SAP PP/PI Berater

Business experience:
Jan. 96 - Dec. 96: Company/Organisation: Siemens Nixdorf Training Center
Role: Trainee
Details: Trained as SAP consultant/developer for Materials Management MM and Production Planning PP
Training Content: Detailed knowledge of SAP Materials Management, Production Planning, ABAP/4, SQL data bases
Basic knowledge about SAP R/3 Basis, UNIX/SINIX, C, C++ and economy

Jan. 97 – July 98: Company/Organisation: SAP AG in Walldorf/Baden, consulting department
Role: Consultant for SAP PP and SAP Workflow
Main Projects:
1. Implementation of SAP PP within Pilz GmbH (manufacturing/engeneering company)
Role/Contribution: Assistant consultant
2. Development of training concept and documentation for SAP PP end user training of Aircabin company aerospace industry)
Role/Contribution: Trainer
3. Implementation of SAP Engeneering Change Management Workflow within Siemens AG in Erlangen (medical technics)
Role/Contribution: Consultant and implementer
Additional Projects:
Customer training and presentation of SAP Workflow functionality
Implementation of SAP Workflows for release of purchase requisition and material master maintenance
Functional test of new releases
Aug. 98 – Jan. 01: Company/Organisation: SAP Core Competence Center of Clariant AG (chemical industry) in Frankfurt
Role: Internal consultant for SAP PP/PI
Main Projects: 1. Implementation of SAP PP within all production sites in Europe
Role/Contribution: Further development of common kernel functionality, consulting and (on-site) support of local implementation teams, ensuring consistent implementations by project reviews and validation/approval of change requests, ticket resolution
2. Design of customer specific production and controlling information system
Role/Contribution: Design, test and implementation
3. Development of an integrated demand planning process on base of the flexible planning functionality within the Logistical Information System (LIS)
Role/Contribution: Design, test and management of the local implementation teams
4. Migration of complex add-ons from SAP 3.0F to 4.6B
Role/Contribution: Coordination of the development and migration activities, testing
Additional Activities:
End user training for SAP PP/PI
Ticket resolution and helpdesk support

Feb. 01 – May 03: Company/Organisation: „Global Supply Chain & Process Management“ of the Division Pigments & Additives of Clariant GmbH
Role: Business process manager
Main Projects:
1. Implementation of a flexible demand planning process in Huningue FR
Role/Contribution: Project manager and implementer
2. Development of different reports for product cost controlling
Role/Contribution: Design, testing and implementation
3. Definition of business requirements for an „e-business center“; implementation of the functionality at selected pilot customers
Role/Contribution: Project manager and implementer
4. Definition of „best practice“ processes to implement SAP in the US (project duration 2 Years, 8 month working in the US)
- batch production, campaign production
- distribution logistic, requirement planning
- global stock replenishment
Role/Contribution: Managing an international expert team, creation of a feasability study for the SAP implementation in the US
5. Impementation of SAP PP/PI in Coventry Rhode Island
Role/Contribution: Team lead and implementer for production planning
June 03 – June 04: Responsibility for the optimisation and implementation of the planning process on base of SAP APO
- optimisation of the SAP APO requirement planning for the Höchst factory
- implementation of SAP APO requirement planning in Huningue, FR
- development of KPIs
- development of a concept for net demand calculation on base of SAP APO SNP
- running international planning workshops
Role/Contribution: Project manager and implementer

Since July 04: Company/Organisation: Globe Center Europe GmbH of the Nestle AG
Role: Process lead for manufacturing (SAP PP/PI)
Responsibility: Ensure consistent implementations of the Nestle Globe template in all European markets; ensure proper application sustain and process optimisation in the live markets
Functional Scope: SAP PP/PI, PI-Sheets, integration of MES systems
Role/Contribution: Management of an international expert team to deliver the following services to all European markets in time, in quality and in budget :
- E2E process workshops
- system and application landscape reviews
- change control: FITGAP analysis, validation and approval
- project reviews
- market consulting
- go-live ground support
- market process implementation reviews
- management of the in-house and off-shore (Kolkatta) help desk
- management of a multi-cultural expert team

Additional Skills:
Project management: More than 10 years experience in international projects; also in leading positions

Communication: Due to long experience in multi-cultural projects and personal skills very good ability to communicate and integrate

Leadership: Used to manage international teams, self motivated and proactive way of working

Structured working: Clear and logic thinking; very good ability to develop concepts

Customer orientation: Due to open minded personality and service attitude very good ability to deal with customers

MS Office: Very good user knowledge of MS Office

Foreign languages: English, very good