Freelance Consultant: Global HR Transformation Advisory

2025: Workday reengineering project lead at DSV Gruppe

• Analysis of existing configuration
• Comparison to HR process and organizational designs
• Development of redesigns and roll-out plans
• Adjustment of security concept
• Testing and implementation
• Documentation and hand-over

2023 – 2025: Workday cutover manager at Siemens Healthineers (remote)

• Integration of Varian across 40+ countries
• Switch to payroll BPO in North America
• 120+ interfaces
• Data migration for approx. 23 000 employees
• Establishing a HR SSC for North America
• Planning of legacy system freezes and data catch-up
• Phenom & Broadbean for talent acquisition
• New time and attendance system for North America

2022 – 2023: Interim Head of global HR operations at Brenntag (remote)

• Establishment of regional & global HR operations organization
• Gathering of business & legal requirements to define harmonization potentials
• Design of process blueprints to standardize global HR processes
• Definition of center service placement across CoEs, business partnering & operations
• Delivery of shared service process portfolio
• Functional ownership of Workday implementation
• Oversight on Workday process & security configuration deliverables

2021 – 2022: Global HR project manager at Stark Group (remote)

• Accountable for Workday deployment
• Oversight & management of design, test and roll-out phases
• Oversight on integrations build and testing
• IT & HR project management
• Project planning of all subproject streams
• Oversight on initial & final tenant build
• Hand-over to internal system maintenance team

2021: Global HR project manager at LGI (remote)

• IT & HR project management
• Ramp-up of global deployment of Workday
• Project planning of all subproject streams
• Oversight on initial tenant build
• Hand-over to internal project manager

2018 – 2021: Global HR project manager at K+S AG (Kassel & Chicago)

• 3-year rebuild of global HR function: analysis, design, implementation
• Accountable for global deployment of Workday (full scope w/o Time, Pay & Planning)
• Implementation of new global HR operating model

2017 – 2018: Carve-out project manager at Siemens (Zurich, Madrid & Lisbon)

• Carve-out of a global business unit
• Transfer of transactional HR processes from Siemens service centers to local HR departments
• Outsourcing of payroll services (RfP preparation, vendor selection, transition)

2017: SuccessFactors project manager at Telefonica (Munich & Madrid)

• Implementation of SuccessFactors EC, Recruiting, Learning and Goals & Performance
• E2E technical lead
• Testing strategy & execution
• Cut-over planning
• Decommissioning & archiving of legacy systems

2016: Global HR project manager at SGS (Geneva)

• Fine tuning of global HR operating model design
• Development of HR FTE proposals
• Calculation of business cases representing alternative operating model details

2015 – 2016: European HR transformation lead at Teva Pharmaceuticals (Amsterdam & Tel Aviv)

• Roll-out of SuccessFactors modules
• HR SSC implementations across Europe
• Integration of new employees following Actavis acquisition

2015: Global HR project manager at SGS (Geneva)

• Design of future operating model incl. CoE, business partnering & SSC structures
• Evaluation of global SSC footprint
• Best-fit analysis of selected IT platform (Workday)

2014 – 2015: Global HR project manager at a pharmaceutical company (Basel)

• Redesign of HR business partnering
• Detailed alignment of HR BP roles
• Delivery of adjusted target operating model and implementation plan

2014: Global HR project manager at Babcock (London)

• Assessment of current state organization, process & system
• Process analysis to determine efficiency & effectiveness drivers
• Facilitation of decision-making process on future HR operating model

2013 – 2014: HR project manager Europe & AME at BASF (Ludwigshafen)

• Functional performance assessment
• Review of current HR operating model, IT & strategic set-up
• Delivery of improvement charters
• Detailing & testing of talent management processes

2013: Global HR project manager at UBS (Zurich)

• Review of global HR operating model
• Efficiency assessment of current operating model
• Fine-tuning of future operating model

2012 – 2013: Global HR project manager at Bayer (Leverkusen)

• Performance analysis of global HR function
• Review of current HR operating model, IT & strategic set-up
• Delivery of best-practice improvement charters
• Scoping of SSC offerings

2011 – 2012: Global HR program manager at Bacardi (Barbados)

• Quality assurance of global HR transformation program
• Compliance assessment of global HR process designs
• Development of improvement charters
• Selected HR process & IT harmonization
• Management of third-party resources

2011: Global HR project manager at e.on (Dusseldorf)

• Benchmarking of global HR function
• Review & adjustment of target operating model
• Delivery of improvement charters

2009 – 2011: Global HR transformation program manager at BAT (London)

• Design & management of global HR transformation program
• Delivery of standardized & integrated processes
• Implementation of SSCs in Brazil, Costa Rica, Malaysia and South Africa
• Cross-functional integration of global HR organization, processes and systems