
• Managed project learner’s journey with onboarding, enablement, and stabilization phases for successful execution

• Built a successful sole proprietorship connecting German companies with specialized HR and recruiting freelancers and managed all business operations
• Established a network of over 1,000 freelancers and led a team of up to three independent contractors to ensure excellent results
• Developed and implemented tailored solutions to support companies in scaling their teams quickly and efficiently

• Spearheaded the development of BW Bridge and Datasphere models, integrating S/4HANA, BW/4HANA, and BDC to enable real-time analytics in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC).
• Designed and implemented Calculation Views using SAP HANA Modeler, aligning with LEONI's requirement for expertise in BW/4HANA modeling and Eclipse.
• Authored comprehensive technical documentation and RICEFW objects, ensuring clarity and alignment with business requirements.
• Conducted training sessions for internal teams on Datasphere and BW Bridge, fostering knowledge transfer and self-sufficiency.

• Delivered more than 10 clinical trial supply projects, achieving 95% on-time delivery of investigational products in compliance with GCP/ICH guidelines.
• Spearheaded ISO 9001 implementation, conducting 10+ internal audits across HR, Operations, Finance, and Quality, contributing to certification readiness within 12 months.
• Created, updated, and standardized more than 20 SOPs and CAPA processes, reducing documentation errors by 30% and ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Coordinated stakeholders across 6 countries, ensuring proactive risk management, transparent communication, and 100% client satisfaction.
• Leveraged JIRA, SAP, Notion, and CRM tools to optimize workflows and reporting.

• 2024–2025: Strategic Total Rewards project to launch a new corporate total rewards function, including organizational design, job architecture, job grading, salary range design, job benchmarks, design of total rewards key processes, implementation of SuccessFactors Compensation Module at Bauer Media Group, Hamburg

• 2023–2025: International job grading review (job grading with Hay, market benchmark, salary positioning analysis) for 5 000 employees and 750 jobs worldwide at KWS Berlin GmbH, Berlin

• 2023–2024: Job grading project within the context of implementing a new in-house collective agreement for 1 700 employees and 400 different jobs (job architecture, job grading with Hay, salary and cost analyses) at ASML Berlin GmbH, Berlin

• 2023: Realign annual objective setting and bonus (development of objective scorecard, design of variable remuneration, benchmark with external market, communication & change) at Klingele Papierwerke GmbH & Co. KG, Remshalden

• 2023: Compensation & benefits project to create a job map and salary system (including external benchmark) at Emnify GmbH, Berlin

• 2022: Strategic reward project to define a job architecture and benefit scheme at Comgy GmbH, Berlin

• 2022: HR set-up of OpenRad Germany (carve-out; former part of medneo Group), Berlin

• 2022: Creation of a job architecture (job description, job evaluation, job levels), implementation of a salary benchmark and definition of career paths at MCL IT GmbH, Böblingen

• 2022: Redesign of the compensation & benefits model (job grading, salary benchmark, benefit review) at kbrw SAS, Paris, France

• 2021–2022: Improvement of the people experience (including Workday improvements), the HR organization and HR processes at Mister Spex SE, Berlin

• 2021–2022: Interim Head of People Operations, Compensation & Benefits and HR IS at Mister Spex SE, Berlin

Permanent clients: TUCOWS Inc. (Toronto, Canada); bibliotheca Group (Cheadle, UK); QAD Europe Group (Warsaw, Poland); Epredia Group (Kalamazoo, Michigan, US); FIRST Event & Marketing Group (Dublin, Ireland)